The JackB

"When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun'." Groucho Marx

Archives for February 2006

Shola Still Wants to Work With Me

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It appears that my good friend Shola wishes to continue to work with me. The story begins here and then continues here and here.

Late last night I received a new email from Shola with a copy of his International Passport and the following message.

Dear Jack

I’m most grateful for your mail, I seize this
opportunity to thank you for coming to my asistant ,
also let you know that this transaction is a straight
forward and legal transaction. I am somebody with a
conscience. If this transaction was in any way
illegal, I would tell you straight away so that you
know what is involved and decide for yourself. But it
is not like that at all, and you will later see and
understand that.
I hope you were not too embarrassed by email to you
since I did not answer your questions.

I didn’t know how much amount (%)we will dispatched
to charity organizations, so I resulted to putting
fate to test and making a random contact.

I have decided to give alms to charity organizations
and churches from your questions, as I want this to
be one of the last good deeds I do on earth It is for
this reasons I am sending my International Pasport,

Your assistance to stand as the next of kin to the
fund and retrieve it without any itch All the
necessary informations required to get the Funds out
of the Bank firm are in their possession and I will be
sending them to you if needed by the bank.

Please Not. I need you to give me your words that you
will be very honest and straight forward with me when
the money gets to you, So long as you can execute this
transaction successfully and help me Thus, I would
need you to get back to me on the following issues,

(1) I hope you are in a position to be trusted as a
God fearing person as you stated and you will send
some pentage will be dispatched it to charity
organization as you said.Plesea you can fill the firm
and send it through attachment to the bank,please I
need your cell phone number or you call me as well

I Look forward to your earliest reply thanks.
May God be with you.
Shola Rhodes

I have not replied to this note as I have not yet decided whether I wish to keep this going on any longer. I’ll keep you all posted as to how things develop.

This Disgusts Me!

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an unwitting victim...bwahahhahahaaThis story just infuriates me. There are so many things that are just wrong with these people. There is an old curse that applies to them. They should lose all of their teeth except one, and that remaining tooth should have a toothache.

Actually my real wish is more graphic but…

5 States Consider Bans On Protests at Funerals
Proposals Aimed at Anti-Gay Demonstrations

By Kari Lydersen

Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, January 30, 2006; Page A09

CHICAGO — At least five Midwestern states are considering legislation to ban protests at funerals in response to demonstrations by the Rev. Fred Phelpsand members of his Topeka, Kan.-based Westboro Baptist Church, who have been protesting at funerals of Iraq war casualties because they say the deaths are God’s punishment for U.S. tolerance toward gays.

Though the soldiers were not gay, the protesters say the deaths, as well as Hurricane Katrina, recent mining disasters and other tragedies are God’s signs of displeasure. They also protested at the memorial service for the 12 West Virginia miners who died in the Sago Mine.

“The families weren’t able to bury their loved ones in peace,” said Kansas state Sen. Jean Schodorf, who has proposed legislation. “We felt pretty strongly that we needed to do something about it.”

Kansas already has a law banning demonstrations at funerals, but Schodorf said the existing law is vague and hard to enforce. The proposed bill would keep protesters 300 feet away from any funeral or memorial service and ban demonstrations within one hour before or two hours after a service.

Legislators in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri and Oklahoma are looking at similar bills. Proposed legislation in Indiana would keep protesters 500 feet from funerals, and make a violation a felony punishable by a three-year prison term and a $10,000 fine.

State Sen. Anita Bowser said she thinks the demonstrators are hoping to provoke a physical attack so they can file a lawsuit.

“These people are not gainfully employed, so they’re waiting for someone to do battle with them so they can go to court and win,” said Bowser. “They want a big liability case to pursue. I don’t think they actually give a diddly wink about the arguments they’re making, but they’re clever individuals trying to make a fast buck.”

Shirley Phelps-Roper, Phelps’s daughter and an attorney for the church, said if legislation passes, the group will challenge it in court. “Whatever they do would be unconstitutional,” she said. “These aren’t private funerals; these are patriotic pep rallies. Our goal is to call America an abomination, to help the nation connect the dots. You turn this nation over to the fags and our soldiers come home in body bags.”

Fortunately there are many different people working to stop these jackasses. One of these groups is called the Patriot Guard.

Patriot Guard Riders Mission Statement

The Patriot Guard Riders is a diverse amalgamation of riders from across the nation. We have one thing in common besides motorcycles. We have an unwavering respect for those who risk their very lives for America’s freedom and security. If you share this respect, please join us.

We don’t care what you ride, what your political views are, or whether you’re a “hawk” or a “dove”. It is not a requirement that you be a veteran. It doesn’t matter where you’re from or what your income is. You don’t even have to ride. The only prerequisite is Respect.

Our main mission is to attend the funeral services of fallen American heroes as invited guests of the family. Each mission we undertake has two basic objectives.

1. Show our sincere respect for our fallen heroes, their families, and their communities.

2. Shield the mourning family and friends from interruptions created by any protestor or group of protestors.

We accomplish the latter through strictly legal and non-violent means.

Gladiators Fought By The Rules

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I always find stories like this to be interesting.

LONDON (Reuters) – Gladiators may have fought and died to entertain others in the brutality of the Roman arena but they appear to have abided by a strict code of conduct which avoided savage violence, forensic scientists say.

Tests on the remains of 67 gladiators found in tombs at Ephesus in Turkey, center of power for ancient Rome’s eastern empire, show they stuck to well defined rules of combat and avoided gory free-for-alls.

Injuries to the front of each skull suggested that each opponent used just one type of weapon per bout of face-to-face contact, two Austrian researchers report in a paper to be published in Forensic Science International.

“Savage violence and mutilation, typical of battlefields 2,000 years ago, were out of order.

And the losers appear to have died quickly.

Despite the fact that most gladiators wore helmets, 10 of the remains showed the fighters had died of squarish hammer-like blows to the side of the head, possibly the work of a backstage executioner who finished off wounded losers after the fight.

The report confirms the picture given of battles in the arena by Roman artwork, which suggests gladiators were well matched and followed rules enforced by two referees.”

A 15 Pound Newborn

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This is one big baby.

“MADRID, Spain – A Colombian woman has given birth to a 15-pound baby, the largest in 40 years in Madrid’s main maternity hospital.

The 38-year-old mother, identified only as Rosario, had gestational diabetes — which can cause women to give birth to larger-than-usual babies — and a track record. Her first daughter, now nine, weighed 10.2 pounds at birth.

The new baby’s father, Juan Carlos, said that with another woman he had a daughter that weighed 17 pounds at birth. “They told me it is genetic,” he told reporters.”