Woman 'tried to burn down house of long-time friend who defriended her on Facebook' | Mail Online

Facebook is causing people to do the dumbest things because of what's being said or people unfriending them. I think people need to build a bridge and get over it.

Sidenote: If I un-friend any you, please don't burn down my house.

 

A woman tried to burn down the house of a long-time friend who defriended her on Facebook, police say.

Jennifer
Christine Harris, 30, of Des Moines, Iowa, has been charged with
first-degree arson and is being held in the Polk County Jail.

Harris allegedly tried to torch the home of old friend Nikki Rasmussen while Nikki and her husband Jim were sleeping.

The fire broke out in a detached garage at 1am on October 27 at the Rasmussens' home, officials said.

The police report says the fire caused a popping sound which was followed by a 'boom.'

The
couple were woken up by sound and they managed to escape as the siding
on their house started melting from the heat of the fire in the garage.

The roof of the garage collapsed on the cars parked inside and other items stored there were ruined.

No one was injured in the blaze, but the garage was destroyed.

When
police asked Jim Rasmussen if anyone had a grudge against them he gave
them the name Jennifer 'Jen' Harris, desmoinesregister.com reports.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2057170/Woman-tried-burn-house-long-time-friend-defriended-Facebook.html#ixzz1fbGxPvQ1

via Woman 'tried to burn down house of long-time friend who defriended her on Facebook' | Mail Online.

What Facebook's New Features Mean for Journalists

 

 

 

 

 

As a blogger and aspiring Pro-Blogger, ghost writer, paid contributor, and any other writing that will allow me to get paid, I am really hoping that Facebook's new feature will help me get myself out there to more people. Right now, I only have two subscribers on Facebook. I am not sure how to get that number to increase. All I can ask is for people to support me and subscribe.

I haven't received the new Timeline widget yet, so perhaps that might help me as well. We will see.

What Facebook's New Features Mean for Journalists.

Teacher Mocks Special Needs Students on Facebook

Read or watch the follow story Special Ed Teacher Mocks His Students on Facebook, then read my thoughts.

My question is, why did it take so long for this fool to be caught with regards to his posts.  If they found a long list of posts by him on FB, how long has this been going on? Was anyone from the school district noticing this on his page?  Of course they were, but why wasn't anything being done?

I am currently dealing with an authority figure using the R word to describe a stupid person or a stupid situation.  I tried to let it pass, until one day this person said, "We are being mildly retarted."  It was at this point that I know exactly that this person was well aware of what the word "retarded" means and it should have been obvious to this person, a long time ago, that perhaps using this word is not right.  But the funny thing is, she doesn't like any word that sounds like the N word.  The word doesn't even have to be a reference to the N word, it just has to sound like the N word.

I don't like hearing the R word to describe anything, because as far as I'm concerned, the "mentally challenged" are smarter than those that are not.

There's so much we can learn from them, such as patience and not taking everything so seriously.  We can learn not to get bent out of shape about things that won't mean a hill of beans in a week's time. Or even, in an hour's time.

I am not casting the first stone, nor living in a glass house, for I am guilty of using the word plenty of times in my youth and partially in my adulthood.  I never gave much thought to the word itself, meaning, I never thought of it offending a group of people.  But I get mad when I hear the N word used to describe something as in doing a quick fix - "n**ger rig it".  As far as I'm concerned, when I quick fix something, I MacGyver it.

Since I have educated myself about the R word, I am on a mission to correct/education people on the word as well.  I just have to figure out a way to approach this one person on the usage and how offensive it is.  Not to just me, but to a group of people.

Spread The Word to End The Word