What a message we are sending to criminals

On New Years Eve, 2005, Christopher Perino; a 19 year veteran and detective in the NYPD; who has racked up nearly 600 arrests in the Bronx borough of New York, responded to a shooting call on his shift. He arrived to find a 24 year old man shot in the face. Erik Crespo was the culprit, a 17 year old street thug, who committed the cold-blooded act in front of security cameras and witnesses.  Because their was no need of confession his Miranda Rights were waived, and the detective decided to talk to him off the record to get his side of the story and also find out where the gun was hidden. This is a common step in law-enforcement. Crespo did not budge, and secretly recorded this 70 minute conversation. At the pre-trial in March of 2007, the detective was asked if he had (questioned) Crespo. He responded:

"The case was a couple of years old. I testified I did not remember questioning him," 

Due to having no need of a confession, he did not question him. There is questioning, interrogating, and talking to someone.  That to me, was the correct answer. And forgive me for siding with a police officer on this one. The man's chosen profession alone has earned him my benefit of the doubt.

Keep in mind, this man has dealt with violent scum like Crespo for 19 years. So he doesn't remember speaking with a common thug 2 years after the crime occurred; is it so hard to fathom? Can you imagine how many of these guys the officer has come across in his day? They are a dime a dozen to these big city cops. How many pre-trials did he go to in his career? It was most likely another day at the office. In those 2 years between crime and trial, he made 50 more arrests, worked a 2nd job in construction, and dealt with 50 more violent caseloads, and mountains of paperwork in the Bronx. Shame on him! 

Even if he did remember the conversation, you can't help but think of the mind of a cop. They see evil men walk left and right. They see judges who treat their position as if they were a teenager working a summer job a Krispy Creme. They see lawyers who make it a habit of setting free the lowest forms of humanity. They see and deal with 10 and 12 time repeat offenders, and waste literally 3 to 4 calls on the same people in any given week. They know the justice system is in a state of havoc. He may have already known what was going to happen as soon as he was asked that question, that he was walking into a legal trap. It's no wonder these police officers have to fudge reports from time to time. I hardly blame them. 

But in no way did that officer want to see that thug's sentence lessened because of some small piece of technology with a recording in it. This new information was used by the defense attorney only after the officer had made his answers at the pre-trial. It was a typical legal trap formed to reduce the penalty of a piece of street filth, and to be another notch on the defense attorneys win column. Crespo has no respect for laws, society, or civil service, and he apparently takes great pride in destroying the man's life who caught him, who was only doing his job.

Crespo, because of the new evidence, took a dreamy 7 year prison deal, as opposed to 25 years for attempted murder. Seven years is the same amount of time the decorated, 19 year NYPD detective is sentenced to for perjury.  Let me point out as well, as others have, that this is a white cop, working a very multi-cultural borough of New York.  In nearly 20 years time, there has not been a single civilian complaint against him. Based on his stellar track record, it does not appear that the officer was intentionally trying to be deceitful.

Only in America's justice system, can a  17 year old street thug with a mp3 player do so much damage. One mistake by the detective, one little oversight, one small slip of an answer to a serpenting lawyer, one verbal error by a fellow human being, whether intentional or not, and he is caught in a legal whirlwind: in the which he will most likely lose his job; 3 million in pension coming to him for 19 years of dedicated service, his badge; and possibly his credibility in New York City. 

Saint (filthy) Lucre

It's nothing new for the Roman Catholic Church to take great men, who were their enemies during life on earth, and then once they pass into eternity, the Church actually canonizes and grants them sainthood, then claims him or her as their own. When it happens in the following manner, it is a wicked, dishonest, practice that has been going on for centuries. 

From men like St. Patrick, who preached a more liberal gospel when it came to Catholic doctrine; to Polycarp, the suspected convert of John the disciple, who was burned at the stake for refusing to burn incense to the Roman hierarchy and then stabbed after the burning failed. So what saintly honor did the Church award him, when years later he was given sainthood. The patron saint of earaches!

So now they have supposedly discovered the remains of the greatest disciple that ever lived, and they have claimed him for their own. Paul the Apostle, if only they knew what he held as doctrine when it came to contrasting a few Roman practices including idol worship, purgatory, the sacraments and worshipping the mother of Jesus. Let me just say that he in no way held one single belief found in any major doctrinal point of the official Roman Catholic Catechism, and was anything close to a what practicing Catholic is today.  This is not conjecture. 

It is just the way of the world I suppose. Taking credit for a man's character, and heaving honor among themselves. Claiming Paul's very testimony of life, and his authored books and prayers and alms to the saints, have become quite the money maker for many global religions. The patron saints bring in the revenue. 

Does the punishment fit the crime?

In December of 2003, two Texas men who worked in a Christian school were given 26 years and 14 years in a Texas State penitentiary for being found guilty of excessive corporal correction. I remember hearing details about this when it happen, because my father, and a few preachers I know, knew these men personally. 

To make a long story short, they took the rod of correction to an 11 year old boy, and their where several marks left on his back which completely healed, while not justifying that sort of severity in correction. There were variables involved. I am in no way justifying any type of abuse, nor am I making the issue guilty or not guilty. I am pointing out that neither of these men  did anything that merits the penalties they received. Both men were ordinary American citizens with no previous charges  or past criminal records. How does this happen in any nation. The website above also has a section about excessive sentences that is worth a look.

Knowing that men of good, proven character are suffering harshly is unsettling. Also when you look at the crime/time comparison for those two Texas men, you can't help but feel helpless. Then to hear this week that a two time convicted felon gets one year in prison for raping and sodomizing a 5 year old little girl is absolute insanity. The start time of his conviction began 9 months ago when he was arrested and placed in jail to await trial; which means this man will be out of prison in 3 months time, to which he will most likely be transferred to a cozy treatment center for his disease. Or living next door to you.

Three months; for a piece of rat filth? Three months for a twice convicted felon who has spent several years in the system already, and knows the routine. It is probably the most structure the man gets in life. Three months, the punishment fit for exuding his wicked mind on innocence? Then examine the other case in the spirit of speculation. Having some knowledge of the  juvenile delinquency system, private and public, and having seen it at it's ultimate, degenerate worst; it is a frequent occurrence for the average 11 year old boy to aggressively deny to follow instructions. 

These youth of today have criminal minds at a very young age. I have witnessed youth younger than 8 years old that manipulate, scheme, speak as profanely as fisherman, and lash about in violence like seasoned street thugs, and that's just the girls. Imagine a state licensed officer laying a thrashing on a 13 year old rebel who is trying to harm or injure another; or a youth being hostile, verbally abusive, and spitting. Physical force now justified, and authorized; duty, self-preservation and adrenaline kick in at once, and you have a 285 lb., 6'4, old school, Irish Roman Catholic, ex-boxer, trounce a gumby shaped 90 lb. bundle of bluff; the results can be catastrophic. So occasionally for protection and preservation, you have to thump some skulls, authority must be maintained.  Some officers I knew had a saying, "It's all about how you write the report".  Now this officer would lose his employment, pension, and perks associated with; may even have some legal proceedings; but that man, in no way would get any real time. Rabbit Trail ends here-

But let the men from the church, and the Christian school show intemperance, and indiscretion, and they get a combined 40 years. The man from Oklahoma who trampled purity like it was a some game, I wonder in what community the 3 time felon will land in 3 months once he registers as a sex-offender. Wolves are prowling our once safe communities. "watch and pray" brethren...

The land of Babel

Congressmen and Senators alike are pushing for the English Language to be revived as America's primary language, among business. This has been coming and going in the news for some time now. It is a very strong social issue that should be pushed more so, especially now. 

“English is under attack,” Crafton said in campaigning for the measure. “The fact that making English our government’s official language is even controversial should give us all pause.”

A notable point to be sure. A city council member who disagrees with the bill shockingly called the idea of English being the primary national language, racist.

But City Council member Jerry Maynard called the proposal “mean-spirited,” adding, “It smells of racism.”

By claiming that the bill teeters on racism, holding true to the definition of the word, this man is claiming that the fight over a national language is only about racial superiority. This is not he case at all. Americans just want to find 1 out of 10 employees in the Newark Airport that speaks English; he wants to understand the person reading his order back to him for a happy meal at McDonald's; he wants to call a toll free customer service line without getting Jubar in some Michigan call center; so he wants to talk to Jubar's supervisor, Jose in San Diego, because he quite literally can't understand the first; he wants to understand how he is being snookered at the car shop for a new "johnson rod"; he wants his children to be able to talk amongst children at a play park without being confused by harsh language and 20 different languages.

Realistically, I know some things can't change, but having English used in schools, business, government, etc. That is our national right, as Americans. 

This city council member who hurls accusation of racism is referring to the fact that the population of Nashville holds 100,000 immigrants who can't speak English. Thank you for reminding us to not offend these. There does seem to be a national push for this as you can see on the link. At some point America will decide if they are going to speak English. Language carries it with it, a proper distinction. 

Just to show you how far we have come, Noah Webster, who gave us the great 1828 dictionary, the absolute best out there, was called into question by John Quincy Adams about his changing of many English words. President Adams called some words, "local vulgarisms", and questioned whether or not Harvard would even accept it. I find this fact extremely unnerving that our standard for our language was looked at with hesitation. 

Harvard accepted the dictionary as well as every other early college, and grade school, etc. Dictionaries that are revised and updated may change the words, or the pronunciation. Where we have fallen into snares as a society is when the meanings, and concise definitions of words are changed.

Websters 1828

EDUCA''TION, n. [L. educatio.] The bringing up, as of a child, instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is intended to enlighten the understanding, correct the temper, and form the manners and habits of youth, and fit them for usefulness in their future stations. To give children a good education in manners, arts and science, is important; to give them a religious education is indispensable; and an immense responsibility rests on parents and guardians who neglect these duties. (Do not count on the system to teach them, it is ultimately your responsibility)

Merriams

EDUCA''TION, a: the action or process of educating or of being educated ; also : a stage of such a process b: the knowledge and development resulting from an educational process education>

Talk about lost in the translation. It will only get worse

Intolerable acts, in the age of tolerance

I choose to use this picture with this post because of its representation. This picture depicts helplessness. Paul Revere re-published this picture from a London newspaper depicting what many called "The Rape of Boston". The British in 1774 imposed 4 acts upon the Boston colonies in answer to the Boston Tea Party. These 4 acts were later known as the "intolerable acts".

The picture shows a defenseless native American woman (a symbol of the American colonies) as she is having the "Prime Minister Lord North, author of the Boston Port Bill, forces the ”Intolerable Acts,” or tea, down the throat of America, a vulnerable Indian woman whose arms are restrained by Lord Chief Justice Mansfield, while Lord Sandwich, a notorious womanizer, pins down her feet and peers up her skirt. Behind them, Mother Britannia "or justice" weeps helplessly."

These acts were not received well by colonists and ultimately led to the American Revolution.

The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgendered) went out of its way again to reach youth. If you click on the link, please be warned, it is quite disturbing. May 9th, 2009 was declared as Massachusetts's Youth Pride Day in Boston, the town once called home by some of our most notable forefathers. In the speech on the link the man representing the mayor of Boston actually says "Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, and Transgendered youth". The LGBT is not shy about their agenda. If they aren't trying to push homosexual penguins into grade schools by way of a storybook, they are blatantly going after children in our major cities. Our children in these historic cities are being corrupted, handled and perverted by gross, strange and weird men in the truest sense of the words.

"Attendees were given condoms and pro-homosexual material such as a bookmark for kids on how to get involved with several homosexual groups and 'Transgender Rights Now' stickers."

At this prom, rally, event, or whatever one may call it, anyone attending was met at the door by Mr. Boston, a self proclaimed leather bondage disciple or BDSM. He handed out business cards to youth with a question on it reading "What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" Some of the older members of the LGBT in attendance had on shirts with the word "recruiter" shown in rainbow colors. Children as young as 12 and 14 were present at the event. Kids had markings on their chest that said free hugs and kisses. Talk about intolerable acts.

Many teens and pre-teens were visible on the link video. Do their parents know of their attendance? One can only wonder. To put some of these men and women in close proximity to young impressionable minds is a crime in my book. What do you think is going to happen to some of our children? Sadly it is much like the homosexual penguins. They are placed in isolation, or introduced to friends who are all of one mind, where all they know is one way (homosexuality), and they have no choice but to adapt. The LGBT knows how peer pressure works. LGBT supporters vehemently claim they aren't attempting to specifically go after children, but any man or woman with common sense see this as false.

Sometimes you read these "intolerable" things thinking that the journalist or reporter may be embellishing or stretching the facts. Too many times, we only wish that were the case. They are not attempting to JUST co-exist, live peaceably and gain the same rights. They are building their armies, and actively recruiting the younger generation to their cause, even if these kids don't share their sexual preferences. They are portraying themselves as a persecuted people who just need to belong. They are protected by political correctness, the ACLU, and ignorant, uninformed Americans who tolerate to live in peace. When their targets are your children, that becomes a game-changer and tolerance has got to stop.

You have to understand the collective mind of the LGBT movement. They are GREATLY outnumbered, in the secular and political realm, no matter what they tell you. They cannot produce offspring, so they recruit, create, and adopt to feel normal. People have voted, and spoken in many states, and that is the bottom line. Don't believe the hype. California twice has said NO to Prop 8. Why do you think they keep appealing? They will appeal until they win. That is their resolve. The more numbers they have, the more heads they have that can cast votes on appeals introduced to change our very laws and threaten our children's freedom.

I really do not like Penguins right now

Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals concluded last night with a 2-1 nail-biter and one of the best game 7's in recent history. The Finals had the injuries, the story lines (Hossa), the youth verses the veterans, the evenly distributed match-ups and all the other ingredients to make an epic clash. The Pittsburgh Penguins barely hung on in the final 2:00 minutes, from stopping six straight close shots in a Red Wing barrage that had fans nearly jumping the glass. Then it came right down to the 1.1 second mark where Theo Fleury made a last ditch dive (see picture) to stop Niklas Lidstroms' snap shot off a juicy rebound that would have sent it into what would have been a spectacular overtime with the home crowd in a frenzy and the tilt in their favor.  However, it did not happen, and the Red Wings couldn't finish the job. 

It seemed a little poetic that last years Finals had the Penguins watching their shot a half inch from the goal line as time expired in the 3rd with the Detroit Red Wings hoisting the Stanley Cup. That's irony I guess, and that's hockey. 

Sidney Crosby and his supporting cast of Malkin, Geurin, and Stall raised the Stanley Cup. Being a Red Wing fan, it definitely stung, but I think the Penguins were due. I didn't like the handshake snub at the end of the game, but I don't think it reflects Sidney Crosby's lack of respect for tradition, but his lack of maturity in obviously getting caught up in the moment. The young captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins surpassed Gretzky, Lemeuix and Yzerman as the youngest captain to ever raise the Stanley Cup. It hurt. Maybe next year Hossa!

Hollywood's Spencer (brat)ts' take on his baptism

My intention in posting this short blurb is just to show you the far out, anything goes messages going around in the non-denominational mega churches of today. I normally wouldn't even waste my time with such a ridiculous story, nor would I normally give this man the press, but masses of young people worship him, his wife, and many like them. Not only is the pure, simple message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ being totally distorted with emotionalism, and opinion, but baptism is being displayed as a mockery. I can't believe I even knew who this guy is, but Spencer Pratt, a TV producer, and celebrity reality star has recently (I use this term loosely) "found God". 

The other man included in this surreal scene is actor Stephen Baldwin (who once included Nicodemus into John 3:16) who has long been a professing Christian among the Hollywood crazies. He is a self proclaimed charismatic and believer of anything that is "in". The later is evident when he opens his mouth. So in an African jungle on a reality show, Stephen Baldwin baptizes Spencer Pratt.

Just before the video from the link above, Spencer Pratt was quoted to say this:

"I like to hear bible verses when I wash up"

Only in America I suppose...