Sheriff Destroys Woman's Home

Big Sarge · 11-20-2008, 04:36 PM

Have you heard about this? A Kentucky sheriff destroyed this poor woman's home. Listen to the comment about dumb hillbillies & take a look at the sheriff.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...destroyed.wave

Cicero · 11-20-2008, 04:44 PM

Is that whut she shoulda been a'doin'? Looks la'ck she done got a heatch in her git'along.

;(

Clodfobble · 11-20-2008, 04:48 PM

Whoa. Did you catch the part where there were 12 people living in that mobile home? Dayum.

Madman · 11-21-2008, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Whoa. Did you catch the part where there were 12 people living in that mobile home? Dayum.

Meh... Call it a "close knit family."

Trilby · 11-20-2008, 05:02 PM

Well, hell. I do feel for her, but, woman! Two hundred dollars won't get your house moved! Even I know that!

morethanpretty · 11-20-2008, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Big Sarge

Have you heard about this? A Kentucky sheriff destroyed this poor woman's home. Listen to the comment about dumb hillbillies & take a look at the sheriff.

The way I understood it, the sheriff wasn't calling them dumb hillbillies, he was talking about statements made by angry drivers and such.
She didn't get a reputable moving co, she didn't have insurance, public safety comes first. Bad traffic due to a major roadblock is definitely a safety issue.
I'm curious, did she agree to them trying to move the house (not that they needed her consent prob.) What solutions where presented before hand? I have a feeling that they would've tried to get her to call another co to come pick up the house and she refused trying to save money.
She hasn't sent her kid to school in three days because she can't salvage any changes of clothes? That's a ridiculous reason, school is more important.
I feel bad for her kids, I just don't feel bad for her or the other adults. They made bad decisions, they should have the brains to know not to just their WHOLE house to a company that doesn't even have insurance.

footfootfoot · 11-20-2008, 07:49 PM

If the sheriff, who is in serious need of a few bacon cheeseburgers, had a little bit of compassion he might have arranged for a haywagon along with the two tractors to unload all of the woman's shit onto so she could at least have all of her possessions intact, albeit with nowhere to go. But he seemed to be following the dictates of duty or maybe just lack of imagination. I'm sure he was annoyed as hell and I'm sure we are just seeing the tip of the newspaper (sic) selling iceberg.

She doesn't know a good thing when it happens.

busterb · 11-20-2008, 08:14 PM

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The way I understood it, the sheriff wasn't calling them dumb hillbillies

Did you get a look at his photo? I doubt he has any room to call anyone a hillbilly.

monster · 11-21-2008, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by busterb

Did you get a look at his photo? I doubt he has any room to call anyone a hillbilly.

The Sheriff wasn't calling anyone a hillbilly. He said
"I've got cars going by sayin 'you dumb bunch o' hillbillies' and people are cussing me because they were stopped in traffic."

He was saying that he was being called a hillbilly as he tried to deal with the situation.

Nine hours and several failed rescue attempts ...is it unreasonable at this point to just get the thing shifted anyway you can? he didn't intend to destroy her home, it just happened and he's being forced to defend that decision.

He's only criticising her choice of mover to point out that the whole situation was not his fault in the first place. She picked the mover who screwed up and didn't have insurance to deal with the screw-up. She was stupid and/or poor. the sheriff didn't immediately bulldoze the stuff -it took nine hours before that happened. Who says she wasn't given a chance to get her stuff out of there? Maybe she was stupid and trusting with that decision too?

Why should someone else take the blame for that. If you can't afford to do the job properly but decide to go ahead anyway, the risk is all on you. Perhaps the accident happened because there was 12 people's worth of crap in the mobile home and it wasn't properly packed? just a thought.....

seems to me everyone want to take the "poor woman's" side when she has no case to place blame anywhere but on herself. Mind you, the sound clip doesn't say she's blaming the sheriff either, but it's sure as hell what the newscasters are implying.

sure, feel sorry for her. but don't blame anyone but her.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-22-2008, 12:02 AM

They had equipment to push it over but not drag the damn thing off the road? Bullshit, even without wheels on the son-of-a-bitch they could have dragged it off the road.

Big Sarge · 11-20-2008, 09:24 PM

I feel sorry for her. Ya'll are some cold hearted folks

Clodfobble · 11-20-2008, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

If the sheriff... had a little bit of compassion he might have arranged for a haywagon along with the two tractors to unload all of the woman's shit onto so she could at least have all of her possessions intact, albeit with nowhere to go.

I think the intention was for the mobile home to just scoot sideways off the roadway. I think the 'toppling over, rolling down the embankment and being totally destroyed' thing was an accident.

classicman · 11-20-2008, 09:36 PM

It was the problem lies in that the original movers got it stuck halfway on the road and then the sheriff believed it had to be moved. In the process it fell over and was destroyed.

I feel bad that she lost her house too, but WTF? What happened to the original movers?

footfootfoot · 11-20-2008, 10:47 PM

When god gives you lemons he opens a window.

classicman · 11-21-2008, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

When god gives you lemons he opens a window.

:lol2

11-20-2008, 04:36 PM	#1
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Sheriff Destroys Woman's Home Have you heard about this? A Kentucky sheriff destroyed this poor woman's home. Listen to the comment about dumb hillbillies & take a look at the sheriff. http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/...destroyed.wave __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

11-20-2008, 04:44 PM	#2
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Is that whut she shoulda been a'doin'? Looks la'ck she done got a heatch in her git'along. ;( __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

11-20-2008, 04:48 PM	#3
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11-20-2008, 05:02 PM	#5
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Well, hell. I do feel for her, but, woman! Two hundred dollars won't get your house moved! Even I know that! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

11-20-2008, 07:49 PM	#7
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	If the sheriff, who is in serious need of a few bacon cheeseburgers, had a little bit of compassion he might have arranged for a haywagon along with the two tractors to unload all of the woman's shit onto so she could at least have all of her possessions intact, albeit with nowhere to go. But he seemed to be following the dictates of duty or maybe just lack of imagination. I'm sure he was annoyed as hell and I'm sure we are just seeing the tip of the newspaper (sic) selling iceberg. She doesn't know a good thing when it happens. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

11-22-2008, 12:02 AM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They had equipment to push it over but not drag the damn thing off the road? Bullshit, even without wheels on the son-of-a-bitch they could have dragged it off the road. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-20-2008, 09:24 PM	#11
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	I feel sorry for her. Ya'll are some cold hearted folks __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

11-20-2008, 09:36 PM	#13
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	It was the problem lies in that the original movers got it stuck halfway on the road and then the sheriff believed it had to be moved. In the process it fell over and was destroyed. I feel bad that she lost her house too, but WTF? What happened to the original movers? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

11-20-2008, 10:47 PM	#14
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	When god gives you lemons he opens a window. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

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