He's at it again!

Some folks never learn. At least the idiot I'm referring to doesn't. He's been in an out of jail and in and out of rehabilitation. Somebody is protecting him. Particularly when it comes to footing the bill for the expensive rehabilitation facilities he's attended.

This idiot is going to whack somebody with his car. It might be you or one of your kids. Then the DA and others who protected this guy over the years are going to have long faces and complain that they didn't know the problem was so bad. Is it too early to say there is a cover-up going on? It sures smells that way...

The police know who this guy is and can nail him anytime they want - and his enabler as well. When are they going to do it? He needs to be taken off the streets for good.

For those who are protecting him. You know who you are and everyone else knows who you are as well. Don't let this human tragedy continue. Step up to the plate and do something about it. People will think better of you for it.

Otherwise, your lives could really get complicated.

The Stupidity of The Alabama Supreme Court

In a 6-3 decision, the Alabama Supreme Court voted to invalidate the power of city courts. Sure only 592 cases are affected but now because of this ruling there are 592 habitual DUI offenders potentially back on the streets to kill and maim their fellow citizens.

How political was this ruling? Think about it - where do most DUI offenders get caught - Duh - in their home towns. The court has ruled that the threshold for DUI for a certain time frame is a conviction in a state court only. Read the following article and be careful on the roads!

Published in the July 13 Online edition of The Gadsen Times

High Courts DUI Decision is Troubling Sometimes, sticking by the rule of law seems wrong. On Friday the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that convictions in municipal courts for driving under the influence don’t count when determining whether repeat offenders have the four DUI convictions that can send them to state prison.

The law since has been rewritten, but as it stood in 2005, the court said, municipal court convictions didn’t count. State law, the court ruled, cited only state court convictions in determining whether a repeat offender had hit felony status.

We understand that municipal courts don’t handle the same kinds of cases that state courts do in most instances, and it may seem simplistic to say so, but a DUI is a DUI in our minds. The venue of the conviction should not matter.

The Legislature rewrote the law in 2006, making municipal court and out-of-state convictions within the last five years count toward the felony level.

It’s unknown how many of the state’s 592 felony DUI offenders will be affected, but there will certainly be some offenders who gain their freedom because of the ruling. We hope they’ve learned a lesson and don’t repeat their behavior.

Burn the town and sack the banks!

In a little over two weeks, I will be travelling to St. Albans, Vermont. This town was made famous by being the object of the furthermost northern raid of Confederate forces during the Civil War. I will have more to tell after I get there.

The raid is the subject of a book by Carolyn J. Prince entitled: Burn the town and sack the banks.

Also on this trip - if I can get to see him - I plan on meeting with the leader of Vermont's secession movement - Thomas H. Naylor, the leader of the 2nd Vermont Republic.

The Second Vermont Republic has been picking up steam for the past few years with over 13% of Vermont's population wishing to secede from the union.

There is something going on in Vermont and I intend to find out what it is.

To purchase book: Burn the town and sack the banks!

Second Vermont Republic

La la land

Dog fights,deluded Bible thumpers, meth dealers, child molesters, “queen bee” worshipers, a town so out of touch with the rest of the world that it resembles a lost tribe in Africa – if the shoe fits – then you know who I am taking about.

As the oil rich get richer in this small town, will the town soon be abandoned by an exodus of the rich to escape the poor, but frantic mob, of decent simple folk struggling to get by? Is this already happening? Is Costa Rica the new hiding place for the wealthy? Are the rich so insecure that they are now building walled compounds instead of houses?

People who live in commutable cities now cannot commute. They can't afford the gas.

As things get worse who will be left behind? When will the guns soon be turned on each other?

How soon will it be before golf courses close? A sure sign of things to come... Check out this news item from Florida:

SEBRING — It's hardly a laughing matter, but Sam Timms can't help but let out a nervous chuckle. The sub-par economy and high-priced gas have taken a divot from local golf courses' bottom lines.

"We're struggling," said Timms, director of golf at Highlands Ridge in Avon Park. "The reason I laugh is because our company's based out of Orlando, and our bosses were here today going over different numbers and where we obtain play.

"The economy's really affecting those numbers, and people don't realize how much."

Summer is typically a slow season for Highlands County's golf courses: Numbers of tee times and golf outings tend to fall as temperatures and humidity rises.

But $4-a-gallon gasoline has many involved in the local golf industry worried about what kind of hazards lie ahead.

Read entire article

Whats next? I guess we will have to wait and see...

New Probe of Old Crime

It seems no homicide investigation get so old that it can't be reopened. In Mobile, the case of murdered teen, Katherine Foster, has been reopened by Alabama Attorney General Troy King. With modern DNA testing methods and state of the art forensic science, expect to see a number of questionable homicides reopened soon.

With the public interest so keen on solving old, so-called "solved", and unsolved crimes in the state, Attorney General King will soon be a very busy man.

FLASH! New DNA technique exonerates parents in Jonbenet Ramsey probe. Somebody else did it. A technique known as "touch" DNA was used to eliminate the parents and brother of Jonbenet Ramsey from the investigation into her death. Could this technique also be useful in cases where there is suspicion of multiple suspects? Unless evidence is destroyed this is a possibility. I've always wondered if there was more than one participant in the Stephanie Marie King slaying. "Touch" DNA testing might be a good way to find out.

If you have new information on an old "solved" or unsolved crime - OR if you want to turn yourself in, contact the Alabama Attorney General's Office at 334-242-7300.