Whatever Sarah’s cool threads cost it was worth it! Sarah Palin is a fashion plate and she rocks! Truthfully, when in American history have we had any politician at all that rang our bell so well? In the late and great actor Fernando Lamas’ words memorialized by comedian Billy Crystal , “Dahling, you look marvelous!”

Chicago, IL—Second City Cop is reporting that Chicago police officer Mike Mette who is fresh out of that Iowa prison has been attending classes at the academy. That means he was given his star, shield ID card and new pile of training materials. Mette is in what’s called a retread (as in used rubber tires) class held for officers who have been off for extended periods such as leaves of absence. I can’t think of another similar case where an officer was convicted of a crime, sent to prison and later cleared on appeal going back to work. This training covers new laws and departmental rules and procedures and requalification on the firing range. Soon a personnel order will be cut sending him to his permanent assignment. It remains to be seen if he returns to Fillmore (011) or is sent elsewhere. Crimefile wishes Mette the assignment of his choice and some much needed privacy to continue his life. Mette is going to discover the department has changed a lot since he last worked the ...

Chicago, IL — The Barack Obama campaign is planning a massive rally inside Grant Park . Chicago police will never get motivated in today’s political climate to even attempt to control this group once they get out of hand and they will get out of hand. All of Chicago’s strongest supporters of Obama will be on hand to totally destroy that city landmark if McCain wins and probably destroy it even if Obama wins in their jubilation. If I owned property anywhere near Grant Park I’d board up the windows and hire people for security and fire control until the crowd estimated to be well beyond tens of thousands vacate the area. Preparations to accommodate that anticipated huge crowd in Grant Park are already underway. News organizations covering this event need to send their only oldest equipment and give their people helmets and protective vests. I expect to see TV satellite and live trucks burned. There may be a price to pay for members of Chicago’s media that have trashed rank and file...

Los Angeles, CA—TMZ is reporting that actor Michael Madsen was removed from his home by Sheriff’s officers for signs of mental instability. He was placed into treatment on what California designates as a “5150 hold” that requires reasonable belief that Madsen is a danger to himself or others. Madsen, a Chicago boy, may be best remembered for his frightening portrayal of Mr. Blond aka Vic Vega in Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs . Madsen also played an all American dad in, Free Willy . Madsen has been very busy appearing in many films many of which are currently in production. The Internet Movie Database lists Madsen's participation in a whopping 167 films. I don’t have details but wish Madsen a quick rest and success with any health issues. TMZ has their information here.

I don’t like the message that’s being spread around right now. At least one African-American columnist from the Baltimore Sun has tried to spread fear and racial divide. What I see is a lame attempt at extortionate intimidation to assure Barack Obama gets installed into the Whitehouse. African-Americans can’t have that short a memory. When that happens in our country the death and destruction always becomes localized in the ghettos. The impact, damage and suffering is always heaviest on the African-Americans themselves. A far better idea is move forward encouraging businesses and investors to create jobs. Too many people forget that no government can force anyone to create job opportunities. That only happens when people unite with purpose and energy giving confidence to the business community. That will never happen under Obama’s anti-business Socialist ways. I have no problem with an African-American President. I have a huge problem with a Socialist President of any race....

San Francisco, CA —If some get their way in the City by the Bay, local taxpayers stand to save $11 million dollars a year not including courts and jail costs. It’s on the ballot and It’s called Proposition K and it forbids the local authorities arresting, investigating or prosecuting anyone for sexual commerce between consenting adults. I thought the Indian reservations were going to break ground with this idea like they did with gambling. It just has not happened, yet. I know that prostitution enforcement and the defense lawyers generate as much commerce as the prostitution itself. But this may be a way for cash strapped local governments to save some real money. Police could and should still enforce public indecency laws and preclude child prostitution and child exploitation. I don’t see any real benefit to trying to outlaw the world’s oldest profession. I suspect that decriminalization would mean the hookers would rely less on pimps and panderers and be able to keep more of ...

Tampa, FL Tampa, FL—14 years after Area 2 Detective’s Commander, Jon Burge was fired by the police board and today he was taken into custody by FBI agents. The United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois announced that “Burge was charged with two counts of obstruction of justice and one count of perjury in a three-count indictment that was returned under seal by a federal grand jury last Thursday and unsealed today following his arrest by FBI agents from Chicago and Tampa." Over several decades Burge was accused of departmental violations and the City of Chicago paid millions in civil damages to various suspects after they claimed officers under Burge’s command tortured them into confessing crimes. The people Burge’s detectives were accused of torturing were among the most notorious cop killers and street gang members in Chicago. Some of the convicted suspects were pardoned by former Governor George Ryan who is currently serving a federal prison term for offici...

Los Angeles, CA —In the City of Angels the inmates are running the asylum. Women can’t carry firearms for protection and because of sheer recklessness rapists are going free. Why you ask? It’s because the LAPD has let over 7000 rape evidence collection kits go untested. That caused hundreds of rape cases to run past the statute of limitations eliminating the possibility of prosecutions. Unforgivable you say? The city’s gun laws held the women down so the rapists could rape with impunity. Then the LAPD made sure the rapists would go free. If you want to rape, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and his solidly Democratic cronies on the city council has declared open season on women. This situation is unfolding as a state budget crisis is forcing the wholesale release of prison inmates. If you like to kidnap and rape women the L.A. city government will protect you with severe gun laws and the city will fix your case and set you free. Read more about this outrage here.

Everyone thinks that the NRA is single minded and only fights for gun rights. The NRA is the number one trainer for police organizations and civilians alike. The training has made Americans safe as they have taught gun owners how to effectively hit their targets. Iraq gun owning population along with folks in the entire Mideast love to celebrate with their firearms. They don't have the NRA but really need their services. As you can see in this video some don’t always pay attention to simple safety rules. What a worthless friend the dumbass is who made the video not to warn about the impending disaster. Don’t let this happen to you…

Phoenix, AZ—B. Michael Dann was a Maricopa County Superior Court judge for 20 years. The last five of those years included replacing Judge Robert C. Broomfield as Presiding Judge when he won a federal Judgeship. Judge Dann is a classy and distinguished fellow who brought several innovations to the court that were copied in other jurisdictions throughout the country. My opinion is that Judge Dann was one of those judicial activists who felt we have a “Living Constitution” that could be simply changed by the courts to be what he believed were the needs of the community. As Presiding Judge, Dann regulated process servers and continued enforcement of a “guideline” that prohibited process servers from carrying firearms in that gun friendly state. It was a guideline rather than law because the Arizona Legislature refused to sanction the rights violation. It was not a court rule since even court rules were and are subject to public debate and Arizona Supreme Court approval. The guidelin...

New York—Governor Sarah Palin rocked Saturday Night Live last night. We have never had a politician with Palin’s kind of grace and charm in my lifetime. Palin is always a pleasure to watch and hear. If you click on the NBC logo you can see it in a larger format and also see the Sarah Palin rap song skit. Here is a CNN post script! Embedded video from CNN Video

This was not about “Joe The Plumber” or the question put to Barack Obama about his tax increase plans. It was Obama’s candid answer that he plans to redistribute the wealth . That’s exactly what Karl Marx was all about. That’s un-American and that form of government has taken us to wars in order to prevent that from happening here. In America we have created checks and balances to prevent a singular viewpoint to rule everyone in this diverse country. With Obama added to Pelosi and Reid as our absolute authority the checks and balances will vanish. The political bloodletting to follow will be painful and prove to be a derisive as any time ever in our country. Our already deeply troubled economy will lose investors and our prolific productivity will end. Obama would be a disaster at this time in our nation. Marshal Law and the suspension of habeas corpus won’t be far behind. We may be in for some serious population control like we had in the 1860s in America. Obama is the conf...

The stock market and perilous economy will react to the election results. Should the Obama Bolsheviks win total control the wealthy Conservative Americans will lose faith and cash out of investments other than the land that they own. Nobody with assets will want to leave them where our new government can take them to redistribute to those who have earned nothing. Say goodbye the Capitalist based economy we once knew. Should John McCain win I predict only a recession we can hope to survive.

Tucson, AZ —Police have released information about this bedtime story with a really happy ending. Two armed home invaders forced their way into a 23 year-old UofA student’s home. The student responded to the invasion by arming himself with a handgun as he quickly dispatched the two dangerous felons like bad dogs. Police were called and their preliminary investigation indicates that the student’s actions were a double justifiable homicide. The student has cooperated fully with police. Fatal Home Invasion - Upload a Document to Scribd

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Chicago, IL —This CBS owned and operated station just fired their general Manager, Joe Ahern . That not an unusual event in the volatile times of today’s television and news business. Ahearn is a key player in that lawsuit brought by former WMAQ-TV reporter, Amy Jacobson . Jacobson became a sordid and unnecessary news story at CBS2 while she was doing a risky undercover assignment. That story involved the year-old Lisa Stebic missing person case Jacobson was doing at NBC5. CBS2 was out-of-bounds in their salacious report and ultimately it cost Jacobson her job, home and more. CBS2 now needs Ahearn’s full cooperation to fight Jacobson’s litigation and now that appears doubtful. It’s anyone’s guess what’s next as this all falls into the hands of the new GM, Mark "Bruno" Cohen. Jacobson who is an award winning reporter has her own fan base. Jacobson retained a big gun litigator, filed suit and has been trying to get her life back. The litigation can go on for years....

Washington, D.C .—The Uniform Crime Reports are out. Pacifists and gun-rights haters are sounding the alarm! We are turning into the Wild West! More and more, citizens are taking the law into their own hands, and surviving as a result. No folks the police can’t respond to your home as fast as those Brinks Home Security commercials would lead you to believe. In the 20 to 20 minutes you probably would be waiting for police you will have already bled to death. More Americans than ever have gotten training and firearms to protect themselves and families. The real truth is for every justifiable homicide there are many thousands of violent crimes that are stopped cold without a shot being fired. The result is far fewer victims. The whole UCR package shows that as justifiable homicides have slightly increased the rate of homicides drop much more significantly. Justifiable Homicides, by private Citizen, 2003–2007 2003-247 2004-222 2005-196 2006-238 2007-254 Only 254 felons...

Chicago, Il —With the highest sales taxes in the nation and astronomical parking garage taxes Chicago’s politicians have driven even their own residents to shop elsewhere. The outrageous taxes make Chicago the place to avoid. There is little motivation for any commerce to remain inside the Windy City. Yet Chicago’s taxes are still being raised at every opportunity as services are being reduced. Mayor Richard M. Daley along with Alderman Edward Burke has been strangling the life and blood from the city. Chicago was riding high on phony property values that are now dropping like a rock. The tax base is evaporating and there is no end in sight. Imagine owning a loop specialty store waiting for Christmas shoppers that just refuse to accept Chicago’s taxing extortion. Depressing does not begin to describe that picture. If the city would simply stop awarding make work contracts to politician’s campaign contributors. And begin a tax war competing to have the lowest taxes with the sub...

Washington, D.C .—Despite the fact that seven witness recanted their trial testimony the United States Supreme Court refused to halt a the execution of a convicted Georgia cop killer. Adding to the developments in this case new witnesses have since come forward implicating another man for the crime. The validity of the original jury verdict is under a very dark cloud. Troy Davis , 39 was convicted of killing a Savannah policeman, Mark MacPhail back in 1989 when he was 18 years-old. Officer MacPhail was dispatched to a fight outside a Burger King drive-in when he was murdered while trying to keep the peace. The condemned man Davis was nearby but has steadfastly maintained he was not involved with the fight or murder. I know I part company with most of my peers in the law enforcement community over my death penalty views. The real truth is if government is allowed to kill anyone than government can kill you or members of your family. We’ve seen that in the extreme repeated thro...

Conspiracies are everywhere in our world, real and imagined. Like Barack Obama , I don’t have a clue where he was born. Obama can’t possibly remember. I claim no relations with his mother or parentage so I wasn’t there. If only Roe vs. Wade been decided a decade earlier, perhaps Barack Obama would have been discarded with the rest of the medical waste. PA lawyer, Philip Berg says Obama’s birth certificate is a phony and used some intriguing evidence to justify his lawsuit seeking to have Obama’s name tossed from the ballot. Rather than prove citizenship Obama’s legal legions are seeking to avoid proving anything at all. We will all wait and see if this was just wishful thinking. Okay, there is one additional piece of evidence and that’s the local newspaper’s printed birth announcement. That is somewhat convincing to me that Obama was born consistent with the offered certificate and meets that qualification. As for Berg’s lawsuit he should get an order for discovery and if the birth c...