Another Sad Day for the Men In Blue

Luckily, however, both policemen who were shot not only survived, but were treated & released with just leg wounds. Still, this string of brazen acts of violence on those who are sworn to protect the law abiding citizens has got to stop. Sure, simpler said than done, but action must be taken.

Vigils don't work, the 10,000 men fiasco did nothing, and putting controls on legal gun sales won't combat the illegal gun trade [if anything, it'll only hurt the people who actually wish to protect themselves from the scum trolling the streets]. What's sad is that the area that this latest shooting took place used to be a nice place and would have never seen such an act of violence.

Police said they were searching for a shooter described as a black man, 5 feet, 10 inches tall, wearing a black jacket and white shirt.

At about 8 p.m., Johnson said they believed the person responsible for the shooting was still inside the building.

Chopper 10 showed officers barricaded the area and surrounded several homes during their search.

Before 9 p.m., police used a megaphone to urge people inside a boarding house to come out. Several people -- perhaps as many as seven -- soon did and were taken for questioning.

A line of officers went into the boarding house, searched the surrounding area and later opened up the crime scene.

Detectives were continuing to question them and called in forensic investigators to take evidence from one of the people.

"Everybody who was in the house is now down at the homicide unit," Johnson said. "We haven't actually identified one person, but we feel as though the person who fired their weapon is in custody down at the homicide unit." - NBC 10

A "boarding house", otherwise known as a halfway house, which is a polite term for "our penal system is a joke, we can't hold onto all these criminals, so we'll just release some to people who don't care about rehabilitating criminals, but rather collecting benefits for housing them".

John Street and Ed Rendell should both be ashamed of the mess they've made of Philadelphia. The city spoke with their votes this past year by going for a change from the status quo by electing Nutter [the city would've been damned if Chakkah Fattah or Dwight Evans won]. Now the whole state of Pennsylvania needs to send a message to Rendell next year with sweeping changes from the status quo in the state legislature and representatives. The city Democrats and PA congressmen have played their fiddle as they've watched a great city burn.

There's Always A Silver Lining

Well, been a while for all... zero readers out there. Don't care, though - I'm determined to increase my readership levels by 100 to 200% [which would still be zero since... ah, nevermind].

Anyway, so I'm going to a one act play that a friend of mine wrote. It could be good - I mean, he's gotten some good feedback and all, but I've got tastes that are, well... different than the peer group to which I belong. So it's going to be an adventure, especially the post-show feedback that I'm sure I'll be prompted. I hope that it's a good show, but I've got to be prepared for the worst. Why? Cause I'm a pessimistic jerk, of course.

Do I just nod my head and say, "Yeah, it was, uh... good." Or do I give him an honest critique? Sure, I could always cop out and shift the blame to the actors and laud his script as Tony-award winning worthy... but what if it sucks? I mean, really, brutally just... "wow" bad? Am I obligated to save the world from further such vacuums of time and just end it? Or do I let it slide, not wanting to upset the balance of friendship...

Ah well, who knows, it could all be moot. I hope it's all moot. Please let it all be moot... Course, if it is bad and I am honest in my critiques there's a chance I won't have to endure the cost of tickets again. Ah, there's always a silver lining...