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D.A. Cooley obliged to institute lawsuit to recover money paid to Judges
05
Jun
Sterling Norris, an ex-D.A., was perhaps best known for going after the criminal behavior of serial killers, the best-known of them being Ted Bundy.
Now he works for Judicial Watch, the public interest watchdog that looks after the best interests of the common public.
This time he seems to be going after the (alleged) criminal behavior of our judges in the California system of judgeships in Superior Court.
Read his letter and attached brief addressed to D.A Steve Cooley.
But here’s a thought… Will Steve run again? Will he care to undertake this huge responsibility during his endgame?
We got part of the answer. He will not run again, and is endorsing his second-in-command, Chief Deputy District Attorney Jacqueline Lacey, as “the most qualified leader to run the nation’s largest local prosecutorial office.” He says he has “complete faith in Jackie’s skilled leadership and commitment to the office’s mission,” and is hosting a fundraiser for her on June 9 at the City Club.
The part he doesn’t answer is whether she’ll pursue the case against the judges. Also, whether this played any part in his decision not to run again for a fourth term.
Could “Two and a Half Men” Be Better Than Ever With Ashton Kutcher?
22
May
I just read a review of 2 1/2 Men by a “communications professor” by the name of Robert Thompson. He admitted that while watching and critiquing the show, he would rather be balancing his checkbook.
The fact is, 2 1/2 Men is the only truly honest depiction of male and female behavior in our current American and possibly worldwide culture. It deals with real-life situations, and the greed, dishonesty and scamming that goes on at all levels of society and industry, producing the norms of life today. Its popularity, continuing with huge audience followers watching reruns, deny the premise put forth by this professor of communications.
From the working professional’s viewpoint, it is clear that the core of the show is the relationship between 2 brothers, Charlie and Alan, played by Sheen and Cryer. They are joint protagonists, and Sheen is the perfect foil for Cryer. Their interplay is worthy of the best of the Smothers Brothers, Laurel and Hardy and the 3 Stooges, the difference being that they are never seen to be “performing”, but just are; believable at every moment. The writing is so superior that one can sit through each show many times. There is a kind of inevitability in the substance of the patter, and one discovers nuances in funny lines with deep meaning. I myself relax in the evening watching yet again another episode. I have 72 of them saved. I recommend almost every episode as a model for the aspiring writer learning how to shape a script, with perfect character, plot, and story development.
It is a shame that a political situation developed between Sheen, joint creator Lorre, Warner Bros. and CBS. It has been decided that they should continue the run of this golden goose without Sheen. But it won’t and it shouldn’t work.
What Sheen and Cryer should do is develop their own show with an entirely different setting, and an entirely different family, and continue the exploration of familial situations for 2 disparate brothers. Of course, they would lose their supporting cast, which would be unfortunate. Apart from anything else, and aside from the show, it would be fun to watch how these parties will squabble over the age-old conundrum of who creates, and therefore owns, the fictitious characters of entertainment. Actors vs. writers vs. directors vs. financial backers. Another legal drama in the making. And they will suffer from the absence of Lorre, who is a writing genius, as well as the supporting cast, unequaled in anything I have ever seen.
If any sample of our civilization should be crammed into a space capsule for aliens to see, it would be every episode of 2 1/2 Men as it presently exists.
MALE SEX PROBLEMS
What do the names Weiner, Spitzer, Edwards, Schwarzenegger, Clinton, Gingrich, Strauss-Kahn, Woods, Boehner, Craig – the list goes on and on – what do they have in common? Why, an inability to keep their trousers zipped. Their stories detail the circumstances where men have lost sexual boundaries to the detriment of assorted reputations, and in some cases jobs and marriages. And to the intense glee of the media and the public in this most hypocritical of all societies.
And all they were doing was displaying an inability to control what Bernard Shaw dubbed the “Life Force”. Mark Twain wrote “The very thought of it excites him; opportunity sets him wild; in this state he will risk life, reputation, everything … to make good that opportunity and ride it to the overwhelming climax.”
Well, I have a solution to this, a solution guaranteed to curb this kind of uncontrolled behavior.
In Topanga, where I used to live, there existed the most wonderful of hangouts, a quite famous nudist resort that went by the name Elysium Fields. It was created back in the sixties by a Life Magazine photographer named Ed Lange, in memory of his mother. I happened upon it when driving my kids to their first day of the new school term, and being asked to pick up some children at an address off the Canyon road. Imagine my shock when I drove through the gates on to the site, and was greeted by a lovely naked lady, 2 dressed kids in tow, stepping out of a trailer. I then looked around, and noticed a few equally naked people staking out claims on the grass, spreading their towels, and eying the nearby swimming pool, for it was going to be a hot day.
As I drove away, I muttered to myself that this was something to really think about. Should I join a movement to get the place closed down? Or maybe consider taking out membership? Curiosity and common sense prevailed, and it was the latter course I took. I remained a member until, after Ed’s death, there was a power struggle with his daughters, who chose to sell the entire estate to the highest bidder, a hotel magnate, I believe, his sole domain.
It was there I met a new English friend, Noel Pugh, an illustrator and sketch artist, who drew the logo for me that you see above. He lived in a cabin by the pool. I need to state that in all the years I went there, never did I see a single case of inappropriate behavior. No exhibitionistic displays, or any man with an erection. On one occasion I took a friend as a guest, a noted publisher of pornography, who on leaving said to me that he would never go again, because in his opinion, the place was anti-sex, and one big turnoff. It has a strange effect – compulsive urges just seem to disappear.
I frequently took my kids, and my wife, and truly believe that it gave all of us a broader and healthier outlook on life.
The likes of those men above, and many more, carry a huge burden. Unable to cope with power conflicts going up against their inner demons, they feel an urge to go one step further, which might be fine, except it comes at the expense of others. I guarantee that a sentence of a few weeks’ confinement at a nudist resort would cure them forever. The trouble is, there are few such places left. Perhaps because they impose a threat to the fashion industry, the entertainment industry, the advertising industry, TV shows like TMZ, Entertainment Tonight and the Playboy Channel, and tabloids like the National Enquirer and Daily Mail. Anti-American, but there it is.
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