a couple entries back i spoke about a kid arrested for writing a story about zombies attacking his school. thing is, it has since been reported that there were no zombies in his stories and he had contacted some fellow students about creating some sort of military-like organization, and possibly actually getting a school shooting deal going. so, maybe this kid was actually planning... something. or maybe all that was still just harmless fun. of course, to think about a crime is the same as committing that crime, these days. hell, you don't even have to have thought about the crime of which you're accused. you could just be committing some other crime (or even just committing something that is a sin) like adultery

yeah, that's my transition to scott peterson, sentenced to death yesterday. see how advanced we are as a society. we kill people over circumstantial evidence just cause they don't happen to be the most upstanding members of society. and, not only that, we make them pay for their victims' (actually, i guess that should be victim's, as i discount that whole conner-inclusive crap) funerals. yes, along with his death sentence, peterson has been ordered to pay $10,000 restitution for funeral expenses, plus $5,000 for some unexplained reason

and the united states house of representatives passed legislation yesterday to delay the removal of terri schiavo's feeding tube in florida

the house also voted 388 to 43 to approve $81.4 billion more for our wars in iraq and afghanistan

in the michael jackson case, prosecutors seem to think pronography involving adults is useful to pedophiles

a bomb exploded in kandahar, killing at least 5 and wounding 32

and deforestationa, pollution and overpopulation continue

but the passion recut is in theaters, so all is well