a little bit of everything

what a horrible tragedy in colorado. this is one of those times where there's no chance of mistaken identity or incorrect eyewitness accounts and he should be put to death immediately.  no trials, medications, psychiatrists, insanity pleas or reliving this for the victim's family. death by the firing squad....today. his guilt is doubtless. this lowlife needs to be in the ground.

three years ago, a buddy of mine bounced off the walls when i told him after DREW PERTERSON was arrested that he would be acquitted if the case ever went to trial.  dirtbag? absolutely. sleazeoid? definitely. narcississtic dickhead? without a doubt.  murderer?? PROVE IT! my buddy gave me 7-1 odds on a hundred dollar bill and now it's showtime as the trial is scheduled to begin this week. peterson has been in custody since 2009.

BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT. two coroners giving different professional opinions on the manner of death. absolutely no evidence putting peterson at the death scene and a perfectly plausible explanation that KATHLEEN SAVIO slipped & fell in the bathtub and suffered a fatal head injury. no prints, no witnesses, zip forensic eveidence. how do you convict?

another bizarre part of the upcoming trial is that the judge insists on using the jury pool that was selected three years ago. the 200+ person pool was instructed in 2009 not to listen to any news about the case. how in hell do you monitor that for three years? i think that could be an appelate court issue if peterson is found guilty.

PENN STATE UNIVERSITY finally grew a pair and removed the statue of JOE PATERNO, the man who facilitated the sexual abuse of dozens of children by failing to forward information regarding his pedophile assistant coach to the proper authorities. about 150 students gathered at the removal and chanted the rythmic "we are (clap-clap) penn state!"
if i were them, i wouldn't say that too loudly these days.

so now it's LOUIS FARRAKHAN'S turn to try and end the violence in the south & west side neighborhoods. the world leader and well known ANTI-SEMITE took to the streets this week with 500 members from the nation of islam and passed out literature and dvd's to the residents. hey lou, let me clue you in on a couple of things.  first, the members of the jungle will simply avoid the area until the cameras disappear. second, do you expect anyone to believe that you're going to keep 500 thugs in the 'hood forever? it's no diffeent than the idea of putting the national guard on the corners of the jungle....the rats disappear until the guardsman leave and then it's business as usual.  and finally, how does someone who hates the jewish community as much as you do plan on using peace & love as a platform? the gang bangers don't even know who you are.  can't wait for the first showdown between the gangster disciples and farrakhan's thugs. wonder how much peace & love will be displayed then?

some sad notes on the entertainment front. GLEN CAMPBELL has cancelled the final leg of his international tour and the rest of his domestic dates are now in question as well. campbell was diagnosed with alzheimer's last year and was making one final tour but reports indicate that the disease has accelerated and his family decided cancellation would give him a chance to enjoy the rest of the summer and visit with some old friends.  so sad. a terrible disease.

i grew up with ANDY GRIFFITH and the first time i saw my father belly laugh at a movie theatre was when he watched griffith in "NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS" when he played army private will stockdale. two years later, he got his own television show in MAYBERRY and the rest is history. clean comedy, great story teller and you NEVER saw his name in anything other than entertainment news. i believe GOMER, OPIE, THELMA LOU & HELEN CRUMP are the only regular surviving characters from the mayberry comedy. at least andy now has barney to make him laugh.

stay cool.