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Man Dies Trying to Commit Suicide

Filed under Things that piss me off by Jen on June 1, 2011 at 10:02 am {32 comments}

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That headline would be a lot more funny if it weren’t true. According to MSNBC a man waded into San Francisco Bay threatening to kill himself. He walked into the water until he was neck deep. Would be rescuers watched for nearly an hour until he died and then someone finally pulled him out of the water. The would be rescuers were firefighters and police who were not permitted to attempt a rescue because of budget cuts which eliminated water rescues. There were about 75 onlookers as well.

What the fuck is wrong with people?

Apparently the man inched out from the shore but kept looking back, presumably to see if anyone was going to try to stop him from taking his own life.

No one did.

I repeat – What the fuck is wrong with people?

It’s unbelievable that fire fighters and police wouldn’t step in, and blaming the incident on budget cuts is deplorable, but I would have thought one of the 75 onlookers would have DONE THE RIGHT THING and walked out and dragged the guy back to shore.

To add insult to injury – a witness to this horrible incident finally did brave the waters, after 54 minutes and the guy was face down in the water for some time, and pulled him back. What, he couldn’t have gone in the water 20 minutes earlier and pulled him back?

I don’t understand people anymore. Not that I ever did really but I always believed that if another human needed help one of us would be there. I know I would. We hear stories of people risking their lives for animals stuck in wells and other peril all the time and yet no one could walk into the water to pull this man out?

I’m not buying the budget cuts excuse. I take that back, I buy it but it pisses me off. We have too many rules and regulations to follow these days and I suppose we can blame the lawyers who sue for things like hot coffee and all that, as well as all the lawmakers who pass these stupid laws. Now they are trying to get a law on the books to prevent this kind of thing.

What happened to compassion and human decency? What happened to helping out your fellow man (or woman) in need? Why do we need laws to tell us to do the right thing?

Man drowns after wading into San Francisco Bay (seattletimes.nwsource.com)
Man drowns after wading into San Francisco Bay (sfgate.com)
New policy after crews watch man die in SF Bay (seattletimes.nwsource.com)

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If You Aren’t Part Of The Solution You Are Part Of The Problem

Filed under Things I Really Like, Things that piss me off by Jen on May 23, 2011 at 9:56 am {19 comments}

If you know your kid is a bully and do nothing to stop it, you are part of the problem.

If you are a bully and blame it on being bullied, you are still part of the problem.

If you are in politics and keep passing stupid laws to make people jump through burning hoops, you are part of the problem.

If you are a politician in Minnesota who wants to amend the constitution to ban gay marriage you aren’t just part of the problem, you are the problem.

If you are a media outlet and your lead story is about Arnold Schwarzenegger you are part of the problem.

If you troll news website and leave mean and nasty comments anonymously, you are part of the problem.

If you are a mother who criticizes other mothers because they don’t breast feed the right way, or at all, don’t feed their kids the stuff you feed them and basically tear them down because you think you are better, you are part of the problem. You are also a bully.

If you are a divorced dad who pays child support on time and without complaint, you are part of the solution.

If you are also that divorced dad and you make time for your kids, you are part of the solution.

If you are a divorced mom who lets the anger and hurt go, you are part of the solution.

If you are a divorced mom who includes the divorced dad in things like school events, holidays, graduations, weddings and any other event that only happens once, you are part of the solution.

If you are a teenager who stands up to mean kids on behalf of another teen, you are part of the solution.

If you believe that we should all live and let live, you are part of the solution.

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Minnesota: Where Winter Never Ends

Filed under Things that piss me off, Winter by Jen on April 20, 2011 at 7:23 am {19 comments}

This is what I woke up to this morning. I’m getting really sick of snow. I know I live in Minnesota and it’s a snowy place but even we shouldn’t be getting snow in late April. The latest date I can recall it snowing in Minnesota is May 7th. I think it was 1997 because I went to a John Cougar Mellencamp concert that night and we had to walk through flurries. He was calling himself John Mellencamp by that point but he will forever be John Cougar to me.

Anyway…

Why do I live here?

It’s time to look into Barbados Holidays.

Ugh!