Chicago kids should move if they want to live

Seven year-old Julian King was found dead in an abandoned vehicle on the west side of Chicago. He had been shot in the face.

Lately, for those of us living within an hour's drive from Chicago, it is not shocking to learn that a child has been murdered on the South or West side of the city. For the better part of almost two years, it seems criminals have taken the NO Child Left Behind mandate seriously.

At last count, more than 30 Chicago Public School kids have been killed in the past year.

But Julian's death has made national news. See, he wasn't just another happy-go-lucky Chicago kid. He was the nephew of an Oscar winning actress and rising star in the music industry, Jennifer Hudson. Sadly, Ms. Hudson's mother and brother were also found murdered a couple of days earlier.

It hurts even when God takes a child's life without any explanation. It is worse when a child's life is taken by others. It is more sad when that child's death is given more attention only because he or she may be related to a popular public figure. It is most sad when the life expectancy of a demographic is directly correlated to the neighborhood they live. Who wants to tell a child that to live a long life, you need to move? No one does, but it's a reality.

Yes, many of us may have been told to go away to college, see the world, learn a lot. But not just to make it to see your 18th birthday.

Kids in Iraq have a greater chance of living to voting age than some Chicago kids. That's because we're spending billions of dollars to protect their neighborhoods.

Make a dollar; call United Van Lines; move out. That is the key to survival.

Look at the gangsta rappers. They don't live in the hoods they rap about or depict in their videos. No, no. And they don't marry the girls in their videos either.

Not even the mayor of Chicago will admit that moving out of some parts of his city is the only way to survive, and he has been the mayor of his city longer than any other man. He works harder to maintain better relations with a sister city in Ireland than he does with certain parts of his own city.

By the way, Julian's former hometown has a ban on private citizens owning guns. Go figure.

How's that bull crap working, Mayor Daley?

Here is an interesting stat to chew on. Over 100,000 black kids will be killed in Chicago before the Cubs win a World Series.

I Ain't A Nigger; My Kids Are.

"Let me tell all ya'll something. I ain't no nigger, my kids are. Now, one of ya'll better light my cigarette and bring me an ashtray."
My beloved mother, a mix of Irish and Cherokee, alcoholic, hurt and confused person, and all around troublemaker, uttered those famous words to my siblings and 13 year-old me.
Surprisingly, since it was said during a state of sobriety, we couldn't chock it up to her mere drunken honesty.
From that day to this one, I've been OK with who I am. Had it not been for my step-dad, a wonderful, honorable, caring, blue-black(code for very Miles Davis-dark) man, I could have let that label define me.
From birth to age 12 (less the 3 years, 31 days, 20 hours, 14 minutes, and 2 seconds spent in a couple of foster homes) I knew my mom only as a drunk. A loving as much as possible drunk, but a drunk nonetheless.
Growing up in a small community with well-defined racial boundaries, I often found myself stuck in the middle. The same black buddies who would share my bolgna sandwich would quickly turn on me and call me a halfbreed for no apparent reason or accuse me of talking white. Some of the white buddies who taught me to play hockey would not hesitate to remind me of my Jackie Robinson nigger status in this white man's game.
Yes, there was the that period during the early 1970s when I had to prove my "blackness". I grew the biggest and best kept afro(hairdo), had two girlfriends at all times, and could say "come heah bitch" the way it's supposed to be said, and spoke ebonics when out of my mother's hearing range.
So it was with mama's famous words and a few examples set by my step-dad that liberated me. I adjusted. I could go anywhere, hear anything, and work with anybody and not let their opinions of me bother me.
If I was just a nigger to my mother and she loved me in her own special way, then it didn't matter what others thought of me. Yet, ironically, it mattered to her what others thought of me.
Like the time a white 8th grade peer called me a nigger and we ended up in the principal's office. In the most mother-hen like manner, she spread her wings and climbed upon the white principal's desk and said, " If anybody in this school calls my son a nigger again, I'll whip your white ass all over this school."
Sitting back, proud but confused and in "shock and awe," I wanted to yell out, "but Mama, I am a nigger, remember, you're not."

Sarah Palin spends $150k on clothes in one month

Talk about sharing the wealth. The RNC has doled out $150 thousand for GOP VP choice Sarah Palin to shop for clothes in the past Month.
Because none of it was my money, I guess I should be very careful in my observation. My step-dad always said, " Don't ever tell a man what to do with his own penny or his own penis." Actually, he said a man's dollar and his ..., well, you know what he said.
The RNC got this money from its little donors, of course. And they spent it on its leadership, Sarah Palin.
That's not Socialism, that's Communism.
Are we to assume those donors didn't know that expensive costume changes were in order? And couldn't Sarah Palin have gone to Wal-Mart in some of those little towns where she says "real Americans" live and shop? No, no. She shopped in Denver, CO and Minneapolis, MN.
I am pert near 52 years-old and I have not spent half that much on clothes in my life. And I lived in Denver for a while and have been to the Mall of America in Minneapolis a few times. Then again, I am a male. What do I know about fashion? Nothing. Seriously, just ask my wife. I know nothing about fashion and very little about much else.
I've worn the same belt for four years. Only had to put a couple of new holes in it. I own five pairs of shoes that include two pairs of very worn, cheap gym shoes.
What does $150k mean to folks in my little "real Americans" town? Well, you could probably purchase two really decent sized homes for that amount with some change left over to furnish them. That's providing you shopped at a discount furniture outlet. And maybe get a couple pairs of jeans at Wal-Mart.
Oh, and my non-profit after school youth program serving 60 kids per day, could run at break even point for five years on what Palin spent on clothes in one month's time.
Remember Joe the Plumber that McCain and Palin speak of too often? Couldn't he have used that $150 to make a 60 percent down payment on that business he wanted? Sure, McCain, Palin, and even Obama can relate to us. Sure they can.
I got it. This is why Obama wants a higher tax on folks making over $250k per year. So they can't go on extravagant shopping sprees.
What I would really like to know, did Tina Fey spend the same amount buying replicas of Palins wardrobe?
Change we need. Can you spare some Sarah Palin?

Fox News vs Any Cable Network

The same story, different spin. You decide.

Ever notice the very different spin Fox Network puts on every story? Well, here is an example.

Hi, this is Andy Coolson, welcome to ANN Right Now.

AC: We open tonight with a heart wrenching story. Thanks to one of our regular I-nosey phone camera reporters, we have some very revealing and troubling video. Be warned, this not for the weak kneed.

As you can see, Sen Obama is speaking to a crowd somewhere in Central Arkansas when he is suddenly surrounded by a large group of people wearing white robes and hoods. Some are carrying torches or what looks like burning crosses. Notice as the camera focuses on Obama, you can see the obvious concern in his eyes. But let's listen as he is speaking. Here we go. Listen carefully.

Sen Obama: "Look, let me make this clear."

AC: Now he is pointing his finger at one of them, saying, "Now, take you and your lovely family, I want you to have health care in case you suffer a severe burn on your person or white garments while you are celebrating Labor Day. Thats my plan."

AC: Wait, what was that inaudible sound from the back. Play it again John. John is our producer.

Sounds like some one yelled, "Hey, figure, you get out of here." And now Obama can be seen looking for his security.

We'll be back with more on this disturbing turn of events. Please stay tuned.

Now same story reported on Fox with Shunny Habbitty.

SH: Good even folks. We start our show tonight with some proof of a grave injustice to Americans. Thanks to one of our great American conservatives out there, we have some very troubling video. Let me warn you, you have to see this to believe it, and so do your kids. Go ahead guys, run it.

See, look at this, Sen. Barack Obama, a proven friend of terrorists is speaking about something .Then this group of fine conservative, patriotic Americans move in closer to hear what the senator is saying. Lets listen in.

Look, immediately, Obama starts pointing his finger at them saying,

"Look you idiots, you can't wear white after Labor Day. I'll make sure of that"

SH: My friends, that is unacceptable for a US senator to insult fine Americans like you and me. Is that the kind of person you want leading this country? No, it isn't.

Lets listen a lil more. Wait, there is someone yelling from the crowd. We cant be sure what he said but it sounded like the southern gentlemen said, " Honorable Sir, get bigger government out of here.

And we agree with that. Oh, brother. Now look, Obama has his security from P Diddy bum rushing the Great Americans who are just expressing their constitutional right to protest and assemble. Is this what we can come to expect from an Obama administration? I'm sorry to say, but yes, it is and probably worse.

We'll be back in moment. Don't go away. There is more disgusting video. I'm Shunny Habbity. Thanks for tuning in tonight.

Ban cigarette and political ads from TV

Once upon a time there were some pretty cool cigarette ads on TV.

Are you old enough to remember when it it was better to fight than switch and the smokers had the black-eye to prove it? The beautiful White Owl girls? Ever wish to go to Marlboro Country? How about the one cigarette that "taste good like a cigarette should"?

Then one day while on the way to the gas station to buy mom a carton of Kool for less than $5.00, the ads disappeared from television.

Doctors began to notice an increase in lung cancer and that correlated with increase in smokers. So, who did the doctors blame and target? The smokers? Nope. They targeted television ads. And they put their findings in the Reader's Digest. Oh, my God, the Readers's Digest.

Yes, the Reader's Digest, a publication that had at one time more clout and readership than Perez Hilton's blog. Ten years after that story ran, all television cigarette ads disappered, people quit smoking, and lung cancer has disappeared, too.

What we learned almost 50 years ago was that if something can be determined to make us sick, we should just remove it from television. We never learned that removing anything from TV worked, though.

Actually, that line of thinking has proved to be effective in some cases. How quickly was "Frank's Place," "Lateline w/Al Franken," "The Magic Johnson Show," and other short-lived television shows removed after viewers got sick?

So, the process can work. Which leads me to ask, why don't we ban political ads from TV? They make me sick. They don't promote anything remotely healthy or beneficial. And only the dumbest of the dumb even buy what they are selling.

I'm hoping for a committee to prepare a study of the correlation between sick, angry, depressed people and those who watch political ads and those who actually vote for the liars in the ads.

Maybe they can pitch that report to the Readers's Digest blog.

James T. Harris first Fox Network Negro

America could see two barrier breaking brothers by January 2009.

We all know the Barack Obama story. As he edges closer to becoming America's first black president, another precedent is in the making.

James Harris, the latest black media darling is poised to become the first black person to host a show on Fox Network. Sorry, but Tiki Barber and Juan Williams don't count. After becoming an overnight sensation by appearing in the front row of a John McCain rally, Harris is in high demand. He is loved by more white people than O.J. Simpson(before the murders).

Harris, a self-decribed black conservative radio host from Milwaukee, is a hot commodity. His national emergence began after "begging" John McCain to stop the Obama train in its tracks. By begging, I mean he opined like a black man in a gasoline-soaked toga at a Klan rally.

Since he spoke those words, he has appeared on Fox Network with aplomb. He is comfortable there, unlike his CNN stint where he walked off the air because of unflattering dialogue.

If Fox ever wanted a black host, James Harris is "that one." They love him at Fox. He may look like Armstrong Williams, (don't all black conservatives look alike) but sounds like Sean Hannity, Elizabeth Hasselbeck and Bill O'Reilly dubbed into one voice. He can spew the conservative mantra better than Steve Ducey can deliver the weather.

It's inevitable and just a matter of time before the premeir of the Fox Network's new "Fair and Balanced and Black Show with James Harris." Conservatism with a tinge of color.

Tune in to the James Harris Show tomorrow when President Barack Obama and James discuss what it's like to make black history in any month other than February.

John McCain is no George Wallace, he's more a

It was wrong and highly inaccurate for fellow congressman John Lewis of Georgia to compare John McCain to the late, reformed racist George Wallace.

After tiring of the McCain campaign for targeting Barack Obama with consorting with American terrorist Bill Ayers, Rep. Lewis went on the defensive accusing McCain of being a racist comparable to the despicable segregationist practices of Alabama Governor Wallace in the1950s.

Yes, Wallace had a history of staunch racism. His segregation now, segregation forever policy changed over the years. At least publicly. It's amazing how a bullet can reduce a person to the lowest common denominator- human frailty.

It is more accurate to compare McCain to his dear friend(hell, everybody is McCain's friend), former fellow Republican congressman and avowed racist Jesse Helms of North Carolina. Helms went to his death being a racist. His most formidable adviser, Charlie Black now advises McCain. Helms never wanted a Martin Luther King holiday. McCain held that same posture making his home state, Arizona the last to honor the national King holiday.

The only difference between Helms and McCain is that Helms was honest and forthright about his disdain for blacks and others. McCain is not. It is easy to respectfully disagree with the likes of Helms. You knew where you stood with him.

With McCain, you don't know anything. It's day-to-day or poll-to-poll with him. If he could denounce all blacks citizenship to win this election, he would. Only to name a black person to his cabinet after elected.

Recall the black radio host from Milwaukee who begged McCain to stop Obama? Well, Helms would never have used a black man just to get votes.

The biggest difference between McCain and almost anybody else is consistency. The only thing McCain is consistent with is his well documented POW experience. An era he seems to be stuck.

McCain is no George Wallace. And in a sad way, he is no Jesse Helms, either. He is just a sad, pathetic, old geezer who doesn't realize that even with having a younger wife, his prime has passed.

Cheaper gas is killing me

Have you noticed the price of gas lately? The national average for regular gas is $3.39 per gallon. It's $3.10 in my neighborhood.

Guess the financial crisis and Hurricane Ike failed to do us in. We should be happy, but for some reason the cheaper the price per gallon of gas, the more I suffer.

Time is money according to Benjamin Franklin. I guess if you're a head doctor it is. Or if you are a food server who has to deal with bums hanging out in your section drinking coffee and not tipping.

But the cheaper the gas, the more pain I suffer.

See, I get my gas at one particular neighborhood convenient mart. I like the people there. It's a clean joint. I purchase my wares and can be gone on a matter of seconds. But now that gas is cheaper(not cheap, but cheaper), I find myself spending more time at the pump.

It takes longer to pump $40.00 at today's prices than it does at $4.00 per gallon. At $4.00 p/gallon, I am at the pump just time enough to say to my fellow pumper, " Hi, how are you?"

Now, as gas cost less per gallon, I have time to not only say, "Hi, how are you," but I have to listen to," Hey, did you know another alien space ship landed just outside of Moscow, Idaho. No kidding. I read about it in the National Stargazer." Or, What about those Cubs. This is their year." "Did you know that REO Speedwagon is coming to town?"

Folks, REO Speedwagon is not coming to my little farming community south of Chicago. Not even for cheap gas. And the Cubs were eliminated, losing in the first round in typical Cubs fashion, 3 games to none.

Spending $40.00, for 10.7 gallons and two minutes at the pump is not too long. Now, it's $40.00 for 12.9 gallons and another 45 seconds to listen to some nut job.

What a trade off. Less dollars per gallon of gas, more nutty conversation.

Ask yourself. Do we really want to see $1.00 per gallon of gas again?

Hockey Mom is a pit bull, Too

We know she can hunt, but it looks like she can also witch hunt. And now we know the hockey mom from Wasilla, Alaska knows how to throw a hip check when things get personal.

Alaska governor, GOP vice president nominee, media darling, and Tina Fey wannabe Sarah Palin was found to have violated her public trust and unlawfully used her authority as governor when she tried to have her former brother-n-law fired from his job as a state trooper .

Like a pit bull, she didn't want to let go after she bit into her sister's ex- hubby's career.

An Alaska state legislative panel of seven republicans and four democrats found the governor to be in violation of state ethics laws. She used her public position for personal gain.

Will this hurt the McCain/Palin ticket? That remains to be seen, but she appears to fit the Dick Cheney mold and that unscrupulous mole has been in office eight years.

If she conducted herself unethically while running the smallest populated state in the union, what would she do in the second highest position in the country? Or when McCain kicked the bucket, as the highest authority in the country?

Sing along to the tune of Bon Jovi's "You Give Love a Bad Name":
Sarah Palin you're to blame. You give blondes a good name. Sarah Palin, you should be ashamed. You give blondes a good name.

The Queens of Music Brawl

So, the Queen of Soul and the Queen of Rock have never simultaneously shared the same castle. Amazing.

Seems they don't share a mutual admiration, either.

In particular, Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul appears to want the exclusive title of music queen. That ain't gonna happen. The music world has many thrones for its queens. Aretha needs to learn to "Respect" that.

While the 68-year-old Tina Turner is still out there kicking up her 20-something looking legs, Aretha at 66, looks like she ain't "Never Loved a Meal" the way she loves a buffet.

Is it me, or is it very sad to see Aretha looking like one of the multiple overweight characters in an Eddie Murphy movie? Or did Aretha star in the movie, "Norbit"?

Recalling her hits, it's obvious she was singing of her fascination with food. While standing in line at the buffet, she found the inspiration for, "I Knew You Were Waiting," "Jump to It," "I Dreamed a Dream," "What You Eat is What You Sweat," " Dr. Foodgood," " Save Me," "Chain of Foodstores," "The Weight," and "Gravy I Love You."

Furthermore, who is her fashion consultant that allows her to wear spaghetti strapped dresses? Can't they see that the spaghetti straps sink into her flesh and make her look nauseatingly nude? Someone needs to be slapped.

There is definitely room for multiple music queens, but Aretha has physically outgrown her throne.

Did Magic Johnson Fake AIDS

Although I uttered it back in 1991, no one listened to me or made a stink about it when I said NBA legend Magic Johnson did not have AIDS. I said he had contracted a serious case of "Favorite National Negro Envy".

But now, some 17 years later after two radio jocks from KTLK (100.3FM) in Minneapolis have put it over the airways, it's a big controversy.

Chris Barker and Langdon Perry of The Chris Barker Radio Show stated publicly that they believe Magic Johnson faked having AIDS. Now everyone and their mother is outraged.

Look, back in 1991, the NBA was going through a transition. Two of the league's greatest players and ambassadors, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird were on their way out. The league's heir apparents had arrived. One in particular was taking over not only the league but the world. Michael Jordon of the Chicago Bulls was the "new sheriff " in town.

The Bulls had just won their first NBA Championship in 1991 and no one doubted this franchise would become the next sports dynasty. Magic was being relegated to the "thank-you-so-much-has- been" category. He was still a decent player, but his status as America's favorite negro was being usurped by Jordan.

Jordan not only took over the league, he took control on Madison Avenue. He took over the marketing world, formally held in part by Magic. He ruled the court and commercials.

What better way for Magic to reclaim that lost public prominence than to claim to have contracted one of the most devastating and misunderstood diseases, HIV/AIDS.

Magic did that. At the time the disease was miscontrued as a homosexual affliction, Magic claimed he contracted the disease by having unprotected same-sex intercourse. He retired from basketball. He became a spokesperson for the cause. Then he returned to basketball, including playing on the USA Olympic Basketball Dream Team. Then he retired again to coach. All while being the new face of AIDS.

But that soon faded as he said he was cured. Yes, Magic was the first and only person cured of AIDS by God. Johnson also credited his miracle to exercise and some new, powerful , expensive medication.

Magic's response to the jock's recent revelation was to condemn the jocks by accusing them of making light of a horrible disease suffered by millions of people. Magic is wrong. They did not say anyone else who claimed to have the disease was faking it. They said only Magic was. Magic is cowardly trying to win more Negro sympathy by lumping himself in with the millions of real HIV/AIDS sufferers. Stop, Magic, please. Call a timeout.

Magic was one of the best at leading a NBA fast break. He should do the same now and fast break back into sports obscurity. Do some real magic, Magic. Make yourself and that fake ass smile disappear again.

Selling My Vote On eBay

Alaska governor Sarah Palin put the state jet on eBay. American manufacturers can sell their pollution rights. Women in Nevada can sell their bodies. Hell, parents can sell young teenage girls to R. Kelly. A San Diego college student put her virginity up for sale. Chicago is selling airports and toll roads.

The government even sells tax stamps for illegal drugs. This means you can't sell illegal drugs, but if you do, you have to pay taxes on sales. In other words, you may get probation for selling illegal drugs, but you could get life without parole for not paying taxes on the illegal drug sales.

So, why can't I sell my vote? I am not really enthused with either major party candidate. Actually, I have never voted for a Republican or Democrat for president. Just wouldn't be prudent to give my vote away to Obama or McCain. It would be a waste. My waste could be someone else's treasure.

Voting for Obama or McCain would be like giving money for food to a drunk on the street.

Sharing with an acquaintance my disdain with the limited quality of candidates this election and my opting to sit this one out, her advice was do not waste my vote.

So, in order to not waste it, why not put it on eBay and see what I can get for it? Any revenue received would be donated to my favorite local charity.

Illegal? You bet. But buying votes has been a part of American politics since voting began.

To raise additional money, why don't we take all lost voting rights of say, convicted felons and put them up for bid. Hell, with the one-half billion dollars Barack Obama has raised, he could buy enough repossessed votes to win. Then again, Cindy McCain could buy a lot, too. Then Oprah could buy more for Obama. Talk about a fund raiser. We could raise enough money from selling votes to find a cure for cancer and take care of Jerry's kids.

Again, all money generated from vote sales would go directly to charities. Or in case of votes bought from prisoners, any revenue generated would go towards their cost of incarceration.

I am an independent. All political parties welcome to bid. Minimum bid: $10,000. Any takers?

Only you can prevent my vote from being wasted.

I'm not your friend, John McCain

"My fellow Americans" and "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" stand out as great political terms of endearment.

However, when John McCain over uses his insincere, condescending, "My friends," I want to cover my ears.

Number one. I am not his friend. I don't hate him, but he is becoming more unlikeable each day. He is becoming less presidential each time he utters the same tired, "My Friends." Then again, he could make a great president of a senior citizen home.

Number two: After suffering defeat in 2000 at the hands of George Bush and his negative, false campaign ads, why would McCain resort to the same tactic? Or would that be a strategy? McCain lost to Bush in the GOP primary partly do to false rumors claiming McCain was homosexual and that he fathered a black child out of wedlock. Dirty, dirty, dirty. Now McCain is approving similar type ads against Obama.

McCain may not be as dumb as Bush, but his campaign is starting to look a lot like the 2000 season.

If you emulate Bush to get in office, you will duplicate Bush when you get there.

If McCain wins, he will be just like Bush; Not my friend.

Palin's "dumb bitch" legacy

I know it's just politics, but some things shouldn't be said by some people.

For instance, Sarah Palin's last programmed speech included some misleading accusations that Barack Obama hung out with an American terrorist. Obama lives in the same Chicago, Illinois neighborhood as Bill Ayers and served on a community board with him a few years back.

Bill Ayers is an admitted anti-American rebel. His radical anti-war group, Weather Underground targeted government buildings in the 1970s. Charges against him were dropped in 1974. Obama was less than ten years-old when that happened. Sarah Palin was maybe four years-old. Ayers is now a professor at University of Illinois-Chicago.

Political associations are different than personal ones. You, the average Joe, and I can choose our friends and acquaintances. Politicians cannot.

That being understood, Obama is fair game for smear tactics. However, the attacker must be above approach. No politician is. Sarah Palin is not.

While she spouts off with authority Obama's brief post-rebel dealings with Ayers, she is leaving herself open for a few questions. In particular, how does she know so much about Obama's "palling" around with a terrorist, but she was unaware of her teenage daughter's "palling" around with a teenage hockey player? A young, horny, sexually active, self-described rebel. And this happened while she was a "hockey mom".

Sarah should stop pretending to know what others were doing thousands of miles away, years ago, when she was obviously unaware of what was being done right under her nose,in her own governor's mansion, just a few months ago.

Don't choose Obama's "pals" when you didn't scrutinize your own daughter's "pals". Stop letting those "old Washington insiders" put stuff into your head that you and only you will suffer the consequences.

When it's all said and done, those "Washington men" will move on and Sarah will be left alone trying to defend her "dumb bitch" legacy.

Dear Sarah, here is a new twist on an old saying. "Let her who lives in an igloo strike the first match."

Sarah Palin is a Post Turtle

I cannot take credit for this one. It was sent to me. But bless him or her. Now we know what a maverick does.

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Sarah Palin and her bid to be a heartbeat away from being President.

The old rancher said, 'Well, ya know, Palin is a post turtle.'

Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was.

The old rancher said, 'When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle.'

The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he continued to explain.

'You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she is up there, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put her up there to begin with.

"Author Unknown"


Just spreading that rare political truth whenever and wherever I can find it. Please tell all your friends.

Steal life, go free; steal own property, get life.

My mother went to her grave convinced that O.J. Simpson had nothing to do with the murders of his ex-wife and her friend.

Obviously, she wasn't alone in that thinking. Simpson was not found guilty of murdering Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman. He was allowed to go free and live to taunt the families of his victims. That is until now.

Simpson is now in jail awaiting sentencing. Possibly a life sentence. Did he kill another? No. He was convicted of kidnapping, armed robbery, and and assortment of other acts he committed while trying to steal his own property. That's right. O.J. may be going to jail for life for attempting to steal his own property. Yet, our dubious justice system set him free after he stole two lives.

That is the way it goes in America. Property has a higher value than human life. You sell a million dollars worth of drugs and fail to pay taxes on it, you could do some serious jail time. Sell a million dollars worth of drugs that ends up killing someone, well, you could face some serious probation and a stint in a outpatient drug program.

Of course, Simpson's legal team will file an appeal. That may drag on in the court system for another few years.

Word to the wise: Thou can kill and get away with it. Thou shalt not steal your own stuff.

Cell phone kills 25 people

Cell phones killed 25 people in Los Angeles last month. In Florida, a cell phone killed a school girl.

A southern California Metrolink commuter train wreck left 25 dead including the engineer. It has been determined that the engineer was texting just before the crash. It has also been reported that the same engineer had sent or received 57 text messages during his last shift.

In Florida, a truck driver ran into a school bus killing one student. The truck driver was on the phone at the time of the accident.

Since second hand texting resulted in these 24 train deaths, will it take cell phone related deaths to equal alcohol or smoke related deaths before someone calls for a ban on cell phones?

Probably not since American cell phones are probably protected under the 1st Amendment right to free expression.

Death by cell phone category will soon be added to death certificates.

Is your cell phone safe? Has your cell phone killed anyone?