On Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:20:12 -0700, Truth Teller wrote:

More like pure pablum, a very lame promo, Anytown, USA could blather the
same platitudes. Small wonder they had to enlist a has been brain
damaged druggie like Tim Allen to recite the lines. Gosh and what a fine
representative of the Wolverine state!

On 2 October 1978, Tim Allen Dick was arrested in Detroit for
possession of a pound and a half of cocaine. Under Michigan law, he
could have been sentenced to life in prison. Instead he turned state's
evidence -- the legal term for ratting on your cohorts. Allen reportedly
fingered at least 21 co-conspirators, and in exchange, he was sentenced
to just five years under the more lenient (at that time) federal law. He
was paroled after 2½ years. He was arrested for drunk driving in 1997,
after he nearly fell over and couldn't count backwards during a roadside
sobriety check Also in 1997, Allen was in an auto accident in Studio
City, California, and injured a 72-year-old retired librarian named
Henry Armstrong. Armstrong told the National Enquirer that Allen "was
bleary-eyed and unsteady on his feet, and he never uttered a word, never
mind said sorry." Allen sued the old man for $12 million, complaining
that Allen's "business as a well-known and well-respected actor,
entertainer, author, commercial spokesperson and product endorser has
been damaged." Allen dropped the lawsuit two years later, as a
"humanitarian gesture" when he learned that Armstrong was suffering from
brain cancer.

Oh bye the bye, how far is Holland from Bay City, Michigan? You know
the town that shut off the heat of a 93 yr. old WWII veteran who froze
to death in his own living room? I'm sure you remember the story because
you smugly gloated about it in this newsgroup. Story can be found at
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/ja...bayc-j28.shtml

Anyway, your effort to rehabilitate your image is commendable. You've
been doing fairly well since the authorities began tracking your
internet postings and activities last year. It must have been very
uncomfortable for you being under constant surveillance during President
Obama's visit to Holland awhile back. Good for you.

Never apologize at the scene of an accident.