Lost Child Found.

This link takes you to a Fox News article about an abducted child at age 11 who was found 18 years later living in a storage shed in the back yard of the couple who apparently abducted here. And the crux of the situation is the man involved is a life-time convicted sex offender.

This story just underscores the need to better track and deal with sex offenders.

Driving While Texting Will Kill You

Here's a great video from the UK posted on Youtube.

Please Don't drive distracted especially with a handy aka cell phone.

Letter from FBI Director

I've attached the letter written by FBI Director Mueller in reference to the recent release of a terrorist connected to the Lockerbie crash.

I'm pleased that Director Mueller took this opportunity to speak for other law enforcement officials and the families of the victims of this terrible terrorist event. Having watched the return of the terrorist in Libya I am even more convinced that Director Mueller is correct.

Real Change

I watched Gangsters Paradise again tonight. Ironically after 15 years Coolio still does a better job than the politicians, case workers, do gooders, and all the self-proclaimed experts on youth violence and drugs can.

I figure I have the battle scars having survived the Northfield inquisition for speaking out on behalf of kids. I've spent the better part of my life trying to advocate for kids and do something other than sit on committees, sit on my rear or write feel good articles. I've seen change in real kids lives both good and bad. I've seen and smelled the death associated with the worthlessness of the loss of a young life for absolutely no good reason. It IS time to stop it NOW.

The clock keeps ticking but nothing changes. Too much political correctness and too much concern about making someone or something look bad and while everybody frets and points fingers, kids keep turning up dead.

How about investing some of those trillions of dollars into something that really means change Mr. President?

Watch the video folks, really watch it and listen to it...then get mad and then get busy.

There are good teachers, cops, youth workers and just plain caring folks out there just waiting for the opportunity to make real change. Stop counting numbers, using them for your sound bites and get busy.

Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit.
Edward R. Murrow

An Officer's Character

I'm going to let this photo speak for itself.

I think is speaks volumes about this officer's character at the so-called "beer summit."

Anybody Notice How Bad TV Is?

I thought it was just me until I got this email message from Jack Welch:

Worst part of (still) being stuck in hospital is realization that only 2 news stories on TV involve a bizarre beer summit + MJ's last hours

Maybe the best reform for our health care system would be the need to get well to avoid watching the kind of TV Mr. Welch described above.