I mentioned the first story, the 9 delegate votes for John McCain, in my previous post.
I would never want to get political with this blog...never...but this excerpt from the Associated Press report gave me a chuckle:
Some of the delegates elected at a party convention Saturday said they're convinced the former Vietnam prisoner of war can deliver better times for the far-flung U.S. territories in the Pacific. [emphasis mine]No comment.
The other story concerns an old Japanese dude, Kazuyoshi Miura, who shot and killed his wife in Los Angeles 27 years ago. Japanese courts sent him to jail for his crime, but he was set free in 1998.
He made the mistake of stepping on US soil (Yeah, I just called Saipan US soil). Now the US wants the chance to throw him behind bars.
I am amazed this story is making headlines. It doesn't involve a missing white woman, Britney Spears, or Miss Nevada Katie Rees. Sadly, I don't expect America to care too much...especially during Academy Award weekend.
...but my heart goes out to the family of the victim. I'm sure it gnaws at them knowing that the man who killed their loved one walks free.
Well, walked free. Homeboy's going to jail.
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I think the CNMI should try him here in Federal Court.
It would really jump start our Paparazzi tourism industry.
Tree hugging has a political aspect, not that there is anything wrong with that. What would be the problem with putting politics in this blog?
“Politics isn’t like a painting on a wall or a program on TV where a viewer can just say “I don’t care for that” and walk away. Politics covers virtually every aspect of a person’s life, “from how deep in the ground you can be buried to what textbooks your children read to how qualified the person must be who prescribes your eyeglasses.”
-Molly Ivins
Why bother with a trial? Lets just draw and quarter him up in the Sugar King Park. That should attract a crowd of tourists.
I was half joking when I said no politics. I think I cover politics often enough.
I didn't realize my eyeglass prescribing blog had a political bent.
One of the definitions of "politics" is "the total complex of relations between men in society."
Alleged to have killed his wife. (think libel and slander laws, if not politics). His conviction in Japan was overturned on appeal. He hasn't been tried in the US yet. :-)
However, "killed his wife" works for me. Overturned on appeal is a bit overworked these days. Hopefully, the guards will leave the scum enough personal space to do away with himself and spare the trial. Got to admit though, applying the death penalty to a Japanese national on Saipan soil would truly draw some attention. Plus, more unique visitors to the blogs, than Brittany showing her sushi at the entrance to every fish market on island. Just in case, they don't draw and quarter the prick on Passe del Marianas. Please vacation on Saipan, Brittany.
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