Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Disconnected

Comcast, the company that routes me into the Internet, has been cutting in and out for the last few days. If you can read this, it's back up...but probably not for long.

So I may not be posting much and I'm also having trouble receiving and answering e-mails. This will pass.

• Posted at 9:06 PM · LINK

Early A.M. Thoughts

Back here, I predicted that Michael Jackson would probably moonwalk (i.e., be acquitted) in his current child molestation case. I would like to reverse my prediction. It was made at a time when it looked like the judge would not allow evidence and testimony relating to other cases wherein the King of Pop allegedly put his hands where they didn't belong...and hey, how's that for a euphemism? And if the judge had indeed ruled that way, my prediction would stand. There's enough to tar the parents of the supposed victim as money-grubbers who are not above ginning up a phony charge, that I figured the jury would give Jackson the benefit of the doubt.

But the judge is allowing a parade of other victims or witnesses to victimization, and that changes things. I figure if I'm on the jury, I'm thinking, "Well, he may not have been wholly guilty in this case but he's gotten away with too much for too long." In that case, I don't think I could live with myself if I let Jackson go and then, six months or a year from now, read about him paying off more molested kids to keep quiet. Conversely, if we all vote to convict, the worst that can happen is that a pedophile has been stopped, albeit for the wrong instance.

On the other hand, I can't imagine M.J. actually going to prison. Hmm...you know what I think? I think I oughta go to bed. Good night, all.

• Posted at 3:12 AM · LINK