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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
The POT Calling the Kettle Black?
Hawkeye football....oh Hawkeye football....
We can't get our act together on the field and it's even worse off the field. 14 players have had 26 charges between them in less than year. It's crazy.
Last Saturday, two Hawkeye football players were arrested for possession of drugs. One player had 21 doses of oxycodone and 24 doses of carisoprodol. He was with unlawful possession but also with a drug-tax stamp violation.
You may have had the initial reaction I did: What the hell is a DRUG-tax stamp violation? They're taxing something that is deemed illegal? After checking with my live-in encyclopedia and getting a limited understanding, I started doing my own research.
That is exactly what they're doing. Drug dealers are required to buy a physical stamp that has to be placed on your drug of choice right after purchase. Because, yes, obeying the law is high priority for someone already participating in illegal activities. It makes utterly no sense to me. It's like the government is covering both bases. On one hand, it is illegal, BUT, on the off chance people are going to still deal drugs, we want a rake of the take. Really, who is stupid enough to walk into a governmental agency to basically announce to the world I'm dealing drugs, please, arrest me here. Now to be fair, supposedly names and addresses can't be shared with law enforcement. But to be honest, I wouldn't put anything past them.
What's even worse, the drug-tax stamp violation a class D felony. The two initial drug charges are only misdemeanors. It's just not adding up. What's REALLY the important offense here?
I'm hoping Kirk Ferentz can get his and the team's act together. It's not helping the football program or the university as a whole to have punks like this running around campus.
We can't get our act together on the field and it's even worse off the field. 14 players have had 26 charges between them in less than year. It's crazy.
Last Saturday, two Hawkeye football players were arrested for possession of drugs. One player had 21 doses of oxycodone and 24 doses of carisoprodol. He was with unlawful possession but also with a drug-tax stamp violation.
You may have had the initial reaction I did: What the hell is a DRUG-tax stamp violation? They're taxing something that is deemed illegal? After checking with my live-in encyclopedia and getting a limited understanding, I started doing my own research.
That is exactly what they're doing. Drug dealers are required to buy a physical stamp that has to be placed on your drug of choice right after purchase. Because, yes, obeying the law is high priority for someone already participating in illegal activities. It makes utterly no sense to me. It's like the government is covering both bases. On one hand, it is illegal, BUT, on the off chance people are going to still deal drugs, we want a rake of the take. Really, who is stupid enough to walk into a governmental agency to basically announce to the world I'm dealing drugs, please, arrest me here. Now to be fair, supposedly names and addresses can't be shared with law enforcement. But to be honest, I wouldn't put anything past them.
What's even worse, the drug-tax stamp violation a class D felony. The two initial drug charges are only misdemeanors. It's just not adding up. What's REALLY the important offense here?
I'm hoping Kirk Ferentz can get his and the team's act together. It's not helping the football program or the university as a whole to have punks like this running around campus.
Monday, February 25, 2008
What's With the Limp?
I'm hoping the week won't be as bad as it started off. This morning in the shower, I dropped the Sam's Club-bulk-size condition on my foot. It landed directly on the bone and immediately started swelling up. I'm screaming and hobbling around since the pain was horrendous. And then I start to feel it coming on. I lose my vision and start getting sick to my stomach. So I'm trying not to pass out with my head between my knees while standing on one foot. I'm sure I was a sight. All passed and I'm left with a swollen, extremely painful foot and a nice limp all thanks to some conditioner. I think I'm prone to freak accidents, but that's a story for another day.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Mini-Vacation
We're in Iowa for the weekend. Our friends Scott and Ricki are coming down from Iowa City. Yay!
That's it, see you Monday.
That's it, see you Monday.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Campathetic
Oh wow, I just saw a commercial for some sort of disinfecting cleaner. It was touted as killing 99% of household germs, while up on the screen flashes some sort of computer-generated, faux bacteria. And yes, I analyzed what kind of bacteria it was. This gives you a slight indication about how microbiology needs to end…soon. I’m losing my mind.
Oh, it was a curved rod with a single flagellum. I’m going with campylobacter.
If only the test on Friday would be that easy…..sigh.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Go Green.....Swimsuits!
The big thing now is to "Go Green" and try to "Erase Carbon Footprints". I won't pretend I completely understand it or well, even a little bit, but I do my part I suppose. We recycle every week . We bought a Civic because of the great gas mileage. I planted a tree once.......
Anyways, I was reading through a friend of a friend's blog about his New Year's resolutions. One his requests of his friends and family was whenever one of their old light bulbs burnt out that they would replace it with CFL bulb. Not an unfair request. He even explained that he was saving $30 a month on the electricity bill, which is $360 a year. Great, you can do a lot with the extra savings. He even suggested that $360 is the price for a Caribbean cruise, so take a nice vacation while going green. WHAT? Are you kidding me? I about blew a gasket. Does anyone else not see the hypocrisy in this statement?
All that energy and pollution you saved with your CFL bulb just went down the drain with the fuel the 200 ton ship just burned to cruise your butt around the Caribbean. Really? You're not helping your cause. So please, by all means, go green, but do be so naive to believe it is REALLY making a difference at that point in time.
Anyways, I was reading through a friend of a friend's blog about his New Year's resolutions. One his requests of his friends and family was whenever one of their old light bulbs burnt out that they would replace it with CFL bulb. Not an unfair request. He even explained that he was saving $30 a month on the electricity bill, which is $360 a year. Great, you can do a lot with the extra savings. He even suggested that $360 is the price for a Caribbean cruise, so take a nice vacation while going green. WHAT? Are you kidding me? I about blew a gasket. Does anyone else not see the hypocrisy in this statement?
All that energy and pollution you saved with your CFL bulb just went down the drain with the fuel the 200 ton ship just burned to cruise your butt around the Caribbean. Really? You're not helping your cause. So please, by all means, go green, but do be so naive to believe it is REALLY making a difference at that point in time.
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