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TYPICAL ISRAELI TREATMENT OF PALESTINIANS

Cops as Bullies. What diff in Law West of the Pecos??

Speaking of chickenshittedness not unique to Southern Oregon (Law West of the Pecos and/or insignificant small-town USA and/or the great George Carlin and his significant contribution to western thought), here and now might be the right time to discuss chicken shit - giving our readers an insight to what went wrong and how we might make it right - although "bad cops" in post-911 America is never a pleasant subject or Speed Traps. I think it went wrong when for whatever reason "chicken shit" (the word-coupling) was deemed obscene, vulgar, whatever, not allowed to be discussed. There is no other word coupling in the English language that describes what is really chicken shit. Since the words can't be used, what is chicken shit in New York or Washington, D.C., al-Quds (Jerusalem) or along the Oregon Coast can't seem to get discussed either. 911 was chickenshit. A whole volume needs to be written on that theme because for some reason an imaginary and unauthentic Islam got woven into it as well. There is a laundry list of chickenshit doings connected directly with post-911, but there is a pre-history of chickenshittedness that led up to that fateful day. All kinds of chickenshit bullshit (oh, that's another word/word-coupling that's been conveniently left out of the lexicon that prevents us from identifying what's what and doing something about it) that is connected with, even the King James Version of the Bible's "only" son of Abraham conspiracy. Arab, Muslim and Qur'anic cultures often refer to western chickenshittedness as mischief. But with the exception of what bin Laden bunch are perceived to be, most Arabs, Muslims and followers of Authentic Islam are polite and rarely use such words.

25DEC2001 - Israeli crimes against the Palestinian is bad enough...

but the zionists barring Palestinian President Yasser Arafat's Christmas pilgrimage to Bethlehem's midnight mass, was just plain chickenshit! For as long as the Israeli continues with it racist and bigot-like treatment of the Palestinian people, hopes for peace in the middle east are not only NOT promising, and any hope for peace in al-Quds (Jerusalem) is flat non-existent. Who do the Israeli think they are to humiliate and shame Yasser Arafat in such a chickenshit manner? Who do the Israeli think they are to shame and humiliate the Palestinian people with their ongoing settlements, and depriving Palestinians freedom of movement in the occupied Palestine? While these are matters of chickenshittedness of the highest order, how the Israeli treat the Palestinian is also bullshit - that is not to say suicide bombers blowing up civilians in downtown Tel Aviv is exactly kosher, uh, halal!!27JUL2002 And speaking of chicken shit...

FEDEX is getting in on the act - From Carl Worden

With all the revelations about corporate greed and wrongdoing, you would think a large corporation like Federal Express would be minding their P's & Q's, but I am sorry to report that is not the case.

I have documented and filed a formal complaint against Fedex with the Oregon State Attorney General's Office, alleging consumer and bank fraud to wit: That Federal Express Corporation routinely accepts credit and debit cards for payment, issues a receipt for the amount to be charged the consumer, and then arbitrarily and capriciously charges the credit or debit card more than the amount listed on the charge receipt.

For example, on April 18, 2002 I sent a shipment via Fedex by dropping a package off at the Fedex counter near the Medford, OR airport. The debit card receipt shows that my account would be charged $15.40. On my bank statement, Fedex charged my account $22.98. or $7.58 more than I authorized. I have now documented three such fraudulent transactions recently, and I have others going back two years.

Upon examination of my charge receipt, Fedex placed the following weasel words: "Subject to additional charges in Terms & Conditions of Fedex Service Guide" Funny thing is, I've never seen a Fedex Service Guide, and I've never been offered one. I'll bet you have never been offered one either. That's not going to fly.

So on 7/18/02, I dropped off another package for shipment at the Medford Fedex counter, and placed the charge on my debit card, as usual. The receipt shows I will be charged $15.63. Even though the counter person weighed the package, I asked her to weigh it again. My shipping receipt shows 1 package at 1.0 lb, and the charge at $15.63, but the credit card charge with those weasel-words on it shows a weight of .50 lb. Hmmm....

So I asked the counter lady about this, and she plainly stated that if the package is found to weigh more by Fedex than it is checked in at, my debit card charge would be adjusted without my authorization. I pointed out that if I paid by check or cash Fedex could do nothing about it, and to my utter amazement, all three counter persons agreed!!!! Can you believe this???

So what we have here is a Federal Express Corporation license to steal, and I am about to rescind it. There is no way for the consumer to know how much their package actually weighed after it is dropped off, so Fedex can say it weighed whatever they want, and I should point out here that at no time has Fedex ever charged my account LESS than the amount noted on my receipt.

The lesson here is that if you ship by Fedex, pay by cash or check. Do not use a credit or debit card, and do not maintain a Fedex account that utilizes a debit or credit card. Fedex cannot be trusted, and I know they didn't just pick on Carl Worden. This is clearly a corporate policy that affects everyone.

Carl F. Worden

Dunne's tale of Chandra fate
Speaking of bullshit, while the way Gary Condit went about the Chandra Levy deal is as chickenshit as it gets, it is also a real bullshit story.

Also see: Law West of the Pecos and/or Speed Traps.