So I lost my cellphone. Go me. I have an old one I used to use, and tried to get it activated. I find out that federal law requires that cell phones have GPS’s so the police can track you when you dial 911. Awesome! Federal law used to dictate cell phone policy (how is this a part of the commerce clause) to require individuals to carry a tracking device.
And at the same time costing me 200 some odd bucks…
Awesome.
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From 24 Season 4 Ep 8.
“Are you guys from the FBI or something?”
“No, actually, I’m currently unemployed.”
Related Posts:This gem is up on Drudge, but I think something got missed that should be news…
Deputies don’t believe a crime occurred because bestiality is not illegal in Washington state and the horse was uninjured, said Urquhart.
Ummm, I think that might be an oversight in your state criminal code guys.
Related Posts:Two things have brought this subject to mine. The first, was a thread on a mailing list about the use of a particular offensive expression, how it was particularly ungentlemanly like to use where women would read, and so on. The second is a song I hear on the radio from time to time that uses the phrase G.D. (Use your imagination). The interesting thing is the radio does censor it, but only one word. It silences the God part, not the damn part. Apparently it is more offensive to say “God” on the air, than “damn” (which is a swear word in and of itself). Not surprising, considering our society, the ACLU, and recent Supreme Court decisions.
However, the history of swearing is interesting. Until somewhat recently historically, swearing was blasphemy pure and simple. There were no “swear words” per se, but it was various iterations of sacrilege against the name of Jesus, Mary, saints, or various holy things. Today, this has largely been replaced by what is the most popular (and apparently the most versatile word in the English language) curse word, the omnipresent f-bomb.
That word is commonly understood as a reference to sex, not usually of the most pure variety. It’s an interesting development, that swearing went from blasphemous religious expressions to involving sex. Considering our society, one could say that sex has become a religion in and of itself anyway. Perhaps the change in swearing only demonstrates how that statement might be true.
The convention has been to use religion as swearing. The question is, has the convention changed, or simply the underlying religion?
Related Posts:I had someone who was upset about me posting pro-Terri Schiavo records harass me over e-mail. He (I guess I assumed it is a he) was particularly proud finding such great information on the elusive John Bambenek over the web. This amused me, but we’ll skip past that.
I decided to google bambenek to see what was out there. Of course, there are the misc. references to Bambi Bambenek who apparently is currently suing Dr. Phil. As an aside, people think it’s horribly clever to call me Bambi as if it was something I haven’t heard since I’ve been 4. Once this Bambi woman allegedly offed her husband’s ex-wife (or whatever) strangely people stopped calling me Bambi for awhile. Go figure.
Apperently there is a Liza Bambenek that is a photographer. From what I know, there are three distinct Bambenek families, and apparently they all have most of their roots planted in some town, Winona, MN that in a weird twist of fate, when I was thinking about going to seminary, I learned that the Diocese of Peoria sends their undergrad seminarians to a school in Winona.
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