It is been a while since I have posted as things have been busy getting ready for the beginning of school.
This will be year 32 (33 if you count student teaching) for Texas Truth. One third of a century. That is a long time in the classroom.
Well, on to other things.
Ted Kennedy died yesterday. It is always a tragic occurrence when someone dies, especially from cancer.
But what concerns me about all the tributes to Kennedy is what happened 40 years ago. A young woman died in a overturned car submerged in water. That woman was Mary Jo Kopechne.
Belief what you will. I have a definite opinion of Ted Kennedy and his involved in the accident. If you have read any of my posts on this forum, I think you KNOW what I feel about this man.
In another related matter. WHAT give Kennedy the right to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery?
"Murder is always a mistake - one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner" - Oscar Wilde
The death-penalty trial of Juan Leonardo Quintero, 34, opened this morning as prosecutors told jurors the illegal immigrant is a "cold-blooded killer" for executing Houston Police Officer Rodney Johnson.
Johnson had stopped Quintero for speeding and arrested him for not having a driver's license. As Johnson worked on a report in the front seat of his patrol car, Quintero, who was handcuffed and locked in the back seat, pulled a pistol from his waistband that was overlooked in a search. He shot Johnson four times in the head.
According to court records, Quintero was convicted of driving while intoxicated and received deferred adjudication for indecency with a child before he was deported in 1999.
Read more about the case here.
I think they should strap him to the gerney and insert the needle. This guy is a cool blooded killer.
Some of the comments on the Houston Chronicle's site are as follows:
macrane wrote: THEY JUST COME HERE TO WORK...right??
jeeterbug wrote: you killed someone, a police officer at that...break the law, pay the consequence. if you don't like our laws, stay in mexico!
SSM wrote: Makes me sick..... A good man gunned down by an illegal. Watching the news, driving around Houston, it's scary. We are in major trouble.
AmericanPatriot wrote: This man is a criminal murderer who came to America illegally. Death is too good for him. I look forward to the day when his employer is prosecuted. Throw him in jail too! I hope the family sues the scum employer for enabling him to come into this country and facilitating the murder.
aboutfrikkintime wrote: think of it this way, he has a long list of priors including child molestation, he was deported before and came back, he is scum and doesn't deserve the right to breath, think of his victims and their families, now how would you feel knowing he is in prison getting 3 squares, and job training, and watching sports or surfing the net? Come on I am a firm believer in the death penalty, unfortunatly leathal injection is too good for this guy, shoot him in the back of his head...eye for an eye....
THIS GUY IS LOWER THAN SCUM!!! EXCUTE HIM AS AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS!!! IN FACT, A PUBLIC EXECUTION MIGHT BE JUST THE THING!!!
I will keep abreast of this story and post more later.
“When contemplating college liberals, you really regret once again that John Walker is not getting the death penalty. We need to execute people like John Walker in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed, too. Otherwise, they will turn out to be outright traitors.” - Ann Coulter
It is been a while since I have posted as things have been busy getting ready for the beginning of school.
