With the Fourth of July looming celebrations of freedom can no longer be made with a straight face. Make no mistake we are not free. We simply pay and pay as our out-of-control government ratchet ups their extortion, making virtual slaves out of all hard working Americans. We’ve lost nearly all of our privacy and gun rights. We can blame most of that on a failed Drug War as we are forced to pay even more through government extortion schemes such as robot traffic enforcement cameras, taxes on energy use and even basic health care benefits. Government will never control itself. That’s our job as citizens. We must control the government. So far we have failed miserably in our duty to keep politicians and their bureaucrat’s hands out of our pants. We have allowed government to strangle our employers out of business and that has robbed millions of us our jobs and daily bread. What they have not taken from our employers they have taken directly from us. Why must Americans pay for the hea...

Phoenix, AZ—From The Arizona Republic: The Arizona Court of Appeals on Tuesday threw out a murder conviction of a hiker who claimed self-defense after he shot a man to death on a hiking trail north of Payson in May 2004. The court ordered a new trial for Harold Fish , 62, convicted of second-degree murder in June 2006 for shooting Grant Kuenzli , 43. Fish said Kuenzli ran at him waving his arms because Fish had fired a warning shot into the ground to scare away Kuenzli's aggressive dogs. Fish was sentenced to 10 years in prison and already has served three years. His case was sent back to Coconino County Superior Court because the trial court judge had not given adequate instruction on what constituted self-defense. The panel of appellate judges scolded Superior Court Judge Mark Moran for not answering a jury request to define the word "attack." The panel remarked that the jury may not have understood that someone can commit aggravated assault on another person without a...

Tempe, AZ— In the last 24 hours police in this college town arrested 30 people from the underbelly of society. The charges included drugs, warrants, solicitation and aggravated mopery with intent to gawk. Along with the boys, Mandi Ankle seen above represents the fair sex caught in the police dragnet. Is that the "Mandi" Barry Manalow was singing about a while back? I don't think so. I apologize in advance for giving my readers nightmares.

Chicago, IL —I was somewhat dismayed that the local news broadcasters are vanishing before our eyes. There are massive layoffs underway and investigative journalism projects are the first to go. The danger here is for an unchecked government gone wild. We all know when the cat’s away the mice will play. As this is happening so-called citizen journalists are springing up everywhere. They are slowly filling the void. Equipment to produce, and distribute stories we can all use is cheap or even free. There is also lots of free newsgathering and technical advice all over the Internet. The easiest way is to simply capture video and still pictures that tell the story and share it with your favorite bloggers like me. It helps to have both broadband Internet service and a $3.00 per month Skype account. This is what you need to send your video or audio recordings and photos. Video and pictures alone are helpful but while you’re there be sure to get interviews from relevant newsmakers and...

Taxpayers are in for $1 billion windfall just over the next five years. What’s the rub you ask? That’s what it will cost to deal with the appeals 682 inhabitants of Death Row. If these convicts are simply resentenced to life without the possibility of parole taxpayers will save a bundle. We seem to forget that virtually every Death Row prisoner is indigent and we must pay for both the prosecution and defense legal fees. Cash strapped Sacramento may find the death penalty is a luxury taxpayers can no longer afford. This is a quick fix that will send lawyers and defense investigators like me to the unemployment lines.

Las Vegas, NV -- Okay, you forgot about the Juice didn’t you? You thought you’d heard the last when Judge Jackie Glass slammed a cell door closed on him for some nine to 33 years, didn’t you. Well the there were some serious appeal issues surrounding that case where Simpson and some others went to get stolen property back. The problem was they called it armed robbery and kidnapping. But was it really? Thugs, thieves and liars mistreating other thugs, thieves and liars just did not seem so serious. Judge Glass and a jury may well have gotten it all wrong. That’s why our judicial system allows for appeals. Simpson had asked to remain free pending that appeal expected to take years and Judge Glass said, no. On August 3, 2009 the Nevada Supreme Court is hearing arguments on the appeal of the order to deny bail. Simpson’s co-defendant, Clarence "C.J." Stewart , is serving 7 1/2 to 27 years and has been granted a bail hearing too. I can’t give an educated guess as to the out...

Honduras —Today there is one less Communist in power and Chairman Barack Obama is angry about it. Manuel Zelaya got the bum’s rush out of the Presidential palace by that country’s military. Zelaya is presently in exile after an apparent bloodless coup. Why am I not surprised, Obama and his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are demanding that their Marxist friend be reinstated as President? It should be noted that their other Marxist pal Hugo Chavez is also whining about the much needed coup. Usually these Communist bastards are on the wrong side of the firing squads, killing instead of being killed. It’s really too bad that Zelaya is still breathing. Maybe that can be remedied soon. I hope to see the final solution to Communist and Socialist problem in my lifetime. That is total extermination of all of these rats and the poison they spread to enslave mankind. Can you imagine Obama sending American troops into Honduras in order to restore a Marxist leader to power? I’d hope our...

For as long as I have been going to the larger gun shows I have know an old cowboy, showman, master of card tricks, gun slinger, straight shooter and spokesperson, Joe Bowman . Bowman knew how to handle his trademark six-guns. Bowman was a one man exhibit who in recent years traveled with the Strum Ruger Gun Company wherever they would display their wares at various gun and firearms trade shows throughout the world. Bowman would appear at the functions along with his cowgirl wife, Betty and dazzle everyone with his impromptu shows. Bowman had just completed his last gig at the End of Trail Show in New Mexico. This morning Betty Bowman woke up in a hotel they stopped at on their way to their Houston, TX home. Betty was unable to wake her husband who apparently died peacefully in his sleep. Bowman was 84. I shot this video of Joe at the May 2009 NRA Convention in Phoenix , AZ.

Washington, DC —To the chagrin of Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor the current Supreme Court overturned her ruling that allowed discrimination against White firefighters because of race. The so-called progressive trend to hire and promote lees qualified minorities simply because discrimination against White Americans was sanctioned by out-of-control Left Wing, whacko jurists should be over now. Discrimination is ugly in any form and this ruling was long overdue. Of course Comrade Barack Obama and his Marxists will stack the Supreme Court with justices that don’t care about our Bill of Rights or form of government. Given an opportunity the Marxists judicial appointees will destroy our way of life. These Communists must be stopped at all cost.

Washington, DC —Just as every conservative in America proclaimed, Chairman Barack Obama’s Promise of a tax break for 90% of Americans was a lie intended only to create false hope. Now Obama’s propaganda minister, David Axelrod is letting the cat out of the bag. Obama can’t deliver. Just as Hitler, Castro, Stalin , and Mussolini enjoyed wide popularity at first Obama will follow in their shoes. At some point Obama’s supporters will begin to despise him but by then it will be too late. Thank God Americans have the Second Amendment, we will need it. Our treasonous President will soon be the most despised in American history. The good thing is the police and military won’t prop up this would be dictator once the American people want him out.

Tampa,FL— Overexposed TV pitchman Billy Mays was found dead by his wife Deborah Mays today. Mays was only 50 and beginning to enjoy fame as a reality TV star. Autopsy results are pending but police seem to think the death was from natural causes. Update: Mays was just on a US Airways flight that blew a tire during a hard landing. Maya reported being struck on the head during the mishap. Did Mays suffer a brain injury and death as a result? Stay tuned.

Los Angeles, CA— King of Pop, Michael Jackson’s immediate family members obtained control over the pop star’s remains once the Coroner released them. The Jackson family is exercising their absolute to hire their own forensic pathologist to second guess the autopsy done yesterday. The original autopsy would have involved a huge Y shaped incision to the torso enabling the removal and examination of every organ. The organs themselves are removed, weighed, and sections of them are sliced away for microscopic and toxicological examination. The scull is opened and the brain is removed and sectioned as are the other organs. All of the organs including the brain are finally tossed into a large plastic bag. When the examination is completed the bag of sectioned organs is placed inside the torso cavity. The body is sewn shut with butcher’s string. The skull is reassembled and a large wad of cotton replaces the brain. The second autopsy would most likely be conducted at the funeral home ...

Los Angeles, CA —The final answers are not yet discovered or positive about the death of Michael Jackson . We do know Jackson has had ongoing and disabling issues with high powered narcotic pain killers. Because of an ambitious sold out 50 concert tour in the UK the promoters demanded that Jackson have a round the clock physician protecting their huge investment. Apparently Jackson was allowed to choose the doctor assuming this role. That doctor was Conrad Murray, MD . Tabloid rumors suggest that Murray had financial problems and jumped at the chance to tend to Jackson’s needs and reap the financial rewards. It has been suggested that Murray injected Jackson with his final hotshot of Demerol. Was this therapeutic treatment or just done because of a sick man’s addiction and a medicine man’s greed? I suspect that the addicted Jackson would have never tolerated a physician that would abide by the Hippocratic Oath over Jackson’s chemical cravings. Jackson’s family and indeed the world ar...

Los Angeles, CA —With the premature death of pop legend Michael Jackson , I don’t know if He should be despised, pitied or loved. No matter your opinion of Jackson’s dark side, he was a master of entertainment. He was as prolific as any entertainer that ever lived on this earth. He invented dance moves that defied gravity, made music that at one time or another was appealing and enjoyable no matter what your taste was. Jackson’s work employed thousands over the years. Jackson was a major corporation that launched so many careers of otherwise incidental people. Some say Jackson was an evil serial pedophile. If Jackson hurt children, thankfully it was not by torturing or killing them. Evil can only be measured by the mental state of the offender and we have little knowledge of just what Jackson’s real culpability was for his conduct. Because of Jackson’s immense wealth he was a natural extortion target. You may hate Jackson’s abuse of Children but I hate the unindicted co-conspirato...

Washington, DC— The Marxists Gangsters have control of our country according to many Americans including MN Congresswoman Michele Bachmann . When do we storm the Whitehouse, arrest and try that traitor Barack Obama along with his pals for treason? One thing is for sure, our current government is un-American. What’s the next Obama act of war on the American people going to be?

Los Angeles, CA —In Westwood Village is the sprawling campus of UCLA . Their Ronald Reagan facility is where pop icon Michael Jackson was taken by fire department ambulance. Jackson was receiving CPR and that continued for an additional hour before he was pronounced dead at 2:26 PM. The rumors are starting to spread within the ranks of gossip reporters that Jackson last ride was fueled with Demerol an injectable drug similar to Morphine. This may well be an accidental overdose of a controlled drug. The Los Angeles County Coroner will be doing an expedited autopsy and toxicology screen. The results will be released in a piecemeal fashion as information becomes available. So far the glory boys at the LAPD Robbery Homicide Unit have maintained control over the death scene and have seized and impounded at least one vehicle. This sounds like drugs are involved and very soon someone will need a good lawyer and bail bondsman. In the meantime here is today's UCLA Medical Center s...

Delhi, India —While visiting India during pop star Michael Jackson’s criminal trial I discovered just how popular Jackson was in this far away place. I went to the India Gate. That’s a popular tourist attraction there and of all people I was introduced to Michael Jackson.

Los Angeles, CA—Michael Jackson was rushed to UCLA Medical Center by paramedics performing CPR on the fallen idol and twice accused child molester. The media is assembling along with Jackson’s family members on the hospital’s campus in Westwood. The question I’m asking at this hour was this a heart attack or the results of self-medication gone wrong. We will have to wait and see. This looks very dangerous for Jackson and his fans can only hope this is a publicity stunt to kick off his scheduled comeback tour.

Los Angeles, CA—Farrah Fawcett has passed away at 62. Fawcett’s death was expected as it was obvious she was losing her three year fight for life to anal cancer. Fawcett died at 9:28 AM in Santa Monica’s, St. John’s Medical Center. Long time partner Ryan O’Neal and another friend, Alana Stewart was at her side. Fawcett is best remembered for those toothy toothpaste commercials, hair care products spots and of course for her starring role as one of Charlie’s Angels. Rest in peace, Farrah, there will be no more pain.

Chicago, IL —Yesterday there was a young Chicago police recruit accompanied by his father a 40 year plus, honorably retired cop that were visiting the court at 2600 S. California Avenue. The young recruit suffered a serious injury on the job and has been off work on duty disability. The FOP issued the lad a duty disability star as has been their normal practice and he had his valid departmental ID card. When the lad displayed his credentials at the door with his father, the court’s security boss got involved, screaming at the recruit and his father in the foulest of language. Without lawful authority, probable cause or any rational reason Deputy Chief Sheriff Charles R. Bowen confiscated the FOP star from the recruit. The recruit was treated as a criminal or police impersonator by Bowen. There was no crime, no misconduct or the slightest disrespect on the part of the young recruit. Charles Bowen on the other hand was a bully, thief and behaved in a way that was nothing less than d...