Archive for June, 2005
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Monday, June 27th, 2005Two shark attacks in a week in Florida…
Goodbye ocean… nice knowing you.
UPDATE: And don’t people know that once you become rich and/or famous you should never fly in a “small plane.”
What Doing Nothing On Social Security Is Costing Us
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005Vindication For Michael Schiavo
Wednesday, June 15th, 2005The autopsy of Terri Schiavo has been released. The key findings of the report reveal that Terri Schiavo had not been abused, she had irreversible brain damage, and she was blind.
As I suspected, this vindicates Michael Schiavo, who had been accused of so many terrible things. Michael Schiavo had been so vilified by groups and people who supported keeping Terri Schiavo alive it was disturbing. Here we are now, and it is clear that allegations that Michael abused Terri Schiavo and that he had feared she’d one day wake up and report him… all of that was bogus.
Also interesting is this information that Terri Schiavo was blind. I don’t know when this blindness would have occured, but it certainly calls into question the parents claims of Terri’s responsiveness to visual stimuli. We all saw those videos of her following a balloon… So were they moving the balloon to follow Terri’s movements? Maybe so.
Scott from Slant Point sees this as vindication for Michael Schiavo also. I’m glad I’m not the only one. I’m buying Scott a beer when I visit New York again.
William at Pardon My English hopes now the case will forever be closed.
I hope so too, but I’m not counting on it. I expect accusations of falsification, distortion, or suppression of information will be made… which would be unfortunate. The two sides of this case have largely fallen on partisan lines, and it’s disappointing to see my fellow conservatives acting like liberals who lose elections, making ridiculous accusations of conspiracies amongst other things. It’s time to let this case go.
UPDATE: No real comment from Blogs For Terri, but they certainly had time to write a pre-buttal.
UPDATE II: Suddenly, the autopsy doesn’t matter anymore…
UPDATE III: Blogger Michael King agrees with me… And has this to say about the case:
I got called all kinds of names, up to and including “Nazi” over my stance in this case, by all sorts of people, including some who I had the greatest bit of respect for. I felt the US Congress had no business getting involved, and after Terri Schiavo died, I insisted (as I do today) that no one “won” in this sad, sordid matter.
I absolutely agree with him, and I have to say, I got attacked by some of my political allies for my views on the case as well.
UPDATE IV: La Shawn and I disagree.
Prologue To Reparations?
Monday, June 13th, 2005I have a bad feeling that this is just a prologue to the reparations movement heating up again.
Jacko Verdict
Monday, June 13th, 2005Let me just say this right up front: I didn’t follow the Michael Jackson trial. However, over the course of the trial, and my regular watching of the news, I did hear updates and developments in the case. It was just reported a verdict has been reached.
From what I’ve heard, I expected Jackson to be acquitted on all or most of the charges. Despite the fact I think he truly is a wacko, I will not be surprised if he leaves the courtroom a free man/woman/child today.
I have yet to serve on a jury. I have been called to jury duty twice, but never had to serve. I imagine this case was an intriguing one to have been a juror for. Since I obviously didn’t watch the trial, I can’t predict what my decision would be, but from what little I’ve heard, it seems to me the defense did a good job of establishing reasonable doubt. The fact is I am equally suspicious of the family involved in this case as am of Jackson. Despite the reasonable suspicion that Jackson is guilty of what he has been accused, you’re only supposed to vote to convict if you believe the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
We’ll know in about 35 minutes…
UPDATE: Not guilty on all counts…
Pervert In Pink
Saturday, June 11th, 2005Massachusetts may force registered sex offenders to bear license plates with glow-in-the-dark pink lettering on their cars as a visual warning for kids to stay away. Personally, I don’t understand why sex offenders are even out on the streets and driving anyway. I’d much rather see harsher sentencing than an easily evaded license plate requirement.
Neverthless, I am skeptical such a law will pass. Back in 2001, a proposal was made to require convicted drunk drivers to have special “OUI” license plates… Those never happened.
Like the OUI plates, I suspect the IMAPERV plates to be DOA because of lawyers defending the “privacy rights” of sex offenders.
Massachusetts To Make Disciplining of Children Illegal?
Wednesday, June 8th, 2005I can’t believe I live in this crazy state…. TheBostonChannel.com reports that Massachusetts lawmakers plan to file a bill that would ban “corporal punishment in the commonwealth.”
…lawmakers are considering making “the willfull infliction of physical pain on children under 18,” illegal. The measure would prohibit corporal punishment including whipping, spanking and pinching. Also forbidden would be washing a child’s mouth out with soap and administering electric shocks.
I am by no means suggesting acts like whipping or administering electric shocks are justifiable forms of discipline… but spanking?
This is a bill disguised as a means of preventing child abuse, which will actually prevent parents from disciplining their children.
Granted, I’m not a parent, and have yet to be in a position to punish a child for doing something wrong, I would like to hear from anyone who is a parent about how they discipline(d) their kids, and how effective or ineffective various forms of punishment were.
Kerry’s Records
Tuesday, June 7th, 2005I’m following the story of Kerry’s “released” records over at Blogs For Bush…
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