OJ

The last time OJ Simpson was in trial, it was a media goldmine. Every news station was covering each development in the trial. It went on for months and the final verdict was that OJ was not guilty. So, in a way, it ended on a good note. This time OJ broke into a hotel, stole property that he claims was stolen from him, and kidnaps someone at gunpoint. Now he gets caught and is sentenced to 33 years with the possibility of parole after 9. This one was a media sensation but not nearly to the extent of the previous one. Why is that? Did it lose its mystique? Did people think that because he was a football player that he could get off of this one if he could literally get away with murder? OJ Simpson is not that smart of a man so I doubt he would have been able to pull off a heist without getting caught.

There is another side to this story that no one is talking about. OJ Simpson claims that the sports memorabilia that he stole was originally stolen from him. If that was the case, then what happened to the other guy, the original perpetrator. Why were those items stolen from OJ Simpson in the first place? One picture that was stolen by OJ Simpson was a picture of Simpson's son at 5 years old in the oval office standing next to Gerald Ford. Who would want that picture other than OJ Simpson or his son?

I think that because OJ Simpson lost his previous trial that he was portrayed as the bad guy and no one in the media cared to listen to his side of the story. I'm sure the judge listened to it, but I doubt she was using both ears. She knew what crimes he was accused of and she was a woman. OJ was accused of murdering a woman. There were no African-Americans on the jury (the two that were chosen were dismissed). I'm not saying that there is some kind of scandal here but I am saying that no one really cared to listen to OJ, A.K.A. The Juice. (Orange, not steriods).

Do the Big Three Deserve 34 Billion?

Do the Big Three automakers deserve the 34 billion dollars that they are asking for? I personally believe that they don't. I don't think that anyone who has mismanaged a multinational, multibillon dollar a year company deserves one cent of government support. HOWEVER, there are as many as 1 in 7 jobs in this nation that are dependant on the auto industry so the real question is do they need it. and the overwhelming answer to that question is yes. On one condition, the government says that they aren't going to give it to the current CEOs and other board members, they are going to install a sort of puppet government to allow them to oversee the processes these companies are doing on a day to day basis. There is no reason why Ford had to spend almost 2.5 billion dollars designing a 2010 Ford F-150 with a 6.7L V8 engine that gets 12 miles to the gallon in the city. That is totally uncalled for. This truck does not meet the new guidelines that the EPA has set and no one is actually talking about it. No one is talking about how Ford, GM and Chrystler have awful hybrid departments. Sure we are living in the information and technology age but there is only so much information and technology a driver can use. Being able to check your stocks and the scores of tonights Celtics game on your GPS screen is a major distraction. Although, if you are paying attention to the falling Dow Jones then you might not notice how bad your gas mileage is...

So much for black Friday

The day after thanksgiving is affectionately named black Friday. This name was given to it by businesses who gained massive profits to push them from being in negative to positive profit. What happened this year? Nothing really changed. It wasn't any different than any other shopping day. The people didn't go out in storms to buy everything they've wanted all year. Except for in new York where a woman got trampled to death by charging shoppers. Why didn't people run out and spend their money? Because all of this talk about financial ruin and everyone saying save your money. Money is a very sensitive subject with millions of Americans now a days and when a so called money expert says to save your money that's what people do. Apparently money experts and business experts are not the same because not spending money is not going to fix the problem. People need better money management skills. That's what the media should be pushing. They should be having segments about smart money managements instead of constantly instilling fear in everyone by saying America is going collapse.

A giant problem

Plexico burress shot him self in the leg at a Manhattan night club. His teammate Antonio pierce tried to hide the gun. The doctor that burress went and saw digned off on paperwork that had a false name on it. Now the doctor is arrested, Pierce's SUV is impounded and burress is done for the year after signing a 5 year contract extention. This is a mess. The giants are 11 and 1 and he goes and does this. The media that is covering this should chastize everyone involved to the fulles extent andthe have been doing that. Espn has been ripping into these players. I don't understand, however, why the doctor does not receive more media attention. The doctors issue isn't something that they would cover on espn but other channels should be covering this. That kind of corruption cannot be accepted in the medical profession. As an aspiring doctor, this disgusts me.