This is one of the saddest stories of the year. George Leroy Baker III, 81, left Tempe, Arizona to celebrate his granddaughter’s wedding in Lynchburg, Virginia. Walking across the street to a diner from his hotel, some teens allegedly beat him to death for fun.
The three teenagers were walking down the street when one allegedly said he would beat the first person he met — to impress a girl. Baker walked right into the dare and died for it.
The teens included two 16-year-olds and a thirteen-year-old. They have been charged with murder but their names have been withheld.
Baker appears to have been a wonderful father and his family must now deal with this tragedy at what should have been one of the happiest times for the family.
Source: AZ Family
Jonathan Turley
Bloody marvelous
The innocent infant lying in the cradle,
Shot itself dead with a silver ladle;
And the maid-servant, not knowing what she did,
Strangled herself with the saucepan lid.
The cat sitting down by the kitchen fire,
Chewed up the fender and did expire;
And a fly on the ceiling – the case is the worst ‘un –
Blew itself up with spontaneous combustion.
Now this here family of which I’ve sung,
If they had not dies should have all been hung;
For had they ne’er done themselves any wrong
Why, they might have been here to have heard this song.
The father in the garden went to walk,
And he cut his throat with a piece of chalk;
The mother, at this was so cut-up
She drowned herself in the water-butt.
The eldest sister, on bended knees
Strangled herself with toasted cheese;
The eldest brother, a charming fella,
Blew out his brains with a gingham umbrella.
A norrible tale I’m going to tell
Of the woeful tragedy which befell
A family that once resided
In the very same thoroughfare as I did;
Indeed it is a norrible tale,
‘Twill make your faces all turn pale,
And your cheeks with tears will be overcome,
Tweedle twaddle, tweedle twaddle twum.
“I wouldn’t say that most poems rhyme–at least not most contemporary poems. In fact, the majority of contemporary poetry is written in free verse.”
I’ve never subscribed to the majority as they tend to analyse where it’s not necessary and read into that in which there is nothing readable and if the majority includes this lot then I have to be overjoyed by my initial assessment.
Down the stream the swans all glide;
It’s quite the cheapest way to ride.
Their legs get wet,
Their tummies wetter:
I think after all
The bus is better.
*snicker*
Wry-Bard, the poet laureate? Indeed.
Wry-Bard:
“Sloppy i just read your last but one post again and i notice a wierd similarity to buds convoluted habit of missing a point”
I think you are right.
Wry-Barb:
you and Bakersfield are great, I am laughing my hind end off.
These people are all the “best” and “brightest” minds of the left. Be careful they are really “sticking” it to you.
“snicker”
Psychotic Break,
I don’t know Hausdorff. In recent years, a writer named Gregory Pincus invented a new poetic form called the Fib–based on the Fibonacci series. It’s a poem of six lines that contains twenty syllables:
1
1
2
3
5
8
P.S. Didn’t know you dabbled in writing verse.
🙂
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Lottakatz,
I suppose I could have responded to Bakersfield with poetry–but it was the wee hours o’ the morning and I needed to get some sleep. Besides, when it comes to trolls, I prefer not to exert any creative effort.
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Rhubarb,
I wouldn’t say that most poems rhyme–at least not most contemporary poems. In fact, the majority of contemporary poetry is written in free verse.
Sloppy i just read your last but one post again and i notice a wierd similarity to buds convoluted habit of missing a point
you say “As of yet, I doubt you have convinced anyone that Buddha is an illogical hypocrite.”
Nobody has said that bud is illogical just a hypocrite,
You say “Everyone is certainly entitled to their own opinion, but those opinions aren’t sacrosanct” I completely agree with this and applaud you for stating the obvious yet I dont see you at any time defending anyone when they are the subject of abuse from one of “your friends”.
Then again its always better to be on the inside watching someone else getting bullied than to stand up and be counted on the basis of whats right rather than who’s right.
you say “and, in my opinion, expressing an opinion based on faulty reasoning is an invitation to have that reasoning questioned” and that includes repeatedly name calling someone and using racist comments on someone does it? there’s one hell of a difference between questioning someone and resorting to racism don’t you think.
you say “(as is expressing an opinion based on sound reasoning, but that doesn’t seem to be something you need to concern yourself with)” I thought that was the whole point of this, buds reasoning is completely flawed because he refuses to accept that any opinion not based on logic is somehow inferior or secondary to one that is, simply on the basis that his chosen method of forming an opinion is logic and a Merriam Webster dictionary
Bakersfield has clearly demonstrated examples where with very good reason (personal choice) logic can be excluded from the formation of an opinion and be comepletely credible because as you so succinctly say above “Everyone is certainly entitled to their own opinion”
I do appreciate the lengths that some are going with regards to this disagreement but I really do believe that you are wasting your time and energy and are to a point effectively banging your heads againt the wall
Buddhas words speak for themselves, he did say that revenge was a bad thing and set about my crucifiction for my opinion to the contrary with great vigour and he did write that the murder of a tyrant was no injustice, one cannot sit on both sides of any argument yet Buddha tries to do this and his supporters hold onto his legs to help him balance (metaphor)
Buddha did resort to personal name calling and so did I, so I wouldn’t read too much into that. as the tit for tat, eye for an eye argument is frowned at on here unless one of the regulars is a participant.
Buddha did refer to me as “Scotty” as a deliberate slur directed as a reference to my heritage and race/origin or would he like to state anything to the contrary?
Buddhas belief that an opinion must somehow be built on logic is complete bow larks and has even been disproved by bakersfields very simple involvement of a group of children
the defense of the indefensible is futile and completely pointless.
I thank you for your humour and support and I really do love the poetry and the imaginitive Rhubarb and his Sloppy Dig Dog is priceless – I shall once again withdraw as I really am enjoying the free entertainment
Advantage Rhubarb
Since the original posts are there to be read, I shall not encourage laziness right!! but for the record:
Buddha in a number of posts criticised Spamheed for supporting the death penalty in view of buddhas own opinion that supporting the death penalty was contrary to justice and fell into the catagory of revenge and then buddha repeatedly lambasted (love that word) Spamheed him over the revenge vs justice argument, .
this is quite clear from Buddhas first post in response to Spamheeds posts,
these posts by buddha quickly deteriorated into the condemnation of the English, England, their monarchy and once Spamheed had informed buddha that he wasn’t English and was in fact Scottish buddhas posts culminated in buddha using racist slurs such as Scotty to denegrate Spamheeds Scottish nationality, that is what I believe would constitute racism in most countries. or am I wrong and shortening other nationalities to describe their nationals is acceptable and in no way racist neither, ie Pakistan perhaps
then the hypocritical bit came in a later post buddha commented how the planned assassination was not a bad thing to quote “you say that like its a bad thing” thereby voicing his support for an act of murder even though that act was in itself an act of revenge….
so he lambasts Spamheed for supporting revenge but then supports it himself in a later post – that would make hime a hypocrite
pick the bones out of that one sloppy
*snicker*
Rhubarb,
If Buddha is such a hypocrite, then surely you can cite his hypocritical comments, right?
you are wasting your time Bakersfield, their name should be legion for the one is made up of many. all with the same voice methinks
but please continue with the entertainment
I really love the poetries.
sloppy dig dog: brilliant
Imagine there’s no heaven its easy if you try
no hell below us
above us only sky
imagine all the people
living for today-u-hoo-ooo
you may say I’m a dreamer
but i’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
and take your head from up your ass
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit
*snicker*
good luck with that
Sloppy Dig Dog *snicker* I love the purile nature of it, but it’s so damn appropriate, unlike anything you have said, as was said once, “There’s none so blind as those who will not see”
I repeatedly read in your posts how great everyone is on here, such a great mutual appreciation thing going on, how intelligent and worthy all “the regulars” are, yet I see no evidence to support such claims, merely empty, worthless and misplaced arrogance and childish attempts to intimidate those you or “the regulars” deem to be unworthy or contradictory in their opinion.
Buddha changed his tack from one of anti revenge to one in support of a murder via an act of vengeance = hypocritical bwehaviour = hypocrite. case proven – drinks all round. If you cannot read the whole thread, just read the previous couple of dozen threads, it’s clearly identified.
A group of twelve year olds completely destroyed his “an opinion is only valid if based on logic” argument. Only in real life and away from his Spock mentality, people form opinions for a multitude of reasons, not all of them logical but all of them relevant, and they don’t need the say so of Buddha to do so.
You mention that Buddha doesn’t need anyone’s help then go to great lengths to provide it, good luck with that, but to continue with the “fishy theme” you’re floundering .
Your arguments are as empty and as meaningless as buddhas and are taken in as high a regard as they deserve to be
Lottacatz
It is telling that Ms. Elaine didn’t think it enough of a contest (IMO) to write anything original by way of comment/illustration.
so there is victory in the fact that another alter ego fails to respond and somehow fortu0nate am I that this is the case…….wait a minute….what is that I smell? …..is it cat…..no….is it sheep……no… It’s bullshit isn’t it *snicker*
you need a loan of a shovel?
good luck with that
From the same great man just at the point of the decisive moment
“you’re going down George, you’re going down
Bakersfield said:
“Psycophant, what is the point of repeatedly blowing buddhas argument away when he simply states “no its not, I’m right and you smell” his opinion isn’t worth the breath wasted on it because it is founded on the assumption that he is right and against this benchmark all else should be measured.”
If you truly could destroy Buddha’s argument (and I’ve only seen evidence of you attacking straw men), then you could continually point out his irrationality and convince everyone else here that you are correct. As of yet, I doubt you have convinced anyone that Buddha is an illogical hypocrite. I (and most of the other regulars here, I would guess) have seen that Buddha’s arguments and positions are generally based on solid principles and logical reasoning – it’s going to take more than a straw man argument to change anyone’s mind. I suggest that you review this thread, and specifically cite what Buddha said that proves him a hypocrite, because I seem to have missed it. Everyone is certainly entitled to their own opinion, but those opinions aren’t sacrosanct – and, in my opinion, expressing an opinion based on faulty reasoning is an invitation to have that reasoning questioned (as is expressing an opinion based on sound reasoning, but that doesn’t seem to be something you need to concern yourself with).
As for my denigration of the phrases you copied from Buddha, maybe it’s just their repetitive overuse in inappropriate context that seems pathetic to me.
Oh my, Bakersfield writing a poorly metered verse as rebuke to ElaineM… the irony, the irony (said in he voice of Col. Kurtz)
It is telling that Ms. Elaine didn’t think it enough of a contest (IMO) to write anything original by way of comment/illustration. If Bakersfield were a regular he would recognize just how evil and meaningful that rebuke-by-omission is. There’s a line from ‘Pitch Black’ that covers that lack of insight… 🙂