Archive for March, 2008
Teen Suspects in Interstate Shootings in Custody
I just saw that they have two teen suspects in custody after two people a href=”http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/28/interstate.shootings.ap/?imw=Yiref=mpstoryemail”were shot on Interstate 64 in Virginia:/abr /br /blockquoteInvestigators said they now believe the shootings that slightly injured two drivers were part of a long night of random gunfire in which the 19-year-old, a former high school athlete with a record of making trouble, and a 16-year-old also shot at a credit union and a residence.br /br /”Everyone can, I think, rest compared to the state that we were in overnight,” State Police Superintendent Steven Flaherty said at a news conference in Charlottesville…..br /br /On a MySpace page attributed to Woodson, he described his occupation as “mechanic, sorta” and wrote, “Im just a country boy who keeps gettin his heart broken!!! Ive got my heart broken twice in less then a year… i dunno wat to do…. keep gettin my heart broke or stop caring!!! and i dont wanna stop caring.”br /br /Police declined to offer a possible motive in the highway shootings, which began early Thursday in central Virginia./blockquotebr /br /Woodson, the nineteen year old suspect sounds like a real prize:br /br /blockquoteAccording to news reports and court records, Woodson was arrested January 18, 2007, on allegations he stole two pickup trucks and set them on fire. Woodson, a former high school pole vaulter, was convicted of two misdemeanor counts of petit larceny and given a suspended sentence./blockquotebr /br /If I am reading this article correctly, stealing pick-up trucks and setting them on fire is just a misdemeanor worthy only of a suspended sentence. What’s up with that? I don’t know the details of this situation, but I have seen enough to know that even when teens and adults commit some pretty serious crimes, they often get a slap on the wrist. It’s no wonder someone with a reputation as a troublemaker feels that he can get away with anything. Suddenly, shooting at random people on an interstate seems like a fun way to spend an evening, especially when one has rarely encountered any serious consequences for their past behavior.
‘Fitna’: over 1.5 Million Views in English, Over 2.5 Million in Dutch Before Pulled Down
(Mark Steyn)
Will Zimbabwe’s Elections Be Free?
Robert Mugabe has promised that today's elections in the suffering country of Zimbabwe will be "fair." Here are ten reasons to doubt his sincerity.
The UN’s Farcical Human Rights Council
Where else but in the UN could Sudan censure Israel for human rights abuses?
Music Show Brings Sound of Freedom to Afghans
Afghan Star is filling homes and hearts with music, despite clerical objections. Then again, maybe the mullahs are text-messaging their votes in too.
PJM Political 3/27/08: Livin’ On Tuzla Time
Tune in each Thursday to XM Channel #130, POTUS ’08 at 6:00 PM Eastern/3:00 PM Pacific for Pajamas Media’s weekly PJM Political show! (And at 11:00 PM Eastern/8:00 Pacific for a rebroadcast) If you missed this week’s show, click below to listen:
March 27th PJM Political On XM Satellite Radio
It’s Tuzla-Palooza this week, as host Bill Bradley analyzes the CBS clip that showed a distinct lack of sniper fire 12 years ago when the former First Lady dropped in on Bosnia. Plus:
- Frank Martin of Varifrank tells A Tale Of Two Tankers–with both a John McCain connection, and even a synchronistic Sinbadian Tuzla tie-in!
- James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal’s “Best of the Web Today” column would rather be monkeyfishing–and who wouldn’t?
- Cartoonist/graphic designer Chris Muir explains how he lives life Day By Day.
- And PBS producer/financial author Jim Schlagheck gives his economic prescription to the next occupant of the White House to Glenn Reynolds and Dr. Helen Smith.
- Produced by Ed Driscoll.
A lo-fi edition of this week’s show (mono, 16.4 MB) is available here. Finally, if you missed any previous episodes of PJM Political, click here and scroll through for hours of audio archives.
Blogger Identification
I just noticed that John Hawkins at Right Wing News a href=”http://www.rightwingnews.com/mt331/2008/03/my_favorite_40_bloggers_for_20_4.php”has posted /ahis favorite blogs and mine is on the list. How nice! I often wonder what motivates people to read certain blogs. I think I read recently that many blog readers identify with the blogger and therefore, enjoy reading someone who views the world in a similar way. I think this is true to some degree. But sometimes I think people read blogs because the blogger has a personality or has traits the reader aspires to have but does not, or has in a very small degree but the blogger has it in spades. br /br /Let me give you an example. I recently started reading a href=”http://www.rachellucas.com/”Rachel Lucas’s blog./a She blogged a while ago, I think, and quit and then recently came back. My husband was the one who started telling me to read her blog, and I would, occassionally, look at something she posted and then I realized one day that I was…hooked. Lucas writes rants, about everything from her dogs humping to why people don’t treat their parents better and she does it with such flare that her subjects might be better off if she actually used a sword against them, rather than her pen–or in this case, her keyboard. br /br /Do I admire that? You better believe I do. Could I do it or would I do it? Doubtful–it’s not my style but it is a style that I admire. There is another side of myself that I wish I had fine-tuned more but didn’t. When you spend years in a PHD program and in my profession, you learn to restrain yourself from ranting at people, and instead, try to be objective without letting others know too much about how you actually feel. Lucas does just the opposite; there is no mystery about how she feels, it’s obvious. br /br /Do you have a favorite blogger who serves as your a href=”http://www.answers.com/topic/alter-ego?cat=health”alter ego,/a with the traits you wish you had, but don’t for whatever reason–such as your profession, family, not your style, but wish it was? etc. Which blogger is it and why do you admire or want to be like him or her?br /br /Update: a href=”http://rachellucas.com/index.php/2008/03/31/most-people-have-to-pay-a-psychologist-for-this-kind-of-mental-help/” Rachel responds:/a Most people have to pay a psychologist for this kind of mental help.
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