Culter Dogs - Feb. 17, 2008

Culter Dogs
Larry Harriet
February 17, 2008

Brianna Dension Found Dead

This is very tragic news. We are all hoping for a happy end to this story. Unfortunately, it ended tragically with the confirmation and discovery of Brianna’s body yesterday. Unfortunately, this is just one piece of the puzzle because Brianna’s killer still remains free. We already have some crucial clues as to who he is but its going to take the public and media’s help to find him. Once we find him, I will accept nothing less than a full conviction and the death penalty. Police are asking for the public’s help in finding Brianna’s killer. Anyone with information can reach the Reno police hot line at (775) 745-3521, detectives at (775) 334-2115 or Secret Witness at (775) 322-4900. Secret Witness is offering a $2,500 reward for anonymous tips that lead to an arrest and prosecution. If you have any information, if you saw anything, even if you think your contribution is not signifcant and can’t help, you just never know. You could hold the key to solving this case. The Reno Search Center will be hosting a day of prayer for Brianna today. Even if you cannot be there in person, please be there in spirit. Brianna’s family asks that people remember her by hanging blue ribbons at their homes until she is buried. I am asking people to hang these blue ribbons until Brianna’s killer is brought to justice. We must keep this in the public’s minds. The family also requests that if you see signs and ribbons about Brianna posted in your area, kindly pick them up and dispose of them.

The Way We Can Get Joran Van der Sloot

I was thinking that since we can’t count on Aruba to hold Joran accountable for his crimes, the only way to get justice for Natalee Holloway is to prosecute him federally in the United States for murder and rape of an American citizen. This would not be an easy rode to follow but it is possible. It would take great effort on part of the public, congressman, and lawmakers. A law would have to be made that allows the US to prosecute suspects federally in the US for crimes agianst US citizens on foreign soil. It would have to have bi-partisan support in order to pass. Victims of past violent crimes would have to band together along with citizens to push this law through. If this law passed, the United States could prosecute Joran Van der Sloot in a US courtroom for federal charges of murder and rape. I may be a long shot but I don’t hear anybody else coming up with any better ideas. I am personally in communicaion with some lawmakers who like my idea and actually have the power to do something about it. I can’t go into too much detail about it now, but when more comes of this, I will update you.

Finding Common Ground: Advice to Republicans

My advice to republicans is to rally around John McCain. Powerful players like Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Rush Limbaugh, and Ann Coulter have all said they will not vote for McCain based on principal. Ann Coulter even said that she would campaign and vote for Hillary Clinton over McCain. There are serious issues conservatives have with McCain such as his liberal stances on taxes and immigration. But I must point out that McCain has since said that he will enfoce the Bush tax cuts and cut spending as well. McCain also said that he realizes the people want the border secured first. I think the best thing republicans can do is to rally around McCain like Mitt Romney and George H.W. Bush have. McCain is the inevitable nominee and sometimes we can’t have exactly what we want. Sometimes we have to compromise, sometimes have to find common ground as I like to say. I honestly believe that conservatives would prefer John McCain to a Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. Think about the differences on taxes, the border, national security, the war on terror, Iraq, moral issues, and all the issues that conservatives deeply care about. And the big difference is that John McCain can win. In a recent Rasmussen tracking poll, McCain beat Clinton by 6 points. In a recent NPR poll, McCain beats Obama by 1 point. But the important thing to remember is that McCain cannot win without the support of all conservatives. So thats why my advice to the republicans is to set aside your differences as important they are and support McCain because according to your views, the alternative is just not an option.

Finding Common Ground: Advice to Democrats

Because I am an unbiased journalist, I am also giving the democrats advice as well as the republicans and my advice to them is just as valuable as the advice I gave to the other side. My advice to you is to get behind Barack Obama if you wanna win the general election. Too many people have too much of a negative opinion of Hillary Clinton for her to win. The republicans are just dying for you to be so stupid to nominate Hillary Clinton because it will fire up their base. It will get their voters out to the polls. This election is going to be decided by the American independents. Its already a huge negative that McCain will be the republican nominee because independents like McCain. They like his personality, they like his policies, and they like his attitude. Their is a sympathy factor. A lot of people feel McCain got a raw deal in 2000 and want to make it up to him now. But Obama poses a challenge to McCain because he is also liked by independents and I have even had several republicans e-mail me saying they will vote for Barack Obama. He rallies the far left, the democratic party, independents, and some conservatives. And without all four of those groups behind them, it will be impossible for the democrats to win this election. Hillary Clinton just doesn’t pay the paper in that way. But the main reason I think you should get behind Barack Obama now is because what the polls are telling us. In a recent CNN poll, Obama beat McCain by 8 points. Whereas in a recent Rasmussen tracking poll, McCain beat Clinton by 6 points. So if you democrats want to win the general election and you don’t wanna have another night like 2000 or 2004, I highly recommend you get behind Barack Obama and give him your vote if you haven’t already.

Will Michael Jackson Strike Again?

It seems as though Michael Jackson has gone into hiding since his 2005 acquittal on child abuse charges. He has been hiding out everywhere from the depths of the Middle East to the busy streets in London. The 2005 trial brought up something called prior bad acts witnesses and we all saw that unless these witnesses are all lying, Michael Jackson has a pattern of behavior. From the original charges in 1993 to the criminal trial in 2005… their are many alleged victims. One of the victims with perhaps the most shocking testimony from the 1993 case did not reach that courtroom in 2005 like prosecutor Tom Sneddon would of liked but that does not change history and the fact that the victim did exist and was able to provide investigators with shocking evidence that at the very least, the jury would of found compelling. So the question is, with so many alleged victims in past, will their be alleged victims in the future? Well, it has been almost three years since Michael Jackson’s trial started in 2005 and we have heard nothing so perhaps thats a good sign, or is it? The reality is and my opinion is that after the embarrassment that Tom Sneddon faced, after the fall that 2003 alleged victim took, after the all his family took, there is no doubt in my mind that not only no prosecutor would ever dare go after Michael Jackson agian for fear of failure and no alleged victim would ever dare come forward for fear of failure. Victims of this type of abuse go through so much to come forward, be interrogated, go to trial everday, take the stand, tell their story to not only the prosecutor, but also have their reputation and their families reputation trashed by soulless defense attornies. And then if you lose, so its even worse. So while Michael Jackson may strike agian, I doubt he will ever be prosecuted agian. Its like legal analyst Wendy Murphy said, Michael Jackson is teflon, nothing is gonna stick to him. And BTW in my opinion, I agree with Wendy Murphy, every member of that jury had "dumb juror syndrome." Most of them were Jackson fans. And the three who came out after the verdict and said they regreted their decision and now believe Jackson is a child molestor, they have a backbone carved out of a banana.

Justice for Jessie

Bobby Cutts courtroom testimony where he broked down and cryed absolutely made me sick. Senseless crimes are the absolute worst crimes in the world to me. Their is no motivation. Their is no affair, no other lover, and no reason to commit this crime agianst Jessie. This was a crime that was committed purely out of rage and anger if we are to believe Cutts’ testimony of what happened when he killed Jessie. I will accept nothing less than the death penalty and I hope the jury recommends death as soon as possible. I hope Cutts gets no appeal. I hope he is put to death as soon as possible. I hope he has a miserable life in prison and thinks about what he did to Jessie and her unborn baby every day of the rest of his pathetic life. For the family of Jessie Davis and her unborn child, their will never be justice or closure. Once Jessie went missing, a huge burden was put upon them and once Jessie’s body was discovered, an even bigger burden. But once Cutts is sentenced to the death penalty, some of that burden will lift. Once Cutts is put in jail, more of that burden will lift. And once Cutts is put to death, even more of that burden will lift. And finally, when the family meets Jessie once agian in heaven, the burden will be completely lifted. My thoughts and prayers are with Jessie Davis and her family.

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