Texas Homeowner Acquitted of Killing Teenager

I ran across this story today and had to shake my head. We have a whole bundle of idiots in this story.

A jury of eight men and four women three hours Friday to find Jose Luis Gonzalez not guilty of murdering Francisco Anguiano, who was 13 when he and three friends broke into Gonzalez's trailer to rummage for snacks and soda one night in July 2007.

Well you say, there were 4 young men against this this guys who is 63 years old.

Let us look at some facts:

1. Gonzalez was not even in the trailer when the boys broke-in, he was in a nearby building.
2. The boys ranged in age from 11 to 15
3. Gonzalez, who had been the victim of break-ins before, went to the trailer with a 16-gauge shotgun.
4. He caught the boys, who were unarmed, and ordered them to their knees.
5. At this point, according to the boys, they were begging for forgiveness when Gonzalez hit them with the barrel of the shotgun and kicked them repeatedly.
6. The medical examiner testified Anguiano was shot in the back at close range.
7. Gonzalez said he thought Anguiano was lunging at him when he fired the shotgun.

Now I am all for gun rights and the right of an homeowner to defend their family and property. If you break into my home while my family and I are there, you will "meet my little friend". That's right, I will do everything in my power to make sure you never see another day. Now if my family and I are next door at the neighbors and some idiot breaks in........It's called 9-1-1.

Assistant District Attorney Uriel Druker stated, "What really took place here was a case of vigilantism. A 13-year-old boy was killed because a man was enraged."

The entire case has caused an outrage in this border town. Why? They believe that Gonzalez should have never been charged. That is right. They felt he should have never been charged with murder. Many people in Laredo, where drug violence runs rampant, defended Gonzalez's actions. In responses to online articles published by the Morning Times, comments included statements such as "The kid got what he deserved" and calls to "stop the unfair prosecution."

I now refer you to the post below this one.

By the way, what did the kid die for? Two mashed Twinkies and some cookies were stuffed in the pockets of his shorts.

social evaluation: When you are walking down the street?

I was out looking around blogs today. Hey it's so much fun. I did run across a little blurb that I had to share with you:

social evaluation: When you are walking down the street?

ROFLMAO.......gee a snake

While browsing through one of my favorite spots looking for idiots, I ran across this video. I wonder if the video shooter was more upset about breaking his high dollar video camera or ruining their underwear.

The Bailout

President Bush said today that he acknowledges that many Americans are frustrated and angry that up to $700 billion in tax dollars may be needed to cover Wall Street firms' mistakes. Who said he was not in touch with us. He feels our pain. Do I need to ask?

Obama slams McCain for not mentioning middle class.

Obama feels that McCain is out of touch with the middle-class Americans. Not once did McCain say "middle-class" during their first debate. I guess he was trying to remember where all his houses are and which one he is going to be spending the weekend at. One point I would like to make to Obama. Are you so out of touch that you don't realize there is no middle-class Americans left. Just those who make a boat load of money and the rest of us just trying to put food on the table. I don't need to ask the question here.

Grandpa's having a baby!

Here’s one that will get your goat. An Oregon man went to the hospital earlier this month with abdominal pains. What glorious news he received with his pain medication and discharge papers. He was pregnant. I’m not making this up, it is a true story.

The retired mechanic and logger had sought help for agonizing abdominal pain at Curry General Hospital in Gold Beach. When he received his discharge paper written there was "Based on your visit today we know you are pregnant." Not bad for a 71 year old grandfather.

Hospital administrator William McMillan says an errant keystroke caused the hospital's computer to spit out the wrong discharge instructions. Guess we know who the idiot in charge there is. I am glad I don’t go to that hospital.

Boob Juice in my Cherry Garcia

Well, I will be the first to admit that I have never been a big fan of PETA. But I do believe they have crossed the line here. They want Ben and Jerry’s to start using human breast milk instead of the good ol’ fashion cow juice in their ice cream. I really like Cherry Garcia as it is. PETA feels that it inhumane for the poor dairy cows on the commercial farms. What do they expect? I am not an ice cream manufacturer, but I bet they use a lot of milk to make those pints of ice cream. Could this be an emerging market for the third world countries? We are dependant on foreign oil, now could we become dependant on foreign breast milk for our ice cream. Who’s the idiot that thought of this.....sorry, I forgot we were talking about PETA here.