Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Monday, December 26, 2011

Color Me "Suspicious"

Stamford, CT: Fire tore through the home of an advertising executive in a tony neighborhood along the Connecticut shoreline Sunday, killing her three children and both of her parents on Christmas morning.

Madonna Badger and a male acquaintance were able to escape from the house as it was engulfed by flames, said Stamford Police Sgt. Paul Guzda. But Badger's three daughters — a 10-year-old and 7-year-old twins — perished in the fire, Guzda said. He said Badger's parents, who were visiting for the holiday, also died.
If this story was about a fire in a ghetto or a trailer park, people would be thinking "yeah, the bitch and her boyfriend torched the place to get rid of the kids". But not here.

I'm not saying that Badger and her boyfriend set fire to her home. And maybe I'm just a cynical old crank. But when I see a story about how just one family member escaped as the house roared into flames, I start wondering how a multi-million dollar house in the richest town in Connecticut apparently had no functioning smoke detectors. I wonder how the fire spread so quickly (and I hope that those who died, did so in their sleep of smoke inhalation).

Maybe this is the big Christmas tragedy that the papers say it is.

But if there is a story in 2012 about how the fire was ruled to be arson, don't be too surprised.

7 comments:

Nangleator said...

...and it turns out her finances were not in good shape...

Mark Sholtes said...

This makes it even more suspicious...

Stamford House Torn Down After Christmas Morning Fire That Killed Three Girls, Grandparents

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/hc-stamford-fire-five-died-20111225,0,1306213.story

Car Freak said...

My thought exactly. No one is talking about "her acquaintance"

BCFD36 said...

Turns out the rumor mongers were wrong. It was ashes, with hot embers still in them, left in a paper bag that started the fire.

This is actually quite common. I went to one last week.

Comrade Misfit said...

I'm still suspicious. Scooping hot ashes, with embers, into a paper bag and then leaving the bag inside the house? In a house with no working smoke or carbon monoxide detectors?

Right. In a poor or working-class town, I'll wager that a prosecutor would be presenting that to a grand jury and coming back with an indictment for five counts of manslaughter.

montag said...

I agree with you Comrade. "Innocently" leaving a paper bag of embers in the house is a great way to get your insurance to finish the renovations. Sadly an old wood house, probably built with double walls without firebreaks between the floors, will burn much faster than most people can imagine. And in such a frightening situation, nothing will work out as planned.

Billy said...

You would be amazed at how many people think a paper bag or plastic bucket is just fine for fireplace ashes. As far as no working smoke dectors, the house was being renovated so I bet they either had them taken down or disconnected.