People need to learn how to freaking drive or get the hell off the roads!!!!!!

Case in point is my drive home tonight on I-81 south. I was coming up on the 581 split when I decided to get over for some dumb ass who was so far up my ass I couldn’t see his hood (I was doing 80, by the way) and when I got over he flew past me flipping me the bird. Ok, not deserved but hey, let him exercise his fingers a bit.

The next thing really got me and is the main focus of this blog, I was in the center lane minding my own business when some lady (and I use that term loosely) decided she wanted to come into my lane. Not only didn’t she look but kept coming when I was laying on my horn. She finally got the hint and got back over… Only to do it again 30 seconds later. I once again Laid on the horn and this time hit the gas to get away from her. She then proceeded to get behind me and tailgate me through the split and then pass me on the right all the while flipping off. At this point my blood is boiling but for once my head decided to cool down and I just let her pass. This, I thought, would just stop everything and she’d be in her merry way. I dropped to 70 to gain some distance and continued in my lane. She then drops her speed to 65ish and straddled both lanes weaving as to not let me pass. This went on (with two 18 wheelers behind us) until she ducked off at the Mechanicsburg exit. At least after that the rest of my drive was uneventful.

Just a quick note to the kind lady who did this… think before you drive next time, people can and do die because of the stupidity you displayed today. I hope someday your actions aren’t repeated and you, god forbid, kill someone. As far as you, you can gladly step off the face of this earth and I wouldn’t care less.

Until later…

Today I decided to jump back to WordPress for my personal site instead of Joomla. Don’t get me wrong, I love Joomla and will continue to use it for my business and clients site’s however for my personal site, which is more like a blog, it just wasn’t practical to use such a large application. So, I’m back to my old standby. Now I just need to learn how to do their templates

Until Later…

Tonight, the people of Pennsylvania are one step closer to getting an overhaul of the laws which say when they can and can not use deadly force. Currently, Pennsylvania law states that if you are inside your residence or place of business you do not need to attempt to retreat before you have the right to use deadly force to prevent one or more of the following:

1. Death
2. Serious bodily injury
3. Kidnapping
4. Sexual intercourse compelled by force or threat

In any other situation you must attempt to retreat before you can use deadly force. Also, the law as its currently written does not provide any civil immunity to someone who uses justifiable deadly force. Basically this means that the aggressor or their family can sue the person who used justifiable deadly force in civil court and attempt to get a judgement against them. This effectively turns the agressor into the victim and the person who used the deadly force the guilty party.

What happened this evening is the Pa State Senate added an amendment known as “Castle Doctrine” to an existing State House Bill and will be sending that back to the House for their approval. Barring any last minute issues with the State House, which is unlikely because they passed HB40 (their version of Castle Doctrine) and the original house bill its attached to, this bill and the amendment will be on the Gov’s desk for his signature.

In a nutshell what the proposed Castle Doctrine law does is remove the need to attempt to retreat if you are somewhere you legally can be and it also provides civil immunity against being sued by the aggressor or their families. It leaves everything else in tact, including when you can use force and when you can not. Basically NOTHING ELSE HAS CHANGED!!!

People have toted this as a “gun” bill and have tried to stop it with a lot of falsehoods and other poison amendments. But I need to ask, where in the above paragraphs did I ever mention a gun? If you don’t believe me, look up the proposed law for yourself. What this law does is protects anyone who uses any type of deadly force to stop a threat, no matter how it is stopped. Heck, this law will protect someone who used a dull pencil to stop a threat.

Until Later…

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