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Clark County Firefighters Walk Like GoodFellas

admin March 4th, 2010

Clark County Firefighters, now known as GoodFellas, are in current contract negotiations, and if these thugs don’t get what they want, they may have some people whacked.

 At least back in the day, Vegas mobsters didn’t hide their transgressions- in 1947 we knew gangsters like “Bugsy” Siegel ran Las Vegas. If these wiseguys were crossed, they planted a bomb in your car, set you house on fire, or whacked you execution style if a handshake was made bad. 

 Nowadays, these Clark County wiseguys are in disguise – they are our hero’s in uniform who come out to a scene where they know they are not needed just to show a high volume of calls –in order to justify their budget.

 Well…after making over $250,000 a year, what Gambino wouldn’t take their fire truck out for a spin?

 I think we’ve watched the movie Backdraft one to many times because if many of us saw Fireproof, Firefighters would be out on their butt- making a bass pay of $60,000, just because of Kirk Cameron’s horrible comeback. But, I digress…

 How about when Clark County Commissioner, Steve Sisolak questioned the county Firefighter’s contract and soon after received a threatening call by one of the bosses warning him that “he’d better hope his house doesn’t catch on fire.”

 Didn’t Sisolak know the rules of the neighborhood:

Never rat on your friends (firefighters get candidates elected and they intimidate opponents), and always keep your mouth shut-especially about the GoodFellas’ overtime scheme- a firefighter who is called in to cover someone who is sick or on vacation is paid the callback rate, which is time and a half.

 Just like the good ol’ boys from the neighborhood, these firefighters cover each other by cutting deals – one calls in, the other covers and then it’s reversed the next week.

 These modern day Goodfellas might be heading straight to the Witness Protection Program after last night’s I-team investigation exposed their heist.

 But, I hope these mafia union members don’t even think about putting a hit out on a Boss like George Knapp, he’s got ties and can make these gangsters live the rest of their lives like a schnook.

Governor Gibbons’ Girls in Different Area Codes

admin February 24th, 2010

Our state continues to live up to its reputation of politicians gone wild and we watch it like its great reality TV.

 Cheaters, I mean the channel 8 I-team was on the scene exposing Governor Gibbons in his affair gone completely bad.

 But, what affair doesn’t go bad? It’s like a drug deal. Ever heard a news anchor say, “It was a drug deal gone bad.”

 Drug deals always go bad. There’s drugs exchanged for money, somebody gets high with illegal drugs and another person gets paid for illegal drugs.

 Of course, an affair is not illegal. These shenanigans have more to do with moral and ethics. Nevertheless, it always goes bad.

 Why do we continue to make an issue out of our politicians having affairs? Perhaps because they are elected officials running on platforms and they are held to a higher moral standard.

  Remember though, we are people running on platforms too.

 We have our religious platforms- Lutheran, Catholic, Baptist, Mormon and don’t forget the non-denominational or just plain atheist. Why should we judge? We are hypocrites. We stray all the time (drinking, gambling, cheating, omitting, one way or another we all lie) and we don’t have an entire camera crew trying to get us to confess, or do we?

  I called it in the beginning. I said, never trust a man without a bottom lip or is it a top lip? Either way. Our Governor was controversial before he was put in office. So, it seems we love the drama.

  A couple days after Chrissy Mazzeo yelled sexual assault we put him in office. All of a sudden we care about Jim’s girls in different area codes.

 Yes, last night our lipless Governor was caught in multiple lies – one after another.  This reminds me of…ah yes, Clinton – who we now pay to hear him whisper sweet nothings in our ear.

  While I was watching the video- I team vs. Gibbons, I felt myself pulling for Gibbons-  saying, come on, come on… just say, yes! Admit it and they will leave you alone. I guarantee you the camera crews would have backed off if he admitted to his special session. I’m’ just Monday night quarterbacking though.

 Until… I saw the girlfriend get in to the state vehicle. That stung a little. I felt like he was driving his girl around in the car that I pay for. Oh no he didn’t!

 For the record, I don’t agree with the Governors politics, but I do feel we have become sidetracked on the sensationalism of his personal life. Channel 8 has got us wrapped up in their own vendetta against the Governor.

 

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