YouTube Burgler Gets 15 Years

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DeGiorgio Jackson was sentenced to 15 years for burglary. I think that's an excessive sentence given the fact that no one was hurt physically by the burglary, but this brother deserves a severe punishment. I have had my property stolen/burglarized. The feeling you get when you know someone stole something valuable from you is almost indescribable. I couldn't overcome the helplessness that consumed my mind. Those feelings were amped to another level when the police took a cavalier attitude towards my situation. I guess they figure I deserved to get robbed because I lived in a lower-middle class neighborhood. It's whatever though...

DeGiorgio and his crew could easily appear on America's Dumbest Criminals. They didn't wear disguises or check for security cameras. If they had done even a half-ass job at reconnaissance, they would have known to disable the cameras before they started their heist. Oh well, DeGiorgio (DiGiorno?) has 15 years to think about his actions.

McNugget Mayhem

Police say a woman in northwest Ohio punched through a McDonald's drive-through window because chicken McNuggets weren't available. Officers responded to the call from a Toledo McDonald's and say 24-year-old Melodi Dushane was jailed after undergoing treatment for injuries.

Dishane pleaded not guilty to a vandalism charge and was released on a recognizance bond. She was also ordered not to have contact with the restaurant. A manager at the McDonald's declined to discuss the incident.

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I think it's safe to say that this woman was either having a bad day or she was under the influence of some sort of narcotic. Possibly both. Misplaced anger is pretty rampant in or society. A lot of people are frustrated with their lives, but they fear the repercussions that would come along with confronting the source of their frustration. Unfortunately, kids, quiet folk , and even people working the drive-thru and McDonald's become targets. I really wish people would find more constructive ways to deal with their problems. Yoga, weight lifting, and masturbation are great cost effective options. Chicken is delicious, but you shouldn't coldcock somebody to get it...not even if the chicken is in nugget form.

Sammy Sosa Has Lost His Mind

Sammy Sosa says he is not trying to look like the late Michael Jackson, nor is he suffering from a skin infection. He also says the change in the color of his skin is not a byproduct of his alleged steroid use.

Speaking publicly for the first time since photos of him from a recent musical award ceremony were published on the Internet, Sosa said that the skin lightening is the result of the use of a facial cosmetic cream.

"It's a bleaching cream that I apply before going to bed and whitens my skin some," said the former slugger during the "Primer Impacto" program at the Univision Spanish network.

"It's a cream that I have, that I use to soften [my skin], but has bleached me some. I'm not a racist, I live my life happily," said a smiling Sosa during the interview.

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Sammy Sosa has lost his damn mind. At some point, we all have to come to terms with our insecurities. Sosa is 41 years old. It pains me to believe that a man his age isn't comfortable in his own skin...literally. Lots of people in the African-American and Latin communities have a color complex. The roots of that issue are too deep for me to explain in this blog post, but I encourage you to learn more about the topic if it's new to you.

I am a pretty dark skin dude, but my mother has light skin. The skin color issue was never a big deal in my home. I was taught to love people of all shades. Your boy was made fun of a lot as a child because I was darker than everyone else. If I didn't have high self-esteem and a loving support system, I would probably hate my appearance. Ironically, I know a number of women who are attracted to me, in part, because of my dark chocolate skin. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I just wish that so many beholders weren't so damn ignorant.

*Cue the TLC*

PETA is Pitiful

Headed west on Atlantic Boulevard, you might have seen a billboard of PETA's latest campaign, urging people to "save the whales." It's an ad created by PETA, but it's drawing a lot of criticism because some say it's comparing overweight women to the sea mammals.

"If I were to look at it, yeah, maybe a little offensive," one local man said.

Offensive or not, PETA's campaign is attracting attention."Save the whales, lose the blubber" is pushing people to become vegetarian."I think it's kind of bad for us people," a local woman said. "I think it is bad taste. Lose the blubber. Oh my God, no."

"It's an insult," another local woman added. "People who are overweight are not whales."

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These guys...

PETA has officially jumped the shark. I have given that organization the benefit of the doubt too many times. PETA members seem to have their hearts in the right place, but some of them have gradually become extremists. Extremists get lots of attention, but their opinions are scoffed at by almost everyone who hears them. If PETA members were serious about helping animals, they wouldn't continue antagonize so many people. The billboard ads PETA posted in Florida are inaccurate and they are demeaning towards overweight women. I know for a fact that being a vegetarian will not automatically help you "lose the blubber". I know plenty of vegetarians who are overweight because they snack heavily on processed foods. The billboard is just another reason to believe that the PETA extremists care more about animals than people. I believe in the ethical treatment of animals, but I cannot respect the methodology PETA is using to reach that end.

I am sure there are a number of people within PETA who wish the organization wasn't so extreme. The acts of a few can really ruin things for everyone. The movement to protect animals will continue to take backward steps if PETA members continue to act a fool. Oh well...it's their prerogative.

Everybody's talking all this stuff about me
Why don't they just let me live
I don't need commission
Make my own decisions
That's my prerogative

Sex in a Wolf Costume...

A former member of an Allegheny County, PA state legislator's staff allegedly had computer chats with a teenage boy about dressing in animal costumes and having sex, Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett said. Alan David Berlin worked in the Senate about a decade, including the last several years with Sen. Jane Orie, R-McCandless, who said Berlin "was immediately and indefinitely suspended" with no pay or benefits when she learned of the allegations.

Berlin is also accused of attempting to arrange a meeting between the boy and another adult, and offered to get them a hotel room if Berlin could take photos of them having sex. The boy's parents contacted authorities after finding sexually graphic messages on his computer, Corbett said. Investigators from Corbett's office found a wolf and cat-type costume in Berlin's home, a spokesman said.

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This is one of those To Catch a Predator situations. It's amazing how many public figures get caught "sexting" inappropriately. Attemping to have sexual relations with a minor is not a laughing matter. However, I couldn't resist making fun of this guy for wanting to have sex in an animal costume. Don't get me wrong, I don't think there is anything wrong with dressing up to please the person you are with. I have a number of friends who say that role play really spices things up. Hell, I would like to give it a shot. Be that as it may, the costume the police confiscated from Berlin was the opposite of sexy. This story is yet another of example of why people shouldn't hold elected officials to a higher standard. In the end, they are just as human as the rest of us. If Berlin is as guilty as he appears to be, I hope he goes to prison for a long time. I also hope the boy he propositioned isn't mentally or emtionally scarred for life.

Robert Kelly seems to know a lot about the different variations of sex. His song "The Zoo" compares one of his sexual encounters to the actions of wild animals.

Girl, I got you so wet
It's like a rain forest
Like Jurassic Park
Except I'm your sex-a-saurus baby
You and me hopping
Like two kangaroos
Rattling and moaning
Out here in these woods