Door slamming, RAYCISM~!, and valuable dog poop
My wife called me an ass last night because I had the audacity to basically slam our front door in the face of a guy who was trying to sell carpet cleaning - at 8:45 p.m.
"It's 8:45! That is too damn late to be knocking on somebody's door selling shit."
"You still should have just told him 'no thank you' and been nice about it."
"Or maybe he should learn not to bother people with his crap so late."
*Sigh* "I love you anyway, even if you are a jerk."
"I know."
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WALLIS, TX - A small town just southwest of Houston, is getting some big time attention for a sign that sits on the side of the road and not everyone there is happy with the message.
In the small community of Wallis, a sign is the big talk of the town.
"To me they are racially motivated, they are singling out certain nationalities and that's just not appropriate," said Titania Newsom.
The sign sits in front of CNL's Icehouse. This month's message reads "Welfare started as a hand up, not a generational lifestyle."
Past messages have included:
"If you can't feed them, don't breed them" and "America proud, one language - English"
Some who find the messages offensive say they have taken their complaints to city hall. The bar's owner, Curtis Ransom, says the town's police chief even stopped by and asked him to take the sign down.
"This is America, it's free speech, it's my property," said owner Curtis Ransom. "There's no cursing, there's nothing religious on there. There is nothing racist. All of my statements are general statements, it's meant for everybody."
I saw this on the local news this morning and (after I finished laughing) was left a little baffled as to exactly how this is racist considering the number of dumb/lazy white people we have living off of welfare in this country. That is definitely not a "problem" exclusive to black, brown, albino or whatever other people.
But, of course, they had an angry black woman on camera (not quoted here) decrying this as one the worst things she's ever seen because her daughter saw it and it hurt her very much to have to explain to her kid why this sign is so offensive. Nevermind the fact that she herself instantly assumed that the sign was aimed at black people.
I can't wait to see how long it will be before she or someone else sues Mr. Ransom for his horrible display of inhumanity.
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You know what? I'd go retrieve it, too. $650 is $650. If you wear rubber gloves, it's not much worse than cleaning a litter box.
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