We should let stupid people make decisions

It appears we already do:

New version of Huckleberry Finn - without the "n-word"


Roger Ebert, however, is the voice of reason:

Selfishness and stupidity, rolled into a ball

People never cease to amaze me. This story reinforces the stereotypes that we talk about on this blog. No doubt most of these people were fat, smoking a cigarette, and on their way to the closest McDonald's. With a Jesus fish on the back of their automobile.

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Opening of U.S. 69 ramp in Overland Park delayed months

Very bad news today for drivers who use U.S. 69 through Overland Park.

If you hoped the northbound ramp to 87th Street would open any time soon, forget it. You’re in for a lengthy wait.

State highway officials say they don’t expect it to open until this spring after several cars plowed through the construction zone and sunk in a concrete quagmire in the early evening hours of Dec. 3.

Workers were getting ready to open the ramp on Dec. 15. Now highway officials say it won’t reopen until spring 2011. The ramp has been closed since last August.

Engineers at the Kansas Department of Transportation have determined that a 1,200-foot section of the ramp on the Overland Park/Lenexa border was damaged when perhaps as many as 10 cars tried to cut through the work zone where concrete was poured.

KDOT said a car and an SUV had driven around the traffic barricades onto the newly poured ramp. The car got stuck at the top of the ramp and the SUV became stuck in the middle of the ramp. KDOT said the case has been referred to Overland Park prosecutors.

Construction crews poured 12 inches of concrete pavement for the ramp on Dec. 3and left the construction site at about 6:30 p.m. KDOT says the construction crews put traffic control devices in place signaling the ramp was closed.

The timing couldn’t be worse for getting the work completed since we’re moving into the heart of winter when weather can impede the work.

The 87th Street ramp is part of an $82 million project to widen U.S. 69 to three lanes in each direction from Interstate 35 to Interstate 435. The project is funded mostly with federal stimulus money.

You failed the common sense test

As it turns cold, I am amazed to see people bundle up with hats, scarves, gloves, and heavy coats just so they can go outside and smoke. I am thankful they cannot smoke inside the office building - but, I still have to smell them when one gets on the elevator with me.

And, I am perplexed when I am at a stoplight and glance over to see someone with their car window cracked just enough to fit their hand through...the hand that is holding a cigarette. A few times a minute they bring their hand back in the car, take a puff, and then stick it back out the window again.

When I look at smokers, and the insane things they do to "enjoy" something that has no positive benefits and is highly likely to - one day - be responsible for their death, I come to the stark realization that they are stupid. I have no respect for them, I do not want to talk or interact with them, and I wish they could all be relegated to an island so I don't have to smell them in confined spaces, walk through their second-hand smoke, or look at their litter.

Ironic, or just an idiot?

I am trying to decide if this person is actually smart and making an attempt to be ironic, OR a complete idiot because the sticker preaching about speaking English uses "butt" instead of "but", and "your" instead of "you're".

Judging by the fact that they have a Wal-Mart ribbon and a "God Bless America" sticker, I have to vote idiot.

Christians don't judge, and are tolerant and loving.

Clint McCance is from Arkansas, so you might excuse his ignorance as a product of inbreeding. But he is also a member of the Midland School Board which makes his "alleged" homophobic, hate-filled rant on Facebook all the more disturbing.

Here is what someone who helps oversee the education of our youth posts:

"Seriously they want me to wear purple because five queers committed suicide. The only way im wearin it for them is if they all commit suicide. I cant believe the people of this world have gotten this stupid. We are honoring the fact that they sinned and killed therselves because of their sin. REALLY PEOPLE."

Regarding his own children:

"I would disown my kids if they were gay. They will not be welcome at my home or in my vicinity. I will absolutely run them off. Of course my kids know better. My kids will have solid christian beliefs. See it infects everyone."

And, this gem:

"No because being a fag doesn't give you the right o ruin the rest of our lives. It you get easily offended by being caleld a fag then don't tell anyone you are a fag. Keep that shit to yourself. I don't care how people decide to live their lives. They don't bother me if they keep it thereselves. It pisses me off though that we make special purple fag day for them. I like that fags can't procreate. I also enjoy the fact that they often give each other AIDS and die. If you aren't against it, you might as well be for it."

Thanks for continuing the stereotypes about religious whack-jobs, Arkansas residents, closeted gay men...

People are pigs. And lazy.

You are going into Target, and there are at least four trash cans in front of the store. What do you do? You put your garbage on the ground outside the car door*.

Why should you be responsible for your mess? The Target employees get paid good money to clean it up.

* I couldn't get the Sonic bag in the photo - it had already blown out of the frame.

Your small car is in my big truck's way!

Is it stereotypical to say that truck owners don't care about the environment and, generally speaking, are rude and only care about themselves?

Probably not.