Megabus: Travelers Beware!

If you must travel by a “Megabus” (operated by the Coach USA), try to first go through the following check-list:
Is the bus road-worthy?
Are the tires of the bus in good condition?
Are you prepared to wait in one spot forever in case the bus develops a mechanical fault?
If only my daughter had done the above, she would not have been subjected to the stressful and traumatic experience of yesterday.
The young lady had the misfortune of getting on a Megabus at Washington DC on her way to Delaware. Thirty minutes into the journey, the bus developed a fault and for several hours, the passengers were stranded on the highway as they waited “forever” for a mechanic to come fix the problem. In the meantime, the hapless passengers had no water to drink and no food to eat.
The most pathetic aspect of it all was that Megabus or CoachUSA had no contact address or phone number by which the passengers could reach the corporate office of the establishment. The company’s website itself only contained the various ways tickets could be booked and money paid. The customers’ reviews were however a major pointer to the quality of service offered by Megabus. Many of the reviews were absolutely negative with several horror stories
When my daughter finally arrived her destination (Delaware), she was about eight hours late!

Tom Brokaw on Gun Control.

On Thursday's "Morning Joe," Brokaw declared that the raging gun control debate reminded him of another chapter in America's history.

Thomas John "Tom" Brokaw is an American television journalist and author best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004.

Speaking on the salient topic, the veteran broadcaster said “It reminds me a lot of what happened in the South in the 1960s during the civil rights movement. Good people stayed in their houses and didn't speak up when there was carnage in the streets and the total violation of the fundamental rights of African-Americans as they marched in Selma, and they let Bull Connor and the redneck elements of the South and the Klan take over their culture in effect and become a face of it. And now a lot of people who I know who grew up during that time have deep regrets about not speaking out."

Above picture shows the 9-year-old girl that accidentally shot her trainer. But why, in God's name, would anyone with common sense put an Uzi in the hands of a little 9-year-old?

Brokaw stated further that "Now it's time for the people who do have strong feelings, who are feeling that they can't do anything about it, to kind of band together and have something to say here."

 

The American Crime Rate.

Without two groups of people, the crime rate in the United States would have been reduced by about 50%.

The first group consists of the dumb.

The second group comprises of those who have taken the phrase, "it's a free country" too far. Sadly, some people do belong to the two groups simultaneously. And here is an example:

While parking on a street, a guy stepped out of his car, leaving behind and openly, a cash-filled wallet on the driver's seat. He was on a rush to keep an appointment nearby. 

The car was soon broken into by some unknown thief. The man soon came out to start "crying" like a baby over the theft and vandalism.

And when asked (by the law enforcement officer who responded to the man's 9-1-1 call) why he left the wallet so carelessly on a major street, he exclaimed stupidly, "but it's a free country!"

Well, the cop felt like telling the fool; Why not "tell that to the Marines"...or better still, tell that to the "crack-head" who broke into your car...that is if the thief is ever found!