My pity goes out to anyone who has to fly today. The TSA will be in NASTY MODE as they ransack your luggage and belongings like Viking warriors. Self-importance of the little airport Nazis will be in overdrive in response to the latest sensational United Kingdom terrorist plot. Why do I fear the TSA screening gauntlet more than any terrorist?
Expect the body cavity searchers to begin. Do you know how much explosive can be carried in human body cavities? The answer for those that don’t know, enough explosives to bring down a 747 can be hidden inside any woman.
Thursday, August 10, 2006
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Reporter/Anchor Steven Colbert Knows How To Do An Interview...
Reporter/Anchor Steven Colbert Knows How To Do An Interview...
This guy has a way of getting politicians to let it all hang out.
This guy has a way of getting politicians to let it all hang out.
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
At Least This Inmate Won’t Be In Charge Of The Asylum Anymore…
I’m pleased to report that Cynthia McKinney won’t be recording votes in the halls on Congress anymore. She was and is clearly a nut job that needed to be removed from the public payroll. As Gladys Knight sings, "She’s leaving, on that midnight train to Georgia."
Goodbye dear Cindy, don’t let the door hit you in the can on your way out.
Goodbye dear Cindy, don’t let the door hit you in the can on your way out.
Another Poor Little Black Boy Shot for No Reason By Chicago Police
Here we go again. A couple of African-American teens armed with pellet handguns pull a street stick-up near what’s left of the Cabrini Green Housing Project. Soon officers confront a suspect, 14 year-old, Ellis Woodland who produces his gun and got exactly what he deserved, a trip to the hospital intensive care unit.
Predictably a large group of neighborhood troublemakers and street gang hoodlums converged on the 18th District station to protest the shooting. The ex-convict, son of a slain Black Panther Party Leader, Fred Hampton, who is also a felon was leading the mob. Fred Hampton, Jr. was quoted, "Another black man has been shot down by the police. "Excessive force is putting it mildly. Our babies aren't even immune to this."
I see the usual misdirected anger. It’s time to recognize the culture of violence, crime and the failure of parents to steer their children away from this conduct. Instead they celebrate and glorify the behavior with pride as a part of being Black. African-Americans in places like Cabrini Green murder each other at a rate much higher than the Ku Klux Klan did Blacks since post Civil War reconstruction.
African-Americans need to change their culture in America, learn to value education and be a part of a great country. Instead too many practice their own brand of racism and apartheid, rejecting any culture that’s not lawless, violent or that involves hard work.
As for the officers, I thank God they are safe after their encounter with the armed savages.
You can see the video and read more here.
Predictably a large group of neighborhood troublemakers and street gang hoodlums converged on the 18th District station to protest the shooting. The ex-convict, son of a slain Black Panther Party Leader, Fred Hampton, who is also a felon was leading the mob. Fred Hampton, Jr. was quoted, "Another black man has been shot down by the police. "Excessive force is putting it mildly. Our babies aren't even immune to this."
I see the usual misdirected anger. It’s time to recognize the culture of violence, crime and the failure of parents to steer their children away from this conduct. Instead they celebrate and glorify the behavior with pride as a part of being Black. African-Americans in places like Cabrini Green murder each other at a rate much higher than the Ku Klux Klan did Blacks since post Civil War reconstruction.
African-Americans need to change their culture in America, learn to value education and be a part of a great country. Instead too many practice their own brand of racism and apartheid, rejecting any culture that’s not lawless, violent or that involves hard work.
As for the officers, I thank God they are safe after their encounter with the armed savages.
You can see the video and read more here.
Brain dead Lawmakers In L.A. Love Gun Control At Any Price
Gun laws for the sake of making gun laws. They can’t get what they want and that’s total destruction of the Right To Keep and Bear Arms. They won’t rest until every law-abiding citizen has been forced through gun bans to turn in every gun or anything that even looks like a gun. The next best thing they can do is to stay awake nights in order to dream up some new law that would bring about the incremental end to all gun rights.
Here we go again with a wonderfully stupid idea. L.A. City Council members want to make it a crime not to report a stolen or lost firearm within 48 hours. That sounds simple until some gun owner discovers a missing firearm and can’t remember when he saw it last. Reporting the crime now may bring prosecution under this legislative abomination. What will happen? The stolen gun will now never be recovered and police will never get the chance to arrest the criminal for theft of a firearm.
Upon the expiration of 48 hours and one minute the hapless gun owner can’t be forced to report anything. Why you ask? Because the Fifth Amendment, absolute right against self-incrimination kicked in ending any requirement he had to report the theft. Now we have unintended consequences. The theft will never be reported.
If anything the government should do everything to encourage reporting the loss or theft of firearms. If the lawmakers could stick to making laws that affect criminals rather than the law-abiding they might someday reduce crime and violence.
Here we go again with a wonderfully stupid idea. L.A. City Council members want to make it a crime not to report a stolen or lost firearm within 48 hours. That sounds simple until some gun owner discovers a missing firearm and can’t remember when he saw it last. Reporting the crime now may bring prosecution under this legislative abomination. What will happen? The stolen gun will now never be recovered and police will never get the chance to arrest the criminal for theft of a firearm.
Upon the expiration of 48 hours and one minute the hapless gun owner can’t be forced to report anything. Why you ask? Because the Fifth Amendment, absolute right against self-incrimination kicked in ending any requirement he had to report the theft. Now we have unintended consequences. The theft will never be reported.
If anything the government should do everything to encourage reporting the loss or theft of firearms. If the lawmakers could stick to making laws that affect criminals rather than the law-abiding they might someday reduce crime and violence.
Monday, August 07, 2006
Only In California Can You Cash In Because You’re A Convicted Sex Offender!
The latest California insanity is for convicted rapists and child molesters to sign leases, move into apartments and then inform their new landlord they’ve been convicted of rape or molesting children.
What happen next is truly amazing! The sex offenders offer to move out for a cash settlement usually in the thousands of dollars. The chagrinned landlords actually pay this legal extortion for fear the word will get out to the other tenants of their new neighbor. The landlord have little choice in the matter.
California does not allow landlords to use past criminal sex offenses to deny housing to potential tenants. California's Bolshevik politicians don’t want the poor sex offenders to suffer more punishment than state law dishes out on theses dangerous deviants.
What happen next is truly amazing! The sex offenders offer to move out for a cash settlement usually in the thousands of dollars. The chagrinned landlords actually pay this legal extortion for fear the word will get out to the other tenants of their new neighbor. The landlord have little choice in the matter.
California does not allow landlords to use past criminal sex offenses to deny housing to potential tenants. California's Bolshevik politicians don’t want the poor sex offenders to suffer more punishment than state law dishes out on theses dangerous deviants.
Why Do I Think This Sniper Monster May Be Innocent?
I have a huge problem accepting the theory handed out by police that 33 year-old Dale Shawn Hausner is a serial killer. Hausner does not live in the world of intrigue and paranoia and is proving to be really a sociable fellow.
Having a full time job at the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport for nearly a decade, Hausner also was working part time as a photographer and bartender. When you add that he’s involved with a cable access TV show and cares for his own pre-school daughter where could he find the time to stalk and kill strangers?
Police ballistic evidence will be either non-existent or very weak since a shotgun was apparently used in the attacks. This case will be won or lost by a battle of surveillance videotape and data from gasoline purchases and cell phone records.
Today Hausner gave a jailhouse interview and freely answered all questions until his court appointed Public Defender, Garrett W. Simpson got there and gagged him, shutting down the chat fest. Hausner's demeanor was as straightforward as I’ve ever seen in over 30 years.
The press conference law enforcement officials gave last Friday announcing the arrest of monster snipers was very reminiscent of the Litchfield Park, Arizona, Buddhist Monk Massacre of the early 1990s. In that case too, police officials spent more time congratulating themselves for their horrible police work than offering evidence.
Four boys from Tucson were framed and put through months of pure Hell as prosecutors demanded the death penalty. In the end the Tucson boys were vindicated and freed. The boys also lightened the Maricopa County treasury by many millions of dollars.
The immediate evidence to justify the arrests will be found in search warrant affidavits and police reports. We can count on the officials hiding these documents only if their case is really lame. If they have real evidence they will shout about it from the rooftops.
I predict officials will hide everything from public view opting for a secret Grand Jury Indictment instead of a public Preliminary Hearing to make their case for probable Cause.
I’d ask County Attorney Andrew Thomas to tread carefully here and shut this down quickly when the evidence just doesn’t add up correctly.
Watch the interview here on the KTVK-TV website, www.azfamily.com
Having a full time job at the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport for nearly a decade, Hausner also was working part time as a photographer and bartender. When you add that he’s involved with a cable access TV show and cares for his own pre-school daughter where could he find the time to stalk and kill strangers?
Police ballistic evidence will be either non-existent or very weak since a shotgun was apparently used in the attacks. This case will be won or lost by a battle of surveillance videotape and data from gasoline purchases and cell phone records.
Today Hausner gave a jailhouse interview and freely answered all questions until his court appointed Public Defender, Garrett W. Simpson got there and gagged him, shutting down the chat fest. Hausner's demeanor was as straightforward as I’ve ever seen in over 30 years.
The press conference law enforcement officials gave last Friday announcing the arrest of monster snipers was very reminiscent of the Litchfield Park, Arizona, Buddhist Monk Massacre of the early 1990s. In that case too, police officials spent more time congratulating themselves for their horrible police work than offering evidence.
Four boys from Tucson were framed and put through months of pure Hell as prosecutors demanded the death penalty. In the end the Tucson boys were vindicated and freed. The boys also lightened the Maricopa County treasury by many millions of dollars.
The immediate evidence to justify the arrests will be found in search warrant affidavits and police reports. We can count on the officials hiding these documents only if their case is really lame. If they have real evidence they will shout about it from the rooftops.
I predict officials will hide everything from public view opting for a secret Grand Jury Indictment instead of a public Preliminary Hearing to make their case for probable Cause.
I’d ask County Attorney Andrew Thomas to tread carefully here and shut this down quickly when the evidence just doesn’t add up correctly.
Watch the interview here on the KTVK-TV website, www.azfamily.com
Stupid Fireman Tricks!
Here are some firemen with too much free time, a clothes dryer and a cell phone video camera try out for a Darwin award.
It’s The Media And Their Pundits Who Are Running Our Wars!
With the unprecedented instant coverage of the Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon and Israel conflicts, our Television media has the ability to influence our government like never before in history.
The media pundits are pulled from huge lists and used depending on what the news editors want our government to do. Tell me it ain’t so, Joe?
Politicians care about one thing, re-election and will do anything to please the media. That’s why we need term limits more than ever. It is true and downright spooky.
The media pundits are pulled from huge lists and used depending on what the news editors want our government to do. Tell me it ain’t so, Joe?
Politicians care about one thing, re-election and will do anything to please the media. That’s why we need term limits more than ever. It is true and downright spooky.
Saturday, August 05, 2006
The Old Bolshevik Is Really Dead…
His reign of absolute power over the island nation of Cuba has ended. Castro’s cronies want to hang on in their world where the dictator’s incumbency is guaranteed by raw power and support from other Communist nations and too many Communist leaning American politicians.
It was our own Leftist politicians that provided protection for the Castro regime by making laws that prohibit the Cuban ex-patriots from assisting in the overthrow of that despot. The laws created to prevent the American government from killing foreign tyrants were the brainchild of Castro’s Communist allies who are or were members of the United States Congress.
Three weeks ago a Cuban friend alerted me that short wave radio traffic suggested that Castro had died. Apparently that has been a popular and persistent rumor.
This time the radio traffic was different. It was based on sighting of crying women and solemn government bureaucrats in and around Castro’s residence. My friend is not sure that Castro was even still alive to undergo the reported surgery last week.
The Cuban government’s silence today is deafening as the Bolshevik bastards called up their reserves and went into high military alert to deal with an anticipated insurrection led by Cuban folks wanting an end to that hideous form of government and the leftovers of the current regime.
It was our own Leftist politicians that provided protection for the Castro regime by making laws that prohibit the Cuban ex-patriots from assisting in the overthrow of that despot. The laws created to prevent the American government from killing foreign tyrants were the brainchild of Castro’s Communist allies who are or were members of the United States Congress.
Three weeks ago a Cuban friend alerted me that short wave radio traffic suggested that Castro had died. Apparently that has been a popular and persistent rumor.
This time the radio traffic was different. It was based on sighting of crying women and solemn government bureaucrats in and around Castro’s residence. My friend is not sure that Castro was even still alive to undergo the reported surgery last week.
The Cuban government’s silence today is deafening as the Bolshevik bastards called up their reserves and went into high military alert to deal with an anticipated insurrection led by Cuban folks wanting an end to that hideous form of government and the leftovers of the current regime.
I Played My Last Slot Machine
I’ve never been much of a gambler. I don’t think I’ve ever risked more than $110.00 on games or slot machines. When in Las Vegas, Atlantic City or the Indian gaming casinos I would give in to the temptation of watching the coins in my pocket disappear into those, hypnotic one-armed bandits. The sound of the coins dropping into the machine’s payout bowl makes great for music and excitement.
In case you don’t know as of a couple years ago, all of the gambling Mecca’s slot machines have gone to the new IRS friendly paper system. That’s right! No more sound of the coins dancing in and out of the Machines. The thrill is all gone for me and I thank the casinos for helping me keep my coins at times when I’m stuck in the Las Vegas airport.
I’m really glad the wage grabbing IRS can get their money from the fools redeeming their winning vouchers. I just don’t play anymore…
In case you don’t know as of a couple years ago, all of the gambling Mecca’s slot machines have gone to the new IRS friendly paper system. That’s right! No more sound of the coins dancing in and out of the Machines. The thrill is all gone for me and I thank the casinos for helping me keep my coins at times when I’m stuck in the Las Vegas airport.
I’m really glad the wage grabbing IRS can get their money from the fools redeeming their winning vouchers. I just don’t play anymore…
Monster Sniper Does Not Fit The Profile Of A Serial Killer
The art of behavioral science is a lot older that that popular Thomas Harris book and later film, Silence Of The Lambs. That of course is the concept of building profiles of the kind of suspect that would be responsible for a crime. Scientists have been trying to learn about what makes killers and criminals. The theories are numerous but the real facts are elusive. However, the fruits of modern police profiling efforts have resulted in stopping many serial killers in their tracks.
Killers responsible for the types of crimes such as stalking and shooting strangers bring to mind certain traits and demographics that become a common denominator or profile to help cops. These Phoenix sniper suspects, Dale Hausner and Samuel Dieteman don’t really fit the mold. Especially when examining Hausner’s background. Hausner is way too social and involved in too many productive activities unlike most serial killers.
I’m drawn to the concept that Truman Capote outlined in his book, IN COLD BLOOD. In that tale of woe, experts believed that the two killers alone could not be capable of their horrible crime. But when the two different personalities were combined that mixture created a third very volatile and monstrous result.
Somewhere in all this hocus-pocus, six innocent people were murdered and scores were wounded or otherwise traumatized by these crimes. If the law enforcement officials are right in their assertions that Hauser and Dieteman are the killers. It’s clear that the pair somehow became addicted to hunting their fellow human beings for sport. Apparently we all live in a very dark world.
Will we ever be able to find, isolate and manage the crime gene that can control the human mind? The fact is nobody will really care to learn from this duo but will instead put them both on the fast track to getting lethal injections at the Florence Arizona Prison Death House.
Friday, August 04, 2006
Police K-9 Killed By AN Officer
Police K-9 Killed By AN Officer
Yes, I love dogs. They are nicer, loyal and certainly make our lives richer. Some dogs like Seeing Eye, helper or police K-9s have real jobs that they live to perform. I don’t know what went wrong here but I’m sure it was no small heartbreak for the handler of “Dago” today.
Here’s the sad tale of Dago from WLS-TV in Chicago.
I have my own wonder-dog, Gypsy. She’s a private eye K-9. No she she’s not a trained killer she’s just a wonderful friend.
Yes, I love dogs. They are nicer, loyal and certainly make our lives richer. Some dogs like Seeing Eye, helper or police K-9s have real jobs that they live to perform. I don’t know what went wrong here but I’m sure it was no small heartbreak for the handler of “Dago” today.
Here’s the sad tale of Dago from WLS-TV in Chicago.
I have my own wonder-dog, Gypsy. She’s a private eye K-9. No she she’s not a trained killer she’s just a wonderful friend.
Monsters Have Been Found And Arrested In Phoenix!
Monsters, not suspected monsters but REAL MONSTERS according to officials now stand accused of being behind the killings and wounding of numerous innocent people over the past year. I’m amazed to see these law enforcement pros risk creating huge adverse, pre-trial publicity blunders here.
These authorities claim to have now linked these monsters to the killings of six people and wounding of 17 others, mostly pedestrians and bicyclists, since May 2005 in the "Serial Shooter" case.
This morning Phoenix politicians and law enforcement held a half hour Love In where they said that two men in their custody were monsters. I say Love In since they spent no less than 25 minutes saying how wonderful they and their efforts were to apprehend the monsters. The two monsters were spotted on surveillance video connected to a area Wal Mart arson cases by BATFE agents.
The two, so-called monsters are Dale Shawn Hausner, 33 and his Pal Samuel John Dieteman, 31 are in the police confessionals (interrogation rooms) as we speak. Will they be smart enough to say, I want a lawyer? Nah, that’ll never happen.
Dale Hausner is a photographer and bartender who has his own website where he mugs with boxers Bernard Hopkins, Mike Tyson and others. Hausner has been in local Phoenix courts for a slew of traffic violations. Hausner was also convicted of shoplifting and failure to appear in court according to Peoria Arizona City Court records.
Dieteman had his share of traffic citations and was wanted on an outstanding shoplifting warrant from the Glendale City Court.
Hausner's website was shut down so here are a couple of photographs...
Boxer Mike Tyson and Hausner
Boxer Bernard Hopkins with hausner
These authorities claim to have now linked these monsters to the killings of six people and wounding of 17 others, mostly pedestrians and bicyclists, since May 2005 in the "Serial Shooter" case.
This morning Phoenix politicians and law enforcement held a half hour Love In where they said that two men in their custody were monsters. I say Love In since they spent no less than 25 minutes saying how wonderful they and their efforts were to apprehend the monsters. The two monsters were spotted on surveillance video connected to a area Wal Mart arson cases by BATFE agents.
The two, so-called monsters are Dale Shawn Hausner, 33 and his Pal Samuel John Dieteman, 31 are in the police confessionals (interrogation rooms) as we speak. Will they be smart enough to say, I want a lawyer? Nah, that’ll never happen.
Dale Hausner is a photographer and bartender who has his own website where he mugs with boxers Bernard Hopkins, Mike Tyson and others. Hausner has been in local Phoenix courts for a slew of traffic violations. Hausner was also convicted of shoplifting and failure to appear in court according to Peoria Arizona City Court records.
Dieteman had his share of traffic citations and was wanted on an outstanding shoplifting warrant from the Glendale City Court.
Hausner's website was shut down so here are a couple of photographs...
Boxer Mike Tyson and Hausner
Boxer Bernard Hopkins with hausner
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Is TMZ.com Boss Harvey Levin A Cyberspace Troll?
I’ve only met Levin once and that was last October when TMZ.com was being launched. Levin is a sharp lawyer, promoter and TV producer.
TMZ.com is a website/blog not unlike Crimefile. The difference is a staff of two-dozen seasoned photographers, producers and webmeisters in the TMZ stable and the non-stop popular Hollywood gossip. TMZ’s content along with well paying sponsors keep TMZ afloat. Crime Guns and Video Tape is still just a labor of love.
The Mel Gibson DUI/Jew baiting rant is Levin’s hottest story yet. For Levin this is his breakout and vindication as the Captain of the TMZ ship. Levin’s job is to continue throwing gasoline on this bonfire and make TMZ a household name.
Is Levin hurting an alcoholic for his own gain? I don’t really think so. I see this outrageous event ending in a huge love-in where Gibson comes out healthy, wealthy and wise from the hype. America likes to forgive the high profile repentant.
In the very end TMZ's Managing Editor, Harvey Levin will somehow make Mel Gibson even more popular and sell more tickets to his movies.
TMZ.com is a website/blog not unlike Crimefile. The difference is a staff of two-dozen seasoned photographers, producers and webmeisters in the TMZ stable and the non-stop popular Hollywood gossip. TMZ’s content along with well paying sponsors keep TMZ afloat. Crime Guns and Video Tape is still just a labor of love.
The Mel Gibson DUI/Jew baiting rant is Levin’s hottest story yet. For Levin this is his breakout and vindication as the Captain of the TMZ ship. Levin’s job is to continue throwing gasoline on this bonfire and make TMZ a household name.
Is Levin hurting an alcoholic for his own gain? I don’t really think so. I see this outrageous event ending in a huge love-in where Gibson comes out healthy, wealthy and wise from the hype. America likes to forgive the high profile repentant.
In the very end TMZ's Managing Editor, Harvey Levin will somehow make Mel Gibson even more popular and sell more tickets to his movies.
Gun Hatred making National News
This was no news story. However some editor thought this was somehow newsworthy. Okay it could hazard if the wrong person found the item. Anyone please tell me how it any worse than someone leaving keys in a 3000 pound automobile that the wrong person may drive away? Here nothing happened but some Associated Press newsbunny’s imagination ran away with the possibilities here. The moral of this story may be that Glock 21 is a poor substitute for toilet paper. My suggestion is your newspaper may work better for that purpose!
The “story”…
The “story”…
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Law Enforcement Sikhs Turbans And Terrorism Video
For more than 35 years I’ve been close to a Sikh family that emigrated from India and continued here. The family name is Singh, which does not provide much information since all Sikhs are named Singh. Sikhs have demonstrated their discipline, bravery and loyalty in various military units throughout the world. I actually met a U.S. Army (Indian born) Sikh drafted just like me in 1969 who was allowed to wear his turban while assigned as a medic. He made sergeant really quick.
Sikhs only make up three percent of the India population and are one of the more peaceful cultures in the world. The men are not supposed shave or cut their hair. They must wear turbans, a bracelet, called a kara and they are also supposed to always carry a dagger called a Kirpan. The Kirpan is in conflict with many weapons laws throughout this country. I’m really not sure why since I’d always trust a Sikh I’ve never met before, any day over a strange American.
I’ve had the great fortune to be a guest in India and have seen much more than American tourists ever do in that emerging and productive country.
The infamous events of 9-11 have brought disgrace on some turbans, but not the Sikh turban. Since the Sikh religion began 600 years ago the Muslims have targeted the Sikhs for murder and torture. Sikhs are truly a kind and peaceful group that deserve our protection and friendship. The Sikh turban is different than those we’ve seen on the heads of Arab terrorists.
This short video shows some of the problems in New York City.
Sikhs only make up three percent of the India population and are one of the more peaceful cultures in the world. The men are not supposed shave or cut their hair. They must wear turbans, a bracelet, called a kara and they are also supposed to always carry a dagger called a Kirpan. The Kirpan is in conflict with many weapons laws throughout this country. I’m really not sure why since I’d always trust a Sikh I’ve never met before, any day over a strange American.
I’ve had the great fortune to be a guest in India and have seen much more than American tourists ever do in that emerging and productive country.
The infamous events of 9-11 have brought disgrace on some turbans, but not the Sikh turban. Since the Sikh religion began 600 years ago the Muslims have targeted the Sikhs for murder and torture. Sikhs are truly a kind and peaceful group that deserve our protection and friendship. The Sikh turban is different than those we’ve seen on the heads of Arab terrorists.
This short video shows some of the problems in New York City.
Here’s a street stop video for you!
The citizen you're contacting here says, "But, I’m her daddy…" And you're response is, "Yeah, sure you are!"
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
The L.A. County Deputy sheriff that arrested Mel Gibson is Jewish
This makes the Gibson’s tantrum story much more understandable. It was Gibson’s angry reaction once he learned he was getting arrested. Nearly every cop in America has been the target of those personal, verbal attacks where the drunk driver throws every insult under the son at us. Deputy James Mee who is Jewish was on the receiving end of Gibson’s offensive rant.
Gibson was and is a big shot in Malibu and as such felt he should be immune from arrest, at least in his own mind. When Gibson was not getting out of being arrested he acted like a spoiled kid. This also explains why this arrest and the conduct was leaked to TMZ.com and published worldwide.
The four pages of Deputy Mee’s report that TMX.com published was obviously designed to make a case for the tabloids rather than the court. The other side of the coin here is that anyone who tries to offend a cop does so at their own peril. It’s fair to say Gibson got what he deserved. Usually the goofs we arrest who pull this crap have nothing to lose and nobody ever cares what they call us. This time it was very different.
Gibson's war of words was directed at one cop, not evry Jew on the planet. That does not make this right but understandable. Gibson was not simply going home but to a jail cell at least for a little while.
Gibson has taken responsibility and profusely apologized for his temper tantrum. I think that Deputy Mee also sees that his anger may have influenced his handling of this arrest. There is no winner here.
Gibson was and is a big shot in Malibu and as such felt he should be immune from arrest, at least in his own mind. When Gibson was not getting out of being arrested he acted like a spoiled kid. This also explains why this arrest and the conduct was leaked to TMZ.com and published worldwide.
The four pages of Deputy Mee’s report that TMX.com published was obviously designed to make a case for the tabloids rather than the court. The other side of the coin here is that anyone who tries to offend a cop does so at their own peril. It’s fair to say Gibson got what he deserved. Usually the goofs we arrest who pull this crap have nothing to lose and nobody ever cares what they call us. This time it was very different.
Gibson's war of words was directed at one cop, not evry Jew on the planet. That does not make this right but understandable. Gibson was not simply going home but to a jail cell at least for a little while.
Gibson has taken responsibility and profusely apologized for his temper tantrum. I think that Deputy Mee also sees that his anger may have influenced his handling of this arrest. There is no winner here.
The Wrath Of Hollywood Jews Blacklisting And Collateral Damage
Hollywood is the land of dreams. Hopeful writers, actors, producers, and an entire food chain of artist wait sometimes years for a chance to work on a worthwhile film project. ABC had recently green lighted a mini series that revolves around a pair of lovers trapped during the Holocaust.
Some 25 years ago there was another TV mini series called Holocaust that launched the careers of at least two of today’s mega actors, Meryl Streep and James Woods. I personally know too many actors and writers that are on the verge of living in their cars in order to fulfill their dreams of entertaining their fellow man. For the lucky ones, they finally receive an offer for their first big break that they’ve sacrificed so much to win.
Imagine you’ve waited years for your chance and your new project involves actor/director Mel Gibson and ABC cancels your job. Now you won’t get the chance to put food on your table. Apparently that’s exactly what’s happening as ABC exacts retribution against Mel Gibson for his drunken anti-Semitic rant.
I want to ask ABC and Rabbi Marvin Heir, dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights group that asked that this project to be cancelled to please reconsider blacklisting Mel Gibson. Why? Because of the collateral damage that will be done to so many other artist’s livelihoods that were intended to work on a meaningful project.
Forgiveness would send a much larger message to the wealthy Gibson and bigots everywhere that blacklisting him while punishing innocent and needy artists can never accomplish. I ask, if being a Jew means that you never have to forgive anyone?
Here is more directly from Mel Gibson: Tue Aug 01 2006 11:10:45 ET
August 2, 2006 -- There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of Anti-Semitic remark. I want to apologize specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was arrested on a DUI charge.
I am a public person, and when I say something, either articulated and thought out, or blurted out in a moment of insanity, my words carry weight in the public arena. As a result, I must assume personal responsibility for my words and apologize directly to those who have been hurt and offended by those words.
The tenets of what I profess to believe necessitate that I exercise charity and tolerance as a way of life. Every human being is God’s child, and if I wish to honor my God I have to honor his children. But please know from my heart that I am not an anti-Semite. I am not a bigot. Hatred of any kind goes against my faith.
I’m not just asking for forgiveness. I would like to take it one step further, and meet with leaders in the Jewish community, with whom I can have a one on one discussion to discern the appropriate path for healing.
I have begun an ongoing program of recovery and what I am now realizing is that I cannot do it alone. I am in the process of understanding where those vicious words came from during that drunken display, and I am asking the Jewish community, whom I have personally offended, to help me on my journey through recovery. Again, I am reaching out to the Jewish community for its help. I know there will be many in that community who will want nothing to do with me, and that would be understandable. But I pray that that door is not forever closed.
This is not about a film. Nor is it about artistic license. This is about real life and recognizing the consequences hurtful words can have. It’s about existing in harmony in a world that seems to have gone mad.
Read about the blacklisting here.
Some 25 years ago there was another TV mini series called Holocaust that launched the careers of at least two of today’s mega actors, Meryl Streep and James Woods. I personally know too many actors and writers that are on the verge of living in their cars in order to fulfill their dreams of entertaining their fellow man. For the lucky ones, they finally receive an offer for their first big break that they’ve sacrificed so much to win.
Imagine you’ve waited years for your chance and your new project involves actor/director Mel Gibson and ABC cancels your job. Now you won’t get the chance to put food on your table. Apparently that’s exactly what’s happening as ABC exacts retribution against Mel Gibson for his drunken anti-Semitic rant.
I want to ask ABC and Rabbi Marvin Heir, dean and founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights group that asked that this project to be cancelled to please reconsider blacklisting Mel Gibson. Why? Because of the collateral damage that will be done to so many other artist’s livelihoods that were intended to work on a meaningful project.
Forgiveness would send a much larger message to the wealthy Gibson and bigots everywhere that blacklisting him while punishing innocent and needy artists can never accomplish. I ask, if being a Jew means that you never have to forgive anyone?
Here is more directly from Mel Gibson: Tue Aug 01 2006 11:10:45 ET
August 2, 2006 -- There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of Anti-Semitic remark. I want to apologize specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was arrested on a DUI charge.
I am a public person, and when I say something, either articulated and thought out, or blurted out in a moment of insanity, my words carry weight in the public arena. As a result, I must assume personal responsibility for my words and apologize directly to those who have been hurt and offended by those words.
The tenets of what I profess to believe necessitate that I exercise charity and tolerance as a way of life. Every human being is God’s child, and if I wish to honor my God I have to honor his children. But please know from my heart that I am not an anti-Semite. I am not a bigot. Hatred of any kind goes against my faith.
I’m not just asking for forgiveness. I would like to take it one step further, and meet with leaders in the Jewish community, with whom I can have a one on one discussion to discern the appropriate path for healing.
I have begun an ongoing program of recovery and what I am now realizing is that I cannot do it alone. I am in the process of understanding where those vicious words came from during that drunken display, and I am asking the Jewish community, whom I have personally offended, to help me on my journey through recovery. Again, I am reaching out to the Jewish community for its help. I know there will be many in that community who will want nothing to do with me, and that would be understandable. But I pray that that door is not forever closed.
This is not about a film. Nor is it about artistic license. This is about real life and recognizing the consequences hurtful words can have. It’s about existing in harmony in a world that seems to have gone mad.
Read about the blacklisting here.
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