It’s been a very slow news week. As it turns out, Congress was in recess (read: on yet another vacation), so not too much was going on. Here are three leftover headlines which you might have missed while the talking heads were trying to figure out what to talk about.
- New York City is moving forward with plans to blanket the city in surveillance cameras. The first of 500 cameras, to cost the city $9 million for starters, went up in Brooklyn last week.
- Bored Washington, D.C., police, having nothing better to do in the upscale Chevy Chase neighborhood, are upsetting residents by giving out parking tickets in the middle of the night. “If they come in without any tickets, no arrests . . . they could be challenged by their superiors,” said Capt. Willie Smith.
- Finally, if you’re planning a crime, don’t post about it in advance on the Internet. Teenagers who planned to copycat the Columbine High School shootings at their own high school in Riverton, Kan., were foiled after police were tipped off to their plans — from a Myspace posting.
Rob Davidson
Apr 23, 2006
As it turns out, Congress was in recess (read: on yet another vacation), so not too much was going on.
You say that like it’s a bad thing, Michael. But let’s think about that: what if we gave all government employees a month of paid vacation and 230 paid holidays a year? With Saturdays and Sundays off, that means they would never have to go into the office – and they wouldn’t be bothering the rest of us! It wouldn’t cost us anymore than it goes now, and it would keep them out of our hair. It would make the relationship more honest, too, since it would be clear that they are being paid to leave us alone.
Just a thought. >;)
Michael Hampton
Apr 23, 2006
I’d rather just fire them outright. If they really want the job, they can reapply when — or IF — a private business takes it over.
Brittany
Feb 28, 2007
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