The charges fit, so the jury didn’t acquit
Orenthal James Simpson, found guilty of armed robbery, kidnapping, and conspiracy two months ago, will spend at least the next nine years of his life behind bars. It’s about damned time.
Meanwhile, back at the UN
If you’re like me, one of the things you enjoyed most about last night’s 24 movie was how it accurately portrayed the UN as inept, selfish, and worthless – especially in times of crises. The only thing they got wrong was in their portrayal of the UN was the claim by the UN worker that the UN sas “neutral in this conflict” – the United Nations likes to play that card time and time again but history shows that when the cards are all out on the table, the UN will side more often than not with rogue nations/groups hell bent on resisting law, order, and democratic rule, and who also show no regard whatsoever for the human rights of innocent people.
My nominee for “best torture music”
Michelle Malkin blogs this morning about a judge in Fort Lupton, CO who lately has been sentencing noise ordinance violators to an hour of listening to Barry Manilow songs, Barney The Dinosaur, and The Platter’s “Only You.” Apparently in that small town, it’s working.
OJ Simpson: Guilty
How many have longed to be able to say that out loud and it be true in a legal sense? 13 years to the day Simpson was found not guilty in the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, he was found guilty “of robbing two sports-memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a Las Vegas hotel room.” He may spend the rest of his life in prison.
Rezko convicted on 16 counts related to corruption
And the first thing Rezko pal and now-Democrat nominee for president Barack Obama says in response to the guilty verdicts is, “This isn’t the Tony Rezko I knew …”
The California Supreme Court 4-3 pro-gay marriage ruling
I haven’t had a chance to look at the opinion on the CSC ruling in favor of gay marriage (I plan on reading it this evening), but wanted to link up to others who have and wrote about it. National Review has several opinion pieces up today devoted to the issue, and Eugene Volokh at the Volokh Conspiracy legal blog has some thoughts on it as well.