News of the day

This just in: you can't have everything you f**king babies. Budget cuts can't effect only roads to nowhere.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43636855/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?GT1=43001

Casey Anthony not guilty.

I actually like the fact that the media didn't win. If there was not enough evidence, there was not enough evidence. Emotion has no place in this.

crimhead wrote: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43636855/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?GT1=43001 Casey Anthony not guilty.

stonebeard wrote: crimhead wrote: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43636855/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?GT1=43001 Casey Anthony not guilty. I literally have no idea who that is or what this is all about. People are sh*tting up my Facebook about it, though.

Same here, I havn't even heard of this case but no one will shut the f**k up about how terrible the outcome was.
OMG a big time case being ruled against what people want/think. Surprise of the century.

I lived in Central FL, but was vacationing in TN when this story broke.

It became one of those things where they'd interrupt any and every television program just to tell you that the prosecution spit out their chewing gum.  We quickly tuned it out.

So to me, if they found her not guilty, they found her not guilty- there we are.

Good luck Casey finding gainful employment.

Oh wait- book deals, interviews, and tell-alls...

avantgrind wrote: regardless if she's guilty or not, as she was proven NOT to be....it seems people have reservations about executing women.

I think the media sensation had a little more to do with it since a lot of this big cases get f**ked up by it, some of which are men of course...but yes it is one of the reasons I am against the death penalty. It's terribly inconsistent.
African American females are more likely to be executed than white ones remember...  Though really I don't like the idea of anyone being executed.

And sorry... but she was not, therefore it must be because she's a woman?
Could be, but that's a pretty weak argument. There's just no way to say that.



In more local news, NJ is still in a state of hell.
In these hard times, the true colors of our leaders are shining. One thing that would help greatly, reducing these high property taxes has been fought tooth an nail by the Democrats in Congress. Teachers unions are up in arms about being asked to pay into their pensions and asking for more from us.

I'm fine with unions, but this excessive decadence is too much. Cops and firemen pay into their pensions, yet they are immune? With the economy down the tubes, property tax so high, prices going up they refuse to buck and ask us to pay them more? No union leader would be willing to take a cut in pay to help I'm sure.
Not once have I heard working together or finding solutions from anyone.

ugh



Edited by JJLehto - July 05 2011 at 23:20

The T wrote: People should have reservations about executing other people, period.

I don't know what is all this about, but I'm happy to cling on to this expression of basic humanity.

Negoba wrote: I have not followed this case very closely. Why was this such a big story?   Children get killed in meth-addled households several times a year on the east side of the St. Louis metro. None of them are on CNN.

Yeah, we get similar stories from bad Philly neighborhoods all the time - but I'm sure you know what the reason is.

A few of the cases are actually Caucasoids. They're just not as photogenic as C. Anthony. Sadly, it's even more pathetic than simple racism. It's not interesting if the perps are ugly.