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Japan Hit by Second Quake
Oklahoma Oil Co. ==================== OK, the ONLY reason I am going to comment on this is because one of the BEST TV comedies of ALL time was the "Beverly Hill Billies". on the BHB they NEVER sated in the show where the BHB came from, where their cabin was when they found oil on their property, and the audience was left to guess. It was left out on purpose by the shows ceater, Paul Henning, who wanted everyone to think it could have been any mid-western location, but they DID name the oil company that bought the rights to the Clampett's oil, it was the "OK Oil Company"!!!!! I had no idea there was actually a real company with that name.— April 10, 2011 9:31 a.m.
Cunningham Says He Couldn't Have Had Sex; He Was "Almost Impotent"
I was being sarcastic....but that is life changing surgery.— April 10, 2011 9:24 a.m.
Pastor Miles McPherson to Take Over for Father Joe Carroll?
Has the lawsuit been filed already?? If yes, what is the official title/name of it.— April 9, 2011 8:39 p.m.
Cunningham Says He Couldn't Have Had Sex; He Was "Almost Impotent"
This blog entry has TMI. ================ LOL......man talk Mindy, man talk! I can guarantee you one thing, I will NEVER get that surgery-ever, I would rather be dead than finish life with no quality.— April 9, 2011 8:25 p.m.
Cunningham Says He Couldn't Have Had Sex; He Was "Almost Impotent"
How often must we be subjected to these slimeballs claiming that when they pled guilty, "I didn't know what I was signing." For that reason, many judges are now requiring the defendants in these plea deals to give sworn testimony describing their misdeeds. That defuses, or should defuse, these after-the-fact complaints. Merely asking the defendant if he/she understands the plea leaves the door wide open to a jerk like Cunningham coming back with these absurd claims. ========================= I was an intern for the Federal Defenders office, 95% of the time a plea deal is struck, and a very high % of plea deals are challenged AFTER the perp gets locked up for a few months and it sets in they are going to be spending a long time in the Joint and it isn’t no cake walk. But the fact is a plea deal in most cases is usually a good deal. Under the federal rules of criminal procedure the defendant gets read-on the record- a waiver of the rights being give up, FRCP #11. And these motions to withdraw a plea NEVER work on the federal level, never, and I doubt they work on the state level either. One of the cases I worked on was a guy who got a GREAT deal-just 8 years for double attempted murder, now this is going to crack some of you up, he got 4 years for each charge to run consecutively, and he thought they were to run concurrently-he did not understand the difference between consecutively and concurrently. He was a HS drop out. And to be honest that is a legit beef if it is true, and it could have been. I was shocked because 8 years for a double attempted murder is a ridiculously good deal, a GIFT, he could have faced 50 years in the Joint if he went to trial. But these are the kinds of problems you run into with plea deals. I would bet 75% try to unwind plea deals after 6 months or more have passed. And if they WERE allowed to challenge the plea the system would just not work, it would fall apart. So once you go on the record, which is a requirement for a criminal plea in federal court, and you waive those numerous constitutional rights, then there is no going back. NEVER waive your rights until you are ready to face the music. Most of the time it is the best thing, but not always.— April 9, 2011 8:22 p.m.
Parking Grosses $430,000 Per Chargers Game
No serious candidate would bring up the birther nonsense-that is an automatic death blow to credibilty. The only reason trump is doing it is too create buzz for himself.— April 9, 2011 10:35 a.m.
San Diego mayor says deficit is $56.7 million; group says $130 million.
I grew up in Oakland, and was a die hard Raider fan until they moved to LA, then that was it. No more. Al Davis-without looking anything up- was brought in by Valley to eb coach and I know of no other name but the Raiders, where did they stsart playing?? Don't know that one. I know I will never again be a Raider fan, even when Davis dies. The carpet bagging LA move left a very bad taste in my mouth that has never gone away.— April 9, 2011 10:33 a.m.
Japan Hit by Second Quake
Yes, Brandes's wife number two wants a big payoff. That's one disadvantage of being in the Forbes 400. ========= If you have that much $$$ and do not get a pre-nup then you deserve to lose everything. Trump has had pre-nups with ALL of his wives. The biggest cases in family law are welathy men marrying gold diggers with no pre-nup (Paul McCartney, Seward Johnson, Anna Nicole Smith, Brandes. etc)— April 8, 2011 5:54 p.m.
Parking Grosses $430,000 Per Chargers Game
viewer = HUGE Monster Truck Show fan :) Many years ago they had paid events for "tractor pulls" where the people would pay to watch tractors pull stuff. I just don't get why anyone would want to see these things. BUT, I would PAY to see this; . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxah0ZZtyiw&p=D14F… . (just kidding!!)— April 8, 2011 5:47 p.m.
Miz Mandy Likes Rummikub
I have two projects going on right now: 1. My next original pop album as an artist with Ryan Franks which has a retro moody feel and is out in the summer. Check out the press release for more info: . http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/03/prweb517873… . 2. A side songwriting project of all musical genres with John Rosenberg, which is for my songwriting catalogue. ================== Fixed your link. Can you take me to dinner? (I don't bite)— April 8, 2011 1:11 p.m.