Golfer Tripp Isenhour Is a Jerk

PGA Golfer Tripp Isenhour has been charged with killing a protected red shouldered hawk with a well-aimed golf shot while filming a golf video "Shoot Like a Pro". Apparently, the hawk started singing while the video shoot was being conducted.

The golfer first tried to to hit the bird as it sat in a tree about 300 yards away from the video shoot but those attempts were not successful. However, after the hawk moved to a closer tree and started singing, Isenhour again aimed at the the bird, announcing, "I'll get him now."

Investigators allege that after about 10 tries, Isenhou which the hawk with one of his shots and knocked it out of the tree. After killing the bird, which fell 30 feet from its perch, Isenhour remarked, "I didn't think I would hit it," according to witnesses.

The dying hawk, "bleeding from its nostrils, its mouth opening and closing slowly," was later buried on the golf course. Isenhour has been charged in Orange County (Fla.) Court with cruelty to animals and killing a migratory bird.

Reminds me of a girl named Donna I went to school with. On a field trip, we stopped at a park for lunch. Donna went down to the pond and saw a mama duck leading her 5 ducklings on a swim. Naturally, Donna thought it would be great fun to throw rocks at them. After five or six tries, she eventually hit a baby duck which promptly rolled over on its side and died. Donna cried the rest of the day (good) and didn't come back to school the rest of the week (I always liked to imagine she wound up in therapy for that).

While Donna's conduct was repulsive even for a child, Isenhour is 39 year old adult. When I first saw the headline on this, I thought, "Oh, great, the audobon society has got their undies all in a bundle again." I thought it was just an accident like when Randy Johnson, then pitching for the Arizona Diamondbacks, killed a seagull (or possibly a dove) with a pitch. Johnson, a real jerk most of the time, was actually upset by the incident. And it was obviously a fluke occurrence. Not the result of repeated attempts of cruelty.

I don't know what the penalties are but I hope this takes Isenhour of the tour for a good long while. You can always tell bad people by how they treat animals and I know all that I need to know about Isenhour now.

Unfunny Joke/Art Bombs at Airport

You would think that an idiot from M.I.T. would be oxymoronic but it's not. An M.I.T. student allegedly meeting her boyfriend at Boston's Logan International Airport decided to wear a shirt adorned with a circuit board, flashing lights, wiring and a handful of Play-Doh. The unfortunately named Star Simpson now says the shirt was just a piece of art of which she was proud and wanted to display. Huh? It's lame artwork at best and there is a time and place to display that kind of thing and an airport is not it.

It's clearly an example of someone having bad taste in humor/art (not to mention hair), worse judgment and who wanted to stir up attention. Well, she's got it now. She's just not willing to suffer for her "art". It's time for people to realize this kind of asinine behavior will not be tolerated and she should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law possible. It's not like the illegal nature of making jokes about having a bomb hasn't been well-known even well before 9/11. Star Simpson needs to find out that these laws are in place for the protection of the citizenry and are to be taken seriously even if your parents are dopes who gave you a name making you destined to stupidly seek the spotlight no matter the consequences.

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O.J. Redux

Yes, he's back in the news. Taking a break from his continued search of golf courses across America for the "true killers" of his wife and Ron Goldman, O.J. Simpson now finds himself charged with 10 felony charges and a misdemeanor that could potentially put him away for the rest of his life. The new charges stem from his "alleged" armed attack of a sports memorabilia dealer who was selling O.J.-related merchandise.

I would think that the memorabilia O.J. claimed to be retrieving would actually have belonged to the Goldman and Brown families based on the civil verdict entered against O.J. Most likely, O.J. gave the stuff to the memorabilia dealer to keep the Goldmans and Browns from getting at it and eventually the dealer decided that O.J. couldn't legally come after him for it. Of course, he forgot with whom he was dealing. The key word there is "legally". How ironic would it be that O.J. could literally get away with murder and then get put away for life based on this kind of matter. It would definitely be poetic.

Maybe he felt jealous of Michael Vick receiving all the anti-football player hatred and wanted people to remember that O.J. is the real deal when it comes to heinous acts and as horrible as Vick's treatment of the dogs was, O.J. can and has done him one better.

A Dr. Suess Parody that made the rounds on the internet a while back:

I did not kill my lovely wife.
I did not slash her with a knife.
I did not bonk her on the head.
I did not know that she was dead.

I stayed at home that fateful night.
I took a cab, then took a flight.
The bag I had was just for me.
My bag! My bag! Hey, leave it be.

When I came home I had a gash.
My hand was cut from broken glass.
I cut my hand on broken glass.
A broken glass did cause that gash.

I have nothing, nothing to hide.
My friend, he took me for a ride.

Did you take this person's life?
Did you do it with a knife?

I did not do it with a knife.
I did not, could not, kill my wife.
I did not do this awful crime.
I could not, would not, anytime.

Did you hit her from above?
Did you drop this bloody glove?

I did not hit her from above.
I cannot even wear that glove.
I did not do it with a knife.
I did not, could not, kill my wife.

I did not do this awful crime.
I could not, would not, anytime.

And now I'm free, I can return
To my house for which I yearn.
And to my family whom I love.
Hey now I'm free -- Give back my glove!!

You can also read O.J.'s new book, "If I Robbed Him": Article

Dirty Bomber: Guilty

So after winning his fight to be tried, Jose Padilla has been convicted of federal support of terrorism charges. Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Kudos to Padilla's legal team.

Some in my office have said, "We'll it's about time after we've been feeding and housing him for all these years." Not to mention the waterboarding.

At least I hope we did. We certainly should now.

Poor Little Rich Girl

How sad a day it is when socialite millionairesses are held to the same standards as the wretched, huddled masses that tune in to their reality TV shows. Paris Hilton has fired her publicist for allegedly mis-informing her that she could drive following Paris' DUI plea. Poor little Paris didn't know her license was suspended. Despite being told by the police on at least one prior occasion before prosecutors moved to revoke her probation. Of course, in the end, it's up to each driver to be responsible for knowing the status of his or her license. "I'm very busy and didn't ask my attorneys about it" doesn't cut it. Neither does going on a radio interview hours after a DUI and saying, "It's no big deal. I just wanted an In-n-Out Burger".

Is this a witch hunt? Well, regardless of what you think of Paris Hilton and her kind, if the treatment she's receiving isn't typical of how DUI probation violators are scrutinized, it should be. Does the D.A. have to wait until she actually kills someone while under the influence? Or even kills herself?

Speaking of which, the DUI issue has raised its head in the case of Josh Hancock, a 29 year old journeyman pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals. When word of his early morning fatal collision spread, it wasn't long before the question started being raised of whether alcohol was involved. Immediately, apologists rose to the defense of the fallen athlete. "You can't leap to conclusion on this. The tests results aren't back yet." Well, the test results are now back and the conclusions are clear that Hancock had over 2x the legal BAC at the time of his death and marijuana paraphrenalia was also found in his vehicle. Does it make it less of a tragedy for his friends and family? No. But he apparently had opportunities to avoid his demise. Hancock reportedly turned down offers to have a cab called for him.

Now the Cardinals have banned alcohol from the clubhouse. Not necessarily a bad idea given their manager's own DUI problems. It won't stop players from jumping in their luxury automobiles and driving down the road for a drink. But it will insulate the team from potential liability which could have arisen if an intoxicated player were to get loaded in the clubhouse and injured/killed someone. I don't know if Missouri has social host Dram Shop liability but better safe than sorry.

There She Is, Miss America...Hands Up!

Miss America from 1944 apprehended a burglar at gun point. Confronting the criminal as he emerged from her barn, the criminal tried to escape in his car. Unfortunately for him, she drew her revolver and while bracing herself against her walker, shot out his tires.

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