ACCOUNTABILITY

These first six aren't statistics from the news or Wikipedia, these are actual times where I interacted with Federal or City Governments, or big Banks.

 15-20 DAYS:

This is the amount of time it takes the government (IRS) to send you a letter
letting you know that you owe them money and you better pay it if you know what is good for you.

 10 DAYS:

This is the amount of time, after you get a traffic camera ticket, that a local government sends you a letter and lets you know you better pay if you don't want to go to jail or get a heavy fine.

 45

The amount of times per month that a credit card company will call you to let you know you are overdue on an account after you had a spotless record with them for 15 to 25 years.

 7 Months

The amount of time it took a Copyright to get searched and registered with the Library of Congress in 2010.

2 years and Counting

The amount of time (in progress) it takes to get a Copyright now.

 

2 years, 3 months, 16 Days
The amount of time it took that Veterans' Administration to finalize and pay a disability claim, after never admitting that the US Army lost over 80% of my medical records and 201 Files.

A recent statistic:

Currently, in the Obama Administration, one in six cases of Requests for Information (that's 125,629 times) come up empty handed. (it is better than the Bush Administration though).

"The FBI couldn't find any records in 39 percent of cases, or 5,168 times. The Environmental Protection Agency regional office that oversees New York and New Jersey couldn't find anything 58 percent of the time. U.S. Customs and Border Protection couldn't find anything in 34 percent of cases." ¹

My point here, Ladies and Gentlemen, is that we are held instantly accountable for anything we do this society, and quickly branded and punished for it.

The Federal and State Governments, though, are not.
This Nation was founded on the concept that it has a government that is by the people, and for the people. I submit to you that those concepts have long faded away.

^{1 Associated Press, March 18, 2016}

-Jim Culp, 2016

Otto and the DPRK

Here's a statement and a question.

Otto Warmbier was sentenced to fifteen year's hard labor for stealing a sign from a hotel in Pyongyang some time ago. He was on vacation in North Korea.
Um...gimme a minute.
You did what as you were vacationing where?
You  are a fucking idiot. You're 100% responsible for your actions.
Last thing...most people don't have the money to go on vacations. I know I damn sure don't. But tell me Otto, why, why for the love of fuck, would you go on vacation to North Korea?
North Korea loves fucktards like you, because they get to make examples of fucking idiots that think that they will allow people to do what they want in their country. Yeah, I know about North Korea. I've stood three meters from their guards. I think that place should be leveled and used as a hunting preserve.
And I sure as fuck wouldn't go on vacation there. When your fifteen years are up, I suggest Acapulco or Mazatlan.

-Jim