The mother of Victim 1 (as reported in the Grand Jury Report involving the Sandusky case) spoke with the media behind a distorted voice cover about her son.  She discovered his behavior going from great kid to awful.  He asked strange questions about finding perverts on the internet.  He asked her to lie to Sandusky if he called.  CNN reported:

The mother of the boy said she first got clues that something was wrong when her son’s behavior changed.

“He went from like being a perfect 1,2,3, magic child to being ornery and being arrogant and mean,” she said. But when her son asked her to lie to Sandusky when he called the house, she became suspicious.

“Then, out of the blue, one day he was sitting at the computer and wanted to look up ‘sex weirdos.’ He asked me ‘What’s the website you get on to look them up?’ And I told him it was Megan’s Law. And he said, ‘Well, how do I type it in?’ So, I gave him the web address and he typed it into the computer and I said, ‘Who are you looking for?’ and he said ‘Jerry.’

That is a rather damning remark.  The mother continued:

And he was like, ‘Oh, I don’t know. I just want to see if he’s on there.’ I said, ‘Well, why would he be on there? Do you have something you want to tell me?’ and he was like, ‘No.'”

Asked what was going on with Sandusky, the boy answered, “Sometimes he just acts weird. So I just wanted to see if he was on there, that’s all.'”

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From Huffingtonpost.com:

Lauren Pierce, the president of the College Republicans at UT Austin, said on Twitter Wednesday that the idea of assassinating President Barack Obama was “tempting.”

At approximately 2:30 p.m., Pierce posted, “Y’all as tempting as it may be, don’t shoot Obama. We need him to go down in history as the WORST president we’ve EVER had! #2012.”

The tweet came hours after police arrested a man for firing shots at the White House, leaving two bullets in the executive mansion.

Pierce joked that “it must be a slow news day” after ABC News posted a story on her comment:

Pierce told ABC News that the comment was a “joke” and that the “whole [shooting incident] was stupid.” Giggling, she said that an attempted assassination would “only make the situation worse.”

“Insofar as she’s a representative [of the College Republicans], maybe it shouldn’t be said, but she’s made a positive statement in a way,” said Cassie Wright, the group’s vice president.

“I don’t really see anything wrong with it,” Wright added. “It’s just a personal comment, not representative of any group. Just freedom of speech, you know?”

Does Pierce just live in some sort of moral vacuum?   I am going to boldly step forward and say we just don’t make jokes about assassinating anyone, especially our leaders.   This young woman has a great deal to learn.  If she doesn’t stop down from her leadership position, either the local Republicans or the university need to remove her.  I would feel the same way if Pierce were a young Democratic campus leader and suggested the same for Bush.  Just not done!

Is anyone wondering what is happening with Moe’s lawsuit?  Find out here in the Washington Post article:

Appeals court hears case of ex-Gitmo prosecutor fired from Library of Congress over writings

The continuing saga of Moe Davis continued as he went to court on the 10th of Novemeber  to continue to battle the  forces of evil.  Moe sort of explains the nature of our blog, just by his very existence.  Who else to you know who has managed to piss off both the Bush and the Obama administrations?  Who else can take a shot at both and still maintain a sense of humor?

That’s our Moe!  Give ’em Hell, Moe!

[and yes, over-use of continue intentonal.]

Arrrgghhhhh. Elizabeth Hasselbeck is just a PITA. Someone else please help me find the words to describe her lack of sense in knowing when to move on.

Wouldn’t normal people make a crack in Maher’s direction and then let it go? Hasselbeck is vying to be the poster child for obssessive compulsive.

Last night Greta Van Susteren interviewed the wife of Herman Cain, Gloria. Gloria was delightful, but the interview was painful. Those pointed questions that no wife wants to think about, much less answer, were simply awful to hear. At what point are questions like those just disrespectful?

Certainly anyone who comes along to this point in a presidential race is going to stand by their man.   You don’t make it to the cameras if you are going to throw your man under the bus. 

I have never been one to protect men from this kind of interrogation.  I have always believed the “where there is smoke there is fire” theory.   However, by George, I will defend their wives.  Most cases like the one Herman Cain is being accused of end up being “he said/she said.”  In the end, we never really know.  What we believe depends usually, on whether we like or don’t like the person. 

Gloria Cain deserves better.  Take that one to the bank.

One the Record

The leaves are past peak. They won’t be around much longer, other than all piled in MY yard.

Save the day night, November 17th, for the Leonids meteor shower.

Are there any more debates for a while?  Please tell me no.

Mike McQueary, the graduate assistant who testified to seeing Jerry Sandusky rape a 10 year old in the shower was supposed to coach the sidelines for the Penn State/Nebraska game on Saturday.  That has all changed.  First McQueary was told he wasn’t to coach on Saturday because of death threats.  As of Friday night, he was placed on indefinite leave. 

The press originally described McQueary as a graduate student.  The picture painted of him made one think of some little nerd who just happened to trip over this horrible scene in the shower rooms.  That picture was rather disingenuous.  Mike McQueary was the starting quarterback for Penn State during the 1997 season.  In 2000, he joined the staff as a graduate assistant receivers coach.  He never  worked for Sandusky, who had retired before McQueary came on board as an employee.

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