When the Clueless Open Their Pieholes
Early yesterday morning, a couple scumbags attacked a homeless man in a park in Boston, kicking him in the stomach while he slept, and returning a short time later, dousing him in lighter fluid, and setting him on fire.
Seeing as the story's been all over the national news wires as of late, I saw no point in linking to any of the local coverage of this horrific incident.
That was until I read this quote-worthy article on TheBostonChannel.com (Channel 5 - Boston):
It starts out with the standard cut-n-paste response we've come to expect from Boston Mayor Tom Menino's office. Yes, folks, he's outraged (again), and this time, he means it!
Oooh, I love it when you talk tough, Tom. Tell me something, though, when you say "throw the book at", is that anything like what our compassionate court system did to this convicted armed robber, whom they hit with a whopping 11 days in the slammer for illegal gun possession?
So, what can we expect for setting someone on fire in this town? 30 days? 40 hours community service? Will additional charges be brought up, because they did this without a fire department detail present?
Oh, and I believe you have to catch the guys first - minor detail there. But, seeing how the BPD's been doing such a bang-up job arresting all those shooting suspects, this case should be a walk in the park, so to speak.
Oh, wait. No they haven't.
Anyway, moving on now. Don't worry, it gets better. Funny how that's so often the case when our "leaders" decide to share some of their wisdom with us commoners. That hollow statement from the pages of Mayor McCheese's PR playbook pales in comparison to this one.
I couldn't agree more with the mayor on this one.
It is "unconscionably wrong". Yet, it remains the official policy (and unlikely to change anytime soon) of the Menino administration that the people of Boston are to be deprived of the right to self-defense and the means to best provide for their personal safety when faced with such a threat.
Stay tuned for the press release from the Mayor's calling for an immediate ban on the sale and possession of all flammable liquids in city limits.
And lastly, this case study in stupidity:
I wonder who they voted for last November.
Seeing as the story's been all over the national news wires as of late, I saw no point in linking to any of the local coverage of this horrific incident.
That was until I read this quote-worthy article on TheBostonChannel.com (Channel 5 - Boston):
It starts out with the standard cut-n-paste response we've come to expect from Boston Mayor Tom Menino's office. Yes, folks, he's outraged (again), and this time, he means it!
NewsCenter 5's Jack Harper reported that Boston Mayor Thomas Menino wants the courts to throw the book at whoever attacked the man.
Oooh, I love it when you talk tough, Tom. Tell me something, though, when you say "throw the book at", is that anything like what our compassionate court system did to this convicted armed robber, whom they hit with a whopping 11 days in the slammer for illegal gun possession?
So, what can we expect for setting someone on fire in this town? 30 days? 40 hours community service? Will additional charges be brought up, because they did this without a fire department detail present?
Oh, and I believe you have to catch the guys first - minor detail there. But, seeing how the BPD's been doing such a bang-up job arresting all those shooting suspects, this case should be a walk in the park, so to speak.
Oh, wait. No they haven't.
Anyway, moving on now. Don't worry, it gets better. Funny how that's so often the case when our "leaders" decide to share some of their wisdom with us commoners. That hollow statement from the pages of Mayor McCheese's PR playbook pales in comparison to this one.
"There are two cowards out there that are picking on a homeless individual who has no way of protecting himself and then throwing the lighter fluid on him -- that is unconscionably wrong," Menino said.
I couldn't agree more with the mayor on this one.
It is "unconscionably wrong". Yet, it remains the official policy (and unlikely to change anytime soon) of the Menino administration that the people of Boston are to be deprived of the right to self-defense and the means to best provide for their personal safety when faced with such a threat.
Stay tuned for the press release from the Mayor's calling for an immediate ban on the sale and possession of all flammable liquids in city limits.
And lastly, this case study in stupidity:
The 30-year-old victim told the Boston Herald the attackers told him to get a life and get a job, then poured fluid on him and set him on fire.
I wonder who they voted for last November.
