Pet Peeves, Politics, & Potpourri 3-2-11
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The explanation printed in the Herald Tribune two weeks ago concerning the retirement of Principal Kittell has many parents upset. Mostly because of two words: "alleged misconduct". Get over it, folks, what happens in your school is none of your business.
For all you guys driving around with a pickup bed full of empty beer cans, feel free to toss them in my truck. It's a white Ranger with (4x2 on road) decals. I'll recycle the cans to support my wife's lifestyle.
It seems like a stash of gold coins is discovered in a bank vault in Europe every couple of months. The people in possession of these coins tell us, via radio and T.V. ads, that our dollars will soon be worthless, so invest in gold. Makes me wonder why they would want our soon to be worthless dollars. I'll hold on to the few I have left.
Would you all stop throwing trash out of your car windows. The roadsides going out of Chester on Route 150 are getting cluttered.
According to talk radio, a lot of our kids are dying from heavy consumption of energy drinks. They are overloading on caffeine. It keeps them awake too long, makes them tired,, they drink more and overdose. You've been warned!
I went to Scott Air Force yesterday to buy groceries. Very pleasant experience. No one stopping the flow of traffic in the aisles by using their cell phones. In the local stores of Chester and Sparta, everyone is talking on these phones. Somehow a phone makes them completely blind to what is going on around them. They are usually talking nonsense and everyone around knows it because of their volume. I've seen some in the middle of unloading a grocery cart, stop everything to answer it. Too bad they don't have a feature on the phone to tell them who called. And I know its not a business call because some of them look like bag ladies.
Sailors have more fun!
Jack Hargis is a columnist for The Randolph County Herald Tribune.