Archives for the ‘Crime’ Category
Sexual harassment suit nets disgraced HP CEO $28 million severence package
By M. Johnston • Aug 6th, 2010 |Wanna get rich? Here’s the modern day formula: Go to college, get a bunch of degrees, declare yourself an expert, get a high paying executive job, preach integrity, have no integrity, cheat/lie/steal your way to the top, then resign when your schemes are uncovered and walk with a $12.2 MILLION severance package, AND $16 MILLION [...]
Read the rest of the story»Silence the Violence Event in South Sacramento this Saturday, July 24
By M. Johnston • Jul 21st, 2010 |From an email press release I received via Rhonda Erwin: This photo is a picture of Michael Barron who was shot and killed in Sacramento, California in 2009. After the death of her murdered son, Shirley Rhodes started the Mike B Foundation where she reaches out to at-risk youth.
The Mike B Foundation will join the [...]
Maybe billboard vandals need a splash of their own paint?
By M. Johnston • Jun 30th, 2010 |Newsflash to Christians who vandalized the atheist billboards: vandalizing is a crime. It is a form of theft. Hence it is sinful. HWJR?
Yeah HWJR is my new slogan for my fellow Christians engaged in acts that Jesus might not approve of . It stands for How Would Jesus Respond (to YOU)?
Sunday I’m-not-tired-because-I-took-a-nap-earlier blog
By M. Johnston • Jun 27th, 2010 |Marcos Breton wrote a scathing column on Kevin Johnson’s recent behavior in council today. He concludes “We deserve better” (than Johnson). Yowch.
Like myself, there was a time when Breton was actually a Johnson supporter (more or less). And like myself and many, many others who voted for Johnson, Breton appears to be fed up with [...]
Dog throwers beware!!
By M. Johnston • Jun 21st, 2010 |“You threw my dog…” -Off duty Sacramento County Sheriff deputy after landing a right hook to the jaw of another dog owner at a dog park in seedy Roseville, CA. The deputy was arrested and charged with assault. Should she be able to keep her job? Discuss.
Read the rest of the story»BP playboys take to the water.. to watch CEO’s yacht compete
By M. Johnston • Jun 20th, 2010 |Can you believe these clowns are actually out on some English channel to watch BP CEO Tony Hayward’s yacht “Bob” compete in a yacht race this weekend? Weeeee. What a life. Cause the worst environmental disaster in history then sail off to eat caviar and sip champagne for some aristocratic river race.
Happy fathers day, boys! [...]
Sacramento County facing tough budget decisions, why not call MEGabucks Whitman!?
By M. Johnston • Jun 14th, 2010 |I don’t know why Jan Scully and Roger Dickinson are bickering about budget bucks when ol’ MEGabucks Whitman could easily write a check and solve the entire Sacramento County budget crisis with a flick of her pen.
Read the rest of the story»Geezer bandit eludes high tech FBI
By M. Johnston • Jun 8th, 2010 |The “Geezer Bandit” just robbed his tenth bank in the San Diego area. The old timer is in his seventies and can barely walk apparently. A Bee article says he was seen “fleeing” the scene. Fleeing? More like “shuffling”? And if we can’t trust the FBI to prevent a senior citizen from robbing ten banks, [...]
Read the rest of the story»21 Days of Tretheway: Campaign Conversations (Day 2)
By M. Johnston • Jun 7th, 2010 |Cruisin’
In this fictitious satirical episode, Ray and the gang are driving through his South Natomas neighborhood slowly. Ray is waving out the window at people as if he’s a celebrity but no one recognizes him. He talks on the car speaker phone to someone at the same time..
Ray: Yeah well I just saw a survey [...]
Read the rest of the story»Teenage terrorist cells operating unchecked in Elk Grove?
By M. Johnston • Jun 6th, 2010 |“There were several groups of teenaged men circulating inside the hotel traveling between floors..” -Elk Grove police after an 18 year old boy was gunned down IN A HOLIDAY INN(!!) in Laguna last night. Can we restore family values in America, or is it too late? Sounds like it’s time to put church back [...]
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