Good heavens, what a clusterfuck the Italians have made of the Meredith Kercher murder case. I don't think I've seen such utter incompetence in an investigation since the murder of JonBenét Ramsey, but at least in that case a judge didn't railroad the Ramseys into prison, refusing all the while to have an independent lab review and retest anything used as DNA evidence during the trial. The Italian police look like quite the lot of moustache-twirling muttonheads right now, and I pray that both Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are released in the immediate future. Judge Paolo Micheli and Prosecutor Giuliano Mignini should be taken to the nearest public square and flogged thoroughly once a week for the rest of their lives, too. There is simply no excuse for any police department in a developed nation not to have complete video recordings of each and every interrogation they conduct. Almost as disgusting are the British tabloids - I thought American tabloids were terrible, but ours look like a child's 'Dick and Jane' book compared with theirs! Very sad stuff.
Speaking of people who genuinely need a public flogging, Patti LaBelle and her team of thugs deserve that, plus JAIL TIME. Read the afore-linked story and be sure to watch the video. That's the blood of Richard King on the ground just inches from where LaBelle stands posing with a Houston police officer! Given the fact that the young Mr. King isn't a 'nobody', either, I hope he cleans the floor with Fat Patti and her thugs, legally speaking.
I guess I'm in a pissy mood. Am I the only one driving around with less than 1/8 of a tank of gas? I was going to fill up yesterday, but gas prices were higher than I have ever seen them. Yes, it was a lifetime record high for the price of a gallon of gas at the corner store. I simply could not bring myself to buy even one gallon of gas at that price.
Unemployment rates are higher than ever in the United States, and certainly here in Michigan things haven't looked good for a long, long time. So why am I still amazed to hear other people who display no understanding that buying American products made by American-owned companies is in the long-term best interest of every American, including themselves? Is your shitty little Hyundai going to be worth it when you can't find a job to save your skin five years from now, darling? And I am *hardly* pro-union...but I am pro-common sense. If I ever hear any poor son-of-a-bitch who drives a foreign car complaining about the economic state of affairs here in Michigan, I will happily rip him or her a brand new asshole.
In happier news, the steady approach of glorious summer continues its march. We have a big party to attend tomorrow, which is always delightful. I am also champing at the bit for the release of the Coen brothers' remake of True Grit, but not before I finish the book. (Working on it, now.) I also have the hardcover releases of both Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham in the next six weeks, and nothing thrills me more than a new tome from Ann Coulter. I had to laugh at a friend's remark the other day. I'm on the mailing list for Daedelus Books (a purveyor of deeply discounted books and discs), and their catalogs are always full of hideously liberal crap. When I wondered aloud why there were never any items for the conservative inside, said friend replied, "That's because conservative books actually SELL. Because conservatives actually read books." I'll admit I laughed for a long time over that one.
Today marks sixteen wonderful years of marriage to my better half, for the record. Any ideas on where we should all go for dinner? I'm thinking Buca. Suggestions are welcome!
I hope your weekend is a happy and healthy one, friends.
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