So Did Commuting Maurice Clemmons' Sentence Work Out, Mike?

First, my condolences go out to the families of Lakewood police officers Sgt. Mark Ressinger; Officers Tina Griswold, Greg Richards, and Ronald Owens. The four were killed yesterday at a Lakewood coffee cafe, three of them execution style. The suspect, Maurice Clemmons, 37, was the apparent gunman. He's holed up at a home, which is surrounded by SWAT officers. Clemmons is wounded, and possibly deceased according to latest reports. 

Clemmons was to have served 95 years for a variety of crimes- including assault on a police officer, child rape, among other charges. But his sentence was commuted by then-Arkansas governor Michael Dale Huckabee. As in the 2008 presidential candidate and multi-term governor. Huck was criticized for his actions.

And now, I ask, "How did it work out, Mike?"

I'll be back later to talk more about this.

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Sanford facing 37 charges - WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina |

Sanford facing 37 charges - WIS News 10 - Columbia, South Carolina |

The fall of South Carolina governor Mark Sanford continues.

The thirty-seven charges he faces- including using state funds to pay for air fare for various travels. I'm not going to yammer on with details. Just go to the WIS-TV site, and go to for the 17-page document. Or just click here to: http://ftpcontent.worldnow.com/wistv/pdf/DOC112309.pdf


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Ida Barreling on Gulf Coast

Just when you think that the 2009 Hurricane season would remain quiet and tranquil, some bitch named Ida decides to crash the party.

Right now, tropical storm Ida is abotu 76 miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi, and she appears to have New Orleans- or areas to the east- in her crosshairs. New Orleans is under a tropical storm warning, with current wind speed (at press) at 23 MPH, from the NE, gusting to 33 MPH.

Continuing coverage goes on by the local media in the New Orleans area. Of course, my prayers are with the folks in the Big Easy- and if Ida in some way tries to destroy the old girl of the Mississippi, I'd have to get into fisticuffs with that bitch. Nobody messes with New Orleans and gets away with it!

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