Tag: stupid is as stupid does

A cautionary tale…

[Blair] Davis heard a knock on the door. He went to answer, but, as the July 29 Houston Chronicle reports, “he hadn’t even gotten his hand on the doorknob when it flew open and he was looking at the barrel of a pistol.”

Davis’ crime? He was growing Texas Star Hibiscus–an ornamental plant with smoothe dark green leaves and decorative white (or red) “star” flowers—in his front yard. Some “concerned citizen” mistook it for marijuana, the cops were too stupid to check and… manhandling, a thorough search of his home (they also found some bamboo and cantaloupes! Shocking!) and intense questioning “What are you planning on doing with the melons!”—the doofs) resulted.

Idiots.

But, in my own experience, more and more typical of LEOs: assume guilt, especially in absence of any evidence.

h.t Joel Miller via Paul Jacob

Here’s what Houston cops think marijuana looks like…  

Here’s what Houston cops think marijuana looks like…  

Don’t waste a second. Go to Chrenkoff’s “Good News From Iraq” site and read. Then email everyone in your addressbook a link to the stories they will NOT get from the mass media podpeople.

Just go.

Don’t waste a second. Go to Chrenkoff’s “Good News From Iraq” site and read. Then email everyone in your addressbook a link to the stories they will NOT get from the mass media podpeople.

Just go.

George Will points out what is possibly the most important story of this election year: massive voter fraud.

“The unexamined belief that an ever-higher rate of voter registration is a Good Thing has met its limit in the center of the state that this year is the center of the political universe — Ohio. The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2003 estimate is that in Franklin County — Columbus — there are approximately 815,000 people 18 or over. But 845,720 are now registered.”

And that, as they said on the Titanic, is just the tip of the iceberg…

George Will points out what is possibly the most important story of this election year: massive voter fraud.

“The unexamined belief that an ever-higher rate of voter registration is a Good Thing has met its limit in the center of the state that this year is the center of the political universe — Ohio. The U.S. Census Bureau’s 2003 estimate is that in Franklin County — Columbus — there are approximately 815,000 people 18 or over. But 845,720 are now registered.”

And that, as they said on the Titanic, is just the tip of the iceberg…

Look at this “butterfly” ballot from Ohio. Kerry? Punch out #6. The arrow ar the Kedwards line points directly to number 6. However, if you want to vote for the Bush/Cheney ticket, the ballot’s a little misleading. The correct number to punch is 4, but the arrow points directly to number 14…

A little fishy? The latest polls show Ohio moving steadily for Bush (latest Zogby shows nearly a five-point Bush lead). If there’s a large disparity between exit polls and actual ballots in Ohio, this ballot might be the place to start looking for the culprit. (H.T. to Powerline for the ballot pic. See the post and a larger image there.) Of course, as Powerline points out, there are a number of ways the ballot can be misaligned to cause problems, and it’s probably just another case of stupidity rather than some weird vote fraud conspiracy. Still…