For a while we couldn't get the blog at school and I couldn't get it at home, either. So I'm making up for lost time!
Mego
In sad news, movie star Mark Ruffalo's brother, Scott, recently died of what now appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. What started out as a murder tragedy now seems to be more of a case of Russian Roulette gone wrong.
The suspect Shaha Mishaal Adham was cleared after being held without bail since Monday, and instead of being considered to be his murderer, it now seems all the more likely that Adham was a witness to the horrific incident.
While it's understandable why the police would suspect Ruffalo's friend Adham of the murder, seeing as she fled the scene and evaded capture, resulting in, as attorney Ronald Richards called it; "A series of wrong decisions starting with her not staying at the scene of the shooting caused an incredible chain reaction of stupidity and bad luck."
Ruffalo was on life support for a week before the decision was made to pull the plug, and this tragedy has affected Scott's friends and family very much. One could argue that the police simply pursued a possibility with Adham and another suspect Scofield, but Richards said on the record that the police were, "more than impartial with the facts."
The Ruffalo family thanks those who have supported them in this difficult time and announced the plan to create a fund in his honor.
One can only hope that the police and investigators learn from this incident, as well as other not quite to high profile cases, not to jump to conclusions and to assess the facts and clues before coming to a decision.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081210/ap_en_mo/people_mark_ruffalo;_ylt=Aj6F.G3_ZTv76fJaJ95ddydxFb8C
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Obama: Not a US Citizen? Sure...
Mego
Recently a New Jersey man, Leo Donofrio, issued an urgent appeal to the Supreme Court, stating that President Elect Obama is ineligible to be President of the US because he was considered to be a British subject at birth. Several things coursed through my mind as I read this:
1) This plain isn't true.
2) If this has any sort of veracity, why the hell didn't someone (ANYONE?!?) try to get this confirmed or denied beforehand?
3) Why is this concern only being touched on now that Obama is the President Elect?
From someone who's heard the ridiculous assertion that Monica Lewinsky was a secret sex spy sent by the GOP to discredit President Clinton, this too sounds like a massive (and ridiculous) conspiracy theory.
This sort of hairsplitting is frustrating enough, but if this was an actual concern why has it taken this long to emerge? Seeing as the Supreme Court dismissed this ridiculous claim, they seem to be in agreement that this is too little, too late. Donofrio stated that there was a possibility that Obama's birth certificate was a fake, it was proven to be legit, and that seeing as he was a dual citizen at birth he is not a naturalized US citizen he should never have run for President.
As someone who doesn't particularly care for the new President Elect, I still see this as the desperate straw graspings of someone who doesn't want to admit to the inevitable.
read it here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_obama
Recently a New Jersey man, Leo Donofrio, issued an urgent appeal to the Supreme Court, stating that President Elect Obama is ineligible to be President of the US because he was considered to be a British subject at birth. Several things coursed through my mind as I read this:
1) This plain isn't true.
2) If this has any sort of veracity, why the hell didn't someone (ANYONE?!?) try to get this confirmed or denied beforehand?
3) Why is this concern only being touched on now that Obama is the President Elect?
From someone who's heard the ridiculous assertion that Monica Lewinsky was a secret sex spy sent by the GOP to discredit President Clinton, this too sounds like a massive (and ridiculous) conspiracy theory.
This sort of hairsplitting is frustrating enough, but if this was an actual concern why has it taken this long to emerge? Seeing as the Supreme Court dismissed this ridiculous claim, they seem to be in agreement that this is too little, too late. Donofrio stated that there was a possibility that Obama's birth certificate was a fake, it was proven to be legit, and that seeing as he was a dual citizen at birth he is not a naturalized US citizen he should never have run for President.
As someone who doesn't particularly care for the new President Elect, I still see this as the desperate straw graspings of someone who doesn't want to admit to the inevitable.
read it here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/ap_on_go_su_co/scotus_obama
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