Morning newsdome
January 15, 2009 at 10:16 am by TL Pixley in News>> The United Nations headquarters and the Associated Press offices in Gaza are just two of the latest to be hit by Israeli force. Israel claims they didn’t mean to burn up all the food for Palestinian refugees housed in the U.N. No word yet on whether they meant to kill journalists, though.
>> In more news no one is surprised about, the latest stats show foreclosures were up 81 percent in 2008 from 2007.
>> The Wild, Wild Southeast!: Turning the tables on a potential robber, a would-be victim shot his mugger several times in East Atlanta. Criminals beware — nearly 3,000 people have weighed in on this story’s poll saying that shooting first is “always [right], you have to defend yourself.”
>> Obama and his newly-minted administration may get its first part of the latest stimulus package before he’s officially in office. Many Republican senators may not actually vote to release the $350 billion, but several are saying that at least the incoming team is handling it better than the outgoing one.
>> Speaking of outgoing…
>> Apple CEO Steve Jobs is taking a leave of absence, sparking fears about the future of the company. In response, trigger-happy investors stress the economy even more by doing what they do best — freaking.
>> The seemingly never-ending drama of female celebrities decrying photos they took but probably shouldn’t have has a new star — Jessica Biel!
(Photo by Joeff Davis)
January 15th, 2009 at 10:27 am
I hope Mr Steve Jobs will be back soon, because Apple needs him a lot !
January 15th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Good riddance to Jamarcus Usher. That’s the way every armed robbery should end. I would like to congratulate the man that killed him. You did us all a favor by removing a piece of garbage from our society.
Everyone should remember this incident and think long and hard about whether they want to put their faith in the state or in themselves. The APD most likely won’t be there when a person needs them – as they’re being attacked – and they may not be much help after the fact either. Why rely on the state to protect you and serve justice when you can legally do it yourself?
On the TV news last night there was a story about an older man who was robbed and beaten during the afternoon one block from City Hall East. He was shocked and scared but mostly upset that the police and governement didn’t come to his rescue. Don’t count on getting justice that way, my friend. APD have too many other murders, rapes and robberies to worry about. Now is the time to buy a gun and keep it with you at all times.
Also, I’m not surprised CL gave this story a small paragraph in the news round-up. I’m sure the writers and editors (are there still editors there?) only consider stories in which the victim was shot or killed to be worthy of a stand-alone post or feature story. That way CL and most of their readers can pout and empathize with the victim. Always the victim.
CL is just as out-of-touch with most people’s thoughts and feelings about crime as Mayor Franklin and Chief Pennington. I’m sure they don’t want everyone to do what this great man did and start killing all the thugs. But that’s what needs to be done!