Over 16,542,060 people are on fubar.
What are you waiting for?
(LEFT: Photo of the fallen tree, about 6.00a on Friday (2007-06-08))
(RIGHT: Tree was only partially cut away later that morning in a half-assed job by the City of Joplin Streets Department, who refuse to finish the job, though it fell on a city parkway, city street, and city sidewalk)
Fortunately it looks like my insurance provider are willing to work with me and I may yet take them up on a car rental, but probably only for a compact or subcompact. It looks like I will need to send the car to the local Chevrolet dealership's body shop...and my landlord has been stuck with the job of arranging for the removal of the remaining branches...all because the local bureaucrats are playing too much cover-our-asses and not NEARLY enough git-R-done!
When the TV crew arrived I was made aware of the dent in my right rear quarter panel nearthe boot and rear window...and the broken antenna as well. Looks like several hundred dollars' worth of repairs...
Fifty years ago, if something like that were to happen, the city would have gotten in gear and they wouldn't do a half-assed job by stopping only when they got to a car...ON A PUBLIC STREET, COVERED IN BRANCHES SCATTERED ON THE PUBLIC STREET AND EVEN ONTO THE PUBLIC PARKWAY AND THE PUBLIC SIDEWALK!
Nowadays they refuse to do their jobs, out of fear of getting sued.
RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!
Their irrational fear of getting sued itself is going to get them sued for not doing anything about the problem.
Leave it to selfish government officials and bureaucrats to steal from your pockets and pay cheques whilst they refuse to do ANYTHING to improve public safety.
This is why it is PAST TIME we started revolting on this sort of horse manure.
OPEN WAR ON ALL SUCH DO-NOTHING BUREAUCRATS WHO REFUSE TO FINISH THE ENTIRE JOB THAT THEY STARTED. OPEN. FREAKING. WAR.
