If Only Joe P Could Moonwalk

People flew off the handle when O.J. Simpson was not guilty of brutally slaying his ex-wife, Nicole and her friend, Ron Goldman.  Thousands rioted in the streets of Los Angeles for six days, when L.A. cops were acquitted of the beating of Rodney King, despite the video evidence.  Or after being bombarded with an avalanche of circumstantial evidence, Casey Anthony was found not guilty of murdering her daughter Caylee, America went ape-shit.  

These are just three examples of people being presumed guilty after having their fair day in court and society lashing out at the judicial process and how Lady Justice turned a blind eye.  How justice failed the fallen victims of each case.  Yet Michael Jackson, on several occasions, was accused of fondling children, gets overlooked.  He even settled out of court, to avoid further scrutiny, but this apparently isn't a sign of a guilty man, but that of an "innocent man avoiding slander".  I call BULLSHIT!!!

In this society, apparently, if you can put out semi-entertaining music, with a decent beat and some slick dance steps, you can get away with fondling children.  I speculate just how far Michael Jackson could've pushed the envelope to escape persecution from society.

"Hey!  Did you hear Michael Jackson slayed five people and buried them under the monkey cage at Neverland Ranch?"

"Yeah, I did.  But he created the Moonwalk dance, so it's okay!"

Admittedly, there's one or two songs that he put out over his career that are pretty good.  In my opinion, most of his songs are over-rated.  Definitely, not worth looking past his pedophilia for, though.

Last year, Penn State's football coach, Joe Paterno was fired for failing to report the [then] alleged actions of his assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky.  Even though he followed the university's minimum requirement in the handling of the situation, in the end, because he failed to report the incidents to the state police, he was terminated for "covering the situation up".  So this man.  This historical football coach, who lead thousands to college football greatness.  This man who's career accomplishments are second to none, lost his entire legacy due to public opinion.  The record books have been erased and rewritten.  The statue that once graced the hallowed ground in front of Beaver Stadium, was removed in July of 2012.  A truly sad conclusion to a great legacy...  Now..., if Joe Paterno would have been able to Moonwalk out of these allegations and told everyone to "Beat It!", then who knows what might have been.

American Justice is not the one with the blind eye.  It's YOU.  Society.

Water is wet.  The sky is blue.  A tiger can't change it's stripes.  AND, Michael Jackson was a pedophile.

Bad Touch

Seems that this Penn State fiasco is flooding the news reels as of late. The sex scandal in which one of the assistant coaches has been caught fornicating with children for the past fifteen or so years. This subject doesn't really affect me one way or the other, but after listening to the media banter back and forth on what should have been done, by whom, and when, I find myself, now, filled with some opinions on the matter.

Paterno, who up until just last week, had been coaching the Penn State Nittany Lions for close to fifty years. The man who holds records for the winning-most coach, with an astounding 409 victories, allegedly knew of the misconduct of his assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky, and some of the children who were in his charge. Subsequently, JoePa has been dismissed of his coaching duties, due to the black smudge he's put on the university. Although, when you look at all the details, it's been revealed that Coach Paterno did act within the guidelines that were in place for him for handling such misconduct. However, because the controversy is so blatantly wrong, he's going to be the fall guy for the entire scandal...

The scandal that erupted this past week, however, was the mention of then-graduate assistant, Mike McQueary, who'd reported to Coach Paterno, that he had walked in on Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky who was at the time, sodomizing a young ten year old boy in the showers. Many have speculated as to why McQueary failed to stop the rape, even suggesting that if they were in his shoes, that they'd have charged Sandusky and not only removed him from the child, but would've assaulted him physically. I believe shock-jock, Howard Stern mentioned that he would've punched Sandusky's teeth down his throat.

It's tough to say what a person would or wouldn't do in such a situation. Everyone wants to believe that they're the tough guy who's going to save the day, but who can say for sure, how they're going to react to such a shocking discovery. I, myself, would have probably intervened, and likely would've gotten my ass kicked by the stocky naked guy with the boner. This, on the other hand, would've given the young victim ample time to flee to safety.

I can't speak for Mike McQueary, except for the fact that he is a ginger. Bright orange hair and little to no pigment in his skin. This is likely why he failed to intervene. There's no such thing as a tough ginger. Throughout history, no tough gingers. Even Richie Cunningham, though he'd gotten into a scuffle or two with Ralph Malph and Potsie, The Fonz was always there to bail their wimpy asses out. Even Ron had Harry and Hermione to save his ass on more than one occasion. So there you have it. Even in Hollywood, there's no fiction so unbelievable as the premise of a tough ginger. THAT is why Mike McQueary never stepped in.

Although I make light of some of what has transpired, I in no way condone the mistreatment of children, in ANY way, especially the sexual misconduct that transpired over the past few decades.

There's talk now that Joe Paterno's name will be erased from the record books and from the trophy's that align the halls of Penn State. This I disagree with. I don't think it's right to erase someone from existence just because of an oversight. I say "oversight", because the man is in his f*cking 80's. He's eighty-four f*cking years old. Try talking to your grandparents about an adult man, in a prestigious position in society, having sex with children. They'll never believe such a thing could occur. Even though they've been on the planet since dinosaurs ruled the earth, and know how f*cked the world can be, they will never believe someone who is well-respected in the public, could manage something so heinous. JoePa, is the same way. It's been speculated that the man has been losing his marbles for years. So why omit his memory, when his is already beginning to fade.