And on the subject of local Memphis News
If I hear the pseudophrase “Frost Fright” again, I’m going to punch a baby. That is all.
Archive for April, 2008
“Operation Sudden Impact” gives me a really bad feeling.
Particularly the way the local media is covering it.
Law Enforcement Crackdown on Terrorists
FAST FACTS:
- Operation Sudden Impact rounds up suspects
- Officers say the raid can also help identify possible terrorists
- Shelby County Sheriff’s Department calls the multi-agency force a success
(Memphis 4/14/2008)?Traveling around Memphis, you probably don’t think much about terrorists, but law officers do.
It was front and center stage at a round up Saturday.
Operation Sudden Impact included police, deputies, FBI, drug agents, and even gang units all working together to see how crimes may be linked.
“People committing crimes down in Crittenden County might have some kind of warrant and we might be looking for them in Shelby County. We in turn feed that information into state police, which can give us a national and international nexus if one exists.” says Shelby County Sheriff Mark Luttrell.
He says terrorist usually have other links and because Memphis is a distribution center, it has to be especially on guard. That includes the waterways.
The U.S. Coast Guard in Memphis was a part of Saturday’s round-up, checking a boat on the river.
“We look at everything, the safety of the tow boat in general. We also check out the crew members, just to make sure there is nobody hiding out on the tow boat, felons, criminals etc.” says Lt. Timothy Martin of the U.S. Coast Guard in Memphis.
They say sharing information and building relationships, is a big step in fighting back against those intent on harm.
The Sheriff’s Department says 332 people were arrested, 142 of whom are were fugitives.
Hundreds of dollars were seized, and drugs recovered.
1,292 traffic violations were handed out.
They are determining if and when they plan another round-up.
Link, not sure if it’s a permalink, hence my quoting the article.
Let’s start with the title. “Law enforcement crackdown on TERRORISTS!”
Not criminals, not fugitives, TERRORISTS!
“He says terrorist usually have other links and because Memphis is a distribution center, it has to be especially on guard. That includes the waterways.”
We’ll just ignore the atrocious grammar and stick with criticizing the content: There’s no evidence they’ve caught any “terrorist” at all. I’m not saying that I doubt the fact that Memphis is a potential target, but the whole goddamn thing is a little too McCarthy for me. “Be on guard!” “Keep an eye out!” “Report suspicious activity!”
Isn’t fear mongering the basic reason that terrorism works? I’m not suggesting we lie down and take it, but over-reacting and sacrificing our basic ideals doesn’t seem like a very good solution either. I don’t see the point of branding what is essentially a solid regional crime crackdown as part of “The War on Terror”.
Looks like the West Memphis Three might get another trial
I’ve been hearing rumblings about this for a really long time, I’ll definately be interested to see how it pans out.
I just made an Orkut community for Downtown Memphis
I actually had never heard of orkut until I was looking for someone else in google’s services menu and dediced to click and see what it is. It appears to be google’s take on a social networking site. Since Google will become self aware and assimilate humanity soon, I figured I would add orkut to my gmail, adsense, analytics, apps, tools, etc accounts from google. Check out my profile and the 38103 community on orkut.
I deserve a beer for writing this.Mississippi river flooding at Downtown Memphis
So I just got a new 2GB sandisk SD card (I didn’t realize how cheap SD got while I was moving through MiniSD and MicroSD in my WindowsMobile devices. 
) and decided I would break it in by going up to the roof and taking some pics of the flooded mississippi. All pics are taken with a Canon SD400 point and shoot (I need a DSLR badly) from the roof of the pembroke square building @ 125 Gayoso 38103. RIver at the time of the pics was at 37.31′, flood stage is 34.00′. I’m trying to find a pic of the river during normal conditions as a comparison for the non-memphians.
I was in the mood for a burger
And to me burger means Huey’s, so that’s where I went. I got the classic Hueyburger with cheddar, it was awesome as always. Highly suggested by me and basically everyone in Memphis, winning the Memphis Flyer’s best of Memphis award in the “Best Burger” category every year for roughly the last two decades, so I don’t see the need for a longwinded review.
For the out of towners…
Just an example of local TV ads.
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I deserve a beer for writing this.My latest myspace bulletin:
If you’re gonna post some email forward your mom sent you, at least check snopes.com first.
Fuck you, I’ll buy gas whenever I want.
Fuck you, the photoshopped picture of Obama/Hillary/Ron Paul/Bill Clinton/John McCain/Xenu doing something retarded isn’t real. Yes, the picture of George W. Bush doing something retarded is real.
No, George Carlin does not want “God” on his money and the fact that you buy that means you have probably never heard a minute of his standup.
You will not be contacted by your crush, I don’t give a fuck how many people you annoy with gay stories.
No, a young girl was not killed by an axe murderer because she didn’t forward some gay story.
No, no one gives a fuck that you posted new pics, unless they involve compromising positions and a miniture donkey. If we cared we would be looking at your profile.
Direct hatemail to www. sigisfunny. com
Hugs and Kisses,
Sig
In for my friends list mysteriously getting a bit smaller.
I deserve a beer for writing this.ATTN: Every ghetto thug in Memphis
Could you guys do me a favor? If it’s a weekend, could you please drive downtown, but don’t go anywhere. Oh no, jebus forbid you spend money and contribute to the local economy. Instead, just drive around. Go as slow as you can, use the major throughfares. Sit at green lights. Swerve around so as to take up both lanes. Actually exit your car and bootydance in the middle of fucking Union Avenue when I’m just trying to get to the store to buy a 12er of Newcastle before they stop selling alcohol at 3. Fuck it, you aren’t in a hurry. I mean, you aren’t even going anywhere. The destination is the drive. You’ve all the time in the world. If possible, put the loudest exhaust imaginable on your shitbox, and rev the fuck out of it. Rev it like your warranty is up tomorrow, and you want a new engine out of it. Rev it like it’s your exgirlfriend’s car.
But most importantly, please, PLEASE turn your system up all the way. I love the way it shakes my windows. I really get off on hearing your ghetto shit pumped into my apartment at all hours, because the point is not to listen to your shitty music, it’s to make other people listen to your shitty music.
XOXO - Sig
I deserve a beer for writing this.It’s weird what you stumble upon…
I was reading the wiki article on Memphis, looking for basic population data.
I get to the end of the article and notice List of Famous People from Memphis, TN, so I decide to check it out.
I’m scanning the usual list of old blues musicians and a smattering of actors when I notice a familiar name, Veronica Finn. She was in the “Girl Band” Innosense. She was also my backup ride to highschool when my normal ride was having car problems.? Anyway, strange to see a wiki page on someone you know.
I deserve a beer for writing this.