Category: Political
The Guy Who Runs Look Who’s Been Busted Is Kindof a Dick
Since I wrote about the new newspaper in town, Look Who’s Been Busted, I’ve gotten a lot of comments and e-mails from people who think that I publish the newspaper, both positive and negative. (For the record, I don’t publish Busted - a guy in Ocala, Florida named Dan Oakley does.) While I think the idea behind the newspaper is kinda scummy - people who get arrested usually have enough problems without being profiled in a local newspaper - I think it’s entirely legal. That’s what the 1st Amendment is for - it’s protecting this guy’s right to say what he wants, which is as it should be.
That said, this guy’s still a dick. Bear with me here…
I got an e-mail the other day from a woman in Oregon who was arrested for possession. It was a wake-up call for her: she started going to rehab, and started getting her life back together. Then, a distant relative of hers calls her up to tell her that her mugshot is on the cover of one of the Clackamas County, Oregon Busted newspaper. Her children found out, her family knew about it, it was a big mess.
So, this woman e-mails me, complaining about it. I tell her I don’t publish Busted, etc, and give her the newspaper’s e-mail address. She e-mails Busted; the text of her e-mail is below:
Do u have anything to do with publishing peoples mugshots who have been arrested? Not even convicted, but only arrested? If so, read on please…....The sickest part of what u do is that u claim to do it for the welfare of the public, when in fact u do it 2 fatten up ur bank account. You don’t know people on a personal level. You are no better than a rapist or a murderer. If you are even indirectly related to the publication of these magazines, u were sent here by the devil and I hope one day one of your children make a mistake that someone else feels they have the right to profit from and make a mockery of. I am a victim of ur publication - I was arrested for possession, and being arrested saved my life, it saved my family. Know this - in our lifetimes, I guarantee you will hurt, even destroy more people than I ever will. DO NOT respond to my email, u post your email address and ask that people write to you so that’s what I’m doing, but DO NOT write to me. No matter what you have to say, I know what you are, I know for a fact you have evil inside you and I believe that ur time in hell will come for caring about NO ONE but yourself!
And here’s the response from the guy who runs Busted:
From: Busted <bustedweekly@gmail.com>
To: (Woman) <emailaddress@email.com>
Subject: Re: YOU WERE SENT TO EARTH BY THE DEVIL
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 15:06:11 -0400
Thanks for your support! Obviously you have purchased our paper. See you in hell you miserable
hippocrate! Your email made me laugh!
Sent from my iPhone
Wasn’t that response just completely unnecessary? The thing that really sells it to me is the signature, though: “Sent from my iPhone”. How appropriate.
Posted on Jun 05, 2009 - 12:28 PM
People These Days Don’t Read :-(
I first saw the Look Who’s Been Busted newspaper back in December ‘08, and decided to write about it soon after. Since then, I’ve gotten lots of e-mails and several comments either praising or damning me personally for publishing Busted Weekly. The thing is - I don’t publish it. I just decided to write about it.
I’m not sure what to think about all this. Basically, it just seems that people don’t read. People are too ready to blame someone for something they don’t like that they don’t actually read the source from which they learned enough to became enraged. It’s a shame - people these days seem to value the feeling of anger more than they appreciate the validity of their anger.
Posted on Mar 08, 2009 - 07:43 PM
President Obama Spiderman Comic Desktop Wallpaper
I bought the Barack Obama Spiderman cover issue the other day. I’ve been a Spiderman fan ever since I was little, and I hoped Obama would be President starting in ‘06, so this is pretty special for me.
In honor of the occasion, I’ve made a bunch of desktop wallpapers with Obama and Spidey’s smiling faces on it. Choose the links below to download the one that’ll fit you best.
Widescreen
Non-widescreen
Let me know in the comments if you’d like other resolutions.
Posted on Jan 27, 2009 - 07:51 PM
WOOD TV Channel 8 Segment on Look Who’s Been Busted
The local news has picked up my earlier article on the "Look Who's Been Busted" newspaper. The writeup and the "official" video is at http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/Look_Whos_Busted_resource_or_wrong; the larger-resolution version that I recorded is below.Posted on Dec 13, 2008 - 05:47 PM
Busted Weekly To Be Featured in Local News
Busted Weekly (see my previous article on the newspaper) is evidently getting some local attention. I just received an e-mail from a woman who did an interview with Channel 8 news about the newspaper. I hope I get a chance to see it/record it.
EDIT 6:44 PM, 12/12/08:
I’ve recorded the news segment, and will put it online soon.
Posted on Dec 12, 2008 - 02:57 PM
Barack Obama Is The New President of the United States, and I Could Not Be Happier
This is just amazing. This is the type of thing that we’ll be telling our grandchildren about in the years to come. (Especially if you were lucky enough - as I was not - to be in Grant Park, Chicago last night.)
For me, there are three things about this that make me extremely happy, almost giddy.
- America’s international stature: renewed For a long time, when I was overseas, I felt apologetic about being an American. I was embarrassed by my president and ashamed for my country’s actions. At the time, during George W. Bush’s terms in office, my country’s president and actions reflected poorly upon me. I have confidence that that will no longer be the case with an Obama presidency.
- Barack Obama is smart Not only was he the president of the Harvard law Review, but he taught Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago. As a former law student, I feel I know a little bit about how hard that is to do, but how important it is as well. The man fully understands the Constitution, and he understands the historical importance of the the President in interpreting it. For once, it seems, we’ll have a President and (hopefully) a Cabinet that will respect the Constitution, because they know it, understand it, and love it. That’s amazing.
- Everything else He’s 50-some years old, but he plays basketball like a champ. We’ll have two little kids in the White House again. Children growing up in foreign countries will see the American president on TV and think, “That man looks just like me.” Michelle Obama is one of the classiest ladies I’ve seen, period. He’s an actual, practicing Christian, who believes that God calls us to take care of the poor. The list goes on and on…
Thank you America, and may God bless Barack Obama.
Posted on Nov 05, 2008 - 02:02 PM
God’s Country
So, Bud sold out to the Belgians, and Pabst Brewing Co. is now the largest American-owned brewer in the United States.
For you and I, I don’t think this will mean a whole lot, but I think we’ll see a lot more sites like this:
Pabst owns Old Style, and boy are they rubbing their American-ness in everyone’s face.
Posted on Aug 23, 2008 - 11:25 PM
