10.15.2010

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire...

Been a long time coming. Time I awoke from my apathy coma and start blogging again.

For those that are not exposed to current events in the U.S, this story made me choke on my breakfast when I heard it a few days ago.

Basically, some bloke living in a small town in Tennessee called 911 because his house was burning down. The town was too small/remote to have it's own fire brigade. He forgot to pay the $75 fee for fire protection from a neighbouring county. The firefighters arrive at the scene and pretty much refused to put out the fire, choosing to stand around and watch the house burn to the ground instead. The bloke tried to pay the $75 on the spot, but they refused to accept any form of payment. And just to rub it in, the fire brigade helped the neighbours who remembered to pay the fee to keep the fire from spreading to their property. WTF?!  The bloke lost his dogs in the burning house. What if a person was trapped inside? Would the county firemen be accessories to murder?

The firemen allegedly said that they were just following orders. No money, no service. The majority of mainstream American media blame the bureaucrats, the people in charge of the system, privatization, tax cuts, etc. Yes, the system has failed, but I think the firemen are in the wrong and should shoulder the blame too.  Furthermore, the victims of the fire are portrayed of deadbeats because they didn't pay. So much for the goodwill and Christian values that they keep preaching about in the South.

This is the kind of B.S that goes on in America. I'm pretty disturbed that something like this even happened.  The story got maybe 2 days of coverage before the focus shifted back to the issues that have dominated mainstream American consciousness for the past 12 months: Obama's overspending, border security and some Mosque in NYC.  Why is it that everyone except for Americans recognize that their society is going down the shitter? 

Money can be used to justify just about anything in America. I find that R-E-V-O-L-T-I-N-G.

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