YouÂ’ve been driving for hours. Your bladder is stretched to its limits and you really regret drinking that last 4 ounces of water even though you are really, really thirsty. With much anxiety your legs are bouncing up and down and wiggling back and forth as you try to hold back the flood. Finally after hours of travel you find a place that has a public restroom. Just the site of it makes you smile and laugh with glee. Quickly you park the vehicle, jump out and run inside. YouÂ’re barely able to keep the contents inside and know that if you go any further youÂ’d lose control. As you walked into a public bathroom, you find it to be really disgusting. I mean horribly and massively disgusting.

Have you ever had anything like this happen to you? It doesnÂ’t matter if you were at a gas station, a rest stop, the mall or a restaurant, anywhere youÂ’ve been have you found it so dirty and unclean that itÂ’s technically unusable? Now due to the circumstances such as the ones listed above, have you gone ahead and used it anyway?

IÂ’m just curious if this has happened to anyone else. A couple of weeks ago I stopped in a gas station just because I had to go so bad it hurt. As I walked into the bathroom it looked like it hadnÂ’t been cleaned in weeks. There was mud (In my head it was mud, and yes I had to convince myself of that) all over the floor and sink. The entire room stank of stale urine and feces. The toilet was clogged with toilet paper, feces and urine.

But I had to go really badÂ…

Â…so I did. The next bathroom was at least 30 minutes away and I wasnÂ’t going to make it and the thought of pissing on the side of the building did come to mind, but so did the arrest that goes with it. The whole time IÂ’m trying to convince myself that IÂ’m standing on dried mud, yet that didnÂ’t work when I was finished and went to wash my hands. I couldnÂ’t bring myself to touch the sink. Folks, I donÂ’t have a problem being dirty, but I do have a problem handling what could possibly be another persons arse droppings.

To make matters worse when I told the girl working the counter their bathroom is in dire need of cleaning, she replied, “Yea we know. We’re waiting for the cleaning guy to get here.” They could have at least put an out of order sign on it.

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Okay, this isn't in English, but what the hell is up with the Japanesse and a bug that bites people in the arse?

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I really thought this was a joke.

Apparently not, Ninja Cheerleaders. Although it does have George Takei of Star Trek Fame in it.

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Okay, day two of the new Contagion. What has gone down so far?

1) Shopping for food that has no fat, low sodium and is something I want to eat is difficult.

2) Day two of no caffeine and IÂ’m ready to kill people. I canÂ’t drink any colored soft drinks, anything with caffeine or anything with sugar. That leaves me with water, unless I want to drink whisky all day, which I may just start doing. All IÂ’ve had to drink over the last two days is water and 24 oz of beer. The water at work tastes like morning breath.

3) For the first time in my life I poured perfectly good beer down the drain. It wasnÂ’t even a beer I hated, but beer I really liked. Why? Because I was past my two beer limit and the bottle couldnÂ’t be resealed.

4) Want to know why Americans are fat? It’s because “healthy”, “good for you” foods are almost twice as expensive as regular food. Think I’m kidding; go shopping for “healthy” lunch meats and breads. The other reason is that the amount of time it takes to turn something “healthy” into something palatable takes forever and it still doesn’t taste as good as a bacon cheeseburger and fries that only take 15 minutes to cook. It took me 1.5 hours to cook last night’s dinner and I still would have rather had the burger and fries.

5) If one more person mistakes why I’m eating “healthier” for me going on a diet, I’m going to reach down their throat and rip out a chunk of their lower intestine. If it was up to me, I’d still be eating and drinking the same stuff. It’s because I’m trying to keep my insides from jellifying that I’ve changed my eating habits.

So there you have it. Now youÂ’ll excuse me while I go eat some baby carrots and cucumber slices.

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This video is a little dark, but it sends an important message for this upcoming Fourth of July. It doesnÂ’t matter how much you drink, it doesnÂ’t matter how much you want to fit in, it doesnÂ’t matter how big of an idiot you are. Never, ever let someone launch a bottle rocket from your arse! This clip is NSFW, you have a partial of a girls butt and the language is a little on the harsh side.

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Just a quick update on the Ex-Military not welcome at Bradley University. Unfortunately for me, Troy has gone on vacation and isnÂ’t due back for a while. Thus I canÂ’t get the name of the person who spoke with or the phone number he called to see if I could talk to someone there about the situation. At this time no one has responded to my original inquiry to BradleyÂ’s undergraduate admissions using the contact page on their website. At this time I have not received a response back.

HOWEVER! I did get a comment in the original post from Tom Richmond Director of Admissions Marketing and Communications at Bradley. He states:

I work in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions at Bradley Univeristy and I am glad to comment on this posting.

While I can not talk about individual applicants, I can comment on our admissions policies.

Admissions decisions are based upon a professional review of a complete student record with the intent to determine whether a student can succeed at the univeristy. Most of this decision is based upon the review of the student's academic record.

A variety of other factors are considered to help learn about a student's motivation, social skills, time management skills, goals, and a variety of important intangibles that can lead to college success.

Military service is one intangible that will never be looked down upon at Bradley Univeristy. In fact, service to our country is considered an assett in the application process and recent military veterans have been admitted.

I'm glad to take this opportunity to help clear up any misunderstandings.
We welcome applications from anyone who feels they might benefit from the Bradley experience.

He also sent me an e-mail via the account I use on here. Not the one I sent the original inquiry on. I wanted to make sure my spam filter didnÂ’t eat the response. Now I responded to Tom and explained that Troy and his mother are not the types that make up stories or are prone to lying. In fact IÂ’d have to say they pretty much are some of the most honest folk I know. Good stock in that family if you ask me. Since I am an objective individual, IÂ’m willing to concede that possibly there was a miscommunication or that someone in that office blurted out the first thing that came across their mind in a stressful situation. I just donÂ’t know yet. Until I can get the information from Troy, IÂ’m kind of stuck in a holding pattern.

A couple of commenters did pose questions to Tom, and I forwarded them on to him. From Laughing Wolf:

Quick question Tom: If what you say is true, then how do you respond to the following quote from someone in admissions: “Because you were in the military, you won’t fit in here.” This would seem to directly contravene what you say, so which is it? No spin, straight answer.

And from H~, which if I am not mistaken is Hubba Mother of Boudicca.

Tom, I do believe the intangibles mentioned "A variety of other factors are considered to help learn about a student's motivation, social skills, time management skills, goals, and a variety of important intangibles that can lead to college success." is learned better by serving in the military than any college campus.

Excluding those factors this young man is left to rely on his grades for admission. As you are well aware when people mature they become better students. My guess is he's matured more than most of your students in the same age bracket, but I don't know the man only his willingness to serve our country. I applaud your university for admitting those who make it possible for us to continue opening educational opportunities for all.

You mentioned you have admitted veterans recently. Do you know the percentage of veterans currently accepted to those denied admission?
In advance, thank you for the follow-up.

IÂ’ve forwarded both along to him just in case he doesnÂ’t go back and read the original commentsÂ… or that comment spammers get so bad I have to shut it down and he canÂ’t respond.

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One of my employees came up to me today and told me a story that literally knocked the words right out of me. Some of you may remember that two years ago I was trying to raise money for some troops going back to Iraq. Which, we did do a great job and they appreciated all of it. The story she told me regarded her son Troy (the solder pictured in the original post), who is now discharged from the military. He is trying to get into college and one of the universities he attempted to get into is Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois.

He received a rejection letter from the university, but it didn’t tell him why. Being curious he called the admissions office and when asked why he wasn’t accepted they told him, “Because you served in the Military.”

(Waits for readers to pick their jaws up off the ground or to stop swearing)

Yea, I had the same reaction. Now I thoughtÂ… maybe, maybe she was reading more into it. So I questioned her.

Did the letter say he was denied due to being in the military: No.

The lady he spoke with actually said, “You were denied because you were in the military”: Almost.

What did she say? Troy asked why didn’t I get accepted, the admissions officer said, “Because you were in the military, you won’t fit in here.”

Even though I was at work in front of all my direct reports I dropped the F-bomb.

I asked her for the phone number and the name of the lady Troy spoke with. I would like to call them and find out exactly what is going on there. Do they really deny ex-military personal from attending their private university? (Being a private university IÂ’m pretty sure they legally can do this.) And if they do is it really because they donÂ’t feel they would fit in?

This would piss me off if it happened to any soldier. But when itÂ’s not only the son of one of my wifeÂ’s friends but an employee of mine AND someone that I went out of the way to help previously. Yea, IÂ’m more then a little pissed off. Troy spent two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan. One of his tours was 30 months, to state the obvious that is two and a half years! He worked hard, fought for us and comes back to the states to have some uppity higher education admin twit tell him no because he was in the militaryÂ… yea not while I take breath.

Once I get the information IÂ’m contacting the university and seeing what I can find out. And if I need, IÂ’m going to drive down there and let them know face to face how I feel.

Not today, not ever!

UPDATE: I couldn't wait for the number so I e-mailed their admissions office inquiring about their policy. It will be at least a couple of days before I get a response... if they respond.

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I saw one of the stupidest driving maneuvers today. I was driving down State St, a six lane primary street in Rockford. Both sides of the road are packed with commercial businesses. Its six lanes because of the amount of traffic that traverses it. The speed limit on the section of the road I was driving down is 45 MPH. Of course being six lanes EVERYONE does at least 50-55 MPH down this stretch. That is unless there is a cop present then, everyone slows down to the speed the cop is going. On most cases the cop is also doing 50-55 mph.

I was stopped at a light when a squad car pulls up next to me. As we sat other cars started to accumulate, which is normal at a stop light. By the time it turned green, there had to be about a dozen cars waiting. Of course we all let the squad take the lead and set the pace. As we were driving along I saw a white Camaro, IÂ’m not sure what year, but it was a newer body style. It raced up to the congestion and started weaving in and out of lanes trying to get through. The driver looked to be a kid in his late teens or early 20s.

Maybe the kid wasnÂ’t paying attention, maybe he just didnÂ’t care, I donÂ’t know why but he squeezed between the squad car and a black SUV in the right lane. The Camaro almost hit both vehicles in the maneuver. Then the kid punched it and took off. Of course the cop flipped on the lights and went after the kid. That is when the kid slammed on his brakes and pulled over.

IÂ’m still trying to figure out what made this kid think that driving recklessly and speeding past a cop was a good idea.

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I had to fill the truck up with gas this morning. After driving on the same tank all week and then up to Fort Atkinson, it was less then three quarters of a tank. Since the weekend was over I had been hoping that the price of gas would have dropped, it hadnÂ’t.

Fortunately for me a local bank had opened up a small loan desk at the gas station.

F@#king gas.

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I ended up going to my friendÂ’s visitation on Friday. I filled the truck up with gas, $160.00 worth (It were on fumes) and made the 3 hour drive. At this time I want to say the Verizon Wireless Navigation system on my phone rocks. Trust me, I would have never found the place. As a back up I had Mapquest directions and they werenÂ’t accurate. Like going the wrong way down a one way. But thatÂ’s not what this post is about.

I have never been so insulted by anyoneÂ’s actions like I was at the visitation. When I arrived I did not recognize anyone else there, I figured they where her family and friends that werenÂ’t re-enactors. At first I didnÂ’t even see her husband, Shane. You get so used to seeing re-enactors in their period clothes that when you see them dressed in modern clothes you donÂ’t recognize them.

Slowly I made my way through the receiving line. By the casket was her bed jacket with trade silver on it. In the casket she laid wearing modern clothes. I didn’t really start to think anything was “wrong” until I saw how the family was lined up. It was in this order: Mother, Father, Shane, brothers and sisters. As her husband Shane should have been at the head of the receiving line. Well, maybe I was wrong on that. I come to the mother shake her hand and tell her I’m sorry for her loss. She looked at me quizzically and asked, “Do I know you?” I explained that I was a re-enacting friend of Denise’s. She gave me this look and in an irritated tone said, “Oh.” I received the same cool reception from her father. Shane of course was warm and welcoming. He looked like he needed a friend.

After I finished the line, I watched the family. Shane looked like he had been put through a ringer; I mean worse then being at your wifeÂ’s visitation. They had a video slide show of pictures of Denise, only one of the pictures had her in her re-enacting clothes. This is really weird because most re-enactors I know identify themselves as a re-enactor. It is more than a hobby; it is a way of life. YouÂ’ve probably figured that out by reading me for a while. Finally some other re-enactors showed up and I was able to talk with them that is when I got the rest of the story.

Apparently the family didnÂ’t like DeniseÂ’s Native American beliefs and re-enacting. She wanted to be buried in the bed jacket and they refused to do so. Due to circumstances that are not my story to tell, the marriage is not legally recognized by the family or state so Shane had no authority to override the parentÂ’s decisions. When Denise was sick the family didnÂ’t visit, assist or comfort her as they should have. Except for her sister, whom I was told actually was accepting of DeniseÂ’s choices and was very supportive.

The whole thing really just pissed me off.

Most of the re-enactors drive 2+ hours to be there, some even came from Minnesota. For the parents to be rude to us when all we were doing was pay our respects to their daughter was uncalled for. I guess it is because I couldnÂ’t be that way, I canÂ’t understand how others could. And I could go on, but IÂ’m not going to. But remember folks, if someone you loved dies, respect them, their last wishes and the people that come to pay their respect. YouÂ’re honoring a life, not making a statement.

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IÂ’m sore as all hell today. Yesterday Shadoglare moved from his old apartment to his new one. Being a friend, I helped out. We loaded all the large items into my truck and then moved it to the new place. Now Shadoglare is a good friend of mine. We had been roommates at one time. The only problem I have with him is that he does not like ground floor apartments. Nope, he likes apartments that have stairs. And if the stair stairs are narrow and winding, even the better! Actually IÂ’m just giving him grief. I know he doesnÂ’t intentionally find apartments that are hard to move in and out of, itÂ’s just what is available.

His new place is actually pretty nice for what heÂ’s paying. He has a lot of space, there are windows covering almost every wall. There is only one thing about the apartment that I donÂ’t like, the bathroom. ItÂ’s not the size or the layout, itÂ’s the color. He has a pink bathroom. Now, when I say pink, I mean PUH-Pink! ItÂ’s bright pink and when you stand inside of it with the light on, you look like you have a sunburn. Actually you donÂ’t even have to be inside the bathroom. If the door is open and the light is on, a pink glow shines down the hall. People in standing there look like they are blushing or flushed. After more then 20 seconds in there, when you come out your vision is jacked up from the brightness of the pink. It distorts all the colors. I thought about taking some pictures of it, but I just donÂ’t think they would turn out. Yes, itÂ’s that pink!

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After the tragedy at Virginia Tech, IÂ’m sure many of you are expecting me to say something about guns and gun control. To be honest, itÂ’s just too soon. Right now everyone is upset and out of respect for those that have just lost their lives, IÂ’m not going to use this tragedy to promote my pro-firearm stance. However, I will say that Laughing Wolf posted a link to Penn & TellerÂ’s video regarding Gun Control that he posted on Friday the 13. ItÂ’s a long video, about 30 minutes, but it does talk about the flaws of gun control.

Yes, they are comedians and the language is a little rough, but it is very well thought out. ItÂ’s not exactly NSFW, but the language is harsh so if you are work and are killing 30 minutes, use headphones listening to this.

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Hey cell phone users out there. IÂ’m not sure if this is a hoax or real, but damn

Yea, thatÂ’s interesting. Honestly I'm thinking its a hoax. I can't see how they would be able to do something like this. I know technology has improved, but there would have to be some kind of power to the receiver for it to get a signal to "turn on". Then again even when I have my phone turned off the clock still keeps track of time so I guess it could be on some kind of passive power supply. Still, I just don't see how this would work.

Hat Tip to IHMC(NSFW) for the story.

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ItÂ’s been a long time since IÂ’ve done any hunting, and itÂ’s always been in North America. After seeing this video, IÂ’m not sure I would want to go to Africa on a hunting Safari.

Notice how many shots it takes to bring down the lion. IÂ’m just not that good of a shot.

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People do a lot of stupid things just to have fun. But why in the hell would anyone want to do this:

or this:

You have to have some kind of serious death wish is all IÂ’m saying.

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While at work today I received a call from my friend Giles (I wonÂ’t post his real name with out permission). He was the leader of my old re-enacting group. He asked me if I went to a local gun show here in Rockford yesterday. Grau, Shadoglare and my buddy from work J-man all went. Giles asked if I had heard anything about IGOLD while I was there, I didnÂ’t recall hearing or seeing a thing. IGOLD is the Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day. He then asked if anyone said anything about the new Illinois gun ban that Mayor Dailey of Chicago is trying to get pushed through legislation with support of Governor Blagojevich. Which I hadnÂ’t heard anything about either, I did hear about the renewal of the assault weapon ban. But he assured me that was NOT what he was talking about.

Giles has a Federal Firearm License as part of his business doing movie special effects. To be honest IÂ’m not EXACTLY sure what all he does, he seems to do about everything. IÂ’m sure if he reads this he would be more then happy to comment a list of his many talents. Anyway, he told me he received a letter regarding IGOLD because Daley is trying to get ALL firearms banned in Illinois. IÂ’m not talking about the just the seven ban targets that it seems all anti-gun people want. From what Giles tells me, Daley and Blagojevich want to use Illinois as a test ground to get all 7 passed this year, as well as throwing in some other items, that would pretty much make owning a firearm in the state of Illinois Illegal. They are even talking about not putting in a Grandfather clause. Thus honest upstanding citizens like myself would be turned into criminals.

At first I thought maybe Giles was upset because this would severely hurt his business and maybe even cause it to shut down. But after doing some digging IÂ’ve found other things that hint to this nefarious deed. The Illinois State Rifle Association on their main page has an article about IGOLD that states:

”Many of you are aware of the present legislative danger we are all in. For those of you who are not aware, if Mayor Daley and the anti-gun crowd have their way Illinois gun owners will become extinct, non-existent, gone, history, no more. Mayor Daley has vowed to rid the state of guns and he makes no distinction between the illegal firearms wielded by the violent criminals and gang members of his city and those firearms owned by law-abiding, peaceful Illinois citizens.”

Emphasis Mine

I really wish I had a copy of the letter Giles received so I could put it up for everyone to read, but he loaned it to a friend and it hasnÂ’t been returned to him. He told me it stated that if firearms werenÂ’t turned in with in so many days of the law passing that the owner would have criminal charges pressed against once honest citizen. There would be no compensation for any firearms turned in.

Many people are going to start throwing around the Second Amendment, “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” People, the Constitution and its amendments are all fine and dandy… as long as our government upholds it. Anymore I don’t see any politicians actually upholding the Constitution. Our leaders want to take our rights away. I’m not talking Democrats; I’m talking all politicians. What they want to strip from us depends on which party line they are toeing up to. So I have no faith that “the lesser of two evils” elected officials we have will actually uphold the Second Amendment.

IGOLD is Wednesday March 14th. I am tempted to take a couple of days off of work, get a hotel room and travel down for it. I really canÂ’t afford to miss the time from work, but I feel strongly about this. IÂ’m going to see if I can get some time and maybe at least drive down for the afternoon information and just drive back that night missing the evening activities. Maybe IÂ’ll show enough support doing that to help.

Yesterday at the gun show, I really wish I had made a purchase that I had wanted to.

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For years IÂ’ve hated cats. To be honest, hate is too friendly of a word. I donÂ’t think there is a word in any actual, fictional or pretend language in the entire universe that describes how much I truly feel toward these creatures. There is only one thing that could outweigh my hatred of cats, and that is the love I have for my wife. She adores the damn things. SheÂ’s grown up with cats, has always had them and isnÂ’t happy unless one of those insipid creatures is lurking around the house.

Two years ago, after years of cat free bliss due to her other cat dying, I caved in and bought her a cat for Christmas a couple of years ago. The cat and I had a mutual understanding, it stays away from me and I wonÂ’t eat it. Hey, I may not like them living, but char broiled they taste good. Everything seemed fine, other then it would jump on the bed in the middle of the night earning it a flight into the wall, it never really pissed me off.

That is until 6 weeks ago.

Now the damn thing is pissing on the carpet. ItÂ’s been using the liter box for years. I donÂ’t know why itÂ’s decided to stop all of a sudden. WeÂ’ve, and I mean Ktreva, have tried various carpet cleaners to remove the smell. She has tried disciplining the cat, using pet carpet cleaners, cleaning the liter box more often and nothing seems to work. THE DAMN THING KEEPS PISSING ON THE FARKING CARPET!

Now my house smells like cat urine, which pisses me off. IÂ’ve been burning incense, scented candles, air fresheners and Febreeze. Nothing seems to work. The damn cat knows itÂ’s pissing me off, because it stays away from me. ItÂ’s been a week since IÂ’ve caught more then a glimpse of the damned creature. IÂ’ve had enough.

ItÂ’s to the point now that my hatred of the damn creature is starting to outweigh my love for my wife. I am ready to kill the damn thing. Be it by sword, knife or gunÂ… I donÂ’t care. Hell if it gets close enough IÂ’ll squeeze its farking neck, until the head pops off. Then IÂ’ll take hide, put it on a stretcher and hang it in front of my tent at re-enactments.
Maybe IÂ’ll just grab it and throw it in the toilet and keep flushing until its spark of life is covered in shite.

This would break my loving wifeÂ’s heart. Thus I will not do any of thatÂ… yet. If any of my good readers has a clue on how to stop the damnable creature from using my carpet (and itÂ’s just one spot) as a piss pot, I would appreciate it.

Until then IÂ’m going to go play Kill a Kitten for a while to help quell the felinicidal urges.

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People, as you all know I like firearms. As part of owning a firearm, I have a lot of respect for them. You can’t mistreat or misuse a firearm. If you do, it could end up with disastrous consequences. That applies to all Firearms. Even ones that people “know” are unloaded or safe. I’ve seen first hand and heard about second hand too many cases of people messing around with one and hurting themselves. Like the idiot in this video:

Sure it was only a flare gun, but itÂ’s still dangerous and heÂ’s lucky that heÂ’s okay. The sad thing is that IÂ’ve seen people pull the same stunt with real handguns. When I was in college there was a guy that put a revolver to his had and was going to pretend to blow his brains out. After a quick yelling and the guns owner disarming the idiot he advised him that the revolver was indeed loaded. That idiot pulled it out of a nightstand in the guyÂ’s room.

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Off to do the taxes. I really don't want to find out how much I owe those bastiches.

Farking government.

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Anybody that has spent more then fifteen minutes with me or has been to this blog for more then five minutes knows IÂ’m a drinker. And yes occasionally I drink to the excess. It does happen, IÂ’m admitting it. Yet I have never done anything that might jeopardize my job. I wish I could say the same thing for Jim Ryan, the City Administrator for the City of Rockford. He was arrested early this morning for a DUI.

Police arrested city Administrator Jim Ryan shortly after 3 a.m. in the 1000 block of Luther Ave. after he was spotted asleep behind the wheel of a city-owned car with its engine running.

ThatÂ’s right not only was the guy stupid enough to get behind the while when he was drunk, but it was a vehicle owned by the cityÂ… His employer! I donÂ’t know if he thought he was Teflon and laws donÂ’t apply to him, or that if he was caught, the cops would just slap his wrist and escort him home. ItÂ’s stupid enough to drink and drive, we all know that, but in a government vehicle? I canÂ’t fathom that kind of idiocy. Wait, maybe he wasnÂ’t actually drunk, he did refuse a Breathalyzer. Which means heÂ’s talked to a lawyer about this before. ItÂ’s an instant DUI, but itÂ’s easier to fight in court. (Maybe this isnÂ’t his first?) Then again with these facts:

”Officers approached the vehicle and “Ryan fumbled with the vehicle keys and putting the vehicle into park,” the statement said.

Officers noted that Ryan had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, slurred speech and “bloodshot, glassy eyes,” according to the statement. He also apparently told police that he had consumed several beers earlier, but declined to take field sobriety and breath tests, the statement said.”

I really hope they throw the book at this guy and the city fires him. There is no excuse for this kind of behavior. Just imagine the scandal if he had hit something, or killed someone? He is a top-ranking city official, and I hope he gets fired over this. However, with the Chicago style politics that Mayor Morrissey has brought to Rockford, I can see this getting swept under the rug.

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