Tue, but California takes it to an art form. Take offense all you want. It is still the truth. The 9th circuit court, the 7th circuit and now the national supremes have just about bastardized our laws to where they are not differentiated from what the founding fathers were trying to protect against California is still the land of fruits and nuts. It was Frank Lloyd Wright who penned those words prior to my ever even being a twinkle in my daddy's eye.
Read the following....... It is amazing what a combination of strong emotion, faulty assumption and inexperience can do. It can make a high IQ type act like an utter natural-born fool and make them believe things no thinking person ever would. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Philip McConnell > Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 11:30 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Manslaughter Charges from Drunken > Sailing - FYI > > As a native born Californian, your comments are insulting. > Name calling is not productive. If you look, I think that > you'll find the tendency to shield law enforcement officials > from reprehensible behavior is a nation wide problem. > > -- > Philip McConnell > USSV Gryphon > 1987 Tayana 52 CC Cutte. > Fort Pierce, FL > > > > mg wrote: > > The jury could very well find him guilty.....and the > officer go free. > > It is California...land of fruits and nuts...a whole lot of nuts. > > There is a financial crisis in California. The state has > been bankrupt > > for years, they won't admit it. I won't go into the > reasons. It DOES > > take two years. That is not unusual, except for high profile cases > > such as OJ etc. > > In this case, Latitude is not strong enough in its > assessment of the > > right and wrong. > > > > It is amazing what a combination of strong > > emotion, faulty assumption and inexperience > > can do. It can make a high IQ type act like an utter > > natural-born fool and make them believe things > > no thinking person ever would. > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > *Sent:* Saturday, June 14, 2008 10:10 AM > > *To:* [email protected] > > *Subject:* Re: [Liveaboard] Manslaughter Charges from Drunken > > Sailing - FYI > > > > Is there a question that a jury will not find him > innocent ? Will > > the guilt of the officer not come out in the trial? Who > is driving > > the case, the insurance company? Is the court docket so > deep that > > it takes two years to come to trial? That, in itself, seems > > reproachable. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ed Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 11:47 am > > Subject: [Liveaboard] Manslaughter Charges from Drunken > Sailing - FYI > > > > 2 yrs ago in April, on a California lake, a Deputy > Sheriff drove a > > powerboat at 45 mph in the dark, despite knowing many small > > sail boats and dinghys sometimes did not have lights on marking > > them, claiming he was doing surveilance work; he said he'd had > > done it before, and was safe because he could see other boats > > outlines against the shore after dark so as to avoid them. > > > > This night he slammed into a sailboat drifting in no wind with 3 > > folks on it. The deputy claimed the sailboat did not > have its lights > > on but at least one other person in law enforcement > disputed that. > > > > A middle aged woman was killed in the collision when they > > were hit by the speed boat. Neither the owner or the other > > man on boat were killed. > > > > The person at the wheel of the speedboat had been drinking > > earlier that afternoon and had a blood alcohol level of .120 > > - which is over the legal limit. > > > > So they have charged the man on the sailboat with Manslaughter > > as he was legally intoxicated and a death resulted. Such laws > > are intended to send a message that its dangerous to > drink and drive. > > > > Today's copy of the Lectronic Latitude from California > > (published by the magazine Latitude 38 on the web) > > editorialized on the case. They don't apparently think > much of it. > > > > I though you might find it interesting despite the extreme > > language used by the web published journal: > > > > *Government and Courts in California* > > > > *June 12, 2008 - Lake County, California* > > > > *"Just because a deputy sheriff negligently slams into a > > stationary boat at 45 mph killing * > > *a woman doesn't mean he should be charged with any crime," the > > California Attorney * > > *General and his office seem to be arguing by their silence.* > > > > *C 2008 Latitude 38 Publishing Co., Inc.* > > > > *In just the next chapter in the book on complete crap > justice in > > California, on Wednesday * > > *Judge Richard Martin ruled there was enough evidence for > > 39-year-old Bismarck Dinius * > > *of Sacramento to stand trial on charges of vehicular > manslaughter > > in the April 29, 2006, * > > *boating accident on Clear Lake that resulted in the > death of Lynn > > Thornton.* > > > > *In a world where there was even a smidgen of justice, Judge > > Martin would have stopped * > > *the four-day hearing during the first 10 minutes to > excoriate the > > Lake County District * > > *Attorney for charging the wrong man with the crime.* > > > > *For as the outrage now stands, Deputy Sheriff Russell Perdock, > > who on that dark night * > > *slammed his high-powered speedboat into the quarter of the > > sailboat that Thornton * > > *was on at an admitted 40 to 45 mph - and perhaps as fast as 60 > > mph - hasn't been * > > *charged with anything!* > > > > *Even a moron in robes would have recognized that Thornton would > > not have been * > > *killed, let alone injured, had Perdock not been violating the > > most basic rules of * > > *the road. Even a moron in robes would have recognized that > > Thornton would not * > > *have been killed, let alone injured, had Perdock followed even > > the most basic * > > *notion of common sense.* > > > > *We ask all of you to put yourselves, as ordinary citizens, in > > Perdock's blood-soaked * > > *boat shoes. If you'd been operating your boat at 40 to > 45 mph on > > a pitch black lake * > > *at night, knowing full well that there were often > boats and rafts > > on the lake after dark, * > > *and slammed into a stationary boat, killing a woman, > do you think > > the District Attorney * > > *would have patted you on the back and said, "Don't worry about > > it, you didn't do anything * > > *wrong"? Or do you think he would have kicked your ass > in jail and > > thrown away the key? * > > *And if that was the case for you, do you think it was or should > > be any different if the * > > *negligent boat operator was a colleague of the D.A.'s in law > > enforcement?* > > > > *The prosecution's case rests on two main contentions. > First, that > > the running lights * > > *of the sailboat in question, Beats Workin' II, were not on. > > Although the District Attorney * > > *apparently didn't want to hear it, at least two witnesses, > > including a former law enforcement * > > *officer, have testified that the sailboat's running lights were > > on prior to the collision. Second, * > > *that Bismarck, who happened to be at the helm as opposed to the > > owner of the boat, who was * > > *a few feet away, had a blood level of .12, which is over the > > legal limit. It's true that Bismarck * > > *should not have been over the limit - a few years > back, mind you, > > he would have been under * > > *it - but what's much more important is that even a stone cold > > sober Russell Coutts couldn't * > > *have driven the near motionless sailboat out of the path of > > Perdock's powerboat roaring at * > > *them out of the blackness.* > > > > *Bismarck Dinius is slated to stand trial this fall . . > . unless, > > against all odds, someone in this * > > *entirely corrupt process decides that their vow to stand for > > truth and justice really means * > > *something. That somebody should be former California Governor > > Jerry Brown, who is * > > *currently the Attorney General of the State of California. So > > what's it going to be Jerry * > > *- are you going to just sit there and collect yet another state > > paycheck, or do you still * > > *really give a shit about justice? And please give your > answer in > > a loud and clear voice, * > > *because we all want to hear your response.* > > > > *(If you'd like to donate to Dinius' defense fund, send checks > > made out to Bismarck Dinius, * > > *writing "Bismarck Dinius Defense Fund" in the memo section, to > > Sierra Central Credit * > > *Union, Attn: Brian Foxworthy, Branch Manager, 306 N. Sunrise > > Ave., Roseville, CA 95661. * > > *You can also email your opinion on this case to the Public > > Investigations Unit of Mr. * > > *Brown's office.)* > > > > > > Ed Kelly (& Sue Kelly) > > USSV Angel Louise - a Catalac catamaran > > Our Skype Phone (202) 657-6357 > > Email: EdKelly ("at" symbol) netins.net > > > > > > > > = > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Liveaboard mailing list > > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > > To subscribe send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The archives are at > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > Get the Moviefone Toolbar > > > <http://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=aolcmp000 > 50000000011>. > > Showtimes, theaters, movie news, & more! > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Liveaboard mailing list > > [email protected] > > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The archives are at > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.3.0/1502 - Release > Date: 6/13/2008 7:25 PM > _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
