NJ: Justice? Nah, revenue!

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Three-Rules-for-Living-thr-by-Chaz-Valenza-090706-403.html

July 7, 2009 at 15:28:40
Three Rules for Living through the Second Depression
by Chaz Valenza

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If you haven’t already noticed, the police are out in force and quick to pull the ticket book trigger. Here in New Jersey, though the civil and criminal courts were subject to cost-cutting furlough days, no such thing happened in the money making municipal courts. Basically, now is not the time to get caught being late with payments or cheating on taxes, nor the moment to get on any bureaucrat’s building code violations clipboard. As the tax & budget shortfalls grow, expect to be hunted down for the most insignificant violation of any law, code or tax regulation.

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Traffic stops have always been, imho, about revenue!

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POLITICAL: No right to DNA tests for convicts

Sunday, July 5, 2009

http://tinyurl.com/lxh83p

SCOTUS: No right to DNA tests for convicts
MSNBC

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“The Supreme Court said Thursday that convicts have no constitutional right to test DNA evidence in hopes of proving their innocence long after they were found guilty of a crime. The decision may have limited impact because the federal government and 47 states already have laws that allow convicts some access to genetic evidence. Testing has led to the exoneration of at least 232 people who had been found guilty of murder, rape and other violent crimes.” (06/18/09)

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Guess we can cross out “with justice for all”!

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INTERESTING: Hamlet revenged his father too

Thursday, June 4, 2009

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/117/story/69121.html?storylink=omni_popular  

Man who tracked Che for CIA awarded $1 billion in lawsuit
By Luisa Yanez | Miami Herald

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In a strange twist of fate in 1963, he was contacted by the CIA to help track Guevara.

Leading a squad of three Cuban exiles into the Bolivian jungle, Villoldo helped track down Guevara for the CIA.

”There was a certain amount of satisfaction in burying the man who I felt was responsible for my father’s death, ” he said.

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There’s something Shakespearian in this story. Or “Godfatherian”! (Is there such a word? From the Godfather movie. Where Michael Corleone revenges himself.)

Kill a man and you better wipe out his whole family. Eventually his son, or sones, will dance on your grave.

Force begets force.

What goes around, comes around.

Riding a pale horse?

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