Does anyone REALLY CARE?

I write for myself and not an audience, and I write because "The writer writes because he has something to say." Anyone reading my blog will agree that I spend more time belly-aching over environmental issues than anything else, and that I tend to lean toward law enforcement's well being, left-of-center as I've been called. Actually, I am quite conservative and have a deep sense of common decency for the current and future generations.

Be that as it may, when we write for the Internet, the use of capital letters, as in my title, signifies shouting, screaming.

And I did indeed intend to convey the shouting of the two words, "REALLY CARE?", because when it really comes down to it, I believe that there is a very small population that really cares about the fate of the Earth and all of Mother Earth's children -- all of them.

Geologists: Collier Glacier is shrinking

Fires Chase 300,000 From Homes

Ian Masters' Background Briefing

Don't forget to listen to Ian Masters' Background Briefing tomorrow morning.

October 7.

WWII postcard reaches Japanese man

WWII postcard reaches Japanese man

On the part of World War II, I suppose it was a necessary war, given the information we have at hand.

Given the information at hand, It seems the recent war on the Iraqi people is a war of choice on my country's part. I am ashamed of those who promote the war against the Iraq population. For those who continue to promote Bush and his program of death, I cannot measure the shame I feel because of their stupidity, bigotry, ignorance, and more.

Eddie Evans
Crime Scene Cleanup

Biological Hazard Defined

In case I'm forgetting to place this somewhere where I can find it, here it is.

Keep blood dry as possible and keep it free from flaking before beginning work.

If flaked and/or moist upon arrival, alter it before work begins. Remember "moist," not soaked, not dripping.
Wet blood is a hazard.

Altering includes pre-treating for bagging, transport.

"A biological hazard or biohazard is an organism, or substance derived from an organism, that poses a threat to (primarily) human health. This can include medical waste, samples of a microorganism, virus or toxin (from a biological source) that can impact human health. It can also include substances harmful to animals. The term and its associated symbol is generally used as a warning, so that those potentially exposed to the substances will know to take precautions. There is also a biohazard HCS/WHMIS logo which utilizes the same symbol. Wikipedia"

President Bush to help my business!

I recently heard that military veterans of the Iraq war will be denied mental health benefits in many cases. It seems that the Veterans Administration has begun labeling some war related mental health issues as "pre-existing personality disorders," thereby releasing the US Government from liability for their mental health problems.

As a consequence, I figure, we will see an increase in suicides among veterans and an increase in my work-load.

So it goes.

Eddie Evans
Crime Scene Cleanup

Off-duty Wis. deputy sheriff kills 6

By ROBERT IMRIE, Associated Press Writer

"All I heard it was a jealous boyfriend and he went berserk. He took them all out."

I do not like guns, period. Anyone reading my blogs will testify that I write about by dislike for guns often enough:

Cop's Shots at Snake May Have Killed Boy - Poor police work and possi cometatus - Guns Suck!

Given the male component for testosteron, we can expect young men to "go off" at a fairly well paced regularity - - It's in their blood, literally. Throw in some jealousy, over-time police work, and bang! Of course, there are thousands of types of "mental illness" that will become suspect before the truth is known about the above incident. Be sure of this, the gun made it all possible.

There is little that we can do about it. Guns are here to stay. Try to police them out of existence and their presence will grow ten-fold and their value will grow a thousand-fold; Crimes related to "dealing" in guns will grow exponentially as the market for their cash-value grows, should they ever be outlawed.

There is only one time that I would want a gun to exist, and that time will never come, I hope. That is, if my wife were ever attacked by a loony bent on harming her, I would want her to have a gun to protect herself. I would also want her to be well trained to handle it.

That's about all that I have to say on the subject of guns and the unfortunate event that brought me to my mental-health blog writings. It does help to vent in this manner. Too bad the young police officer from the above incident wasn't blogging to vent problems.

Eddie Evans
Crime Scene Cleanup

Nepotism, Coroners' Employees, Crime Scene Cleanup

I'm looking at the big picture now, at least I hope that it is the big picture. My computer, the Internet, and crime scene cleanup take a much less demanding place in this big picture. I see that this line of business has reached its limits for me. I need to ease it out of my life, in part, just as computers and the Internet need to ease out of my life. Owning www.biosafe.us and so many other web sites has helped business, though.

Speaking of business, sadly enough, I find that those who deserve zero from this business gain greatly from it. Some might say that I am a "poor sport" for thinking this way.

The stories come in slowly from north, south, east, and west. Small companies vanquished by nepotism in coroners' offices lose out as nepotism slowly replaces free enterprise in the crime scene cleanup business. Civil servants, tax supported employees often seize the better paying death scenes for their relatives and friends, and at the bereaved and insurance company's loss.

There is not much to be done for it because word to the county administrator's goes unheard, or they could care less. Employees, relatives, and friends garner the more lucrative cleaning jobs simply because of their monopoly over information about homicides, suicides, and decompositions from unattended deaths. This is not "small business," it is not "free enterprise," it is nepotism, or a form of quasi-fascism to the sorry losers.

For example, if your father was county sheriff of town X, and you happen to be the son or daughter of the now retired sheriff, you stand to inherit whatever you might wish from this business so many now call "crime scene cleanup." Perhaps your brother-in-law works for the coroner's office as a technician or an investigator. The simple elimination of a few of your competitors' from a call list handed to the bereaved goes a long way. It is so easy to remove competitors when your office is in the coroner's department. This is one of the surest ways to enrich the undeserving who are removed from our competitive economy, the surest way to monopize profits from cleaning death scenes. Skew the opportunities to clean; that's the key.

Think about it. It is not appropriate for nepotism to occur in this environment by any means, but it goes on, and it grows. Can you imagine the conventions, the email lists, and other sources of information that carry information informing coroners' employees. Some moon-light and refer work to friends and relatives for a piece of the action. This is MONOPOLY and without the hazards of going to jail and a sure ticket to passing Go. Sad business it is.

Sure, it's OK for morticians and such to share information, to recommend one business over another for service and kickbacks. But it is another thing for a tax supported entity to become a broker for death's cleanup.

Crime Scene Cleanup.com has been fun for me because of the many calls for help that I received from it over the years; not calls for cleaning so much, but calls for vocational education information. There have been so many youngsters out there excited by the thought that they too were going to make "one-hundred dollars an hour." Little did they know that so many in this business pump it up into the thousands. Few know that the "heavy hitters" were and are somehow related to the coroners' offices throughout the USA by virtue of their family and friends.

I hope that the so-called "schools" for this business will not scalp too many of these youngsters as the years come and go. Granted, I can name two outstanding schools worthy of their fees, one of which I attended in Missouri. There is no nepotism to be found in their curriculum, only information for cleaning bio-hazards.

I dribble here.

Now, isn't all of this nepotism sort of like the "crony capitalism" that we see in Russia and other countries? Then again, isn't it sort of like the nepotism over monopoly occurring everyday in the USA as the top one-percent of our population plan their agenda?

For certain, I need steady work and income, and I need to get away from this computer for my remaining years. I've been here for several decades now. I started with the Commodore, which many young people have never heard. I was cranking out college papers on it with great glee so many years ago, but that seems like just a while ago! I don't regret any of it, but it is time to move back to the real world of stone-and-mortar. I need to make like Commodore and jam from this scene! My gut is testimonial enough to the hazard of this workplace.

I suspect that my cleaning days are coming to a close as I find a way to detach myself from this monitor and keyboard.

Eddie Evans
Crime Scene Cleanup

Coroners' Employees and the future of CSC as a small business.

The stories are coming, one from the north, another from the south, then the east and west. Coroners' employees and others related to this civil service work are cashing in on the crime scene cleanup business. They have an ideal perch from which to gain access to the more lucrative decomposition and suicide cleanups, not to mention the homicides.

Eddie Evans
Crime Scene Cleaners

Deaths among American forces and Iraqi civilians fell

<<BAGHDAD - Deaths among American forces and Iraqi civilians fell dramatically last month to their lowest levels in more than a year, according to figures compiled by the U.S. military, the Iraqi government and The Associated Press.>>

By no means a fan of Bush's war, I will admit that the above article brings good news, in a sense. At least the numbers are reported down, rather than up. If it is true that the "surge" (escalation) brought about a decrease in overall death and sulfuring, good.

It is odd that an adequate number of troops were not used to begin with; it is even more odd that US troops were needed at all following the collapse of the sadman regime. The Iraqi Army, or at least its military police, could have remained to police its own population. They even speak the same language.
Eddie Evans
Crime Scene Cleanup