1)Staff Sgt. Luis Walker- This former Air Force instructor at Lakeland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas was found guilty on seven counts of sexual assault. The worst part about this isn't that he's a lowlife dirtbag who should be hung from the closest yard arm, but that this was the norm at the base. Twelve other instructors are also being investigated for similar charges making this the largest sex scandal in US military history. Six have been charged, although to be honest as a few of them are being looked at for adultery which, let's face it, is not in the same level of evil as rape, some of these guys are going to face far less severe penalties. Staff Sgt. Craig LeBlanc is also being charged with rape and will face similar consequences as Walker, who may be looking at life in Leavenworth. Dick.
The real problem here is the militaries reluctance to look into ANY case of rape accusations. And while I find that disgraceful as the "male first" attitude has got to be eliminated from a diverse society, I am equally torn by anyone being convicted by the word of just one person. I know personally how devastating that can be when, as a teen, I was accused of multiple counts of breaking and entering, for which I was completely innocent. The sole evidence they had was a former friend who, at the time, had been committed to a mental institution by his parents. The police fabricated evidence to get me and harassed witnesses to such a point that lawsuits were threatened against the Glastonbury, CT police department. Years later, I was vindicated, the prosecutor was disbarred and the investigating officer fired. But I still had to have my parents spend tons of money on a worthless case. No one should ever be convicted, let alone arrested, on the word of just one person, especially if that witness is totally unreliable. Look how that worked out for the Duke rape case or the rape accusations against the IMF banker, Straus Khan, in New York. This may mean that some women may get raped and the police may not be able to do anything about it. The solution to that is don't be a victim. Don't get drunk with strange men. Learn self defense. And report any rape to the police because if two people come forward to accuse another man, he's screwed then.
The other problem is women in the military. Before you all start calling me a misogynistic bastard, let me explain. I have grown up my whole life around military personnel and one thing they all share is a gung ho attitude and this may not exactly translate well into a co-ed situation. The best solution would be segregation, especially during training, and a total ban on women in hostile situations. I am SO against women in combat for a lot of reasons, the biggest being it is a detriment to men fighting off instincts of sex, protection and self preservation. Put men and women in close quarters during combat and there are going to be tons of problems. Rape, even during training, seems to be pervasive and on going. It has to stop.
2)Penn State and Joe Paterno- Joe Paterno was such a cherished member of Penn State he got his own bronze statue. After the sex scandal that rocked the college, his statue was removed yesterday due to howls of protests from angry groups, pissed that he had known about Sandusky's fondling of small boys for years and did nothing to stop it. The best thing to ever happen to Paterno was his sudden death which was a blessing in disguise. Had he lived, he would have witnessed his reputation shattered and his statue destroyed. This case may get some more press but, more likely, expect it to get buried like every other child sex case involving powerful people gets.
3)HSBC- Another banking story getting very little press is the recent indictments in a Senate report of money laundering by international bank HSBC. This is the same bank that moved the $15 trillion dollars to the Royal Bank of Scotland. We still have no idea where this money came from but this new report certainly shows some new light on the subject. This is the same crap done during the BCCI scandal of the nineties. Nice to see nothing has changed. HSBC may have laundered money from drug cartels, Al Queda, even Iran. Where are the arrests for this major crime?
4)The Middle East- With all the nations in the area set on broil, the whole place may soon explode. Thanks to a bus bombing in Bulgaria, with Hezbollah and Iran being named as culprits, Israel is on eggshells. Syria is also stepping up attacks after a bombing took out members of their high command which also has Israel concerned about WMD's falling into terrorist hands. Israel has threatened to retaliate massively if any of those weapons are used against them. Rumors of chemical weapons being placed around the country has the world understandably concerned. And a special shout out to Sweden, which failed to prosecute the suicide bomber after he was deported there from Gitmo TWICE. Way to keep the world safe assholes.
5)The Olympics security system- Contrary to what is being reported, the security by company G4S appears to be total crap. This is how modern day capitalism works. Millions are given to a company, the owners, in order to maximize profits, hires the cheapest labor they can find, usually consisting of people with barely a brain cell among them and then the chaos begins. Whistleblowers are talking about personnel that can barely speak English, little training, and a total lack of enough people for the job. The owner was dragged in front of Parliament the other day and grilled by the lords there as to how this could have happened. Word is that a major attack is being planned for the Olympics and this company seems to be the last group of misfits I would want protecting me.
6)MSM- After the Colorado theater attacks, the left and right went immediately into blaming the left or right for this disaster. ABC news reported a fishy Tea Party connection which they almost immediately retracted while the right, led by fat, blowhard Rush Limbaugh, among others, about questionable evidence he was a registered democrat because some guy from Colorado had the same name. Yeah, there is only one James Holmes in all of the state. Please. The guy was a nutter.
7)Anti-depressants- If you look at the medical records of any mass shooter they all have the same thing in common: pills. Recent evidence suggests these drugs may do more harm than good and considering the sheer number of shooters on things like Prosac, maybe we should be reconsidering their use and stop the drug companies from behaving no better than a street pusher.
8)Anti gun fanatics- As expected, the anti gun lobby went in to overdrive calling for more gun laws. Nevermind the fact that all evidence points to the fact that a heavily armed society is a safer one, let the facts be damned. This is one of the few ways that liberals resemble the Tea Party in their idiotic drive to ignore hard facts about how gun laws cause more crime not less. The one gun I wouldn't mind seeing banned is the AR-15. This has nothing to do with it being an automatic weapon, which I think every American should have in their house, but with the reality that this was, is and ever shall be, a shitty gun that jams all the time. It did this weekend to Holmes, saving a lot of people's lives, but it also does it on the battlefield with shocking regularity causing untold casualties to our troops. The AK-47 is a far superior weapon.
9)James Holmes- The Joker struck the new Batman movie this past Friday in what can only be described at the strangest story I have seen in some time. I guy dressed in battle armor shot 12 people to death and injured 58 others, 26 still in the hospital. He had dyed his hair red, and was wearing a red suit underneath the armor, I guess to appear more jokerish, although purple would have been the correct color, dumb ass. Here's the strange part. He gave himself up without incident, told the police about the bombs through out his apartment, but is acting like a total loon behind bars according to reports with a lot of spitting at guards. Yuck. So he's lucid enough to stop the killing spree and tell cops about explosives, but not sane enough to act like a rational human being. What gives? Who is this guy? Contrary to previous articles, Holmes was working with grant money from the university, meaning he probably had plenty of money to spend on his expensive outfit and weapons with cash left over to spare. The conspiracy theories have already begun, none of which really hold any weight. This guy was nuts. N U T S. NUTS. There was no second gunner (we hear that everytime from eyewitnesses who are the least dependable evidenced at any crime scene), he had plenty of money to buy equipment and this is not some government plan to get rid of guns, although don't be surprised as anti gun groups use this tragedy to exploit their own misguided ways. So congratulation James Holmes, you are indeed douchebag of the week. PRICK.
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