Judge Manck sort of gets it right

This is just too bizzare to be true--or so it seems. A 29 year old guy admits to having molested a child a decade ago. He is found with elementary school schedules, and a list of students culled from newspapers and websites. His psychologist hands over a blood stained pair of panties to the police. It get's better--sado-masochistic journals, naked pictures of kids, pictures of kids having sex with adults! It just does not get any better than this.

Or does it? He is eligible for 20 years in prison, but the prosecutor (that would be the one with no cajones) says he likely will get MUCH less because he has no prior record! So listen up class, it is only really bad if you do it twice! Yet another one to keep an eye upon!

Here is the column from the Capital Gazette 2-6-07

Judges to watch

This is just too bizzare to be true--or so it seems. A 29 year old guy admits to having molested a child a decade ago. He is found with elementary school schedules, and a list of students culled from newspapers and websites. His psychologist hands over a blood stained pair of panties to the police. It get's better--sado-masochistic journals, naked pictures of kids, pictures of kids having sex with adults! It just does not get any better than this.

Or does it? He is eligible for 20 years in prison, but the prosecutor (that would be the one with no cajones) says he likely will get MUCH less because he has no prior record! So listen up class, it is only really bad if you do it twice! Yet another one to keep an eye upon!

Here is the column from the Capital Gazette 2-6-07

Head to the Higher Ground

For years, our Baltimore Sun buried articles about global climate change, which prompted this author to take them to task in letters to the editor. The Sun has switched course and on February 3, published “A warmer Md. will be wetter-Threat from climate change takes form of land submersion, severe storm damage” which predicts pretty serious consequences for Chesapeake Bay and the lands around it, which in addition to being subjected to predicted sea-level rise, also appear to be settling lower in to the Earth’s crust.

Meanwhile, we know that Allstate Insurance (as in not-exactly-all-of-the-State) is pulling back coverage for low-lying areas, and local, state and federal officials are hearing the warning signs, and on the local level, Mayor Moyer and County Executive Leopold are taking this seriously. Hallelujah-even Bush mentioned global climate change in his State of the Union speech! The next question is what are you-as in you and me, going to do to change our habits and lessen our emissions? We can begin by eating lower on the food chain, decreasing our energy consumption and by driving less. It will all add up to improved health, for ourselves, our community and our planet.
And in times such as these, it always helps to quote Dylan: “You better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone, for the times they are a changin' ”