Comments on: The People of Hartford Connecticut are Heartless Barbarians

By: Stephanie Z

Stephanie Z — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:44:09 +0000

The 17th is the only day in the rest of June that I have a commitment I can’t blow off for this, including “school nights.” Suggest away, people.Greg, should we be arranging a notary?

By: greg laden

greg laden — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 22:06:02 +0000

I hate to ask what “two way radio” is a euphemism for…Do we have proposals of dates and times? And places? (Pepitos is fine but need not be the only option. Azia is good too, or the Black Forest)

By: laurisa

laurisa — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:32:45 +0000

ah-right, ah-right, ah-right. all we need now is 2 way radio, rope, and some limes!!!!!BRING ‘EM ALL>…never know who comes in handy when you want to conquer the world!Mz. Z: i used “drink” instead of “jack” for an obvious reason. i am an equal opportunist.

By: Stephanie Z

Stephanie Z — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:10:16 +0000

Well, if Greg wants to join the party, Pepitos isn’t a bad choice, even if the margaritas aren’t perfect. L, do you need us to wrangle any particular people for you, or do they just flock when you announce?Oh, and at least as far as I’m concerned, you’ve got a choice between the intellectual and the drink-off. 🙂

By: laurisa

laurisa — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 16:39:38 +0000

hmm…haven’t yet been to Connecticut, so your strange gLaden logic will have to suffice until i have some visibility on the subject. I’m tabling that one–I’ve seen too much now.I am curious how you describe other locales. Perhaps Pepitos is a venue to consider? you know, where a bunch of red letter A-people can spar in intellectual drink offs and such? the countdown is 10 daze.

By: Carlie

Carlie — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 15:34:18 +0000

One news article said that an angle they were investigating was that the first car was being chased by the second – that would describe the reckless passing of the other cars and the cutting down the side street, and if I were the first driver and there was a reason to be really scared, that explains (but not excuses) why the first car didn’t stop.

By: greg laden

greg laden — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:46:05 +0000

Laurisa: I reserve the term “barbaric” for Connecticut and use different terms for equatorial regions, for anthropological reasons. That choice is pure politics but that does not make it unimportant.In truth, “barbaric” simply means “the others that we are not sure are humans” coming from ADL/Greek for “bla bla bla … We can’t understand what is coming out of their mouths”The margaritas at Pepitos are good tooMissAgentGirl: My experience in the upper midwest is that the victim is trying to beat the Samaritans off with a stick because there are so many of them.Barn owl: I threw in the teenagers to seem less hard on the gang bangers. Go to Hartford for a week. Then look at the video . They were gang bangers.Lynn: The victim was very severely injured, and is paralyzed. He may be a paraplegic or quadrupedal now according to a news report I saw on Friday.The response time of the police in this case is unmeasured as the cop you see in the video happened on the scene (did someone mention that above).

By: Barn Owl

Barn Owl — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:47:24 +0000

My first reaction was that this was a pair of gang bangers or teenagers doing the typical thing.I agree that the behavior of the hit-and-run drivers was strange and suspicious, but I wouldn’t assume they were gang-bangers or teenagers. My vote for the “Most Likely to Run Over a Child, Jogger, Wheelchair Athlete, or Dog/Cat” in my suburban neighborhood goes to soccer moms with SUVs, and to business dads with Mustangs or 300Ms. Both act as if they feel cheated in the penis department (size, or having one at all), and therefore bought a mechanical one to swing at the world.Re Seinfeld: I’ve never been to NYC, but I thought the program was pretty funny. In large part, it’s about self-absorption, which is widespread in the US. All of the Seinfeld characters were extremely self-absorbed. The one character I found to be totally unrealistic was George…looks aside, he had far too many romantic involvements for a guy with such a rotten personality. Not funny, not smart, not capable, totally self-involved and immature.

By: ERV

ERV — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:38:35 +0000

One day, I was walking down the street in Kansas City with a couple of my aunts. It was during Irish Fest– lots of families around. Well, just a freak accident, a hubcap flew off a car driving by, and hit a little girl in the head ~20 feet in front of us. She was out, cold. Mom and Dad were screaming, trying to kill the driver (who stopped), it took 15 seconds, but it was insanity.Im a very level headed person in crazy situations, but I was so shocked at what I just saw it took me a minute to get my wits back.So the best thing to do when you see something like this is to think out what *you* would do if this happened, so you could go to that immediately. I will probably sprint down the sidewalk to get as many license plate numbers as I can.

By: Graculus

Graculus — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:34:53 +0000

Unless they have some sort of medical experience, what the hell are they supposed to do?Well, for starters, stop your vehicle and hit the hazards in order to stop anyone else from hitting him. Also, ALL witnesses should have stopped and waited for the police. Going over and telling the guy that help is on it's way might be a nice gesture, too.Thundering f*ck, people.