9/26 FATALLY WOUNDED?
Fatally wounded? I read an article in the local newspaper today that reported on a man who had been fatally wounded by police in a standoff.
Fatally wounded? How about just “killed”? I know the phrase “mortally wounded” has been around for a while, but I don’t like that one either.
I suppose “fatally wounded” would be appropriate if the person doing the dying didn’t die immediately after being dispatched by the weapon of the attacker. But does it really matter that he was wounded and then died some time later? Isn’t the end result, death, enough?
Did it really matter to the readers today that this guy was shot and then died a few minutes or hours later? I think not. Obviously the person who wrote the article thought that reporting this fellow’s fatal wounding was significant enough to report instead of just the fact that the guy was just plain ol’ killed. Wait a second. If it really was significant, then the reporter was remiss in not reporting that, after having been shot, he was transported (via ambulance) to the hospital and put on life support in an ICU where he lingered for an hour or so before the doctors and nurses gave up their Herculean effort to save him.
Anyway. You get my point.
Oh and to all you fuckers who say, “...two a.m. in the morning.” Please stop. Two a.m. is the morning.
Okay kiddies all together now: a.m. = ante meridian = before noon (i.e. fucking morning).
That’s my rant du jour.
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It got up to 107.6 degrees yesterday. It was 107.4 today. Someone come and take me away from this late-season hotter-n-hell weather. I've served my time in hot weather purgatory (Phoenix).
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Dubya Quote of the Day:
"We've got a lot of rebuilding to do ... The good news is — and it's hard for some to see it now — that out of this chaos is going to come a fantastic Gulf Coast, like it was before. Out of the rubbles of Trent Lott's house — he's lost his entire house — there's going to be a fantastic house. And I'm looking forward to sitting on the porch." (Laughter) —President Bush, touring hurricane damage, Mobile, Ala., Sept. 2, 2005
8 comments:
I'm cracking up at the Dubya quote for today, he is a piece of work, I'm still chucking at that, I think I might print that one just to look at when I need a laugh.
Yuck, 107 and I bet that the humidity is up to make it even more YUCK!!! I think Fall will be here after this week, over the weekend we didn't even reach the 70's.
In the a.m., you know the morning time it has been kind of chilly. :)
So you have an issue with redundancy? I do to but probably do it myself from time to time. Please don't mortally wound me for being a redundant tard. :)
Have a great week Mr. Cj.
Love from Idaho
Carlos honey? You live in the desert.
omg, can't someone put a muzzle on George? Why, WHY do I have to be tortured by his inablility to speak? Could he be a bigger moron? I think I'll go check out Dead Guy and find out.
I go crazy when people are looking for something and say, for instance, "Where's my coat at?" Why do they need to tack on the word "at"? What's wrong with these people?
Cj
We are going to have to exchange recipes sometime. It seems you are partial to Mexican food. Me too. My grandma makes some mean enchiladas, and doesn't think it counts as real Mexican food unless it's made with goat cheese. Do you use goat cheese? Maybe your grandma and grandpa know my grandma and grandpa. We are from out of California also.
Tard 2
Yes, we'll have to exchange a few recipes. There's only one that I don't part with, and that's a recipe for some salsa I make. You know, handed down through the family (father's side) and all that shit. I'll gladly send you a jar though! Hippy chick too. It's mucho good-o.
I got the vast majority of my recipes from my Mom, who lived in Mexico City for 7 years and learned to cook from my father's family.
I'll have to send you the titles for two good Mexican cookbooks I have...Very authentic and the best I've seen.
Cj (Forgot which Tard I am!)
I would love to have the title of the books, and would really appreciate some mucho good salsa. I am sure hippy chick wouldn't mind if you sent her jar to me also. I will hold onto it till she gets here ;)
Tard 2
Oh by the way Cj I can't get over how much Boy & Girl look like you. I especially see it in your son, he looks just like you did when you were a young stud :).
Good looking kids you and the warden have there.
R.
Did I just post this comment abut kids on the wrong post, woops, you know where it belongs and what I mean. I'm special!!!!
Special R.
Thanks for the compliment on the little tards. They're great kids. Driving them to school is a riot. We act like total retards and laugh pretty much the whole way to school.
Oh, and by the way, you've always been special. You're just special in a special kinda way now! :-)
Dig ya,
C
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