Wow, three blog post in one week. I’m just saying, normally I try to spend some time out in the field doing some participant observation in order to get something to write about, but to be honest I can stay in and just read the paper and see that the world is fucked seven ways from Sunday, and I don’t think any sane person can disagree with me.
You know I was reading an article that someone wrote about the inherent differences between Stallworths DUI murder and Michael Vicks Ultimate Dog fighting league. The technicalities come out like thieves in the night when you get lawyers talking about the differences in the two cases.
Here is one excerpt:
“"It's hard to compare apples and oranges," …"You're dealing with two different systems. You're dealing with a federal system in Vick's case; you're dealing with the state system in Florida."
Can I go on record and say that in Florida a DUI is a second degree felony with most people getting at least 10 years for every death. And we all know that federal cases are a much better route to run than state ones
NOT!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously Michael Vick’s case was a federal court and he still got more time that what normal people get for a DUI in state court.
Sure, I will go so far as to say that with money comes privilege, but to have such a blatant show of the power of the dollar still astonishes me. He killed a man and cut a deal that keeps him out of jail and the family suing him in civil court…for an undisclosed amount of money. The best part of the whole charade is that the media keeps harping on the fact that his 15 year old daughter wanted the whole thing to be over with.
So far, we got one man with a death of a human and he gets 30 days in jail and an undisclosed paycheck
Ok, so what’s next
A woman in Minnesota is being forced to pay out 1.9 million for downloading music? Seriously the RIAA is still upset about people being able to try before you by music. First off, there is no good music going around right now, so how can stealing garbage be a crime. Second, the average person may make a million dollars over their lifetime so I have no idea where the beast is going to get the other 900k, and third, this is the best part
The stupid songs are only 99 cent on Itunes in the first place.
Then we got PETA.
You know, I am ok with people doing whatever they want, as long as they do it with sincerity and consistency. What I don’t get is PETA crawling up the President’s ass over swatting a fly and chuckling about how awesome it was to be able to do that. Seriously, the president is answering questions about N. Korea and the cache(supposed)of chemical weapons, our struggling economy, the Asian chicks in N.Korea jail, and who knows what, and PETA finds it necessary to complain about that? I went to PETA’s website and I noticed that there was jack about the cat killings in Florida on their message boards, and I even checked the first five pages. No, I didn’t look until I found one, because this story is so new it really should jump at you.
Instead there is link to a Michael Vick article about how they don’t think he is truly remorseful for what he did, and that he is in fact the scum of the earth blah blah blah
Meanwhile the guy who actually killed a human being is going to be speaking to kids about how sorry he is for what he did.
Does anyone else see something wrong here.
Sources
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/200407-donte-stallworth-vs-mike-vick-its-better-to-kill-people-than-dogs
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/18/minnesota.music.download.fine/index.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31422688/ns/us_news-weird_news/?GT1=43001
http://www.examiner.com/x-5919-Norfolk-Crime-Examiner~y2009m5d21-Like-most-criminals-Michael-Vick-is-only-sorry-he-got-caught
http://www.peta.org/index.asp
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Frontline Vol 7: I Can't Call it
I like to think that I am above the craziness off the world we live in…just like everyone else in the world. So if I think I can’t be effected by the world around us, then I am sure we all think the same thing, which means we are all wrong as fuck.
Plain and simple, folks are still seriously trapped in the matrix and anyone willing to proclaim that the emperor has no clothes is locked away in the deepest darkest dungeon with the key lost like a prom dates virginity…a year ago.
I have two things to exhibit the first is a story that I found on CNN about a kid who has been arrested for killing cats in the Miami-Dade county area.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/15/florida.cat.killer.arrest/index.html
Now, before anyone here jumps the gun, I don’t support the reckless killing of any animal (ask me about hunting when you get a chance). But I hardly think calling this guy a “serial killer” is hardly appropriate. To call this kid a serial killer puts him in a category with the likes of John Gacy, Jim Jones, Ted Bundy, and the multitude of lesser known serial killers.
I seriously doubt that the killing of kittens qualifies him for such a title or punishment by our justice system
“He could face a maximum of 158 years in state prison if convicted on all counts, said Terry Shavez, spokeswoman for the state attorney's”
Really?
Did I seriously read this correctly? Hell O.J. didn’t even get that much and they had to wait to catch him fuck’in up before they were able to get him for the murders that he was aquitted for.
158 years!!!!
Brian Nichols Showed the world that he will go to jail when he damn well pleases and killed 5 people on the way to his surrender and he just got life
158 years
Michael Vick was actually fighting dogs for profit and he is already out and regardless of what anyone says all he has to do is perform as if it never happened and he will be forgiven
Don’t believe me, I got two words for you: Kobe Bryant
He went from being guilty of rape to being guilty of getting caught cheating on his wife
158 years!!!!!!
Now in another area of Miami this is going on
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/16/florida.nfl.player.plea/index.html
So let me make sure I got this right. This guy was drunk and hit someone with his car and killed him. And he was able to plea down 15 years to 30 days in jail, revoked drivers license for life, 2,500 dollars to MADD(mothers against drunk driving), eight years probation, and an undisclosed settlement to the family of the victim.
If I am reading these articles correctly a man has lost his life and his family has lost a brother, husband, and father, and some family’s have lost their pets and while traumatized by the loss they still are able to go and get another animal eventually. Then again, the humans were actually able to put a price on their loss.
Honestly, if the science is correct, then they caught this kid before it was too late, before he went and actually took a human life. There is still hope for him, somewhere in this bizarre world there is a help group and medicine cocktail that will keep all unsuspecting kittens and possibly people from being under this kids knife. The other guy is going to be able to tell other people about how this mistake has affected his ability to drive a car for the rest of his life, and how he is inconvenienced with additional drug testing for the next dozen or so years.
Go figure
Plain and simple, folks are still seriously trapped in the matrix and anyone willing to proclaim that the emperor has no clothes is locked away in the deepest darkest dungeon with the key lost like a prom dates virginity…a year ago.
I have two things to exhibit the first is a story that I found on CNN about a kid who has been arrested for killing cats in the Miami-Dade county area.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/15/florida.cat.killer.arrest/index.html
Now, before anyone here jumps the gun, I don’t support the reckless killing of any animal (ask me about hunting when you get a chance). But I hardly think calling this guy a “serial killer” is hardly appropriate. To call this kid a serial killer puts him in a category with the likes of John Gacy, Jim Jones, Ted Bundy, and the multitude of lesser known serial killers.
I seriously doubt that the killing of kittens qualifies him for such a title or punishment by our justice system
“He could face a maximum of 158 years in state prison if convicted on all counts, said Terry Shavez, spokeswoman for the state attorney's”
Really?
Did I seriously read this correctly? Hell O.J. didn’t even get that much and they had to wait to catch him fuck’in up before they were able to get him for the murders that he was aquitted for.
158 years!!!!
Brian Nichols Showed the world that he will go to jail when he damn well pleases and killed 5 people on the way to his surrender and he just got life
158 years
Michael Vick was actually fighting dogs for profit and he is already out and regardless of what anyone says all he has to do is perform as if it never happened and he will be forgiven
Don’t believe me, I got two words for you: Kobe Bryant
He went from being guilty of rape to being guilty of getting caught cheating on his wife
158 years!!!!!!
Now in another area of Miami this is going on
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/16/florida.nfl.player.plea/index.html
So let me make sure I got this right. This guy was drunk and hit someone with his car and killed him. And he was able to plea down 15 years to 30 days in jail, revoked drivers license for life, 2,500 dollars to MADD(mothers against drunk driving), eight years probation, and an undisclosed settlement to the family of the victim.
If I am reading these articles correctly a man has lost his life and his family has lost a brother, husband, and father, and some family’s have lost their pets and while traumatized by the loss they still are able to go and get another animal eventually. Then again, the humans were actually able to put a price on their loss.
Honestly, if the science is correct, then they caught this kid before it was too late, before he went and actually took a human life. There is still hope for him, somewhere in this bizarre world there is a help group and medicine cocktail that will keep all unsuspecting kittens and possibly people from being under this kids knife. The other guy is going to be able to tell other people about how this mistake has affected his ability to drive a car for the rest of his life, and how he is inconvenienced with additional drug testing for the next dozen or so years.
Go figure
Frontline Vol 6: BACK IN THE WORK FORCE
So six or seven months back from Korea and I finally found myself a job. There is a saying that has been around for years or so that goes, “Desperate times call for desperate measures” and they are right, but I think that sometimes people lose sight of what that really means. My family, whom I love with all my heart honestly would have been content for me to work at a fast food restaurant. Under the guise of the above mentioned ideal.
Seriously, WTF
This is what I know:
I am smart, ambitious, industrious, and patient. I have a wealth of experience in real world and academia and I have a real world understanding of myself worth.
What all that means is that there are just some jobs I am not going to do because on the hiring end I would be considered “Over qualified” and on my end I would consider myself “above” it. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love my peoples working at such culinary nexuses such as Burger King, McDonalds’, and Wendy’s, and I support them by purchasing items off the 99 cent menu whenever possible.
But I am not going to work for you.
I think that even in this economic downturn a person should choose wisely the odd job they take. Unless you have a plan, you can probably see yourself working at a job of your own choosing for at least 2-3 years before you decide to move on to something else. So I would suggest that you find something that you would not resent showing up to work to. After all, if you cannot come to work with the plan to do the best job possible, then you should find a job that you do.
Let me switch gears, now I know what I said about not working for food service, but sometimes life makes you a hypocrite and I recognize that as well as anyone. I almost went back to Airtran. Now, I left that company to seek my fortune elsewhere, I left people that I know were happy to see me leave, people that were sad to see me go, and people that were envious of my ability to get up and leave the country. Oh, there are also the people that could have given two shits.
But if I went back to that place, what would have been the point of leaving in the first place? So even in the face of personal financial disaster, you have to push forward. I can’t work any old job, and I know there are hundreds upon thousands of people that feel the same way about their resume’s and work history.
I say to these people, “Keep your head up”. Take a day here and there to lament to yourself your woes, have a good cry every now and again, it cleanses your soul. Hell, take a day off from the job search. But don’t give up.
Am I doing what I want to be doing? No I am not, but now I have the ability to continue looking for what I really want to do with the comfort of a paycheck, without the resentment of working a job that I believe to be “beneath” me.
Go figure, I guess you can have your cake and eat it too…eventually.
Seriously, WTF
This is what I know:
I am smart, ambitious, industrious, and patient. I have a wealth of experience in real world and academia and I have a real world understanding of myself worth.
What all that means is that there are just some jobs I am not going to do because on the hiring end I would be considered “Over qualified” and on my end I would consider myself “above” it. Now, don’t get me wrong, I love my peoples working at such culinary nexuses such as Burger King, McDonalds’, and Wendy’s, and I support them by purchasing items off the 99 cent menu whenever possible.
But I am not going to work for you.
I think that even in this economic downturn a person should choose wisely the odd job they take. Unless you have a plan, you can probably see yourself working at a job of your own choosing for at least 2-3 years before you decide to move on to something else. So I would suggest that you find something that you would not resent showing up to work to. After all, if you cannot come to work with the plan to do the best job possible, then you should find a job that you do.
Let me switch gears, now I know what I said about not working for food service, but sometimes life makes you a hypocrite and I recognize that as well as anyone. I almost went back to Airtran. Now, I left that company to seek my fortune elsewhere, I left people that I know were happy to see me leave, people that were sad to see me go, and people that were envious of my ability to get up and leave the country. Oh, there are also the people that could have given two shits.
But if I went back to that place, what would have been the point of leaving in the first place? So even in the face of personal financial disaster, you have to push forward. I can’t work any old job, and I know there are hundreds upon thousands of people that feel the same way about their resume’s and work history.
I say to these people, “Keep your head up”. Take a day here and there to lament to yourself your woes, have a good cry every now and again, it cleanses your soul. Hell, take a day off from the job search. But don’t give up.
Am I doing what I want to be doing? No I am not, but now I have the ability to continue looking for what I really want to do with the comfort of a paycheck, without the resentment of working a job that I believe to be “beneath” me.
Go figure, I guess you can have your cake and eat it too…eventually.
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