Gums' Editorial Section

HERE'S ONE FOR THE BOOKS

By Gums

This is enough to make ya wanna get mad as all hell. The Presidential Medal Of Freedom is the nation's highest honor that can be given to civilians. The president gives it to people who have honored their country in some way or given of themselves for the USA These people are "OUTSTANDING" citizens in every way. So how the hell can the president give it to a "DRAFT DODGER" with a police record? Cassius Clay who changed his name to Muhammad Ali in 1964 as the Viet Nam war was gearing up has no right to this medal! He knew he was going to be drafted and changed his name and religion to avoid the draft. Then in 1967 when he was called to serve, he refused and was arrested. He was also stripped of his heavyweight title and had his license to fight revoked at this time. He didn't fight from March 26, 1967, to October 26, 1970. Now I will admit that he is one of the world's best boxers. He had a style that will never be matched and he should go down in sports history. However there is no way in hell that he deserves the Medal Of Freedom. As a veteran who served four years active duty and two years reserve duty, I think this a slap in the face to all those who went when they were called. I choose not to go into what I thought of his personalty during his time in the ring except to say he was arrogant.

NOW THIS IS A BITCH

The times that I have any opinion on or care about the plight of local black people is rare. How ever I feel there has been a great injustice done here in Tampa Florida once again. Seems we here have this very pretty little white 29 year old woman who is above the law. Her name is Jennifer Porter. The place was Tampa Florida, The date was March 31st 2004. Jennifer Porter was driving home and it was just about dark. Without going into the hundreds of details, what she did was hit four children (who were crossing the street) killing two of them and sending the other two to local hospitals. One child was (a three year old) hit so hard that he was dragged 151 feet from the scene. She is white, the kids were black. This is where the problems lie. The neighborhood isn't one of the best so Jennifer doesn't even stop her car. There are four children laying in the street and our little Jennifer is scared so she just goes home. Jennifer tells her parents what has happened and her father takes over. The father washes her car to get rid of the blood and skin so his daughter won't feel bad when she looks at the car. Then the good old all American dad hides the car in his garage so it can't be seen by anyone. The next day he tells his daughter to just go to work like nothing has happened while he looks for a lawyer. A few day's later she turns herself in with her Jewish lawyer in tow. Now all kinds of crap goes on for the next year or so. A plea deal is reached giving Jennifer a slap on the wrist. She is to receive no more than three years in jail for killing two kids and leaving the scene of the accident. At this point I am not going into all the details of the case, just the out come. Over a year later this little snot nosed bitch stands in front of a judge at long last. So the judge being an honorable man hands down his sentence. NO JAIL TIME AT ALL for the killing of two children. She receives two years house arrest, three years probation, and the worst of all 500 hours of community service! Now ain't this a bitch! A 29 year old white bitch kills two kids, puts two others in the hospital, has her car hidden and she never sees a day in jail! Here are my questions:

1. why wasn't the father charged with some type of crime for destroying evidence and hiding the car?
2. Why didn't the judge give her any time in jail? (in his statement he said that Jennifer had suffered enough already)
3. Why isn't the black community up in arms over this?

Just a point to think about, a black kid seventeen years old ran a stop sign a while back. He had NO criminal record either. He killed two people in another car and did not leave the scene. Did he get a slap on the wrist like Porter did? No, he couldn't afford a high priced Jew lawyer like Cohen. So what did he get? Thirty (30) years in prison! That's right THIRTY YEARS! Jennifer should be in prison for a very long time for all the crimes she committed. Her Father should also be in prison for his part in covering up this crime. Guess it just pay's to be rich like these assholes! Who knows, maybe some drunk will run over the bitch while she is crossing the street some day!!!

NOW HERE IS ANOTHER STUPID IDEA

Some big wig congressman/woman (got to be politically correct ya know) has decided on a new way to curb "DRUNK DRIVING." When ya are convicted of this crime here in Florida, the government wants ya to have a new license plate. Now this sounds like no big deal till ya know the details. Once ya get put in the pokey for drunk driving, your new license plate will be bright "PINK." The first three letters on all the plates will read "DUI" followed by three or four numbers. Should ya have one of these new plates, the cops will have the "RIGHT" to pull ya over and check you out for no reason at all! This illegal stop and search is being debated now in our congress. So ya go have a couple brews with the "BRO'S" and ya get busted. Ya get out of the joint and ya still have to drive around with this fag pink plate telling everyone that ya are a drunk. But what about your "saintly" mother or sister who drives your car? You guessed it! They will still have to drive with your "FAG PINK" plate even though they have never done anything wrong. Yup the cops would also be allowed to stop them for no reason also (unless this part of the law is struck down). What the hell will these assholes want next, a plate for anyone with a speeding ticket, a plate for hookers (that may be a good idea) or how about one for anyone that has ever been convicted for any type of felony. I hope ya can see where this could lead. No one would be safe from everyone knowing our private business. Hell I got a parking ticket once, maybe I should have a big red "P" on my plate. Hey here's an idea, how about making anyone who has ever had a motorcycle accident use "TRAINING WHEELS." Then the cops could keep a close eye on us to remember you voted for these assholes that are taking our rights away!

AND FINALLY

Before ya start digging into your pockets for some spare change to give to a charity for the holiday season, think about this for a minute. Marsha J Evans, president and CEO of the American Red Cross gets $651,957.00 per year plus expenses (which could add thousands to her total pay) for running that outfit.(figures as of 6/30/03 probably higher now) Brian Gallagher, President of the United Way receives $375,000.00 base salary per year plus numerous expense benefits.(plus expenses are the key words here). The Salvation Army's Commissioner Todd Bassett receives a salary of only $13,000.00 per year (plus his housing) for managing this $2,000,000,000.00 (two billion) dollar organization.

Both the Red Cross and the United Way have been in trouble for their methods of doing business in the past, yet there seems to be no problems with the Salvation Army. Now I'm not tellin ya where to put your hard earned bucks, but there are a lot of worthy charities out there that don't get all the bucks these big guys do. So do yourself a favor and check out where your money is really going: to help folks in need or in some fat cat's pocket.

OH YA, HAVE A HAPPY TURKEY DAY!