I think that the fact that O.J. Simpson was a celebrity, may have had more to do with his acquittal, than did his race. People simply don't convict celebrities of murder unless the evidence is overwhelming and direct. In the Robert Blake case, there does seem to be pretty strong evidence.

In the Peterson case, it appears that the jury bought the prosecution's premeditation argument. Myself, I doubt that the killing was premeditated, unless somebody besides Scott Peterson was the real killer.

Since the corpse of Laci Peterson was headless, an interesting possiblity is, that the head might eventually be found. What would happen if it were found in a place where Peterson could never have gone after the time that his wife disappeared?

I agree with Riverwind that there is better scenery in central and northern California than there is south of the Tehachapis, but some areas like the Anza-Borrego, are worth seeing. You can't camp under a Joshua tree in northern California, as we did a few weeks ago in the Mojave.

Look,

Let me tell you about "floaters"

It ain't pretty, so if you just ate supper, don't read any farther.

The human body is pretty much air tight. The human intestine is a very strong piece of tissue, airtight, unless it is diseased or infected.

When somebody is killed and their body is dumped into water not everything in their body dies. The micro-organisms that assist in digestion, the natural ones that produce methane gas as a bi-product of their metabolism, live on. They ARE there, this is why your farts stink and it is why you can light them with a match. (Don't try this at home.) These microbes survive the person's death.

According to the temperature of the water in which they are submerged, the microbes produce enough gas to blow up the intestines like a rubber swimming pool raft. The body floats to the top of the water. IT is SUPER-boyant, and how long it takes this to happen depends upon water temperature.

Now, if our lily-white hero had tied the chain to weight Laci's body to the bottom of the bay around her neck, because her body was too round from being pregnant to make it easy to do otherwise, then when she decayed enough and her corpse became boyant enough, her head pops off and her corpse floats to the top. Human heads do not float unless they are connected to the body.

There is no mystery here, except why does everybody think that he didn't do it. He didn't seem too concerned when she dissappeared, did he? HE was still going to fuck his blonde lover, the cute divorcee, until she found out his story, wasn't he? He didn't even tell little blondie, did he?

He died his hair and was ready to skip town, wasn't he?

C'mon, you guys and girls, you are smarter than this...

He did it.

I will make you a bet, I bet that I can convince you that global warming is going to shut down the gulf stream in the Atlantic and throw Europe into an Ice Age before I can convince you that Scotty killed his fat, pregnant, little brunette wife to fuck the blonde divorcee, and the evidence is about as convincing for both.

A-1

Look,

A-1 (imported) wrote: Mon Dec 20, 2004 3:40 pm Let me tell you about "floaters"

It ain't pretty, so if you just ate supper, don't read any farther.

The human body is pretty much air tight. The human intestine is a very strong piece of tissue, airtight, unless it is diseased or infected.

When somebody is killed and their body is dumped into water not everything in their body dies. The micro-organisms that assist in digestion, the natural ones that produce methane gas as a bi-product of their metabolism, live on. They ARE there, this is why your farts stink and it is why you can light them with a match. (Don't try this at home.) These microbes survive the person's death.

According to the temperature of the water in which they are submerged, the microbes produce enough gas to blow up the intestines like a rubber swimming pool raft. The body floats to the top of the water. IT is SUPER-boyant, and how long it takes this to happen depends upon water temperature.

Now, if our lily-white hero had tied the chain to weight Laci's body to the bottom of the bay around her neck, because her body was too round from being pregnant to make it easy to do otherwise, then when she decayed enough and her corpse became boyant enough, her head pops off and her corpse floats to the top. Human heads do not float unless they are connected to the body.

There is no mystery here, except why does everybody think that he didn't do it. He didn't seem too concerned when she dissappeared, did he? HE was still going to fuck his blonde lover, the cute divorcee, until she found out his story, wasn't he? He didn't even tell little blondie, did he?

He died his hair and was ready to skip town, wasn't he?

C'mon, you guys and girls, you are smarter than this...

He did it.

I will make you a bet, I bet that I can convince you that global warming is going to shut down the gulf stream in the Atlantic and throw Europe into an Ice Age before I can convince you that Scotty killed his fat, pregnant, little brunette wife to fuck the blonde divorcee, and the evidence is about as convincing for both.

A-1

I would have voted along with the jurors to convict. I had reached the same conclusion that you did about the head. Pity-for Scott-that he wasn't smart enough to figure that out. Too much of a coincidence that the body was discovered where he went fishing-especially since his story about fishing was-well-fishy. Face it, he went there to dump the body. He only said he'd gone there to fish because he'd been seen.

I wouldn't have voted for the death sentence, though. I think that it's a shame that we're the only non-third world country that allows it. Besides, even if I weren't against it, I would have had to have incontrovertible evidence-not just circumstantial evidence-that he'd done it.

Hi All! I'm sure there are plenty of Parents here.I can think of nothing that is bad enough for this Bum.I'm sure some of the Guy's out in the yard feel the same.He'll get his ,one way or another.All the Best.Leona

Slammr (imported) wrote: Sat Nov 13, 2004 11:13 pm LA has always been an abomination. I don't understand how anyone could live there. No job could pay me enough.

Okay <chuckle> LA isn't San Francisco. It really is an example of the Lowest Common Denominator, in so many ways.

The upsides to living in LA are these: 1) You don't have to take most of what you see or what you hear very seriously. 2) People generally leave you alone because they're much too interested in themselves to care about what you're doing. 3) The weather is pretty moderate. As a Minnesota native & a veteran of Upstate NY, I'm happy to file winter in the Bitter Memories file.

I can't see living here for the rest of my life, but it's workable for now.

Well, were I rich, I would consider living in Marin County. If I were rich, I could fly to New York or Rome and still enjoy the splendid place just north of San Francisco. However, as I am not rich (well, rich compared with most people on the earth), I will have to accept other options.

As for Mr. Peterson, maybe he did not murder his wife. However, he probably did. Does he miss his wife this Christmastide?