I found myself vehicle challenged yesterday and took the bus to keep an appointment. It was the first time I had done that in perhaps 30 years. I dreaded the thought of riding with the gang punks, felons and those smelly untouchables. The waiting, the slow travel and my unfamiliarity with the routes, fares along with perceived misadventures were real concerns. I thought I might find a blog article along the way so I did not feel the need to put off my appointment until I had my car. I arrived at the bus stop early. I received my first insult when I asked how much the fare was. The lady bus driver said, “For you it’s a quarter.” I put in the quarter only to later learn that was the reduced senior citizen price for those over 62. I’m not that %&*#$@$ old yet! I guess I must have had that look as though I needed some Viagra . As I passed stores and buildings I’ve often driven past but this time it was different. I could actually see them for a change. Girl watching was easi...

Corona, CA --God and perhaps the devil are the only ones that will ever know what led several young and privileged women to become mesmerized by a little man who would shock the entire world with a cruel murder spree in 1969. The women involved destroyed their own precious lives after they made the choice to follow Charles Manson straight into Hell. The most notorious act in the Manson Family terror campaign was the bloody massacre in Benedict Canyon that slaughtered the pregnant, young and beautiful film star, Sharon Tate and six others. Many will argue they should have all been executed as their trial court had ordered. I say that death would have been a gift over spending nearly 40 years in a California prison. I'm convinced that life in prison is much worse than death. Susan Atkins now 60 years-old, eventually renounced Manson and became a law-abiding prison inmate. She and the other Manson girls have unsuccessfully sought parole ever since they were eligible to do so. ...

Okay, I’ll agree Drew Peterson is a pariah these days. I can’t agree that he deserves this label since he was career cop with no criminal history. The worst anyone can really say about him is his penchant for young attractive women. I guess that puts me in the same category since I too enjoy them. The real question is what happened to Peterson’s third and fourth wives and did Drew Peterson bring about their fate? The short answer is, nobody knows. Humans are a suspicious lot and murder investigations begin and too often end at the ones closest to the victims. Humans seem to only hurt the ones they love. Where’s the proof? The third wife drowned in the bathtub. Perhaps she had help in getting that way but we can only guess. After we make the first guess as murder we have to guess again who was responsible. Then there is Stacy Peterson. We can’t say that she was murdered because we just don’t know. We suspect foul play but have zero evidence and we can prove nothing at all. T...

Sue Ann Pinner is a gifted soprano and a dear friend. Together we created Illumination a biographical song about Pope John Paul II . I’m not really sure how I got involved with this since I’m the kind of Catholic that only seems to remember the importance of religion when the chips are really down. For me Pope John Paul, II is special. I’ve seen him four times. Twice he appeared on the street where I lived and actually looked up and waived at me. Twice he blessed me from only several feet away. I made no special plans to see the Pope he simply came to me. These things happened as John Paul II was the most traveled Pope in history and made numerous visits to the USA. Yet another “Pope factor” is that I have another dear friend and that’s Golden Globe and Emmy winning actress, singer and dancer, Ann Jillian . Both Pinner and Jillian are devout Catholics. On September 16, 1987 Pope John Paul II presided over a Mass at L.A.’s Dodger Stadium. Among various singers there were two soloist...

It was a L.A. County Superior Court Press Release that called my attention to this story. The court was trying to do some damage control on a minor factual issue in the HBO documentary, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired If the Superior Court was complaining I had to see what the fuss was about. The court was going to be exposed for a horrible example of Celebrity Injustice . In Poland, Roman Pulaski’s Catholic mother was murdered by the Nazi’s and his father was sent to a concentration camp. Polanski lived on a farm and after attending a film school the lad escaped from then Communist Poland to France, where he was born. Soon Polanski was living the American dream finding himself quickly thrust into film making and Hollywood’s A-List. Polanski met and married the beautiful actress, Sharon Tate . While Polanski was in Europe the Manson Family butchered Tate and her friends. The murders were ritualistic in appearance and since Polanski directed Rosemary’s Baby some muck-raking members o...

If the airlines does not have enough problems with public relations, this new idea will bring yet another skunk to the airport. According to the Travel Industry Association , 41 million airplane trips were avoided last year by fellow Americans. That in turn dealt a $67 Billion cumulative cost to our economy. Now in addition to being fondled and frisked like criminals American passengers will be forced to stand on scales revealing their weight. Somehow I don’t think this plan will be popular with women who would rather do their work out getting into their control-top pantyhose than at the gym. Since most Americans haven’t seen their own ideal weight since high school this may finish the job our Transportation Security Administration started of destroying the tourism ingustry. Our airports may become the quietest places around. No more airport noise for neighborhood communities to complain about. My friend Zelda McCorville told me she'd burn down the arrports before she'd e...

At least that’s my reading of the predicament facing the leadership of Israel. We all know that Iran’s President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a holocaust denier who has vowed to destroy Israel. In addition Iran’s current nuclear ambitions are provocative and threatening. Why must Israel attack this summer you ask? American politics is the answer. Bush, who has a track record as a defender of Israel is set to leave office. Our election is deemed too close to call and Israel’s leaders know that Barak Obama is not committed to doing anything other than withdrawing American troops from that part of the world. Obama’s cozy relationship with the American born Nation of Islam also must trouble Jews worldwide. Obama can’t be counted on to provide more than lip service should Iran follow up on threats against the Jewish state. Waiting for America’s November election to be settled would be too dangerous for Israel since Iran is getting stronger every day. Israel must act now or risk not havin...

Mrs. Clinton “suspended” her Whitehouse campaign at least until she can figure out a way to cut Obama off at the legs. She’s pledged her allegiance to Obama but she has her fingers crossed or the former First Lady would have ended her campaign. As for Obama, you better keep looking over your shoulder and remember, Vince Foster…

Modesto, CA--Scott Peterson stands alone as a convicted and condemned killer where no evidence of murder ever existed. Peterson’s pregnant wife Laci died for sure, but it’s still unknown what caused the woman's death. I believe Scott Peterson was convicted because of the efforts by those Court TV harpies, led by that lynch’em, lightening rod, Nancy Grace . It was a trial by hate that convicted a cheat, liar and womanizer of murder sans a simple cause of death. The jury had to assume that Laci Peterson was murdered, and then leap to convicting Scott Peterson of capital murder. Laci Peterson’s parents have filed a wrongful death civil case against Scott Peterson. That’s far more complicated than it sounds. If Peterson chooses to testify in the civil case he must be removed from Death Row of the San Quentin State Prison to a Modesto, CA jail cell for the civil proceedings. This is where the fun begins. Scott Peterson has nothing to lose and everything to gain by standing trial in a ...

This fellow showed his co-worker just how he feels. I suspect he got a long and needed rest from the challenges his employment brought him. It’s silent surveillance video. I only wish I could figure out how to add the Vogues, 1966 hit, Five- O’clock World to this video. http://view.break.com/513310 - Watch more free videos

In California as in other states the schools are in trouble and so are the hospitals. At least a million or more of the children enrolled in California’s schools are illegal aliens. The hospitals treat many millions more uninsured, illegal aliens for non-life threatening ailments. American taxpayers are forced to pay these bills. Congress and California’s politicians have no intentions of getting serious about deporting the aliens. Can they get serious about doing anything about the problem at all? My question is why must we continue to force American taxpayers to pay for the education and medical services for people who should not even be here? Perhaps if all but life-threatening medical services were denied to those trespassers America would become a lot less attractive to international freeloaders. If services to illegal aliens were eliminated that would be an incentive for them to return home. Signs in Spanish should go up in every tax-supported school and medical institution ...

Washington D.C .—Freedom has been dead in the District of Columbia for three decades. The Leftist politicians have created an ignorant, totally dependent and lawless society through repression and giveaway programs. The unlawful D.C. gun ban has emboldened the District’s violent criminals who have dominated the inner-city population. Conservatives warned about the catastrophic consequences of ending personal responsibilities, punishing productivity through excessive taxation and rewarding failure with handouts. D.C. Like other major cities run by the Far Left Fringe politicians is a complete social failure. These anti-American social experiments, was nothing less than racism and even genocide. The victims are African-Americans who can expect to remain at the lowest possible rung of human development. One can only guess how long it will take to undo the damage. Now two fine examples of totalitarian style government are introducing Nazi style checkpoints to restrict movement of Ameri...

Los Angeles --The Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney filed a three count complaint against retired Chicago police burglary detective turned actor, Dennis Farina . Los Angeles City Prosecutor, Rocky Delgadillo wants to follow an unreasonable path of zero tolerance for gun possession rather than seeking justice. It seems prosecutors want to somehow convince a jury that Farina Knowingly and willfully, violated the laws involved. That’s where prosecutors lost their way on this one. If Farina forgot he had that gun in his briefcase the required elements of the offense of, knowingly and willfully are just not present. My sincere hope is that Farina does not cave in to some plea deal just to avoid the process. Farina should have no problem going to court and simply telling a jury he forgot he had that gun in the briefcase he brought in from Arizona. Although there is a possible penalty of jail time it’s doubtful that would ever happen in this case even if Farina were to be convicted. Fa...

Westwood, Los Angeles —No end in sight!

Chicago -- Antoin "Tony" Rezko , 52 was convicted of 16 felony crimes and now sits inside Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Facility after he was taken from the courtroom in handcuffs. Barak Obama is walking through a minefield right now as more information is leaking and additional indictments are expected that might even net the Democratic Presidential Nominee. Chicago and its politicians have their roots in organized crime. Obama can expect to face accusations throughout his entire campaign with respect to his close involvement with Chicago criminals.

There was a really exciting TV series called Sky King I eagerly watched as a kid. It was about an Arizona rancher/do-gooder with a Cessna 310 twin engine airplane called Songbird . King was a quasi-cop who with his plane did what the best of law enforcement could never do without him. King played by Kirby Grant seemed to be retired at a young age with no visible means of support. He’d fly around with his “niece” Penny as a knight tangling with rustlers, robbers and spies. King was the good guy who never carried a gun but always had one when he needed one. Penny, played by Gloria Winters was the spunky girl who was more like Batman’s Robin. Penny added comic relief to this show or at least I’ve found the humor as an adult. Of course I wonder today just what kind of a relationship they had both on and off screen. The third wheel to this car was King’s nephew Clipper, played by Ron Hagerthy. Clipper was Penny's brother who was not in every episode. You can’t just watch one ...

Glock is the current winner of this contest. Officers are limited to using the Glock at least until they complete probation. Superintendent J-Fed wants everyone to use the same weapon and there are valid reasons to do that for a military infantry unit. However it’s not so necessary for street cops as long as the firearms are functional and safe. Officers will be stuck using the crap 9MM round so we can count on hearing people complain and demand to know why the cops are firing so many rounds at suspects. My only concern is every officer knows how to use their own gun and that of any partner they may have. Chicago cops must locate and purchase their own firearms using fund from their uniform allowance. I’m surprised Daley did not allow the local reverends decide what the officers could carry. The problem is that both Alderman Ed Burke and Daley have taxpayer funded bodyguards they don’t want to see equipped with rubber guns. Here’s more about this story.

Click to enlarge, MONTERREY, Mexico --This amazing photo was taken today as an American drunken driver plowed into a bicycle race killing one and sending more than a score to the hospital. The arrested drive is believed to be 28 year-old Juan Campos , an American citizen of Brownsville Texas. I suspect Mexican justice will be swift, sure and punitive in this case.

It was just starting to get good. I love the idea of Mrs. Clinton standing behind Obama concentrating on that big red bull’s eye on his back. Will she call out the Arkansas sharpshooters? I can’t imagine the excitement of any of the pathetic choices we have to run this country. By the time November comes I expect an entirely different look to both the Republic and Democratic tickets. I predict the best excitement is yet to come including a major challenge to our fragile democracy.