No, it's not another political post. I've just been reading some of the other blogs, pondering what I'd do if anybody ever put ME in charge. I've got a list of things a mile long that would change. Drastically & overnight ...
The beauty of small town living...
- ROSE
- Bomont, West Virginia, United States
- When you have no idea what you're doing, somebody else will ... or at least make something up & run with it.
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The maintenance guy where I work showed up today to replace the light bulb above my desk. One minute, I was in the dark; the next, this guy with his name on his chest changed my world. So much power in such a simple task.
Now see one time I was at a Christmas Party at the Holiday Inn downtown and I got up on the counter in my bare feet (the fancy dress was hard enough to manuever in, let alone high heels, I had to take them off), and pulled out every burnt out light blulb they had in the ladies rooms and took them up to the front desk so they could be replaced. No on thanked me for changing their world! Hmmmpph!
well, you've certainly left me in the dark duhhhh and i'm a ding dong daddy and damned if i know what yu're talking about. the lone ranger
well i forgot to mention that the counter was in the ladies room and it was almost totally dark in there because all the bulbs but one were burnt out and after I mentioned this to the staff several times no one did anything about it, so I went in there and got out all the burnt out bulbs. Those people at the Holiday Inn could had the power too, but they chose not to! Get it!
sounds to me like rose[oops anon] has been boozin it up a little. the lone stranger
Mornin' Rose. "Politically Correct Democracy vs. World Domination" and light bulbs. Have I not had enough coffee yet??? lol
Good morning, y'all!!
Boozin' it up? LOL Maybe I just NEEDED a drink or 2. The crucial point behind that original remark had something to do with a God Complex, but I'll be darned if I can remember now what that point was. LOL
teehee. Night out at Gino's just too much for you, huh?
Ah, not just a night out. A hair cut AND Gino's! Just too much for me, I reckon. LOL
Remember the guy in VT who got 60 days for his 4 years of monstrosity? Remember the woman who found a severed finger in her Wendy's chili? Her husband provided the finger, not Wendy's. She got NINE YEARS in prison. Her husband got TWELVE.
My own personal God Complex would force me to feed her & her husband a few severed ... parts ... from Vermont.
little update. no new filings. tried to take a look at the county monthly balance sheets. was told the public wasn't allowed to see the bank balance sheets. got some old balances off last years budget. last years audit report should be available by now. also balance sheets for school board and county should be available by request using the freedom of information act. seems to be something wrong in these county finances. otherwise why all the secrecy. the lone stranger bring on the FBI someone i'm getting to nosy and need to be investigated. domestic terrorist that's me sometimes known as a holy terror. also known as the old man of the sea. damned if i don't get around.
Go git 'em, lone stranger!!!
Let's all put in a FOIA request, then call all the news stations & have them send a camera crew up here. If we time it just right, maybe we could synchronize it with a public meeting of some sort so we can get more people in on the action.
Maybe the Girl Scouts could set up a stand & sell cookies & somebody could set up a hot dog stand.
WOO HOO!! A party in the making!!
(Rose is in a *MOOD* today!! LOL)
Lone Stranger,
Did you ask for these reports before or after you had purchased you corn starch.
I'll bring the chili. woo hoo. party, party.
I think that it is a shame when an ex state senator can stalk a women who is supposed to be sooo sooo afraid of him that she has a life time restraining order against him. This does not evidently keep her from taking gifts and money from someone she is so afraid of. If it was the average joe on the street the jail would be jacked up and he would be put under it.
What good would it do to press charges? He'd drag it out, demand a trial by jury & walk away with a reprimand & an anger management class schedule.
If you're not going to press charges, what's the point of calling 911? Especially in cases where a restraining order is in place, if 911 is called, charges should be pressed by The People automatically.
What's really sad (& I know nothing about this particular incident) is what this kind of thing does to the families.
it's my understanding that in Ohio when the police answers a domestic violence complaint, someone is going to jail. one incident that I know of the wife slapped the husband and the husband shoved her away, she called 911 and when the police came and got everything sorted out, the wife was the one they cuffed and stuffed because she was the one who actually did the act. the husband even asked that she not be arrested but they told him that when they get a domestic violence complaint, someone is going to jail and since the wife admitted she slapped the husband, away they went.
they were a young couple with one child and subsequently divorced. what a shame, but maybe it was the best thing to do in the long run. who knows.
like many others, i have a scanner and the domestic violence calls seem to be increasing, but a lot of them come from the same place over and over. this i don't understand. why do people continually go right back into a violent situation? i'll never understand that.
I would most definitely have to agree with you, elkriverwoman. There are many, many cases of domestic abuse occuring all around us every day. It is something that is often passed over as not being of a serious nature here in Clay County.
Unless someone has been in that situation personally, they don't understand the need for better enforcement of the law as well as consequences for those who use the same laws to "one up" their ex. (I am NOT saying that is the case with anyone mentioned in previous comments.) However, there are many times where that IS the case...and I believe that's what makes the law enforcement take it lightly.
I don't think law enforcement really takes it lightly. They just get sick and tired of being used as referees in some cases where it's a way of life for some people. Instead of them getting counseling if they want to stay together or just calling it quits and get away from each other, they just fight and cuss and carry on and then call the law. And if Randy Schoonover stills has any "political pull" after his shameful acts as a representative of Clay County, then I give up all hope of things ever getting any better here. Sure, there are a lot of others in the legislature who do the same kind of crap but they are smart enough to get away with it. Unfortunately for us, Randy tried to play with the big boys and got caught. He was not smart enough to cover his tracks. How he ever got elected to such an important position is beyond me. What were people thinking when they put their check mark on the ballot for him?
In reply to Anonymous (Thu Jan 19, 10:59:42 PM)...
A woman often feels that (despite the treatment she's getting) her significant other is the only person she has, the only one who is there for her in any way. She may have felt alone in her life when he came along and "saved her". She will think that he loves her soooo much because he is so adamant about where she is or worried about what she is doing all of the time. She thinks that it is his concern for her that causes him to do these things. When the relationship starts out, she will see think of these things as being positive. Sometimes she doesn't realize otherwise until she's too involved to get out easily.
As the relationship progresses, she may be led to believe that she isn't smart enough or strong enough to make it on her own, that she needs him in order to survive. In a twisted way, he makes her feel safe. She may be convinced that she is too lazy or too fat or too stupid or too whatever. She may begin to feel that she isn't good enough to make her own decisions or to do anything with her own life. In these cases, the women often feel like they deserve the bad treatment that they get.
These women are brainwashed by constantly hearing those things....by having them literally pounded into their heads day after day after day. After a certain amount of time of hearing all of the derogatory remarks about themselves, they may start to believe that all of those things are true. After all...in the abused woman's mind, it's the person who loves her most that is telling her how horrible she is.
Until that woman realizes that she is strong and that she can survive on her own and that she IS NOT the person he has led her to believe, she will keep going back. Once she is able to remove the blinders that he has placed over her eyes and can see that she is NOT the one with the problems, THAT is when she will leave for good.
Just another little note...sometimes, it can be harder for women to deal with an abusive significant other when they leave than when they are with him. It will take years of determination and hard work even after she finally gets away from him. She will have to do some serious work on her self-consciousness and self-image. She also has to discover who she really is...not who that she's been TOLD she is. It's not really as simple as one would think.
Hope that maybe this helps you understand why women often go back to the one who treated them the worst.
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And in reply to anonymous at 11:42:26 PM...
I really don't know how law enforcement takes domestic abuse situations nowadays...lightly or seriously. However, I do know that they often downplayed those kinds of calls a few years ago. Personally, I think that most of that was due to the fact that people who weren't being abused were constantly calling in and keeping the cops busy running back and forth over simple spats and disagreements. (It's the same thing you are saying about them using the law for "referrees".) That's what I was trying to say in my previous post as well. LOL
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Wow, I'm windy tonight. heh
I think smiley just explained the "Battered Wife Syndrome."
Our police officers are kept busy serving "papers". When they arrest someone and bring them to the court, they have done their job. It's up to the Magistrates and Prosecutor and Judges then to do their job.
Those with political connections of any kind always get breaks, stuff gets swept under the rug, looked over, etc. And it is not unique to Clay County, it's like that from the White House right on down to little ole Town of Clay. Political connections and money will keep a person out of jail anywhere and everywhere.
Good morning, y'all! I see I've once again missed out on the conversation. LOL
Smiley, YOU GO GIRL! I sincerely hope you're in a position in life to share this insight with those who could benefit most from it.
Victims of domestic violence are often products of abusive homes. At some point, the cycle must be broken. Nobody ever has the right to lay a hand on someone else in anger just because they can get away with it. Nor does anybody have the right to mentally or psychologically abuse another person. Often times, though, when we see this happening, we're more apt to get riled up & point out the victim's shortcomings in allowing it to happen, how she needs to get out, etc., etc., etc. I know my first reaction is always, "There's no way in hell I'd put up with that!" ... but I've never "had to."
Obviously, I could go on & on about this for days on end, but alas, today's a rare working Friday. I hate that for me. LOL
I do want to throw this in about RS, though. He got into office because we voted for him. The scam that sent him Up The River definitely wasn't a 1-man show, nor was he the Head Honcho. The wife of one of the other key players in that one found herself sitting at my old desk, working for a living for the first time ever, because they'd spent every penny they had (sold everything they owned) to pay the attorneys that kept her husband from being RS's cellmate. The "poor soul" was a bit out of place, in her state job, dressed in her designer clothes, dripping with diamonds, talking about the boats, the cars, the houses ...
Once upon a time, RS was family. I still sit down to frequent family dinners with his children & grandchildren. This is the saddest part of all - the repercussions of one's actions are rarely restricted to one's own feet. Every time he makes the news, his family suffers far more than he does.
In this town, even those without political connections & money can manage to stay out of jail ...
I wonder what Judge Hayden would say if he was still with us? Keep the miners in your thoughts & prayers always ...
Japan's (re)banned US beef. Don't they eat rodents over there??
Thanks, Rose and brulz.
Rose, you made several good points. A lot of times, these women (and men too) have been brought up in abusive homes and don't realize that it's something they don't HAVE to put up with. It's been something they've dealt with throughout their entire life, so it's "normal".
You are also right about how people sometimes react to women in these kinds of situations...pointing out how the woman should get out, saying what they would do if it were them, etc. Women are often "shunned" by their family and friends because they've "chosen" to stay with the abusive person. I know that people outside the situation don't really understand what it is like, but it helps if a woman has someone that she can depend on for support....who does know what it is like and understands...someone who can help her without judging her for what she has "allowed" to happen. And yeah...when I know that a person is going through something like this, I try to help however I can.
(Just for the record, I understand that men can be abused as well. Personally, I haven't known of that happening, so I always say "women" when referring to the ones on the recieving end of the abuse.)
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Does anyone know of any sites other than cnn.com where they are doing coverage and updates on the miners?? Although CNN does a great job of updating as new information is available, I would like to find another source for the latest info as well. I don't have TV programming, so all of the information that I get is via the internet, radio or word of mouth. I have several friends and acquaintances who work for Massey in that area. :(
to anon. you're obviously a smart ass . the patriot act was not law when this incident occurred. there was no law against what i did. i committed no crime. i was put in prison to set a precedent. also so the federal court could cover up the fact that a federal official was trying to extort money from me. using the power of his office to intimidate me and the USPS to deliver the extortion demand and using gov. franked envelopes to do it. it was covered up to keep the public from realizing how corrupt the gov. has become. the letter involved contained itemized illegal actions in a previous case in clay co. one of the prosecutors involved is now an ass't fed. prosecutor. the other is now the judge. don't know whether this will be posted or not but should it be i expect some people might get ants in their pants. the lone stranger
I see nothing; I hear nothing; I know nothing. Please refer to the disclaimer on the homepage of this website. teeheehee
Ants in your pants will make you dance ....
Smiley TD try msnbc.com it is another good news source. They might have something on there.
What is irritating about love is that it is a crime that requires an accomplice.
OMG! What is up with all the quotes? MP are you back???
I tend to think that the DV victims that return to their abusers and don't follow thru with filing charges are the ones that grew up in that same sort of environment where they don't or can't distinguish between accectable and unacceptable behavior. Because anyone get can stuck with an abuser (physical or mental), but not everyone chooses to stick with that situation.
Um ... thanks for the quotes, but ...
"A man in love is a fool, and an old man in love is the greatest fool of all".
Nothing straightens a man out like a cast iron cornbread skillet ... & he'll never criticize the cornbread again, either!
And depending on how hard you hit them with that iron skillet it will break even tho they say they won't. Piece of advice?: Never turn your back on a pissed off woman.
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