Searching for Stacy Peterson
The effort by today’s searchers was a sight to behold. There were men and women who heard about the need for volunteers on the news and decided to help. One man told me he was having his coffee when he heard about it, and decided to come out. Another man heard the call for volunteers on the news also. He said he wanted to be involved in trying to find Stacy, even though he said she is now in a better place. He lost his own son, only in his 20’s, when he was home from the Service on leave. He was senselessly shot and killed, so he fully understands the anguish of Stacy’s family.
It was a trying search, to say the least. The area to be covered is a Wetland Preserve. About the only way I can explain how it feels to go into something like that is to liken it to walking into a cornfield. Only, the growth is marsh and cattails, and the ground is muddy, mucky. The further you go in, the more water you encounter, sometimes more than knee deep. Sometimes I’d take a step, sink further into the muck, and find it hard to get my foot up and out to take another step. If you’d lose your footing, there was nothing to grab onto. To be safe, people had to stay in groups, because it was like being in a maze, without knowing which way to go back out.
There were a couple of places of interest, one a mound that didn’t match the area around it, as though something could have been buried there. Searchers used their hands to dig further into the ground, but it turned out to be nothing. Another time, searchers actually found a large boulder, with rope tied around it, in a waterway. As though it were an anchor to weigh something down. A group of searchers then volunteered to go back to the area where the rock was found, in water that was thigh high, with sticks to poke at the bottom. Nothing was found in the area where the rock was discovered.
All I can say is I was amongst an awesome group of people. Family, friends and strangers who want only to find Stacy and bring her home.
~ Rescue
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I’m proud of you, Rescue!
God bless all of you that were there today! Thank you, Rescue, for sharing your personal experience with those of us who could only be with you all in heart.
When the world says, “Give up,” Hope whispers, “Try it one more time.”
- Author Unknown
From the picture above, I recognize a couple of ladies(Mary & Brenda) from previous searches. I had to work this morning and couldn’t make it out. Please make sure to publish new search dates. Maybe more people can make it on the weekend. There was a great core group of people in the previous searches. Hopefully some day very soon, we can all get together and resume the searches.
Thanks for the quote, Doc’s Daughter. Words to live by!
WSF. If we hear about searches ahead of time, we’ll pass it on.
BTW, I’ve seen a couple of late stories saying that Stacy had been seen in the area that was searched. AFAIK, it was Drew who was spotted there.
Oh damn! I missed Wendy Murphy talking about Drew Peterson on (of all people) Dana Pretzer’s scared Monkey’s show. There should be an MP3 available for download soon.
Oh great. Now Budenz is writing a book.
http://www.officialwire.com/main.php?action=posted_news&rid=17055&catid=137
And this is the man who has been counseling Peterson’s kids.
Thanks Rescue for sharing the search experience.I’ve no doubt searching is not just like taking a walk, but where you were yesterday is scary! This morning I’m celebrating the loving spirit humans are made of as demonstrated by the strangers turning up yesterday to help.
Go good people!
…but Dr Dan has spoiled the moment by making me want to throw up. The good news is that this charlatan has probably never had anything more than very superficial contact with the kids. Isn’t it interesting that DD has skewed his emphasis a bit? Has he decided Drew is a monster now?
Nice TV coverage of the search. I hope Deeps saw it.
I asked myself the same questions, bucket.
How a man living in WI can help the kids? On-line?
Dr Dan’s help looks like Drew’s searches for Stacy (reward of 25K bucks for finding her ALIVE; hiring a detective who is searching for photographs of women resembling Stacy on the Internet; and so on).
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Drew must have everyone under his control so I do not wonder too much and just hope no judge or jury will be impressed by his actions running to nowhere.
Many thanks to the searchers for their Friday’s effort.:) Do not give up!
Pretzer has an MP3 up of his show with Wendy Murphy explaining the role of the new Hearsay Law in the Kathleen Savio case. She also discusses the motion for change of venue and pre-trial publicity. Susan Murphy-Milano also guests.
Wendy Murphy wrote that great blog post “Dead Wives Talking“.
http://scaredmonkeysradio.com/podpress_trac/web/943/0/20090821s.mp3
To save the file to your computer, right click on the link above and select “Save Target as…”
Good quote from Murphy:
In this clip, Murphy also explains very well why it is that leaks tend to come from the defense and not the prosecution. She says there are sanctions and penalites for the State if they violate a gag order (supression of evidence, etc.) but virtually no consequences for the defense if they do it, because they aren’t going to do things like prosecute a person more harshly, or jeopardize their presumption of innocence. It’s interesting and explains what we’ve been seeing with these leaks of information and documents in the Savio case.
Oooh thanks Facs! Good stuff. That reminds me….I wonder if we’ll ever know how that file came to be stolen from the ISP car….
Oh, Bucket, they have never been stolen. They were just borrowed and returned. LOL
But seriously… If the documents had been stolen and then returned to Kathleen’s family, and the prosecution can prove Drew stands behind it, what consequences can it it have for the trial?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-ap-us-reality-contestant-slaying,0,3215272.story
Wonder if Drew thought about this.
eek!
Based on this, I will not be a good juror. From on what I have read and the actions I have seen by this man I could not keep an open mind about his innocence. I am not in Will County, nor the state of IL, I do know how to Google…..all the way around I do not qualify. LOL!
Sitting in Texas, my heart is in Illinois.
Unfortunately, I don’t think Dr. Dan will be the only one writing a book and connecting it to Drew Peterson.
My publisher promised a publication date to coincide with the end of the (first) trial….LOL
Keeping an open mind does not mean for a juror to ignore the facts. The facts speak against Drew. Even if I had not not read or watched the news at all and were to base my decision only on the (up-to-now leaked) documentation and the timeline, I would say: “Guilty!”.
Sorry, but Drew did not provide any convicing story to change my opinion. His line of defense is just to accuse people/media and the system, manipulate with evidence and deny, deny, deny… (and make money from the tragedy of his two wives and his children).
Of course, I can understand that, according to Brodsky, fair judgement means that unless you have videotaped the committed crime, the suspect is innocent.
Cyrhla – you said it perfectly!! Nothing has come out that can even remotely help me think there’s a possibility Peterson wasn’t involved in the demise of Kathleen and Stacy. Again, you’re right that his defense has done nothing but character assassinations and accusations against the people who have come out against him, and to portray himself as the victim.
Oh, and BTW, I hope the fact that Peterson’s manipulative side shows what a monster he continues to be by ensuring that all of his children are denied any access to their moms’ families. Funny, Peterson and Brodsky claim they went to all the media to tell their side of the story and disspell the bad publicity Peterson was getting. I guess they’re too busy conjuring up dirt on everyone else to realize this only shows more how controlling and conniving he really is. And, it will certainly not work in his favor.
Good point, Cyrhla. Being unbiased and fair doesn’t mean a good juror puts on blinders. On the contrary!
OMG I thought the families were having access now. Maybe some legislators should take a look at this issue.
Good morning, Bucket.
No, no access. He’s pulling the strings and he’s continuing to deny his kids a life beyond what he thinks is appropriate.
Hi sweetie
That makes me feel really ill. It is so wrong wrong wrong. Can there be any doubt that loving contact among all her family would not only be their mothers’ wish, but surest safest route for healing. I am disgusted.
I’m afraid Steven’s hands are bloody here. He is in the position to do the right thing. C’mon, Steve and Mrs Steve, meet them for high tea at a nearby hotel one Sunday. Have a little party, show off your new daughter, even bring a social worker if you must. How easy is that? Mrs Steve, c’mon.
You are not the only one that is disgusted, Bucket. It’s been especially bothering me all weekend since I was jolted back into realizing those kids are wanted desperately in the lives of their moms’ families, but can’t have access to them.
Sounds like a man (oh, I hate to call him that) that even wants control of those kids while locked away in a cell, when about the only other thing he has control of is his pee stream. Sorry, but it’s the truth.
Interesting that he won’t allow the kids to visit him in jail either. Sounds like a man who likes to control and manipulate their perceptions of reality.
Well, if he was a decent human being in the first place, he wouldn’t be in the position of controlling and manipulating his kids’ family relationships, wheeling and dealing who is worthy in his sick mind. As long as his ass got kissed, it was all good with him. Cross Drew Peterson, you pay the price.
It doesn’t surprise me in the least that he’s doing this. I’m a bit shocked that it’s allowed. It should be taken as a given that he didn’t have their best interests at heart if he is denying them access. Children have a right to contact with their families regardless what one parent says.
Mrs Steve, I’m not even going to ask you to put yourself in Cass’ shoes. Just Anthony and Lacy’s. You two are standing between them and a flood of love and support and attention and reassurance that they need and it’s not your right to do so.
Kind of ironic, isn’t it, that those kids can meet and make relationships with strangers, no matter what their backgrounds or upbringings are, but they can’t be given time with their own relatives, merely because they’re the families and relatives of their deceased mothers?
No wonder Peterson can’t stand the isolation he told those he was chatting with in court about. He’s left alone to sit in the sewerage he’s created, and he’s paying the price, hopefully. Whether there are those that support him or not, no one can justify him isolating his children from their families like he does. It just shows what a sick nut he is.
This Time Magazine article is a few months old, but has some good coverage and explanations of the hearsay issue, including two cases that Brodsky cited in his Motion: Giles and Crawford.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1897831,00.html
Rescue said:
Sounds like a man (oh, I hate to call him that) that even wants control of those kids while locked away in a cell, when about the only other thing he has control of is his pee stream. Sorry, but it’s the truth.
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….we don’t know what kind of shape his prostate is in these days! especially if adjacent organs have been taking a bit of a beating lately.
I don’t think I’d want my kids to visit me in jail — teens or otherwise.
Is Stephen Peterson the children’s legal guardian now? Would he be under any obligation to abide by the rules Drew set as far as who can see the children?
What I’m asking is whether Drew’s parental rights had been terminated. I know that he can designate a guardian in writing, but wondered whether Stephen was legally their guardian or whether Drew still had parental rights.
I wonder, Noway. Let’s say Mr and Mrs Steve arrange to meet up with family as above. What’s Drew going to do about it? Sack them? BTW *back to school” could be a happy little theme for the get-together.
rights may also be terminated if the parent was convicted of a violent crime against their child or any other child.
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gosh, what about mother???
I wouldn’t let anything stop me from seeing my kids. Just personal preference/philosophy, I guess.
Me, too. And I think they need to see mom, too.
But Drew has that advantage: He can choose whether his kids see him. Or whether he sees his kids. Stacy and Kathleen are not that lucky.
This is what I’m wondering.
Knowing that Drew did not want his kids to see their mothers’ families, as legal guardian (if he is indeed their legal guardian) is Steve under any legal obligation to follow Drew’s wishes?
If he and the kids ran into (for example) Cass at the grocery store, is he obligated to keep the kids from talking to her (assuming this is the extent of Drew’s wishes).
Or, if he is now the legal guardian, can he make the decision about who sees the kids and does not have to consider Drew’s wishes at all?
I’m just wondering if it is up to Stephen or whether his hands are tied by red tape.
I am also at a loss on how to spell his name apparently.
I didn’t mean to imply that I didn’t want to see my children, just that I wouldn’t want to expose them to the ‘visiting their mother in jail’ experience.
As far as I learnt, Drew is allowed to have two 30-minute visits a week and only in the Video Visitation Centre. I can imagine such meetings would be very heart-breaking and difficult to understand for his younger kids. Any kids under 17 must be accompanied by an adult person so Drew cannot have older boys visiting him together. Maybe he prefers to spend these 2 x 30 minutes for Christina’s visitations (or another woman he cheated on her)
I wonder who is on Drew’s visitation list…
Even the members of Victims of Family Court Violence & Corruption site are against our hero. Poor Drew! Nobody can understand him… LOL
http://familycourtviolence.blogspot.com/2009/05/drew-peterson-arrested-please-release.html
We knew what you meant, Noway. It would be harrowing.
Haven’t heard any comments on current visitation. If I remember clearly, DP’s visitation list included Stephen Peterson, Steve Carcerano, Christina, a new ‘Ashley’ and several lawyers from the DP Dopey Dream Defense Dudes.
SC had some serious stuff going on that was connected with ‘Felony Arraignment’ in Clark County, Las Vegas, Nevada. He lost their 400 Pheasant Chase, Bolingbrook home earlier this year. S.C.’s name has mysteriously vanished from the Will County court schedule !
Michael Robinson is in the middle of a jury trial in Will County…
I guess no one cares
Whoa! You think Steve C’s coughed? I would really like to know what’s happening with MR’s trial.
Thanks for the reminder, Judgin.
ROBINSON MICHAEL 8 31 9 404 930 08CF000098 0 INTIMIDATION/PHYSICAL 1 Jury Trial
ROBINSON MICHAEL 8 31 9 404 930 08CF000098 0 DOMESTIC BTRY/PHYSICAL 2 Jury Trial
ROBINSON MICHAEL 8 31 9 404 930 08CF000098 0 BATTERY/CAUSE BODILY 3 Jury Trial
Personally, I would choose to have my kids see me, whatever my circumstances, than to stay apart from them. Drew’s kids have already had two moms removed from their life. If I were in Drew’s position, I would be very motivated to see my kids face-to-face to reassure them that Dad is neither missing nor “on vacation”.
Again, that’s just MO and how I feel. No judgment on how others would want to handle it.
Court LAS VEGAS
Case # 08F14086X
Defendant’s Name CARCERANO, STEVEN J
Plaintiff’s Name STATE OF NEVADA
Department 07
Case Type FELONY
Defendant’s Attorney BUNIN, DANIEL M
Plaintiff’s Attorney DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Judge JUDGE KAREN BENNETT-HARON
Date & Time 08/26/2009 8:30 AM
Proceeding FELONY ARRAIGNMENT
I agree with you Facs. Knowing where you are really is important and they can scare themselves with far worse imaginings than the truth of jail. I’m sorry I think I meant to say could be harrowing, the prospect. We so want to protect them it can sometimes seem a tough call about what you can//should protect them from.
I’d visit you, Noway.
I wonder what Robinson’s defense can be what with his multiple witness/victims. Did they misinterpret his “friendly advice” as intimidation? Silly girls. ….and then they punched and choked themselves.
Carcerano is in deep doo doo with felony charges, but he hasn’t been massacred by the Drewpy dream team? What’s wrong with that picture? Same with Robinson. Hasn’t deviated from the side of Drewpy, and nary a word is said about him by either his hero or the defense.
Heh, the defense has slimed just about every one of the State’s witnesses, when their own goof balls are running amuck in the criminal trial courts. Isn’t that just peachy.
I guess that’s known as The Pot Calling The Kettle Black defense?
Or, can you say h.y.p.o.c.r.i.t.e.s?
I’d give anything to see what the jury will think about the defense lawyer’s credibility when he’s slicing and dicing the State’s witnesses, whilst his dirt bags are being shuffled in on loan from the Dept of Corrections.
No word as to whether Stacy’s dad has filed for visitation rights to the children????? The Stebics were able to successfully be granted visitation of their grandchildren, I’m surprised we’ve not heard similar motions being filed for at least the two little ones, considering the situation. At this point, if I were a granparent, I would take even supervised visits.
Heck, if they could potentially go to a jail for a visit with their father, surely the court would find it in their best interest to maintain contact with their missing mother’s side.
I’m pleased to see the family is still searching for Stacy. Someone like DP counts on the story fading and people forgetting. I agree with Cass’s statement regarding it becoming easier to look and search with DP behind bars. Many people are afraid of him, and his lengthy stay in Will County may encourage others to come forward with new leads.
Docsdaughter – What goes on behind the scenes is complicated, I’m sure. Who would know if Stacy’s father is trying to get visitation? I’ll tell you one thing, it takes hundreds of dollars an hour to hire an attorney, and, unfortunately, while the family may anguish and suffer over visitation, money talks, doesn’t it? Because there’s no motions to be seen over the Peterson visitation issue doesn’t mean the family hasn’t tried to do something. Lawyers want to be paid, they don’t represent people out of the kindness of their hearts.
Now that’s something Gloria Allred might like to apply to practice in Illinois for. I don’t think Chrissy has the resources to pay…..or Lisa Bloom…
Silence on this issue from Dr. Damn??
*sigh* it would be something a dyed-in-the-wool famewhore would avoid. No publicity attaches because family court is private.
I am afraid that unless Drew’s position clears and he is sentenced there is little hope any visitations can be established. Any judge has always to consider the best interest of the kid. If the visitations may cause emotional conflict of interest in the child (what is the fact in our situation), no judge ever establish such contacts. Such visits must be negotiated, not fighted. There must be strict rules followed by the applying party. In this case, for instance, Cass might be not allowed to talk about Stacy disppearance at all.
No judge is considering my or your feelings but, again, the best interest of the child. He/she can talk to a child above 13 individually but if children are manipulated (as we experienced with Tom in front of TV cameras), there is no way such visits would be granted. Very sad but this is the reality.
Let’s hope if Steve (or whoever) is the children’s legal guardian when Drew is sentenced, that he will let children visit their mother families. Even for his own convenience
. I wonder if Steve and his wife are ready to bring up the children for longer than just a year or two.
Mrs Steve, a shifty roundezvous at Macdonalds for a hug and a coke?
Assistance sought in locating Booker T. Terry; $2 million bail set for charge of aggravated battery of a childShare
Today at 3:16pm
JOLIET – Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow joined Beecher Police Chief Jeffrey Weissgerber in seeking the public’s assistance in locating Booker T. Terry, who has been charged with aggravated battery of a child.
Terry, 40, of 1174 Cherry Lane, Beecher, was charged on Aug. 18, 2009, and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Bail for Terry was set by a judge at $2 million.
The charge alleges that Terry, on or about Aug. 14, 2009, caused great bodily harm to a child by striking the minor about the head and body. The charge is a Class X felony that carries a penalty of up to 30 years in prison upon conviction.
The child, a 9-year-old girl, suffered critical head injuries. She was transported to the hospital after an ambulance was called to her house in Beecher on Aug. 14. The girl remains at Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn.
Beecher Police received critical assistance in the investigation of this case by the Will/Grundy Major Crimes Task Force under the direction of Task Force Commander William Carlisle.
Beecher Police also have sought assistance in locating Terry from the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force.
Police believe Terry is still in the area and may be on Chicago’s South Side. Anyone with information regarding Terry’s whereabouts is asked to call the Beecher Police Department at (708) 946-2341.
The Will County State’s Attorney’s Office reminds the public that charges are not evidence of guilt. A defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Contact:
Charles B. Pelkie
(815) 727-8789
(815) 530-7110 (cellular)
cpelkie@willcountyillinois.com
Interesting. Mike Robinson’s trial was set to start on August 31st but is now missing from the Will County Court Schedule.
This is what was posted for him last week:
ROBINSON MICHAEL 8 31 9 404 930 08CF000098 0 INTIMIDATION/PHYSICAL 1 Jury Trial
ROBINSON MICHAEL 8 31 9 404 930 08CF000098 0 DOMESTIC BTRY/PHYSICAL 2 Jury Trial
ROBINSON MICHAEL 8 31 9 404 930 08CF000098 0 BATTERY/CAUSE BODILY 3 Jury Trial
I noticed that yesterday. It’s been going on forever.
On another note, is anyone else having problems logging in today. Its been taking me to dashboard when i try to log in.
MR does not strike me as the type to sing like a canary. I wonder if they changed his court date and haven’t updated the website? IDK
Grandam, I get sent to the Dashboard too. I thought it had something to do with this new format. Was going to ask if there is a setting I need to change or if we don’t have any control over it.
I haven’t had any problems. I’ll go to the WordPress site and see if there’s a notice or something.
I suppose the witnesses against MR could have decided not to testify and they dropped the charges?
We haven’t changed anything but at WordPress.com looks like they are working on stuff.
This should be the link you have bookmarked or favorited if you want to go directly to the home page (normally):
http://petersonstory.wordpress.com/
Well, actually when I log in it does take me directly to the dashboard. Must be some WordPress change.
I just asked it to “remember” me so I don’t need to log in every time.
Noway, I hope that’s not the case. I’m keeping an open mind…but I know what I’m hoping is the case.
I couldn’t remember exactly when this happened.
“Meanwhile, a friend of Drew Peterson’s was released Wednesday [01/16/2008] from the Will County Adult Detention Facility after posting 10 percent of a $50,000 bail after he was accused of beating his ex-girlfriend and her friend, then allegedly threatening a witness. Michael J. Robinson, 34, of Bolingbrook was charged with felony intimidation, misdemeanor battery and domestic battery, according to police and court documents.”
http://www.acandyrose.com/stacy_peterson_m_robinson_files.htm
Any idea what the holdups have been in the past?
Noway,what do you mean by holdups? Not sure I follow…
I mean what has prevented them from going to trial. The court dates kept changing. Maybe I’m not saying it right …
I wonder what is going on with Stacy’s case. I mean grand jury meetings.
Gee I hope the witnesses haven’t backed out, I would doubt it. Robinson’s Godfather is locked up. I’m not sure anyone’s not the type to give it up under the right circumstances….like being stuffed anyway with violence and Federal intimidation charges…with 3 eyewitnesses/victims. Brodsky hasn’t rushed in on a white charger, has he?
I hadn’t realised he was out on bail. I hope he hasn’t been able to blow his nose without LE knowing how long, how hard and when.
Cyrhla, the last I had heard they were still meeting but this was months ago.
Charles B. Pelkie, spokesman for the state’s attorney in Will County, Illinois, said a grand jury indicted Peterson in the murder of Savio, whose death had been ruled an accidental drowning.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/07/peterson.murder.arrest/index.html
They don’t have to announce when an indictment is handed down AFAIK. And since they know where Drew is
, they don’t really have to do anything right now?
It was reported that the special Grand Jury for Stacy Peterson and Lisa Stebic ended in May of this year, although the SA office did not confirm it.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/peterson/1581433,Peterson-Grand-jury-concludes-JO051909.stng
I thought it was passed on to another grand jury, and somewhere I thought I read that it was Wednesdays.
Anyhow, here’s one article that seems to support this, unless I’m misunderstanding it.
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/stcharlessun/news/1583312,Peterson-Stebic-grand-jury-JO052009.article
See the “Investigation not over” section:
“Both investigations are being pursued vigorously. Now that the term of the special grand jury has expired, these investigations will be advanced by the regular grand jury that meets weekly in Will County.”
Song I have also heard this version. That is why I was asking.
I also remembered that the special GJ had ended but that Stacy’s case had been passed to (for lack of a better term) the regular GJ.
Sorry about the military time on the posts, folks. That isn’t how the time is set up, but that’s how it’s displaying.
It must be part of the theme template?
Long ago in a job far away, I was required to use military time on my time logs so
it’s not too hard to figure out.
Is it central time that is being posted no matter where we are?
Yes, it would appear so since it’s really 10 o’clock in Montana but my post shows 23:03, which is 11:03.
I barely know what day it is sometimes, so not knowing the time does not matter to me.
It seems like every theme has some built-in weirdness.
Good Morning Everyone. I saw this piece from Matthew Walberg (our hero of the Reem Odeh interview quoting Joel about how they’re all going to be rich with book deals) and Erica Slife. You may remember that Claar broke away with his own political party taking a million bucks with him.
Just fancy that! Dedicated public servant sacrifices bologna sandwich suppers for the good of his people.
Good morning, everyone. Hiya Bucket.
Yeah, Fancy that.
Now, hopefully, we’ll learn that he was more than helpful in helping the State’s Attorney’s Office get to the bottom of just what happened in the Kathleen Savio matter.
Ya think?
Hiya Rescue
That would be great! I am pretty sure he knows what went down even if he didn’t at the time…he’s such a hands on kind of guy.
Ah, true dat, Bucket. For such a worldly guy, I’m sure we can rest assured he’s gotten to the bottom of it all and we’ll all be enlightened.
After all, he is the Big Boss Man, isn’t he?
I still find it horribly depressing that the voters thought they want him. I guess those drunk driving charges have just sort of faded away.
Oh, yeah, you’re right, Noway. Didn’t notice that. Good!
WP must have remedied it behind the scenes. Pheeww.
The last part where he says he “leans on businesspeople…” kind of gives you the Godfather image doesn’t it.
A bit off topic but I just relaized that Michael Viner died August 12. Viner was the publisher who quipped, “I’m not sympathetic to Drew Peterson, although I do believe that killing your wife should be a misdemeanor that should be prosecuted. But that’s just personal opinion.”
Touché.
On my birthday!
Wouldn’t it be funny if in his next life he slipped into a parallel universe where he gets to be a woman who is beaten and abused and murdered. Or forced into prostitution, or denied any property rights or suffrage, or sexually abused by a priest then sent to a Magdelene home when you give birth to his baby and be forced to march through the streets to feel the shame, or murdered and then thoroughly slimed by the father of your darling babies, or being stalked and terrorised and stolen from by your lying and unfaithful husband before being murdered and your own dear babies manipulated and damaged by their father. Or he could just be an unwanted female infant left to die because she isn’t a boy. And they say feminists don’t have a sense of humour.
Oh, bucket! I spilt my coffee over the keyboard. LOL
I would rather prefer he paid in this incarnation; chain him in a dark cold prison cellar, feed with water and bread only … or let him sit on an electric chair for a while to save on all of these expenses
Morning, Cyrhla! I was referring to Michael Viner; too late in this life, and I don’t think he murdered anyone, so the electric chair would have been a bit harsh. Sorry about your keyboard.
LOL
LOL
It’s not often that I decide to send personal emails to folks who’ve already made fools of themselves, but when the story hit about Viner’s comments — I couldn’t resist. I let him know that I wasn’t amused by his comment. He emailed me back telling me I was the one that was nuts, and needless to say he made no apologies for his abhorrent comments in the Peterson case. He claimed his comment was a joke, and anyone with an ounce of sense would recognize it as such. Furthermore, he went on and on to praise himself about all of his wonderful achievements in public service, particularly on behalf of women. When I countered asking him to be specific about what he had actually done to support the notion that women are equal contributors in society and worthy of respect, he responded — “F**k Off, you crazy b*tch!” You can count on it — I’m somewhere near the top of the list of those who are rejoicing at the news of his passing. One less jerk with a big mouth, whose nasty messages need to die with him.
Of course anyone with an ounce of sense knew it was a joke* but you would appear to need more sense than he had to recognise it as utterly inappropriate in that context and NOT FUNNY. I wrote to him also and had the reply about he’s done so much for women, but when I begged his pardon and asked for details I guess I lucked out not to get an answer.
*Groucho quote, I think.
You see where people like Drew (and a lot of otherwise normal people) learn that locker room all-boys-together-talk complete with disrespectful attitudes is OK.
It’s NOT ok.
Has it ever been cleared who provided Stacy’s DNA to ISP when the body at the Big Basin Marina was found? Drew or Cass?
New trial date for Mike R.
ROBINSON MICHAEL 9 25 9 404 930 08CF000098 0 DOMESTIC BTRY/PHYSICAL 2 Jury Trial
ROBINSON MICHAEL 9 25 9 404 930 08CF000098 0 BATTERY/CAUSE BODILY 3 Jury Trial
ROBINSON MICHAEL 9 25 9 404 930 08CF000098 0 INTIMIDATION/PHYSICAL 1 Jury Trial
Thanks Grandam. I was just checking the status of that! Drew in court tomorrow? I don’t know what Return of refers to. And can’t remember what motion if any the judge was going to rule on.
PETERSON DREW W 10 2 9 402 930 09CF001048 0 MURDER/INTENT TO 1 Hearing
PETERSON DREW W 10 2 9 402 930 09CF001048 0 MURDER/INTENT TO 2 Hearing
PETERSON DREW W 9 1 9 402 930 09CF001048 0 MURDER/INTENT TO 2 Return of
PETERSON DREW W 9 1 9 402 930 09CF001048 0 MURDER/INTENT TO 1 Return of
cyrhla, IIRC they have had Stacy’s DNA since she went missing. I don’t believe it was Drew who provided it but that they got it from other family members. I vaguely remember talking about in on FSP.
Blago’s memoirs The Governor to be published September 8th. You can pre-order it from Amazon via Selig.
Blago’s memoirs. Bah!
The money wasted on that piece of crap would be better spent on the ex-gov’s favorite charity. (No, not him.) I may be wrong, but I think Blabit and Sellit are dreaming if they think that junk won’t wind up on the bargain table real, real fast.