There is a "plus" side to a lottery ticket being a totally losing ticket...the collection process is completely done away with. No reading the directions for the address to mail it to, no buying and sticking on a stamp, no worrying about whether or not it will arrive safely, no going back in the store with it and waiting in line, no driving to the headquarters to collect in person, no "new friends" with pitiful heart ripping needs, no increased tax burden...nada, nothing, zip...and the scratched off ticket isn't one of those things you have to wonder if you should save it or toss it...and no need to worry about where/how to file it so it can be found. The deal is done, quick, simple, and into the trash and on with your day.
The "negative" side of listening to the news is...hearing how an El Paso US prosecutor and Homeland Security (aka "KGB"), (both of which could likely have lucrative deals with the Mexican drug dealers for either a supply of drugs or a cut of the money) have seen to it that 2 border patrol agents are prosecuted and put in prison for over a decade each for stopping a non-citizen from illegally entering the country, with a van load of drugs. How dare they pursue him...that violates border patrol policy...they are supposed to just politely ask them to stop...I'd be surprised if they were allowed to use a megaphone, it might infringe on the non-citizens "civil rights as granted to the citizens of the United States". What is it called when an officer fires a shot at a fleeing suspect who just before crossing into Mexico, turns with a shiny object in his hand that appears to be a weapon? The prosecutor called the Border Patrol's action "assault with a deadly weapon" and a "violation" of the non-citizen fleeing criminal's "civil rights".
The "negative" side of listening to the news is...hearing how a truck driver, road weary and knowing he needed to pull over, finding all the rest areas and places to park already taken...pulls off on the shoulder of a ramp. When an impaired driver leaves the highway at over 90mph and crashes into the back of the semi trailer, the police promptly impound the truck, and arrest the truck driver, charging him with felony manslaughter.
Then there is John Grisham's book "innocent man" that reveals explicit details how a DA named Peterson in a small community in Oklahoma puts an innocent man on DEATH ROW forcing the persuasion of the jury thru coerced or even fabricated "evidence" ...and yet, he's still DA ? I'm thinking the "justice" of wrongly causing a man to be on Death Row would most naturally be punished by ...the death penalty. But, it doesn't appear he is even going to be disbarred or fired...even though I'm told that he cost that little community a lot of money in an undisclosed civil suit settlement (if it is our tax dollars, how is it "undisclosed" ?) he still has his job...and faces quite a different circumstance of life than the border patrol agents or the truck driver.
"If I were President"..."If I were king for a day"....I'd be dragging a press corp around with me and maybe Donald Trump, (But if Rosie comes she'd have to ride in a different car)...we'd be firing, exposing, disbarring, exonerating, pardoning..."FIXING AMERICA"...and the Iraq war that is slugging away at armed terrorists and evil cold blooded killers of innocent women and children...I'd be sending 250,000 more troops instead of 20-30 thousand and those whiney near sighted politicians that have to wait on the poll results before determining what they stand for...would just have to return whatever financial backing they surely must be getting from the enemy, and whine all the way home to their mama's because I just flat wouldn't have the patience to put up with their nonsense.
And any news media caught sympathizing with the enemy and demoralizing the troops? I'd eminent domain their property to put in more Wal-Marts and amusement parks and casinos. Hate-mongers like Al Gore? They'd be stripped of their citizenship and given a small boat...which the Coast Guard would haul out to international waters and they'd be waved at, and warned they'd be shot if they came back into US territory. There are some other things I'd do to clean up and FIX America, one of many would be Empty the jails/prisons of non-criminals...fill it back with people who are criminals indeed.
After calling up Ollie North and turning the presidency over to him, and the vice presidency over to Ms. Rice...(don't get all feminist on me, she doesn't WANT the presidency)...then I'd stop by the Deal or No Deal show and choose suitcase 17.
That would be enough for one day.
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ROFL! I can imagine you as king for a day; I think you'd probably drive around with one of those fancy crowns too. What about that expiration date on laws?! Bet there'd be a bunch of stuff you wish you woulda done the day *after* kingship, like buying that plane ticket to Belize so people couldn't find ya! LOL.
May I suggest reading this Heartfelt Story. I read your blog and thought you may be interested in it. Here is something I read about it: Who And Where Is Dennis Fritz, You say after reading John Grisham's Wonderful Book "The Innocent man", Grisham's First non-fiction book. The Other Innocent Man hardly mentioned in "The Innocent Man" has his own compelling and fascinating story to tell in "Journey Toward Justice". John Grisham endorsed Dennis Fritz's Book on the Front Cover. Dennis Fritz wrote his Book Published by Seven Locks Press, to bring awareness about False Convictions, and The Death Penalty. "Journey Toward Justice" is a testimony to the Triumph of the Human Spirit and is a Stunning and Shocking Memoir. Dennis Fritz was wrongfully convicted of murder after a swift trail. The only thing that saved him from the Death Penalty was a lone vote from a juror. "The Innocent Man" by John Grisham is all about Ronnie Williamson, Dennis Fritz's was his co-defendant. Ronnie Williamson was sentenced to the Death Penalty. Both were exonerated after spending 12 years in prison. Both Freed by a simple DNA test, The real killer was one of the Prosecution's Key Witness. John Grisham's "The Innocent Man" tells half the story. Dennis Fritz's Story needs to be heard. Read about how he wrote hundreds of letters and appellate briefs in his own defense and immersed himself in an intense study of law. He was a school teacher and a ordinary man from Ada Oklahoma, whose wife was brutally murdered in 1975. On May 8, 1987 while raising his young daughter alone, he was put under arrest and on his way to jail on charges of rape and murder. Since then, it has been a long hard road filled with twist and turns. Dennis Fritz is now on his "Journey Toward Justice". He never blamed the Lord and soley relied on his faith in God to make it through. He waited for God's time and never gave up.
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