Making Utah look even stoopider…

From the Salt Lake Tribune, Feb 3, 2015 (no, not 1955):

"If an individual has sex with their wife while she is unconscious ... a prosecutor could then charge that spouse with rape, theoretically," said Rep. Brian Greene, R-Pleasant Grove."That makes sense in a first date scenario, but to me, not where people have a history of years of sexual activity."

Same place, Feb 4, 2015:

This year, lawmakers are lining up to order a special edition AR-15, manufactured by Tegra Arms in Orem, a semi-automatic rifle similar to the M16 used by the military.

The carbon fiber weapon is surprisingly lightweight, covered in a white Cerakote finish with a gray beehive pattern. The state motto, "Industry," is emblazoned on the side with a beehive. On the stock is etched a honeybee, the state insect, and the phrase "Vox Populi," the Latin phrase for "Voice of the People," which is the motto of the Utah House.

And finally, published on the 3rd of this month:

Utah lawmakers looking to make a statement want to change the oath of office and require elected officials to swear to defend Utah's Constitution first, ahead of the U.S. Constitution.

Rep. Brian Greene, R-Pleasant Grove, said state lawmakers are elected to act as protectors of the state and its constituents against the federal government.

Yup, our illustrious leaders thing that it is not possible for a husband to rape his wife, gave out an assault rifle as a commemorative trinket of their time at this legislative session and see the U.S. Government as the enemy.

I’m sooo proud to have them “representing” me.

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And from the “how the hell did THAT happen” file; saw this on the way home yesterday:

Dude, leave a little room between your front bumper and my back one.

At least once a month there is an accident on the road that is in front of my house.  There is a lot of traffic during rush hour, they pack themselves in bumper-to-bumper, and inevitably someone who isn’t paying attention slams into the car in front of them.

Today it ended up right in front of my driveway.   I don’t think the sedan was the one not paying attention, I just think that they were way too close to the back end of the SUV.

The Honda was behind the other two, so my guess is that they slammed into the sedan, pushing it into the SUV with enough force to slide it right under the SUV.

Now I could have the facts wrong, but this is still why I hate it when the car behind me is right on my bumper, even when at a complete stop at a red light.

My life must be choreographed.

I was passing an accident on the way to school today, listening to one of those “trade in your old car for a new one” commercials.

Just as I pulled up next to it, as I looked over to see a car sitting on it’s roof, the line from the commercial said “even if you’re upside down in your current car.”

Irony at it’s best.  Fortunately, the vehicle didn’t look too banged up, so I’m going with the belief that no one got too hurt, I hope.

I didn’t stop to take a picture, because it was close to school and I didn’t want some parent thinking I’m a ghoul.  On the way home, though, I did get a picture and, as you can see, used my photoshopping skills to recreate the scene.

Hmmm, curiouser and curiouser.

I was in the back yard moving cars around when I heard it.  Same sound I hear once a month or so, the sound of metal intersecting with other metal, plastic breaking.  This was different, though.  It continued into the sound of metal being dragged along the pavement, the first thing that went through my mind was that someone was dragging a trailer without it's wheels.  I made it around the side of the house in time to see a silver truck that was new enough that it's indistinctiveness made it hard to identify, screeching down the road like it was running on a flat tire.  I think it was a Ford, but they all look alike now, and I was focused on the tire.  I went around the other side of the house and out front, expecting to see the hobbling truck on the side of the road just down the street, but it was nowhere in sight.  For some reason it was important enough to get out of the area that they were willing to drive on a flat tire.  Well, I was wrong.  It wasn't a flat tire, they lost the whole damn thing.  They really didn't want to hang around.  Honestly, I'm questioning my eyewitness account, because for the life of me I can't see how they could keep going, as fast as they were, without the front tire.  So, I'm thinking did I see the right truck?  Maybe it was another truck and I just thought it was the silver one?  But then I never did find the truck it came from, so what happened to it?  Then I thought mabye it dropped out of the back of a truck?  This is the most likely explanation, but I swear it sounded like the scraping sound was coming from the silver truck.  You know the Doppler Effect, the way the sound changes as it gets closer to you, passes you and gets farther away.  I swear it fit that silver truck.  But there's no sign of it on the pavement, no damage at all.

..... I'd suck as a witness.  The cops showed up a half hour later, the tire had been moved out of the road (that's when I took the picture).  They stuck around for a little while and left.  Good thing they didn't ask me what I saw.