This'n'That; August 25th[Slaughter;Lil'Bastard;DeathBook;SpoiledFluffy]

A Spineless Creature Just think: If Louise MacIntosh Rodham Slaughter had a spinal column, she could stand upright in front of the "huddled masses" at her very own healthcare reform townhall meeting!! Partially because of the "spineless thing" and partially because she wouldn't recognize her constituency if we figuratively "slapped her in the head" she's decided to do a telephone townhall meeting. Jis'tween you 'n' me.... I think she's afraid of her constituents figuratively handing her "her ass on a silver platter!!" "Lil' Bastard" Update [This article appeared in the 08/24/009 edition of the local rag, the Democrat and Chronicle] After providing backup help to other Rochester police officers who answered a complaint about drug activity on Dayton Street, rookie Officer Anthony DiPonzio started walking back to his patrol car. A gunshot rang out and DiPonzio fell to the snow-covered ground from the impact of a .22-caliber bullet that hit him in the back of his head, critically wounding him. In a spontaneous decision that trauma surgeons said saved DiPonzio's life, his fellow officers packed him into the back seat of a cruiser and rushed him 1½ miles to Rochester General Hospital, where he underwent emergency surgery. Seven months after the Jan. 31 shooting, DiPonzio, 24, will walk into court to testify in the trial of teenager Tyquan L. Rivera, 15, who is charged with attempted second-degree murder and first-degree assault. Jury selection begins at 2 p.m. Tuesday before state Supreme Court Justice Joseph D. Valentino. Depending on how long it takes to choose a jury of 12 regular jurors and at least two alternates, jurors could hear opening statements by opposing lawyers and testimony from the first witnesses later this week or early next week. Veteran defense lawyer Culver K. Barr said his strategy is simple. "Our defense is going to be that Tyquan did not shoot the gun," he said. District Attorney Michael C. Green declined to characterize what evidence he'll present in an attempt to show that Rivera intentionally attempted to commit murder and to inflict serious physical injury. Both charges allege that DiPonzio was shot while Rivera was allegedly trying to hit him or another person, leaving open the possibility that DiPonzio wasn't the intended target. "I'm looking forward to putting this case before a jury," Green said. "We have a very good handle on what happened." The injury Among the witnesses will be DiPonzio, who had been a police officer for a year when he suffered a wound that surgeons said typically kills 85 percent of the people who suffer it. DiPonzio has little memory of what happened but will testify to show jurors that he suffered a life-threatening wound that has left him with protracted injuries from which he is still recovering, Green said. DiPonzio is living with his parents in Greece while he undergoes three hours of physical rehabilitation daily. His father, Anthony DiPonzio, a longtime court deputy at the Monroe County Hall of Justice, said his son has a firm goal of returning to active duty with the police department. "It's not something he's hoping; he knows he's going back," DiPonzio's father said. "There's no hesitation on that. He wants to go back." He said he and his wife, Joanne, have been amazed at the miraculous recovery their son has made. "Prayers are huge," he said. "We're very spiritual people. God smiled on him the whole way. "Everything just fell into place." The defendant Rivera, who has made no admission about the shooting and has pleaded not guilty to the charges, was 14 and a runaway from a home for troubled youths when DiPonzio was shot. A Family Court judge had placed Rivera at St. Joseph's Villa in Greece after his mother, Wanda Lise, asked the court to intervene because her son was unmanageable. Rivera stayed at St. Joseph's from October 2007 to April 2008, when he didn't return from a visit to his home at 65 Dayton St. Over the next nine months, Rivera stayed often at his home with his mother and two brothers. But Lise, who allegedly told police that her son came and went as he pleased and caused her nothing but trouble, apparently never asked Family Court or police to have her son returned to St. Joseph's Villa. On the afternoon of Jan.31, police officers went to Dayton Street, in northeast Rochester, after neighbors complained of drugs being sold there. Police said they talked to people on the street but made no arrests and were leaving when DiPonzio was shot. Police cordoned off the neighborhood and allegedly intercepted Rivera as he attempted to leave the street in a van with an unknown woman and an infant. Although an officer testified at a pretrial hearing that he directed the three to leave the van and report to officers behind him about whether they knew anything about the shooting, it's unclear whether the other officers followed through. Rivera, whom officers said they had identified previously as someone who served as a lookout for drug sellers and also sold drugs on his street, quickly became the prime suspect but couldn't be found. Lise consented to a search of her home and officers allegedly found the rifle used in the shooting in the basement. Three days later, Rivera turned himself in to Rochester police, accompanied by his first lawyer, George W. Conaty Jr., who has since died. Barr, a former County Court judge who was Conaty's associate, took over the case. The case Barr said he doesn't intend to challenge some evidence. "I can see an awful lot of sympathy for Officer DiPonzio; he was just doing his job," Barr said. "I know his father well. His father has worked in the Hall of Justice for years and I've seen him on a daily basis. We're certainly friends. "It's going to be very difficult and we're certainly not going to debate any point about whether he (Officer DiPonzio) was shot or how he was injured. We'll just hopefully have a jury that can stay under control and not let the strong feelings of this case govern them." Barr, who has no obligation to offer evidence, said he might call his client to the stand to testify. "If we present a defense, it would be the defendant and one or two family members," he said. Shortly after Rivera turned himself in, a Rochester radio station read aloud an e-mail from an unidentified person who claimed to have been present at the shooting. The writer claimed Rivera shot at officers in retaliation after being roughed up and thrown down stairs in his home when officers searched for drugs. Barr, however, said he has no indication the claim is true. "I have seen a printout of that (e-mail), and I think there was a follow-up on that, but I don't think there was anything more that was developed," he said. "If that person has identified himself in any way, I'm not anticipating that person being called as a witness. But that's something I'd definitely be prepared for." VA "Death Book" Page 21: Instructions To help others make sense out of your answers, think about the following questions and be sure to explain your answers to your loved ones and health care providers. [The reader {veteran} is instructed to check a box to the right of each question/statement. Those boxes are labeled:

Difficult, but acceptable Worth living, but just barely Not worth living Can't answer now

This booklet was pulled off the internet by President Bush's administration and returned to the internet by ACORN-COI. This is what America's seniors have to look forward to with obama's "death panels." When the death panel asks me, I intend to check the "Can't answer now" box...] If you checked "worth living, but just barely" for more than one factor, would a combination of these factors make your life "not worth living?" If so, which factors? If you checked "not worth living," does this mean that you would rather die than be kept alive? If you checked "can't answer now," what information or people do you need to help you decide?

• a. I can no longer walk but get around in a wheelchair.
• b. I can no longer get outside—I spend all day at home.
• c. I can no longer contribute to my family's well being.
• d. I am in severe pain most of the time.
• e. I have severe discomfort most of the time (such as nausea, diarrhea, or shortness of breath).
• f. I rely on a feeding tube to keep me alive.
• g. I rely on a kidney dialysis machine to keep me alive.
• h. I rely on a breathing machine to keep me alive.
• i. I need someone to help take care of me all of time.
• j. I can no longer control my bladder.
• k. I can no longer control my bowels.
• l. I live in a nursing home.
• m. I can no longer think clearly-I am confused all the time.
• n. I can no longer recognize family/friends
• o. I can no longer talk and be understood by others.
• p. My situation causes severe emotional burden for my family (such as feeling worried or stressed all the time).
• q. I am a severe financial burden on my family.
• r. I cannot seem to “shake the blues.”
• s. Other (write in):

A Spoiled College Kid-Lookin' For A Place To Be

Fluffy obama doesn't seem to grasp the concept of "recession"...."deficit spending"... "middle class".... and many other phrases that are the common vernacular to you and I. Although he's making "a muddy mess of the pool," Fluffy tries to be all things to all the thugs that bought his job for him.

• Fluffy has no concept of foreign policy-The rest of the world leaders just "point-and-laugh!"
• Fluffy has no concept of domestic economic policy-He just keeps spending money that our grandchildren "haven't even paid taxes on yet!"
• Fluffy has no concept of deficit spending-His thugs just keep printing money and selling securities to China and Japan, who will eventually own more of America than Americans do!
• Fluffy has no concept of recession-He and "The Chin" are at a Marxist Vineyard palatial retreat on a 2-5 million-dollar vacation while many Americans have no jobs and can't afford to feed their families.

Fluffy is a spoiled college kid who has rarely if ever, been denied anything!

He has managed to "skate through life."

He has never had a position where he had to make a payroll.

He has never had a non-governmental position which was not funded by government grants.

He has been a life-long "Saul Alinsky disciple."

He has a total of 142 DAYS of federal legislative experience.

Given all this, it's understandible that he has problems in grasping concepts which require him to serve the interests of others rather than the interests of the thugs who bought him his current job.

Til Nex'Time....