Mental Floss

Once again it’s time to clear out some thoughts that have been rolling around in my head. Not complete post, but a group of thoughts each one worth a paragraph.

I’m not voting for Vicki Lensing any more! After the Jetseta Gage’s horrible murder, Ms. Lensing has the gall not to support a new death penalty law for the state of Iowa. She says the state should not be involved in violence, the death penalty is not a deterrent, and vengeance doesn’t bring anyone back. All true, but that’s not what’s it’s about. It’s about making sure Jetseta’s killer never takes another breathe or spends time beating off reliving her murder for years to come in prison. It is about giving him a one-way ticket out of this life and reality. Roger Paul Bentley lost his Human Race membership card a long time ago, and after kidnapping, abusing, beating, raping, putting a plastic bag over her head, binding her with duct tape and stuffing her in a cabinet He need his ticket punch like no other. Ms. Lensing feel he will be fine behind bars for the rest of his life without parole, but how many lifers have gotten out of prison 25 years down the road. Who going to remember how awful this man was when the overcrowded prison will have to pick and choice which inmates to let go when they have to make room for the newest villain of 2030? I don’t think Ms. Lensing gets it at all. Let’s get this behind us, and let the world move on without Roger Paul Bentley. Good thing the Iowa House just has some back bone today!

On a similar note, here is some for you to keep yourself up at night. The state of Iowa now has a website that lets you see on a map all the sex offenders that live in your area. You can use your address or just your zip code. Try 52240 there are three schools in that zip code. Count the flags. Next try Muscatine zip code 52761. Again count the flag. See the face. Note the ages of the victims.

Last Month, I finally found a heavy all steel shovel/scrapper I’ve been looking for. The lady at Menards asked if I knew something she didn’t. It was 50 F degrees out and the warmest Iowa January in 5 decades. I just said, “February is coming!” I feel vindicated. Last week we got snow that was like ice from a snow cone. Add to that a layer of freezing rain that made men weep as they shoveled. I was the only one on the block with a clean driveway! Of course today it was 60 F degrees. You can’t tell me we haven’t f#*!ed up the planet.