blog 11 december 16th

On startribune.com their was an article called Man charged in shooting at Minikahda Club. So I read it because I actually know where that is so it made me interested. It explained how Joseph Conrad Rice, drove by the club and fired a total of 6 times at the big glass doors. He is being charged with drive-by shooting and reckless discharge of a felony. Joseph, 63, has been arrested three times in the last week. Once for not paying his cab fare for a bail of $60. Another for making terroristic attacks with a bail for $3000. The last arrest was when he shot the door which he is being housed in jail for and he will have to pay a $100,000 bail. He has been said to have a drinking problem. I think this is sad but somewhat funny. Especially since he shot at Minikahda in a red farrari. Who would risk their life if they could afford a farrari?

Blog 10 December 14th

  I read an article on cnn.com called McCain: I can't promise to support Palin for president. When asked at a press conference after his lose at presidency he responded, "Have no doubt of my admiration and respect for her and my view of her viability, but at this stage, again ... my corpse is still warm, you know?" Meaning he has alot of respect for her but he is very upset about the campaign and can't admit to her winning it because of the pain he feels. Throughout the rest of the interview he never let go of the respect he had for her and her family and how she really helped him in the campaign all the way to the end. He also bashed critics of Obama saying that he was a wonderful man and was a good choice for president even though he didn't win. I didn't really care who won i just hope that they change the bad economy and help out americans.

Blog 9 December 9th

I read an article on cnn.com called Pennsylvania teen charged with plotting to kill school enemies. Richard Yanis, a 15 year old at Pottsworth High School devised a plan where he was going to take his dad's three handguns loaded with extra amunition in his pocket. He would alert the few friends he had to go home and then he was going to enter the school and kill every last person who was in the school. A friend reported this almost attack and stopped it before anything could result of it. Yanis didn't have a record of doing anything bad and seemed to be a somewhat normal kid. I find it scary that a normal kid could do something like this. 

Blog 8 December 7th

I read an article in the People magazine called a Cyberbully Convicted. Its all about the case of Lori Drew who was seen to have led to a teen's suicide by cyberbullying on the site myspace.com. Myspace is a place where anyone can go, make a profile and upload things about themselves, and communicate with they're friends. Lori Drew is the mother of Megans best friend Sarah, created a profile and called herself Josh, pretending to be a boy. Lori could be charged with three Internet related misdemeanors which could lead her to a 3-year sentence and a $300,000 fine. The end result is not yet final. Lori has testified by saying that since Megan suffered with depression she was probably already suicidal which means that she thinks she had nothing to do with Megan's suicide. I believe Lori had a significant part in her suicide and I can't believe that a mother of a friend would go this far with her daughters issue.

Blog 7 December 2nd

I read an article on cnn.com called Guns N' Roses lashes out at Dr Pepper. Now with a title like that wouldn't any one be interested in this article? It was all about how Dr. Pepper promised a "free can of Dr. Pepper" for every single american once Guns N' Roses released their album called Chinese Democracy. The one problem? So many people visited the website that it ended up crashing enabling people to be able to receive this coupon. Guns N' Roses has threatened to sue Dr. Pepper for not keeping their promise. In return Dr. Pepper shot back that they are accepting calls of people who tried to get on the website but couldn't they're also thinking about extending the deadline to 42 hours and also create a hot line in which you can call in to receive your free drink. People who don't receive free things when they are promised often turn bitter as shown in this situation.