[fabsroman]

I have mixed feelings about this entire thing. Just heard on the news here today that some illegal nut head shot up his ex-girlfriend in front of their 2 year old daughter, and then shot up a bunch of other adults in front of their children. The only thing he forgot to do is to shoot himself. Then, the news program stated that the State's Attorney for Virginia MIGHT seek the death penalty on this case. However, when they put on his interview, he said that if this guy gets convicted he will do his best to make sure he remains in jail for life or he gets the death penalty. I don't know if MIGHT fit in correctly.

I got into a debate this weekend with my wife's uncle about the death penalty. He felt that no human had the right to take another human's life, period. So, I put him between a rock and a hard place. I asked him what he would do if an armed man was about to kill his niece and he was the only one present and he had a gun? There were only two courses of action that he could take, shoot the guy before the guy shot his niece, or watch the guy shoot his niece. Nobody else could do anything to help his niece, including his niece. The guy said that he just wouldn't be able to shoot the other guy, even if it meant the death of his niece. I wanted to shoot him myself.

This country has really gotten too lenient on crime. I've been following the criminal proceedings on one of my former clients. He got a week in jail for his 3rd DUI, and following that, while on probation, he got busted for driving without a license. This was the 4th time he got busted for driving without a license. He was also charged with 3 other offenses. The trial was last week and the state dropped all the charges. Honestly, it is utterly amazing. I don't think anybody gets time for anything unless they kill somebody. This client had previously been charged with assaulting 3 police officers and a bar patron on one occassion, and he was also charged on two separate occassions with assaulting his girlfriend. I got him off of all those previous charges by pleading him guilty to misdemeanors and having the judge put him on probation. Honestly, we are just way too lenient. Why would this guy ever stop drinking and driving, driving without a license, or beating the heck out of people, if he gets caught and charged with it, but the judges continue to let him off.

I can hardly do criminal work any more because I want to choke the judges when I get my clients off of the charges. So, I have refused to do any for over a year now.

Oh yeah, my wife's uncle asked me what I thought about the guys running for President, and I told them that they all suck, along with those in Congress. Come on now, I know the issue with illegal immigrants is a tough one, but at least pass something and see if it does any good. If it doesn't, then pass some other law. However, sitting on their hands and doing nothing is just horrible. The same thing goes for tax law. They have been sitting on a bill regarding the AMT (Alternative Minimum Tax) to make it inapplicable to most people and pick up the lost revenue from additional taxes on corporations. However, they have sat on it for so long now that if they pass it now, the IRS has informed us that refunds will be delayed until around March because the IRS will have to revamp its systems and it is just too close to tax season. I have so many issues with politicians in general, both Democrats and Republicans, that it makes me sick.

Okay, I am going to stop here before the sun starts to rise and I don't get any sleep for the night.