Huge Payoffs to Police Brass in San Francisco Infuriate Tax Payers

In this scary economic climate of the State of California being broke and nearly bankrupt, tax payers in San Francisco are steaming mad after learning in yesterday's SFGate.com's  Matier & Ross columnists article that the outgoing police brass are set to receive enormous pensions for life after receiving huge severance packages. 

What first angered people was when they learned the former Police Chief Heather Fong, who retired in 2009, received $303,653 in unused vacation, sick and comp time.  Needless to say, many article comments questioned why there wasn't any cap placed on sick time as in the private sector. The real clincher though was when tax payers learned Fong would be receiving a whopping $229,500 a year pension for life. In the article's comment section  people were threatening to storm City Hall with pitch forks while others ripped Ms. Fong apart calling her a criminal.

I thought I'd post a few of the comments after San Franciscans learned Ms. Fong will be receiving millions of dollars in her pension should she live a normal lifespan. 

This is totally disgusting. Heather Fong should be ashamed of herself for taking the money. She was a lousy police chief who got the position by politics and not by merit. No wonder the City budget is in the deep red. City top management are way over paid.

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Disgusting is certainly the appropriate word. How about a few thousand people show up at city hall this afternoon and raise hell about this. What we need is a Facebook and Tweet based process to getting people out on the street in response to this sort of outrage.

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These people think their actions are harmless "gaming the system" and taking money from a faceless state and city government. The problem is that they are stealing from the poor, elderly,sick people who need these funds to survive. They are stealing the education from our children. They are stealing the future from all of us. They should be considered criminals because that is what they are.

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Now that "we the people" are officially working for the government I guess somehow as Jennifer Johnson ( I love it another department spokesperson this time from HR ) can explain how it is now legally justifiable for the taxpayer to be absolutely robbed blind due to it being "mandatory under state law".

OK kids here is the bottom line. You no longer need a gun to rob. Simply become a civil servant and you can again rob, steal and cheat to your hearts' content due to it being "mandatory under state law".

OK so how about giving us the poor working class some insight into how this all came to be "mandatory under state laws". Was this "law" something that was voted on???

What elected officials and it goes without being said which unions were pushing to establish "laws" that provided civil servants with the ability to get rich for life?

When did this become "law"??

Did those that pushed for these unbelievable just the opposite of capitalism laws receive political campaign contributions from the likes of SFPD, SDFD, SEIU, etc.?

Dig a little deeper and let us know who decided that to make "mandatory under state law" that civil servants could rob and steal.

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That's disgusting. That's like winning the lottery. Many people with a master's degree or advanced carpentry skills will only make $40k/yr in most other states. $400,000 is enough to hire 10 people.

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Chief Fong quit at age 54, so she should be collecting this pension for 30-40 years!!!! But an examination of the numbers is even more revealing. Her base pay, divided by 2080 hours/year yields an hourly pay of $90/hr. Divide that into her unused vacation payout and it comes out to 3370 hours of pay, or 421 days of accrued vacation. Assuming that she gets 3 weeks vacation per year, that means she accrued vacation and didn't take any vacation for 28 years!!!! This is a ludicrous and blatant and unnecessary attack on taxpayers and there should be a monumental revolt against this insanity. Thanks to Matier and Ross for continuing to expose this kind of GREED. It isn't just confined to Wall Street.

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These city employees are outright stealing from the taxpaying public. These people are no better than the Madoff conspirators. If they cannot be arrested & I know that is the case, then these lowlifes should never ever be allowed back into San Francisco for any reason, publicly scorned forever and held up to the new lawmakers as the reason this public service system is thoroughly and completely corrupt.

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These public employee payouts are just this side of criminal, yet we do nothing to stop them

It appears a few of these tax payers seem to have just had their eyes opened feeling they've been burned.  I've known it for years.  Those in the legal profession, attorneys in particular, learn how to steal money lawfully from clients.  Stealing from tax payers is the easiest crime of all and these politicians cover for one another as do the police and judges. It's all nothing but a business.

S.F. Police Brass Cash In On Way Out - SF Gate.com

People Who Couldn't Wait to Win the Lotto - Part 3

This post is a continuation of a multi-part series on employee embezzlement of employers as listed on the Fraud Talk blog. As usual, most of these stories are about women.  For those without photos, it's only because none are yet available. 


It's so sad to see such a relatively young woman has ruined her future as disclosed in the following fraud story. 


Louisiana Bank Employee Charged with Embezzling $280K From Elderly Customer Accounts

Brandy Rogers, 31, of New Iberia, Louisiana, has been arrested and charged with embezzling some $280,000 from elderly customer accounts at Teche Federal Bank where she had been employed as a customer service representative. Rogers allegedly siphoned monies from customer accounts over a period of several months. She has been charged with unauthorized use of an access card for theft, identity theft, theft of assets of an aged person, bank fraud, forgery, computer fraud and money laundering.


Read the story here and here.

Bookkeeper In North Carolina Arrested for Allegedly Embezzling $145K

Connie Lynn Reeves, 47, of Wake Forest, North Carolina, has been arrested for allegedly embezzling 145,247.62 from Access Medical Development, where she had been employed as a bookkeeper. According to authorities, Reeves' scheme spanned nearly two years from January 2007 through September 2008. The nature of the scheme has not been disclosed. She had been employed by the firm for nearly 6 years.

Read the story here.

Illinois Woman Charged With Embezzling $1.5 Million; Gambles It Away

Julie Nowaczyk, 50, of the Chicago, Illinois neighborhood of Ashburn, has been charged with embezzling some $1.5 million from ENR General Machining Co. where she had been employed as a bookkeeper. According to prosecutors, Nowaczyk's thefts spanned a four and a half year period, having been discovered last July only after the business owners hired a banker to look into why the company inexplicably was losing money. She allegedly issued herself more than 300 checks from the company which she logged as either vendor payments or petty cash, since 2006. The business was forced to make layoffs and was nearly placed into bankruptcy as a result of the embezzlement. Meanwhile, Nowaczyk was gambling the illicit proceeds away at high-end slot machines in nearby casinos in Indiana. She was confronted and has reportedly admitted to the scheme. Nowaczyk had been employed by the company for some 12 years.

Read the story here, here and here.

Former Municipal Bookkeeper In New York Charged With
Embezzling More Than $350K

Pegeen Mulligan-Moore, 40, of Valatie, New York, has been charged with embezzling more than $350,000 from the towns of Kinderhook and Greenport, New York, where she had been employed as a bookkeeper. Last September, Mulligan-Moore was charged with 18 felonies and two misdemeanors, which includes two counts each of felony second- and third-degree grand larceny and one count of fourth-degree grand larceny; two counts of computer trespass; two counts of first-degree tampering with public records; eight counts of first-degree falsifying business records; and second-degree attempted forgery—all felonies—and misdemeanor counts of obstructing governmental administration and criminal possession of stolen property. Prosecutors allege that Mulligan-Moore's schemes spanned a three year period from December 2006 until the end of December 2009. She is alleged to have embezzled more than $287,000 from Kinderhook and approximately $53,000 from Greenport by depositing checks intended for the municipalities into her own accounts and paying her credit card bills online with municipal funds.

Read the story here and here.

Chicago Woman Charged With Bilking $290K From Non-Profit

Christina Madej, 58, of Chicago, Illinois, has been charged with embezzling nearly $290,000 from the Chicago Engineers’ Foundation, a non-profit that provides scholarships to area students, for which she had served as its director. According to authorities, Madej wrote checks to herself from foundation accounts. The foundation is affiliated with the Union League Club of Chicago. According to public records, Madej filed for personal bankruptcy in 2005, listing $85,000 in debts.

Read the story here, here and here.

Bank Manager Pleads guilty to Embezzling $6.2 Million

Susan A. Curtis, 49, of Naugatuck, Connecticut, pleaded guilty yesterday to charges she embezzled some $6.2 million from Webster Bank and Bank of America, where she had been employed as a manager negotiating and managing bank property leases. According to authorities, Curtis and her now ex-husband, Kevin W. Caffrey, 45, of Wolcott, Connecticut, set up to companies, New House, LLC andEquity Realty, LLC, which then submitted fraudulent invoices for payment of fees in at least 109 real estate transactions she oversaw. The scheme reportedly spanned at least 6 years from May 2000 until May 2006. Specifically, Curtis plead guilty to two counts of bank fraud and four counts of filing false tax returns. Kevin Caffrey pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud and one count of filing a false tax return and is awaiting sentencing. Curtis' current husband, Gary J. Stocking Jr., 43, of Naugatuck, was also indicted for his allegedly involvement in the scheme.

Read the story here, here, here and here

New York Man Accused of Embezzling $400+K From Credit Union

Jason J. LaPierre, 35, of Kingsbury, New York, has been accused of embezzling at least $406,000 from the Hudson River Community Credit Union where he had been employed as a marketing specialist. According to authorities, LaPierre wrote numerous false and duplicate checks from the banks accounts which he deposited into his accounts at several other banks. Police investigators allege that LaPierre's scheme spanned nearly five years from 2006 until December 2010. LaPierre also serves as the pastor at the River Church. He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Read the story here and here.

Independent Securities Broker Sentenced to 4 Years Prison Term for Embezzling $1.7 million
 

Gregory J. Buchholz, 45, of Bridgewater, Connecticut, was sentenced to 4 years in prison for embezzling some $1.7 million from client accounts of his while working as an independent securities broker operating a branch office of Raymond James Financial Services, Inc. in Southbury, Connecticut. According to prosecutors, Buchholz misappropriated client checks by forging them or convincing them to sign them over to him to invest. Instead, Buchholz took the funds for his own purposes. Buchholz' scheme spanned nearly 10 years, beginning in 2001. 

Read the story here and here.

Read the DOJ announcement here.


Bookkeeper Charged With Allegedly Embezzling $100K 

Kisha Deaton Sain, 32, of Maiden, North Carolina, has been charged with embezzling more than $100,000 from Carolina Comfort Systems, LLC where she had been employed as a bookkeeper. The alleged thefts occurred over a six year period between 2003 and 2009. Research suggests that Sain and her husband, Daniel Sain, are into the pageantry scene, apparently for their two young daughters.

Read the story here.

Executive VP Plea Bargains for 6 1/2 Year Prison Term for Embezzling $3 million

Jerry F. Wells, Jr. 47, of Columbia, South Carolina, reportedly made a plea agreement with prosecutors that he would serve 6 1/2 years in prison for embezzling nearly $3 million from publicly traded UCI Medical Affiliates, Inc. and another $40,000 from an unidentified company. According to reports, Wells was executive vice president and chief financial officer of UCI's Doctors Care medical clinics until December 2008, when the embezzlement scheme was discovered. An SEC complaint alleges that the thefts began in 2003 and continued until he was fired from the company. Prosecutors charged that Wells embezzled the $40,000 from a company while he was out on bail pending the UCI case. Wells is scheduled to be sentenced on March 3, 2011. The SEC enjoined Wells from practicing accounting.

Read the story here, here and here.

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Revolutionary Spray-On Skin Gun Heals Burn Victims Fast

This story sounds like something out of Star Trek just like the hologram post a few days ago. There's a new device tested successfully that sprays new skin on a burn victim's charred flesh that enables healing within as little as four days.

A traditional skin graft procedure took a month to grow sheets of skin while being extremely painful that caused some patients to die.  With the Spray-on Skin Gun, all a doctor needs is a small patch of healthy skin to then put into a solution to be sprayed onto the affected area.  The procedure takes only 90 minutes. 

As reported to the National Geographic for its program How to Build a Beating Heart (to air February 7th, 2011), for Matthew Uram the radical procedure has already saved his skin. Last July he received severe burns to his face, neck, shoulder, arm and hand after someone threw a cup of petrol on to a bonfire at a party. His hand looked like a "charred piece of meat", he said.  Quickly taken to hospital, he was offered the chance to be one of the first patients to benefit from the skin gun. (Photo at right not Mr. Uram)

"It looked like something you would see in Star Wars," he said. "But I agreed."
He was glad he did: "They did it on a Friday, and my follow up was that Monday and the burns unit said it was completely healed." Spray-on Skin Developed for Burn Victims - Telegraph

• Spray-On Skin Gun on Wikipedia

When The Evil So Thrive - Voodoo Em!

As stated in my previous post, Creative Ways of Dealing With Authoritarian Freaks, Voodoo dolls are not unlawful in the United States, nor are photos depicting them.  They can be therapeutic in dealing with difficult people we come across who wish to oppress and do harm to us.  Others use the practice to allegedly control others' actions and behavior to their wishes which I personally find impossible and wrong as a form of social engineering.  Everyone should always have free will.

Voodoo dolls can be used for the abusive attorney who rips you off, the judge who abuses his discretion, the police officer who plays politics and writes false police reports, the difficult roommate who wants the lease to your longstanding rental, for the mother you read about who killed her baby daughter and later partied, such as Casey Anthony,  (See Casey Anthony Voodoo Dolls For Sale) and last but not least, cyber stalkers. 

The site Powerful Voodoo Dolls, that sells various voodoo merchandise because it's not illegal in the United States, describes it as:

"Voodoo means "Spirit of God." It's a system of beliefs originating in Africa. It is estimated that Voodoo has over fifty million followers worldwide. Voodoo flourishes in Brazil, Trinidad, Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, New Orleans and in private homes in every country in the world.

Voodoo believers accept the existence of one god. Below this almighty god, spirits (Loa) rule over the world's affairs in matters of family, love, happiness, justice, wealth, revenge.

Today, a significant percent of the population of New Orleans partake in Voodoo rituals. The practice of Voodoo involves the blessing of a Voodoo doll by an experienced practitioner which allows the possessor of the doll to contact the spirits directly - requesting fulfillment in love, finance, career, family matters, etc.

We call upon these spirits from our hearts, summoning the gods, urging them to respond.

For anyone who is searching for a solution to a difficult problem, who is trying to mend a conflict, Loa awaits your call.

Easy-to-follow instructions are included.  

Casey Anthony Voodoo Karma Video - Anthony's trial's coming up later this year and the latest news is prosecutors have run into a snag in the case (See Casey Prosecutors face Crucial Stumbling Block)

Instead of using politics, people should get voodoo dolls for politicians doing the most harm.  The problem with Christianity in my opinion is that Christians too often just just lay down and take the insidious evil believing God somehow ordained it. In some cases, they believe promoting the evil will bring about Armageddon faster.  Evil people thrive in today's world and live very long lives.  Former mass murderer VP Dick Cheney who gave the orders for the U.S. air force to stand down on 9/11 is just one example.  I say Voodoo em!

Men Aren't The Only Ones Going Bonkers

It's not just men I've previously posted about who are going bonkers, women are too. I know about the crazies because I've encountered them in every day life.  Aside from my recent experiences I'll share later in this post, my first example is of a bonkers woman who attempted to ship a four month old puppy by U.S. airmail in a box for a kid's birthday.

"Stacey Champon, 39, told postal workers to be careful with the box because it was very delicate, and that if they saw it move or heard noises, it was only because it contained a robot. The box had a few air holes, but she had sealed over them with mailing tape that tightly sealed the package. Champion was apparently mailing the pup to an 11 year old as a birthday present.

Fortunately, the puppy moved enough in the box at the post office that the box fell off the counter. When it landed on the floor, workers could hear panting sounds. They got the OK to unwrap it, and discovered a super thirsty four-month-old poodle-schnauzer-mix puppy named Guess."  - Woman Tries to Ship Puppy by Air Mail - Dogster Blog

In another odd story involving a woman,  a former Los Angeles deputy city attorney and Harvard Law School graduate, Angela West, 50 went berserk at the San Francisco Airport back in December 2010.  When security arrived, West had been enraged swinging a pole smashing merchandise at a Peet's kiosk.

When officers tried to speak to her, West "raged" at them and began swinging the pole, which she had taken from a janitor's cart, Wagstaffe said.  An officer had to use a chair to fend off at least 10 blows, authorities said. West then calmed down and sat in a booth, only to start throwing items at the officers, Wagstaffe said. When the officers tried to arrest her, she kicked one of them in the groin, Wagstaffe said. After being subdued, West shouted out that she was a lesbian and that the officers "should stop trying to have sex with her," the prosecutor said. - Ex-City Attorney Pleads No Contest to Airport Coffee Kioske Rampage ABA Journal

Bonkers Lawyer in Martinez, CA Has Her Bonkers Cyber Stalking Client Harassing Me

Speaking of bonkers female attorneys like the one above, the one in Martinez, CA I posted about a few months ago has a cyber stalker out harassing me with the same mindset of a psycho cyber stalker case she took on my behalf in 2009.  I've had two of her female clients since contact me all complaining about the attorney's dark, devious, evil tactics to get to their money using their divorces as a manipulative device.  One lady had to file for bankruptcy and another has stated after $28,000 she still doesn't have a divorce and the attorney isn't returning her phone calls.  Both of these women claim they've been abused by the attorney with her devious tactics.  When I took the attorney to Small Claims Court last year she really showed how bonkers she was making all kinds of false accusations and just plain lying to the judge.  In my opinion, as well as the other two clients I spoken with who have also spoken with one another, the attorney is bonkers.

On a side note, in today's SFGate, an attorney stated to the media as plain as day a class-action lawsuit filed against Safeway wasn't about damages to female clients, admitting they filed a frivolous lawsuit:

"The main thrust of this isn't about damages," said Daniel LeBel, a San Francisco consumer attorney who is also involved in the suit. None of the plaintiffs so far were sickened by contaminated foods. "It's about getting Safeway to do the right thing." - Safeway Lawsuit Over Product Recalls - SFGate.com

Sadly, attorneys file frivolous lawsuits all the time but it's very rare they make statements to the media they have no case in so many words. 

Bonkers Britney Spears Like Blond 20's Something Makes Up Story of Imaginary Appointment I Missed  

A couple days ago I was on my way home from being at the office.  While I was in transit I got a call from a lady with a little girl sounding voice who wanted one notarization.  Since she was just across the street from my office I told her I'd meet her in the lobby of my building in 10 minutes.  I got to the lobby and the lady hadn't yet arrived.  I called to learn she hadn't left yet from across the street and was about to leave.  When she finally arrived 15 minutes later, she called me from her cell phone saying she was "standing in front of the building but didn't know how to get into the lobby."  I thought to myself, this lady isn't too bright because the lobby was right in front of her to walk into.

As the blond blue eyed 20's something Britney Spears-like lady entered the lobby, she immediately began projecting onto me without my saying a word or complaining.  She said "sorry I didn't know where the lobby was, I'm new to the area".  Then the kicker came as she sat down across from me without any document or ID in hand to notarize.  The lady uttered some crazy lie "you were supposed to come to our offices at 12:30 p.m. where were you?" I was dumbfounded since we had spoken on the phone three times since she initially called.  I said "What?  Lady you're nuts!"  I then got up to leave and the lady said "you wasted my time".

I figured the lady knew she had kept me waiting a long time and made up some story to make me the guilty party.  It was nasty what she did.  I recorded in my notarial journal my denial of notarization of her, my first ever, due to her lack of capacity 1) inability to present a document to notarize or valid ID 2) inability to enter lobby of building without special directions 3) lying by making up an imaginary appointment  4) wanting to argue with a notary public over an imaginary missed appointment.  I got her name and employer from her voice mail and am sending an invoice.

Divorcee Wife Surprised That $300 For Her Default Divorce w/Child Doesn't Cover Her Multiple Special Requests

A divorcee lady I've been doing the paperwork for her default divorce lost it the other day.  I first agreed to resend documents that her ex claimed to have not received.  I dropped the docs in the mail Monday and sent her an email.  The next thing I know she's making up crazy stories and asking me to process serve her ex unnecessarily.  I wrote "I just dropped them in the mail as you requested, why do I need to process serve them, especially if you claim he's cooperating in the divorce?"

I had to finally explain that her $300 divorce payment ran out ever since the divorce began in September of 2010 and that divorcees usually cost $10,000 at the very least, that she was taking advantage of my services.  The lady has called me numerous times that attorneys would charge $300/hr for.  She called me back saying "I was really surprised to get that email from you." and I just had to laugh to myself because the lady makes $15K/month and she's dragging me through her divorce trying to tell me what to do for her husband's problem. Needless to say, I'm done.

These are just a few little things I've recently encountered with the public, women in particular, indicate some thing's really going haywire out there.

• Going Bonkers Magazine 

Anti-Valentine Gifts For Recent Divorcees

Introducing a 9" tall, stuffed cloth Ex-Husband VooDoo Doll ($9.88).  Whenever you feel your ex-husband needs to be punished, use one of the pins to get your way. Stick the pin into the activity that you want your ex-husband to do, and instantly he will stop acting like a jerk and behave properly. (Buy it here)

Simply the best-selling gag gift on the market. WARNING: Only give this to someone with a sense of humor. The USB Humping Dog ($9.95) is available in Doberman, Husky, Boxer, and Beagle for $9.95. (Buy it here)

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 Whether you're being eaten alive by angst, or you simply want to show your inner drama queen, this tragic graphic is for you. Perfect for drama and theater buffs!  (Link)

 The girlfriend pillow ($16.95) is a very comfortable pillow that imitates women contour. If you can't sleep without a girlfriend unless you have some breast to support your head, this is the right pillow for you.  (Buy it here)

 Break ups ($ 1.49) may be messy, but this playful, creative kit helps a girl cope with style. The 32-page book offers empowering advice about moving on, and comes with a heart eraser, self-affirming mirror compact with a comb, stickers to "deface" old photographs, a "Do Not Cross" caution tape for tying up the telephone when temptation strikes, and a poster to remind her of the top 10 reasons she is better off without him.

(Buy it here)

 Sometimes love is grand. But often it is cruel, evil, and cuts like a knife. These candy hearts ($6.99) have some of the most dejected, dysfunctional, and dumped on messages ever, and they make perfect Anti-Valentine gifts.

 www.MoonstruckChocolate.com

 Love can certainly turn you into one. Or alternatively, tell the ex-object of your affection how you really feel about her on Valentine's Day! The phrase Cold Hearted Bitch is hand stamped on 3/4" sterling silver hearts.  (Link)

Flowers die. Candy makes you fat. This year save some money by saying no to the greeting card companies conspiracy. If you're one of the millions of people who don't have a date for the 14th, Vitamin Records has your back! This compilation features fourteen hardcore, string quartet tributes to some of emo's most legendary artists ($13.86). Love blows! This doesn't!  (Buy it here)

 It's a wicked cool design for a knife holder and certainly a lot more edgy than the standard old block of wood. The Ex Knife Set ($99.89) is the perfect gift for your friend who just got single!  (Buy it here)

 I'm sure the paranoid schizophrenics will have a field day with this post. 

What To Expect When Society Breaks Down

We've all seen signs of it everywhere, the imminent societal breakdown that's gradually rearing its ugly head.  Many people are in denial hoping the monster will just go away.  Back in 2007 I changed my lifestyle dramatically realizing something very serious was up ahead.  Society is clearly breaking down and that fact can't be denied any longer.  All it takes is a dramatic increase in the price of oil and gas to tip the scales into bedlam.  

So we can know what to expect, a list was compiled on the American Dream blog of what the riots in Egypt can teach us.  I thought I'd list them here. 

#1 When society breaks down, people look for whatever weapons they can find.  Over this past week, abandoned police stations throughout Egypt have been stripped of their arsenals by looters.

#2 When society breaks down, nobody is safe.  Average Egyptians “armed with sticks and razors” have formed vigilante groups to protect their homes from the crazed looters that have emerged during the rioting.

#3 When society breaks down, you better protect your women and children.  At least 60 rapes have been officially reported since the rioting began.  The unofficial number is surely far higher than that.

#4 When society breaks down, criminals do not fear the law.  There are reports that at least 4 prisons have been attacked and that thousands of convicts have escaped into the streets.

#5 When society breaks down, authoritarian governments begin hoarding food.  The Telegraph is reporting that governments throughout the Middle East and North Africa have started stockpiling huge amounts of food in response to all the rioting that has been going on.

#6 When society breaks down, food shortages can happen shockingly fast.  As commerce has been brought to a standstill in Egypt, serious shortages of some of the most important basic food staples are starting to be reported.  Many families in Egypt only have enough food to be able to survive for a couple more days.

#7 When society breaks down, respect for personal property goes out the window.  All over Egypt shops and businesses are being broken into and totally looted.

#8 When society breaks down, mobs will start doing some of the most stupid things imaginable.  According to Egypt’s top archaeologist, Zahi Hawass, looters broke into the Egyptian Museum during the rioting “and destroyed two pharaonic mummies”.

#9 When society breaks down, it always creates a “power void”.  The Obama administration is calling for an “orderly transition of power” in Egypt, but there is absolutely no guarantee that is going to happen – especially in a nation that has no history of legitimate democracy.

#10 When society breaks down, often outside influences are involved.  The individual being touted as the new “leader” of the protest movement in Egypt is Mohamed ElBaradei.

I can't think of how many times in life I ignored serious issues by escaping in a television program or music.  Those days of escapism are long gone and I'm dealing with reality as best I can.  

Creative Ways of Dealing With Authoritarian Freaks

On February 22, 1943, in Munich, the German student Sophie Scholl went to her death on the guillotine. A member of what is known as the "White Rose" group, she had been found guilty of distributing pamphlets against the war and the Nazis. Her last words, as she walked bravely to her death, were:

"How can we expect righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone willing to give himself up individually to a righteous cause. Such a fine, sunny day, and I have to go, but what does my death matter, if through us thousands of people are awakened and stirred to action?"  

The modern day cartoon above depicted by an artist describes an underlying hostility brewing among authorities towards those who complain in its insinuating execution by guillotine.

People were so much more sophisticated and mature way back during the days of the Nazi's.  Today, many of us protest in creative and often silly ways. For instance, back in the early 1990's I posted fliers around the Palos Verdes Police Department (Palos Verdes Estates, CA) that read "Cinderella Says PV Police Balls Stink" (you know the story, Cinderella attended a ball with her prince prior to the strike of midnight) as my means of combating a big brother provocateur Nazism I had encountered for a long time. 

People of authority, including judges, supervisors and police, don't like it when people complain about them.  Back in the days of the Hitler regime, they'd simply execute people for protesting by cutting their heads off like they did poor polite Sophie Scholl's.  I believe those days are coming back to America, that evil truly does lurk behind many of these people of authority. 

Ways of Dealing with Hard Core Authoritarian Freaks

One way of dealing with these people of authority who abuse their power is to let the laws of karma play out and to make sure to publicize it widely when they fall.  Another way is to use casual voodoo curses that I wrote about several months ago that was later presented to a judge by a paranoid schizophrenic. (See Voodoo or Cyberstalking Legislation?)  Back in the 1980's I was introduced to voodoo on the Saturday Night Live show with "Oh No, Mr. Bill!" where sadistic comedians took out their anger on a poor little doll they continually abused for fun. Unlike the fictional sitcom, Voodoo was really meant for good people to combat the forces of evil.

There's no law against voodoo in the United States ever since it was brought over by African slaves as a means to protect themselves or bring ill will upon their enemies. (See Louisiana Voodoo on Wikipedia) That fact didn't matter to Judge Longstreth in San Diego who didn't like my pin cushion doll depictions of no particular person I had pulled from other sites for this blog.  The judge didn't believe I should have any means of defending myself from intense on-line harassment and defamation.  This kind of intolerance extended to  "should you ever trespass on my property you'll be leaving in a body bag".  The judge didn't like that either. 

I think mocking the authorities and politicians is a wonderful thing because many of them are truly idiots.  Such is why I love sites like The Onion that have a couple hilarious videos.  The difference between the time of the Nazis and now is we still have a lot of humor in our lives as a tool to deal with the morons. 

Gaffe-Prone Biden Embarrasses Nation Yet Again By Sneezing During Meeting

When you complain about people who have too much power and abuse it as such, they will likely find ways to inflict as much pain and hardship on their victim as possible.  A good rule of thumb is don't underestimate how truly psychopathic these people can be.  They don't like criticism or complaints whatsoever.  Such is why finding effective methods of dealing with these type of people have to be done to reduce the damages they can do.

Judge Roland Freisler pictured at right, is the moron who sent that poor woman Sophie Scholl, along with her brother and friend, to the guillotine.  These kind of people did it then and they would do it today if given the chance because they think that highly of themselves.

Rock Star Gods Then vs. Now

I don't listen to this kind of music anymore but thought it was interesting some of the transformations among rock stars from long ago. A few actually improved their appearance and got better with time, not an easy feat.  What's amazing is many of these performers claim to have imagined they would OD one day, like Janis Joplin did, from their excessive rock glitter lives.  For instance, David Bowie in the first photo didn't believe he'd live past his 40's let alone into his 60's as he has today.  

(Above) David Bowie, what was that?  One thing for sure, it freaked out my 1950's based mother in the 70's, she even ripped Bowie's poster off my wall in rage.  I still prefer this genius to a dumb ass narcissistic cop any day.  Space Oddity has always been a favorite Bowie song of mine, it has 6 million views on You Tube. 

 

Mick Jagger looks a little spent and I can't imagine why. Just think of the thousands of performances he's done. He's always had nice hair though. His lips look like they've seen better days.

 Eurhythmics singer Annie Lennox is one of my favorites I've appreciated later in life. She's very talented and a genius.

 Oh what's his name. Sorry, I don't remember.

 Debbie Harry of Blondie used to be pretty. 

Linda Ronstadt is one of the more shocking. Obviously these former celebrities are only human. You can tell Linda has health issues by looking at her.  She was a greatly loved singer and was once very beautiful. 

 Ted Nugent clearly looks better today.

 Interesting conservative look of David Lee Roth.  You can tell this guy was serious back then and still is today.  He just needs spectacles and he could be a lawyer.

 Steve Perry of Journey was a little cutie and he still has the spirit of R&R. He had a great time at the SF Giants game a few months ago since his hit song Boulevard was the Giant's theme song.

 Bruce Springsteen looks mighty fine and better then he used to.  Money tends to do that.

 Steve Tyler of Aerosmith looks the best he can possibly look under the circumstances. Men in the 1970's had nice feminized hair.  I've listened to his classic Dream On dozens of times, maybe hundreds of times in fact.  It's a great song.

Bob Dylan music is all I heard when I first moved to San Francisco in 1995

Alice Cooper looks pretty good today.

Rod Stewart, I'd say he looked better then. 

I don't understand why a few of these guys don't retire.  Don't they think it's time to relax and enjoy life a little?  Spend time with their wife and kids?  I figure they must be addicted to the applause and/or singing on stage.  Performing for these guys is an addiction.