Archive for June, 2005

Natalee is missing, who is responsible?

Sunday, June 26th, 2005

I can just imagine the difficult time Natalie’ parents are having as they try to find their daughter. Whenever I could not find any of my kids even for a few minutes, it was always a very stressful few minutes and to be honest, scary too. Even when I am unable to locate my adult children it causes the same feelings even though they are older and more responsible and usually do a great job of taking care of themselves.

Because of that, I have taken every precaution to minimize the possibilities of anything like that happening, so if it should happen, then I know that I did my best to prevent it. As a society, I believe we should be taking these same steps to ensure the safety of our children and then, so that we would have done our very best to protect our kids.

I have a few thoughts going over in my mind, and I wonder if anyone else is having similar thoughts?
If we allow our kids (and yes 18 year old kids) to go to Aruba to party, then shouldn’t we expect them to party?
If we allow our kids to go especially to a foreign country for the purpose of partying, and if as a result of partying (which includes drinking, the possibility of drugs and sex) and they get into trouble, shouldn’t the parents share in the responsibility?
If we allow our kids to be taken care of (chaperoned) by someone else instead of by us, shouldn’t that chaperone have some responsibility for the activities of these kids if we specified the responsibilities of the chaperones and the kids? If the answer is no, then why don’t we just send off the kids on their own?
If our kids behave inappropriately when out at a party, like drinking and getting drunk, possibly doing drugs, and engaging in sexual activity, shouldn’t the parent’s be held responsible for the way they brought up the kids?
Those kinds of behavior doesn’t just come up while the kids were out, but had to be a factor (in most cases), while at home and was overlooked or even encouraged by the parents.

At this time we should be just looking for Natalie and NOT pointing a finger and I really believe that is what should be happening, therefore, we should not be pointing a finger at the parents, JUST YET, but neither should we be accusing the security guards before knowing the evidence, or for that matter the three friends that are being held. Remember, you are innocent until proven guilty, right? When there is evidence that shows guilt then at that time you can point a finger, but gut feelings and speculation should be kept to yourself.

Strange enough, the Arabian kid and Natalie have similar academic performances and popularity in their respective communities, but Natalie’s aunt suggests that the prominent father of the kid that is in custody should have had regular contact every couple hours with his son when he was out late in order to be sure that he was behaving appropriately, but she forgot that Natalie was even further away, and if they were monitoring her as they think the father should do, wouldn’t that let them know the whereabouts of Natalie right now?

We should not be telling the Arabian authorities how to do their investigation or try to impose our rules on them as though we have the “so perfect” laws and methods of policing here in the USA. When news reporter and so-called legal analysts desires that when an accuser is charged, that the accuser or accusers be sent to the USA to be tried, I have to wonder if these reporters or analysts think that only one safe and fair law exists and that is the Laws of the USA.

When we can have Mark Furman as some analyst or legal expert, after he was the one to cause O. J. Simpson to be free today, should he be advising any detective on how to investigate any case?

While our laws and judicial system are great, it is not perfect just like every other country’s laws, so let the Arabian Justice System run its course and not try to run it for them.

As a final thought, 24/7 coverage in all news media is the least we can do to draw attention to this situation in order to give the best opportunity for Natalie to get home safely, and so it was with the runaway bride, and also with the little scout, but are there any Hispanics, Blacks, Asians, Indians etc. that are missing?
Where is the media coverage for these groups of people or are these missing people not as important, or is the only news that can be made for them is when they are going to jail, in jail or leaving jail?

Regardless of your race, have you ever wondered if only white folks get lost and missing?
It is either that the other races are much smarter and protective that they keep safe, or could it be the powers that be only care about finding the white folks…something to think about huh!

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Is Michael Jackson’s Accuser’s Mother Guilty?

Monday, June 13th, 2005

Subsequent to hearing yet another accusation about Michael Jackson molesting kids, my first thought was, in the first place, how did he get that close to the kid in order to have the opportunity to molest him.

After hearing the first accusation years ago, I figured that any responsible parent would keep their children away from him. Now I am not saying that he was guilty of the earlier accusations, but I am sure that if you heard that the guy next door has been stealing cars, even without being caught red-handed, you would put an alarm on your car and more importantly, you would not leave your car near his house. You would make sure that it is parked in your garage as much as possible although he was not charged or convicted of any crime, just accusations. Another senario is, if it is rumored that a jeweler might be swapping customer’s precious stones for fake ones, although it is just a rumor, you would be justified in taking steps to protect your jewelry by not taking them to that said jeweler.

Now, my take is this, if I would take all steps to protect material possessions from people that have only been accused of something, then why would I be less careful with the life of my precious child by allowing that child to be left alone with Michael Jackson or for that matter, anyone else including family members who have been eaccused of being a pedophile on numerous occasions?

I wonder if Michael Jackson is really guilty of anything, because this last accuser’s mother seems to have trained the family to be liars and con artists to the point where it seems that they have perfected the art and are living the lies, but whether he is guilty or not, has this mother made every effort to protect this child from possible danger? In fact, the clerk in her lawyer’s office that won her law suit against JC Penny testified that this mother sent her kids to acting school in order for them to perform well while on the in court.

Where are the attorneys who came on TV when Michael Jackson was dangling his child over the balcony suggesting that he be charged with child endangerment? The possibility of him letting go of his child while over the balcony was slim to none, therefore the call for him to be charged and his children taken from him was for only the possible danger. I therefore wonder if this accuser’s mother has not willfully and deliberately endangered this boy’s life physically and emotionally after hearing of all the previous accusations. If that was not enough Michael Jackson said with his own mouth that he sleeps with boys in his bed and even after that, she took her son and allowed him to stay with him all alone.

If Michael Jackson was guilty, I believe he should have been punished severely, but he is innocent, therefore, this mother should be prosecuted at the very least for child endangerment, and by this same prosecutor, so that her methods and practices will be exposed and more importantly, she will be punished for the wicked act of knowingly placing her child in possible harm’s way and making every effort to extort money from Michael Jackson and trying her best to destroy this man.

I would coment about the prosecutor Thomas Sneddon concerning his preoccupication with prosecuting Michael Jackson, but I will just leave him to suffer in his lifetime loss. That is punishment enough, thanks to Attorney Tom Mesereau’s dismantling of the the prosecution’s witnesses, bringing attention to Thomas Sneddon’s obsession and superb closing arguments.

Parents including this mother have the ultimate responsibility for the safety of their children, so shouldn’t this mother be held accountable and charged for both her actions and inactions?

Thomas Sneddon, I can’t hear you!!!!! Squeak up.

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