Saturday, July 26, 2008

Wacko of the Week, July 26, 2008

This is Keith Walendowski of Milwaukee WI. He lives with -- or did -- his mama.

As you can see, he still has that "bed head" look. This is because it was early in the morning when he was arrested. There are so many, many wonderful dimensions to this story that it just needs to be told and appreciated by a larger audience.
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Mr. Walendowski tried to start his lawnmower. It wouldn't. He shot it with his shotgun.

There is a lot here to sympathize with.
1. Any man has the right, according to the Supreme Court, to defend his home and castle. That is the message of the Second Amendment to the Constitution. It was his lawnmower, it was his yard, it was his house, it was his shotgun. All of this is perfectly legal so far. Where's the beef?

2. Which one among us has not wanted to punish the inanimate objects put on earth by God and clever engineers to serve us, but which give out when we need them? Who hasn't kicked a recalcitrant vending machine? Who hasn't shoved a broomstick into a garbage disposer and knocked it off the bottom of the sink? Who hasn't thrown an ashtray through a television screen? So, again, where's the beef?

3. It was a LawnBoy.

Well, evidently the police suspected Keith of being drunk. Don't know why. It's OK to be drunk, we think, and possess a shotgun in the yard. Maybe the illegality comes in being disorderly. He made too much noise. He should have known that. He faces an $11,000 fine.

Besides, every one knows that in the United States, if you're going to shoot an antagonist, you want to drag its body into your house afterwards. What, is the guy nuts not to know that?

Or, maybe he shot it in the back when it was trying to flee?

The laws will catch us all with these little technicalities. Stay tuned. CLICK

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