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In a five-paragraph letter to Barfoot that he received yesterday, Barfoot is being ordered to remove a flagpole from his yard. The decorated veteran of three wars, now 90 years old, raises the American flag every morning on the pole, then lowers and folds the flag at dusk each day in a three-corner military fashion.

What the hell, it is a flagpole. It could be garden gnomes, I could see those pissing people off. But a flagpole? Really?

I know it’s tough. Firing people is unpleasant and awkward. And it can get heated – there are lots of emotions involved. But if you know it’s the right move, do it. And generally speaking if you’re trying to decide whether it’s the right thing to do but you’re on the fence — it’s the right thing to do. The fact that you’re on the fence means you have to take action. Don’t delay. Every single day that you delay is hurting your business.

Honestly I never understand why people procrastinate on firing people. Just get it done, I never have had employees to fire but I have fired a lot of contractors and I only procrastinated on it the first time I had to do it.

The project, which involved a small nuclear weapon, was designed to allow one person to parachute from any type of aircraft carrying the weapon package and place it in a harbor or other strategic location that could be accessed from the sea. Another parachutist without a weapon package would follow the first to provide support as needed.

Yeah, because this sounds like it was a great idea.

There are a lot of idiots out there, this seems to be proof of that.

SOUTH MILWAUKEE - He caught someone breaking in to his pickup truck on Tuesday afternoon. But instead of calling 911, he decided not to let the guy get away.

When the victim, who wishes to be known only as Dan, jumped on the suspect's getaway vehicle, his wife Roxanne says it was all instinct and adrenaline.

"It was just adrenaline. He wanted to stop the person who had broken into this truck and was trying to take items from him."

Dan held on to the sunroof as the 20-year-old suspect raced down College Avenue trying everything possible to knock Dan off the car.

As the victim was holding on for dear life with his arms around the sunroof - the suspect was biting his arms. Dan ended up in the hospital with five bite marks.

Dan's dramatic ride lasted three miles through crowded intersections, bumpy roads and sharp turns. It finally ended when the suspect lost control and ran from the car. Roxanne caught up with Dan in the hospital.

"When I asked him, 'What were you thinking?' He said he had realized what was going on and how long he had been on the vehicle and that he couldn't hold on much longer," Roxanne explained.

Dan will remain in the hospital overnight, but his wife says he will be OK.  The suspect was arrested and charges are pending.