Rodney Long was an inmate who escaped from the Iowa State Prison in Clarinda, shot a Taylor County Sheriff’s Deputy and broke into the farmhouse of Jerome and Carolyn Mauderly, whereupon he cut their landline. After some four hours of being held hostage, Mauderly managed to shoot Long to death in the farmhouse kitchen.
COMMENTS:
Given the circumstances, no one can doubt that the
Mauderlies were justifiably fearful for their lives. Had they not managed to get a gun and shoot
Long, he most certainly would have killed them.
And there are those who would deny the Mauderlies the right to defend
themselves.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. What is all of the ruckus about John Sandweg being nominated
to the I.C.E. job? (Sylvester ~ Salem,
OR)
A. He has virtually no law enforcement experience. The Republicans are also concerned about his partisanship;
he’s a staunch Democrat. As if to say
that the Republicans wouldn’t nominate someone who was a staunch Republican to
the job? Come on! His major attribute is that he was chief fundraiser
for Napolitano, so what’s wrong with that?
Q. The FISA Court ruling that N.S.A. was violating the
Constitution with its surveillance of U.S. citizens came in October of
2011. But, they continued with business as
usual and ignored the ruling. Why isn’t
someone in jail? (Timothy ~ Elk Grove,
CA)
A. This pattern is running rampant through several agencies
of the Obama Administration. Obviously,
direction is coming from the top. The correct
person to file charges would be Eric Holder, but we all know where he
stands.
Q. What do you think about AL JAZEERA starting up its U.S. cable T.V. network the other day? (Buster ~ Chandler, AZ)
A. They can’t be any worse than NBC or MSNBC. As an American, I do object to the probability
that they are going to be broadcasting things that will endanger our freedom
and our democratic way of life.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“The gift of broadcasting is, without question, the lowest
human capacity to which any man could attain.” ~ Harold Nicolson
TODAY’S VIDEO:
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