See the Viral Video of a Man Reclaiming His Stolen Bike
- Posted on August 16, 2012 at 10:20pm by
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SEATTLE (AP) — Jake Gillum loves his bike. So when it got stolen in Portland, Ore., while he was on a date, he was determined to get it back.
The quest seemed hopeless, but a week of poring over online postings for his 2009 carbon fiber Fuji paid off when he spotted the road bike offered for sale in Seattle. That sparked an elaborate interstate sting operation last weekend in which Gillum not only got his bicycle back but used it to chase down the suspect before police arrested him.
Gillum documented it all on YouTube under the username Simon Jackson. (WARNING! Adult language)
“This is why you don’t steal from bicyclists!” Gillum shouts as he trails the suspect while recording with his phone. “Because we care about our rides! Because I will go 160 miles to get my $2,500 bike back! You are going to jail!”
In an interview Thursday, the 28-year-old added: “Best feeling in the world, seeing that guy get locked in the police car.”
The success of the sting heartened bicyclists around the world as the video spread. Such stings are far from unheard of – there have been at least four in Seattle alone recently, two involving the same suspect – but they don’t typically wind up on video that goes viral.
In May, Dave O’Hern got one of his two stolen bikes back when its new owner took it to a repair shop that recognized a crack in the frame. The new owner, University of Washington law student Noel Merfeld, helped O’Hern set up a sting to catch the guy Merfeld bought it from. Police showed up and arrested a man who had been arrested in a similar bust two months earlier.
Also in Seattle, Matt Goyer retrieved his stolen bicycle last month after seeing it on Craigslist. The seller let him take it for a test spin – and Goyer never looked back.
“People have a right to reclaim their stolen property. It belongs to them,” said Seattle police spokesman Sean Whitcomb. “Obviously, the first and best method to do that is through the police.”
Gillum’s ordeal began Aug. 3 in Portland when he realized his bike was missing and filed a police report. He has no car and uses it to travel to odd jobs and yard work around town, as well as for exercise. Over the next week, he checked online obsessively and on Aug. 9 saw it advertised in Seattle.
“I flipped out – just started jumping in the air and yelling,” Gillum said. “Immediately I thought, `I have to go up there and get it, no matter what.’”
He talked it over with friends, as well as his dad, who gave him some sage advice: Don’t be an idiot. Don’t beat up the guy.
A plot began to take shape.
Gillum and two friends, Chris Williams and Williams’ younger brother, Shannon Hardie, created the online persona Simon Jackson with a fake email account. They also used a cellphone app to call the seller and make it appear they were calling from Seattle. When the seller sent photos of the bike, Gillum became even more certain it was his.
The trio drove north and met the seller outside a grocery store. The others called police as Gillum started chatting with the seller, later identified as Craig Eric Ackerman, also of Portland.
Gillum said that about 40 minutes later, police still hadn’t arrived and the seller seemed to be getting nervous, so Gillum agreed to buy it and said he needed to walk inside a nearby bank. A teller told him she would call security, and Gillum walked back outside and began filming.
“Here’s the deal. I live in Portland, and you stole my bicycle,” Gillum says.
“All right,” the nervous seller replies. “I don’t know what you want me to say.”
“I would like you to apologize.”
“For what?”
“For stealing my bicycle.”
The seller insisted he lives in Seattle and bought the bicycle off Craigslist, though he acknowledged knowing it was stolen. When Gillum says police are on the way, Ackerman runs away, so Gillum hops on his newly recovered bike, starts chasing and repeats: “He cannot get away from me!”
Police arrived and arrested Ackerman for investigation of possessing and trafficking in stolen property. He has not been charged, and his lawyer, Holli Giffin, declined to comment because of the pending investigation, except to say, “We have a lot of concerns about the way things have been portrayed.”
Whitcomb, the police spokesman, cautioned people against using stings without being absolutely sure they’re right, which can be difficult using a picture on an Internet message board.
“Personal injury is not worth your bike,” he said.
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CPLGEORGE
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 2:26amWhy when I click on a reply in the BLAZE do I get a pop up screen, when my pop ups are blocked? Very annoying, may have to stop reading this stuff.
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Report Post »Kevin The Elder
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 5:52amStuff like this has been going on for 4-5 days, but not just the Blaze. Three days ago I had the identicle problem here as you’re now having. I also had minor problems with Drudge and others. Called my provider who pointed out that others were having a problem with msn and yahoo. Yesterday, I was on a site where I could click on a hyperlink that would sometimes direct me that what I was looking for wasn’t there. Click again (sometimes a few times) and suddenly what I was looking for came up. It’s happened to me on a second computer also, so I think it’s either the internet itself has a problem or my provider, which is FIOS. If you don’t have the latter, I would almost bet it’s the former. Hope that helps.
Report Post »MachIV
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:05amAll these websites have this problem. The biggest issue I have with the Blaze is this comment section is royally screwed up. The sort function has NEVER worked properly and the spacing on comments is so wide you can’t get your bearings of who replied to what. It’s just a train wreck and I wish Glenn would fix it. I can’t even find my own posts often times.
Report Post »LIBSALWAYSLIE
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 7:31amGood that the guy got his bike back, and the dirtbag got caught. I could do without yelling F Bombs on the street, that is low class and there’s no excuse for it.
Report Post »itsmyfirstday
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:07amThe Blaze always has one pop up…if you are getting more than one run a CCleaner it’s free and works great.
Report Post »martyinhagerstown
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 9:11amI’ve never seen a pop up on TheBlaze. Spend 20 minutes and get firefox and tweak the settings….
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 10:29amMachIV
It is hard. I use “Edit – find” on my browser & enter my username. I also click on my name to view the last 10 comments to navigate there.
I am thinking of signing up for intense debate. I have seen some posters at Frontpage use it.
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 10:51amWhere is the cops I want my 9 minutes back.
Report Post »GIDEON612
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 11:16amFirefox w/adblocker+ to stop pop-ups.
Good to see he got his bike back without doing what most would do. That is commit and assault while doing it.
Report Post »He could have used a little more tact in his language though.
muffythetuffy
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 11:17amBIKES SHOULD BE REGISTERED LIKE MOTORCYCLES
Today, bikes cost a lot of money and can cause injury like other vehicles. Bikes should be registered and be required to post a plate like cars. No one can then claim they found the bike. I am sure the small cost of registration with the reduction of theft would be worth it. If that thief had been injured why trying to escape the bike owner would face serious charges and could be sued. If the bike was his he should have called the police and let them handle it.
Report Post »cardhuu
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 11:34amGoogle Chrome pop up block I get no pop up’s at all even on you tube video and any video on here or on any website.
Report Post »zman173rd
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 11:55amI just get the first “ZEDO.” popup and that’s it. X it and I don’t see any more.
Report Post »zman173rd
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 11:58am@ muffythetuffy BIKES SHOULD BE REGISTERED LIKE MOTORCYCLES” when I was a kid we had to take our bikest o the firestation and we’d register and get a tiny Colorado license plate that they would attach with a metal seal. What happened to that?
Report Post »TAXEVERYONE
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 12:15pmEnough about pop ups. What is wrong with you people?
Report Post »chips1
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 12:25pmI hope all of you people are making us older people mad. I finally moved on from 8-track tapes and now I read about suggestions to avoid pop ups. Push this button, go here, go there,do this, do that!!! My IQ keeps getting lower and lower. I don’t have many friends left to talk to. Getting old as the pits.
Report Post »LogCabinRepublican
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 12:28pmI never get pop ups but then again I’m using Safari.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 12:44pmYour post proves my point. In the 50′s, pop ups meant something entirely different.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 12:48pmOk, I like that the thief got stung, but did this guy have no insurance? The story doesn’t mention his age, but he looks to be almost 30, if not older and he doesn’t have a job. He does odd jobs and yard work around town, yet he can afford to take a trip from Portland to Seattle to get his bike? I’m just wondering if he is one of those Occupy guys.
Report Post »Like I said, I am glad he got his bike back, because I HATE thieves and liars (might partially explain my hate for Obama), but this guy seems a little obsessive about the bike. I assume that he still lives with his parents. Dude, it’s time you grew up and got a girlfriend to spend your time with, instead of the bik, and get a job, pay your taxes, and quit sponging off of your parents and tax-payers.
RepubliCorp
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Report Post »Amarilloan
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 1:23pmGo into internet settings from the control panel and turn your pop-up blocker on full. That is what worked for me. However, I now have to click on accept pop-up when I’m trying to see my banking information. It’s worth it. Those Blaze Pimsleur pop-ups were loading up my computer.
Report Post »Amarilloan
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 1:29pmLet me see if I’ve got this straight, Anonymus. We should never try to right wrongs ourselves. The police will pursue all complaints. It’s better for our insurance to pay for the stolen goods (and raise our rates) than find the thieves. Is that right?
Report Post »jzs
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 1:48pmYou know what is really sad? A lot of people ride bikes in Japan to work or to go shopping. Also at the last stop on a particular subway, there a place outside with bike racks where people keep their bikes, so they can hop on them and ride the remaining distance to work.
You know what? Nobody – nobody – locks up their bike. Why? Because in Japan people don’t steal bikes. I wonder why that is?
Report Post »Tickbanker
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 2:33pmDont think I would do this unless I lived in a state where I could protect myself legally, like Florida. There is nothing to stop someone from pulling a gun out and blowing this guys head off.
Report Post »The-Monk
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 5:14pmJapan; Bicycle Theft and Registration
“Bicycle theft is not uncommon. Especially the scenario of being stranded at a railway station without continuing bus connection or someone to drive you home, creates occasional thieves. In order to fight bicycle theft, every bicycle in Japan is supposed to be registered with the police against a small one-time fee.”
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2210.html
Report Post »fergiedurgish
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:37pmGet the free app Adblocker at adblocker.com. Its really awesome, no ads, no popups . . . I love it and no I did not create it nor am I a shill for the designer . . .
Report Post »fergiedurgish
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:38pmghostry won’t block popups or ads, it just keeps those annoying research sites from recording where you go on the internet.
Report Post »tigwelder56
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:47pmHey George it does the same annoying damn thing to me! Changing options, and switching **** up doesn’t work to stop it either. I’m with you, the Blaze should stop it because it’s just a pain in the azz!
Report Post »jujubeebee
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 6:46amI get one popup every time on this website………….the zedo advertisement. Yes, it is annoying. Is there a way to block that forever?
Report Post »LameLiberals
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 2:14amThe police still hadn’t shown up after 40 minutes
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Report Post »Doughnut break or busy tasering an unarmed homeless man or handcuffed woman or snoozing in their squad car.
lukerw
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 3:39amCALLING ALL CARS: Bike being Held against it’s Will :) Seriously?
Report Post »TexasHunter
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:28amLUKE LMAO :) I hope Friday goes as smooth as this persistent owner. If only half the people in the world cared about politics as much as this bike. The world would be a Greener place……. cough
Report Post »lowerclassrepublican
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 10:34amA guy stole a $1400 RC helicopter from our store, we got one of them and locked him in the store. He was much larger than us, but was out of breath from running. The police took a hour and a half to get there after four phone calls. The excuse was they thought it was a $20 model.
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 11:39amWhen seconds count, the police are only minutes away.
So far as the police comment about a bicycle not being worth personal injury, okay, what IS worth personal injury. Your car? Your house? Your reputation? Your wife? Thievery is thievery.
Report Post »From the Kite Runner:
“There is only one sin, only one. And that is theft. Every other sin is a variation of theft… When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife’s right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone’s right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness.”
Free2speakRN
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 12:12pmRightThinking1
Very good. The same goes for all the 10 Commandments. Scratch a liar, find a thief. Murdering the truth. Stealing the truth with a lie. Etc. Some are harder to see, but can be found. If only we all applied what you said to everything, this world would be heaven on earth. Again, thanks for bringing that up.
Report Post »sldjulius
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 1:00pmThat’s an interesting quote, but inaccurate. Pride, or rebellion, is the root of all sins. In the words of Satan when he fell, “Non serviam.“ ”I will not serve.” We do not sin against our neighbor, but against God alone. However, we can sin against God BY harming out neighbor in some way. Almost all offenses against our neighbor are some form of injustice, that is denying someone what is their due. That can be interpreted as theft, and the root cause of crimes against our neighbor. It is not, however, the root of sin itself.
Report Post »Free2speakRN
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 2:08pmsldjulius
True. But the sin of pride can be easily seen in breaking the First Commandment. In a word, where there is sin, there is all sin. But, that is not to say that ‘grave’ sin, doesn’t exist. Your’s is another good comment. I would say, Whatever keeps us in His Grace, is a good thing.
Report Post »SunTzuYou
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 1:28amIf you know Portland, hell hath no fury like a cyclist scorned.
Report Post »(I hate thieves too! All kinds)
midwesthippie
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 2:16am…police spokesman: “the best way is thru the police”…huh?…der…what?…the WORST way to get something back that is yours is thru the police…
Report Post »PedalGirl
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 1:23amWhen my bike was stolen, I looked high and low for it. Still catch myself looking closely at any yellow bike I may pass while driving. Glad this guy got his back… pretty gutsy move I must say!
Report Post »YellowFin
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 12:02pmWell, Jake Gillum loves his bike. So when it got stolen in Portland, Ore., while he was on a date,,,,
I bet his girlfriend appreciated that quality date. :-)
Report Post »darkknight91
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 2:33pmBoth of those guys are weenies. “I want you to apologize for stealing my bike”. WTF?
Report Post »CulperGang
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 1:22amwe don’t need police depts., we need proactive citizens. concealed/carry martial arts certified proactive citizens is a hell of a lot cheaper than PD, who can turn on the citizen on the dime for a douche bag politician writing tyranical laws that DisEmpowers the citizentry.
Report Post »PD don’t serve the citizens in 2012. They serve politicians and enforce tryanny. So why are we paying for them??? to come after the fact, take a report? Or get in riot gears to bash out faces in for marching for the CONSTITUTION be upheld by the criminals in office. Marching to end the Federal Reserve the Bonnie/Clyde gang of the 21st century. Only the role is reverse. They steal from you to give to private bankers who live so large……..they could feed the whole world on a fraction of what they spend in a day. You don’t like it??? to bad they will get your taxpaid for cops to bash your face in.
tajloc
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 10:14amI agree. We often turn to authorities. 100 years ago it was sneaky and subversive to keep your gun in your pocket (concealed carry). A citizen carried openly. I am not saying there is no role for PD but lets be responsible.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 10:33amJsitice System
Report Post »Police response time average: 23 minutes
Case Closure rate: ?? (homocide, rape , assault theft)
False Conviction rate: ?? (probably low but politics/pressure still seems to enter into it. but less it seems)
Time to convict: Too long
integrican
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 11:14amHee hee hee,
Police response time 23:00 minutes????
Sig Sauer P-226 Navy response time 1500 feet per second
Duh???? (c;
….and yes, here in Utah, lethal force can be used to protect one’s self, another and PROPERTY! ….and bicycle thefts are way down. Like the officer said, “It’s not worth bodily injury over a bicycle.”
Report Post »JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 12:51amWay to go!! We pay the Police to give us lip service and that’s about it in most cases. Here’s proof that if you want it done do it yourself.
Report Post »TheRiflemanNextDoor
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 12:49amarghhhh…my bike…my bike….like Pee Wee Herman….
Report Post »Ballot_Box_Revolution
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 1:19ambicyclists are really annoying….almost killed two of them within seconds of each other the other day….I say to you cyclists who think you are big enough to ride in the road, like the motorized vehicles, you should at least follow the traffic laws that everyone else on the road have to follow…when you ride up along the side of cars stopped at a traffic light you should watch those cars making a right turn, or you will die…..i didn’t see him riding up the side and went to make my turn because the light had just turned green…and then the one following him almost ran into the side of me…….if you want to be in the traffic follow the traffic laws…but you are still annoying….try keeping up with the speed limits too……lol
Report Post »Cranky
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 6:43amHey Ballot Box,
Report Post »Yes, you are right. Just like some MOTORISTS some cyclists don’t follow all the traffic laws all the time. But you sound like one of those idiots who doesn’t know what that little lever on the left side of your steering column is for. USE YOUR TURN SIGNAL so the cyclist can see that you’re about to make a right turn.
PinTwister
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:16amHey Ballot Box …. You need to go back to “Driver Training” and learn how to drive if you fail to “Look” before you turn. Idiot.
Report Post »Msgt Ret
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:29amIf the cyclist didn’t ride up on the right side of the vehicle the turn signal would not have been an issue to the traffic behind the vehicle stopped at a light or sign!
Report Post »rabblechat
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 9:26am@ballot I agree cyclist need to follow the traffic laws; but as a driver you are responsible for making sure your lane is clear before you turn. Cyclist have just as much right to the roads as any other vehicle. Would you justify running over motorcyclist simply because they are smaller than you?
Report Post »Would it be excusable for an 18 wheeler to run you over because they didn’t see your “little” car/truck?
I commute by bike about 3,000 miles a year and I have yet to see a fellow cyclist operating their vehicle in traffic while text messaging or stuffing their face with a Mcmuffin. Unfortunately, I see a distracted driver behind the wheel of about 3 out of every 5 vehicles on the road.
Lastly no one is required to drive at the speed limit; in fact you are required to stay below the speed limit. If a car, scooter, horse buggy, tractor or bicycle is going too slow for you then you can go around them, the slower vehicle is not required to speed up to suit you.
You do not own the road!
Cranky
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 10:01amOne of the biggest gripes I hear from motorists is that we should only ride on the “trails”. The “trails” are for walkers, runners, and folks riding comfort type bikes. We can average 16 – 21 miles per hour over a 25 to 35 mile ride. That includes speeds well above 30 by groups comprising anywhere from 2 to 20 riders. We can’t ride that way on the “trails”. They’re too narrow, too.
Another complaint, and I say this even though I don’t ride in urban areas, is that cyclists should stay on the sidewalk. First of all, it’s against the law here in Kentucky. And, one of the most dangerous things about riding on the sidewalk is that motorists don’t see you. You both arrive at an intersection, the cyclists is going straight and the motorist decides to turn right. Not good. I’ve almost his UK students riding that way. I just shake my head and stay alert.
Part of our responsibility as cyclists, too , is being good citizens by obeying the law and doing what is reasonable AND SAFE to help motorists get around us.
I also noticed another post on hear refering to “those liberals” on bikes. Probably so in CA, OR, WA states and much of Colorado. Hear in central Kentucky most “roadies” are conservatives. We can always spot a liberal that the bike start location. The body on their old beater is held together by all the lefty bumper stickers. LOL
Report Post »Cranky
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 10:09amYes, hear should be spelled here. LOL!! at me
Report Post »capitalismrocks
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 12:49amGood for this guy! Nice bust!!!
Report Post »Snidely
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 12:04amAs much as I dislike bicyclists, I hate thieves more. Good job!
Report Post »Caballosinnombre
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 12:04amI had my bike stolen from Portland once back in the 90′s. Never saw it again. Glad the guy got busted.
Report Post »vet399
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 12:00amPerhaps if your language was not so vile I might care. It is not just bicyclists property that is important, it is all personal property.
A for effort though. I wish I had that much energy when someone stole my car (cost more than a bike).
Report Post »db321
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 12:18amGood Job catching a thief – he should try to still his girl friend while the bike thief is in jail.
Report Post »Msgt Ret
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:33amShe is probably a skank
Report Post »chips1
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 12:42pmMSGT:
Report Post »You don’t date much, do you?
salvawhoray
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:59pmhis answers were not good enough in my opinion.
Report Post »I have video and my Ser# of my bike.
RoyCanyon
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:47pmshould have tazered is a**
Report Post »LogiStyx
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:42pmLove this story – had my bike stolen when I was 15, it was brand new, saw the ******* riding away on it and could not catch him. This made my day. Way to go – death to bike thieves.
Report Post »purecolorartist
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:33pmDid he get charged as the actual thief that stole the bike in Portland? (or just receiving stolen goods – from the actual thief)? I’m not clear, is he the original crook?
Report Post »Wdawg
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:47pmThey have not officially said that, but he lived close to where the bike was stolen from.
Report Post »FatManChew
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:30pmBicyclist are so annoying on and off the bike. They want to be treated like pedestrians while they’re on the road then cut you off when they want to. We should have the government ban these idiots from being on the road.
Report Post »Kenszen
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:47pmWhat does this have to do with the story? And besides, what you describe only involves a small percentage of cyclists that make the rest look bad. Most are responsible and courteous cyclists. Yes, I‘ve seen the type you are talking about and I can’t stand them. But your post has nothing to do with the story.
Report Post »Wdawg
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:48pmWhy? Bicycle pay for those roads too!
Report Post »Jezreel
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:58pmYou are correct. I think that they are leftie liberals who think that they own the road. They like to block traffic, don’t stay to the left far enough either. A couple months ago, they had a person following with them in a car and I had been following them slowly because it was only a two lane road and I could not get around. When we finally got to the corner, the car stopped and they stopped and continued to talk and block traffic even when I gave a short beep to please pull over to the side. They refused to move. I laid on my horn full blast and continued to blare my horn. They finally moved the stupid idiots.
Report Post »KyleD
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 3:47am@Kenszen
It’s not a small percentage. Most people on bikes want it both ways: to be treated as both a pedestrian and as a car when they feel the need for either one. Sure, not all of them, there are bikers who actually know what they are doing but the majority of them don’t. The other day I almost got hit by a biker going the wrong direction in a bike lane…idiot.
Report Post »Msgt Ret
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 8:54amWdawg, bikes have license plates and use gasoline? Thats what pays for “most” (not all) of the roads!
On another note I believe they should have a plate if they use the roads as well as lights, brake lights, horns, turn signals, and a slow moving vehicle triangle!
Report Post »Parnell3rd
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:14pm“You did not steal that bike, the gov’t stole it for you” barrack husseine obama.
Report Post »“You did not recover your stolen bike, the gov’t helped you recover your bike” barrack insane obama
smnle77
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:02pmPee Wee would be proud…another great adventure!!!
Report Post »in vino veritas
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:50pmLol !
Report Post »FaithfulFriend
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 10:50pmThe only reason he’s up at 6:30am.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 10:49pmReminds of something that happened to me. See, I voted for Reagan a long time ago, and really thought the Repub. were all like Reagan. Then along came G H W Bush, I was violated, then Clinton won, and in 96, they nominated Bob Dole, I was violated again. Then we get G W Bush, the first 4 years, I felt OK with him, but then after 2004, again, I was violated. Then along came McCain, this time they didn’t even kiss my first. In 2010, I helped set up a sting, with this group called the Tea Party, we kind of messed up the Rinos, didn’t quite get them all, but some of them. Now, with Ryan, I think I am getting some of my dignity back and respect for the Repubs. But Rinos beware, I will not pick the soap up anymore, come on, fool me once, shame on you, fool me 5 times, my butt is sore.
Report Post »NancyBee
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:03pmlol…Are you on the right story??
Report Post »forthepeople
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:13pmDo not stop now , these weeds have long roots ( money & power ) and will take some time to remove.
Report Post »Bravo
Mikev5
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:20pmLike cockroaches you need to keep spraying or they come back
Report Post »joyceram
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:23pmTanagra, your name is one of my all time favorite Star Trek episodes. GREAT name. Your posts always inspire me.
Report Post »chazmo
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 12:46am@nancy he may not be on the right story but, that was awesome just the same… :)
Report Post »DMENTED
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 1:20amguud chob darmock @ 2 st0p deze publick 4NIK8Rz
Report Post »CulperGang
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 1:34am“With arms open wide” Rock, ON Rock on. Sad to say Ryan is a RINO too.
We have got to get this through our thick heads. The Reps are the flip side of the Dems. Same coin. BOTH owned and operated by the Bilderbergers Corporate/Bankers. Politicians around the world work for them NOT FOR the People of the nation.
Report Post »Will ALL of the UNCONSTITUTIONAL EOs of Obama be repealed?? with Romney/Ryan NO.
Will the criminals of the FEDRES be jailed NO. Will the IRS be eliminated NO. Will Obama care be repealed NO. Will they continue illegal dismantling the Middle East(the ME refuses to bow to the Bankers) hence the dismantling WITH the help of the Taliban who worked with and for the C(A all along, who works for? yup…the Bankers. IN FACT THE C9A….was founded by the NWO crowd….to gather intelligence for them…..never had anything to do with US security. EVER. We have been sold a lie since WWII. Now the big lie is that Muslims are big boogie men. ALL 19 worked for guess who??? ALL are alive and well.
stotlaat
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 10:47pm: ) Thievery is dirtbaggery. It hurts people and it’s satisfying to see someone who stoops that low have to face up to their rotton behavior
Report Post »SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 2:30amIf only the insurance companies could sue Police for non recovered stolen property.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 10:46pm“Personal injury is not worth your bike,”
All depends on who is being injured.
Report Post »forthepeople
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:14pmand the thief’s know that and the courts are too lenient .
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 10:42pmI loved it I did something different saw my stolen bike across the street at the store ran over and stole it back then sat on my porch and watched his @ss get angry that his pilfered bike was stolen from him ha ha ha
Report Post »TulsaYeeHaw
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 10:54pmI remember a kid that got his bike stolen by an older a-hole. So he went and stole that guy’s car. Then lit it on fire…..Love revenge….
Report Post »Mikev5
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:12pmTulsaYeeHaw
Here is a fun one when I was a restaurant cook we had this loud mouthed pain in the @ss waiter that always wanted free food well one day he was being a big jerk so I set him up I took a left over Lamb chop spit on it tossed it on the ground and rolled it under my shoe a few times then tossed it at a wall a few times then carefully put it back on the broiler and made it look good.
Short ending he ate it and was happy even said that was the best Lamb chop he ever had!
Never piss off the cook
Report Post »okaaay
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:28pmMy mom did that when we were kids. We had a one of a kind kiddle bike thing and it came up gone. Two weeks later a neighbor down the street is riding it. Mom marched down there, made the kid get off of it. then brought it home and wrote our last name on the bottom. When the mom over there had the nerve to complain, mom flipped it over and said “Oh, didn’t you see our name when you took it a couple of weeks ago”? Sweet Justice.
Report Post »Max jones
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 11:57pmMy bike got swiped when I was about ten. My dad saw a kid riding it one day, and brought it back home, to me, in the trunk of his pontiac. I will bet the thief’s life was changed that day, knowing my dad.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 10:38amPeople think stealing a bike is no big deal. It is not as expensive as a car & you are not leaving them without wheels so you are not leaving them destitute. So the thief can assuage their guilty feelings & let their “need” take over. With the money ‘saved’ by obtaining a bike by theft, they can indulge one of the other wants or desires like beer, catching a movie, etc.
Report Post »applehill
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 10:38pmGood for him!
Report Post »Taco_Bob
Posted on August 16, 2012 at 10:32pmOh yeah and by the way, the language is graphic. : |
Report Post »American Mensch
Posted on August 17, 2012 at 11:33amI don’t think the punishment you alluded to would be appropriate for a bike theft, or any theft for that matter. You sound like a rather disturbed and nasty individual. Maybe you should share some of your violent thoughts with a really good therapist.
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