"jeopardizing" murder, america's pastime and illegal immigrants...

this morning i checked my email to see the headlines from the times and one claimed that a lawyer for the government who coached witnesses "jeopardized the death penalty trial of zacarias moussaoui." never mind that guilt is already established, never mind that, at the very least, he will spend life in prison without the hope of parole. no, one lawyers unethical coaching has "jeopardized" the government's killing of a human being. when you say it like that it sounds as though the man will go free, and we should all be appalled that this man may not be killed by the authority of the united states government. i'll admit, a case like this can really test your belief if you are against capital punishment...but to use verbage like that seems to downplay the fact that the government is seeking to kill a man, something that should at least make us all stop and think.

it reminds me of a talk i heard last year from the chief justice of the florida supreme court. he was speaking of the emotion of an execution day, and having to inform the executioner that there were no stays to be granted...and then being told "the will of the court has been carried out." as if this man wanted the other to die. i cannot even begin to fathom how that must weigh on a man's conscience...but it can't be good.

the world baseball classis is heading into round two (and don't be surprised that you don't give two shits about it, because noone in this country does). the great part of it is...the americans are already out. this is better than the american basketball team going to athens and bombing...this is america's pastime, this is our game...and the poor latin american countries and their asian friends beat us at it. if it feels this good for me...i can't imagine how good it must feel for them. ah how the mighty have fallen.

"illegal" immigration is in the news again with congress trying to put an end to it. only there is one tiny problem...without so-called illegal immigration, this country's economy would fall apart, society would crumble, and we will most certainly hasten our descent from the top. this was one thing i actually used to like about bush, he talked of helping these people avoid deportation...while his ideas may not have been very plausible, at least he was showing a recognition that hard working folks crossing the southern border were not a burden on this society, but a big part of the foundation that is holding the rest of us up. without those immigrants it wouldn't be possible for us to push our economy towards over-capitalization and allow our manufacturing infrastructure to crumble...and since that is what we all want...why are we so intent on kicking them out?

i want miss little smart girl with your glasses and all your books...