Showing posts with label the land of the free. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the land of the free. Show all posts

Monday, January 26, 2015

In Oklahoma In The Land Of The Free, Wearing A Hoodie Could Get You A $500 Fine...

Wearing a hoodie in Oklahoma just might get you a five hundred dollar fine. Just another example of the world going from mad to madder.
Oklahoma residents are concerned that a proposed bill will make wearing a hooded sweatshirt in public a criminal offense.
But it has nothing to do with Trayvon Martin.
You'll remember Trayvon Martin. He was the seventeen year old hoodie wearing African American kid who was shot and killed by George Zimmerman in dubious circumstances
back in 2012.
The wearing of hoods and head coverings during the commission of a crime has been against state law since the 1920s, with the original intent of curbing violence perpetrated by the Ku Klux Klan but now the new law prevents an individual from intentionally concealing his or her identity in a public place by means of a robe, mask, or other disguise even if he or she were not involved in a crime.
The group above are protesting against stereotyping on the annual National Hoodie Day and asserting their individual rights to choose...

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Gary Harrington, Aged 64 And Resident Of Eagle Point Oregon, Is Serving 30 Days In Jail For Collecting Rainwater On His 170 Acre Property...

You don't need me to tell you that the world is mad but I will. Once again.
Gary Harrington, aged sixty four, Oregon's most notorious criminal and a resident of Eagle Point is currently serving, I can't believe this, currently serving thirty days in Jackson County jail for collecting rainwater on his own property.
Quite a lot of rainwater as you'll see here but it rains a lot in Eagle Point and Gary
doesn't want to waste it.
And just to sweeten the deal,
he's also been handed a $1,500 fine.
All this in The Land Of The Free where they have the world's biggest prison population.
In some US states it's illegal to have solar panels on the roof of your home. In others it's illegal to have a clothes line on your property to dry your laundry. In others you can go to jail, and people have, for having a vegetable garden in their front yards. Or their back yards.
The world is just getting way too stupid...