The USA...Celebrating the New Year With Gun Violence 1/11/13

NEWS & CURRENT EVENTS

For those of you under the delusion that AIG is nothing more than a greedy, soulless corporation obsessed with a bottom line, here is a “feel good” story for you…

AIG’s board met Wednesday to hear a pitch from ex-CEO Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, asking the company to join his $25 billion lawsuit accusing the government of violating shareholders’ rights by bailing out the company during the federal bailouts in 2008 and 2009.

Greenberg filed the suit in 2011, and it claims that the terms of the bailout -- including giving billions to AIG’s clients, the government taking a more than 90 percent stake in the company and the deal’s steep interest rates, stripped shareholders of tens of billions of dollars. Just the fact that they needed a meeting to discuss this really bothers me. Speaking as one of the taxpayers whose money bailed you out, I think I can speak for all of us when I say…”What the FUCK?”

As for Greenberg, I think someone has just submitted his candidacy for JB Random Report “Asshole of the Year 2013.” Hey, it’s never too early! Well, there’s still that maniac gun lover Alex Jones.

SPORTS

Baseball writers, thank you. Thank you for reminding us how petty you actually are. And for the record, I am not campaigning for Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens or Sammy Sosa for entry into the Hall of Fame. But excluding Mike Piazza? The greatest offensive catcher ever? Someone who has not been anywhere near a steroid accusation?

What overblown, heavy handed message are you trying to send? If you are going to exclude players that even played in the so called “steroid era,” then you are not going to have any Summer time celebrations in Cooperstown for a while.

THIS WEEK’S REASON WHY TERRORISTS WANNA KILL US

So nice to see the NRA doubling down on stupid by saying we should respond to the Newtown tragedy with more guns, and arming more school personnel. Because the more guns you have around small children the safer they are. Here is another reason to love your guns…

Who would have thought that in America, a missing small fry order would lead to a violent altercation? At a McDonald's in Kansas, a couple cut through the drive through after discovering a mistake in their order. The couple apparently didn’t like that the car behind them complained so the woman decided to throw a crowbar at the complaining car, her male passenger, seeing that such a move was just not enough, thought it would be a good idea to draw a shotgun and squeeze one into the driver’s side of the car. Police followed them home and a standoff ensued. Stay classy, Witchita!

Am I the only one that remembers that the NRA was formed in the same year in which the Ku Klux Klan was outlawed? Ummm….coincidence?