Gotti Stupid II

John Junior Gotti didn’t get the deserved jail time because of a hung jury. Steve Dunleavy of the New York Post treats John Junior like a celebrity and Dunleavy’s obvious love for the mob has clouded his view on what a piece of crap Junior Gotti really is. Curtis Sliwa is about the coolest guy I’ve ever heard of. He was tough enough to withstand being shot at in a cab because of a ruthless Gotti order and even tougher because he fearlessly brought Gotti to trial. All the family members of Gotti Junior celebrated after the trial because they know that the money they have was due to Gotti’s corruption and crime. I hope the government finishes its job by locking up Junior Gotti. Hopefully, then the dominoes will fall and each and every one of whatever’s left of this worthless crime family is put away. I remember reading the book Donnie Brasco. He was an Italian American cop who infiltrated the mob and stated that mobsters were worthless thugs and not the glamorous family loving people you see in the movies. Also, Mario Puzo never had any contact with any mob members. That is why Puzo was such a good writer - because of his fervent imagination.

I decided to watch an episode of the Gotti’s visit to Italy with great trepidation. I haven’t seen an episode since then because actually taking time out to watch the Gottis would go against every belief that I have. I cringed repeatedly throughout the first episode as this ridiculous family who does such disservice to Italian Americans visited and gave more disservice to a country that I love so much. The first inaccuracy I noticed was that Victoria spent a lot of time in Rome, in the areas which are well known to be tourist traps and complained about her surroundings which were not really genuinely Italian but were more liken to spending all your time in Rockefeller Center or Fifth Avenue when you visit NYC.

Also, she spent an inordinate amount of time looking for hot rollers, which she couldn’t find. She then made the most ridiculous statement of the night in which she said, “That is why all Italians have ugly hair.” Ummm . . . actually, Victoria, most Italian women don’t need hot rollers and that is why you couldn’t find them!! In fact, anyone who has been to Italy knows that Italian men and women have the most beautiful hair that you will ever see in your lifetime. Bad hair days don’t exist in Italy and neither does Victoria's overprocessed Pamela Anderson wanna be hair, with REALLY bad extensions. Well, that was about all I could take for the night! I can only imagine the other atrocities that have occurred since I stopped watching. However, I am sure that when I have the flu or something that I will catch up on my Gotti T. V so that I can blog about them and piss people off.

Not His Fault

I watched patiently for the facts to unfold about hurricane Katrina. I wasn’t about to play the blame game until I knew all the facts. The first thing I blamed it on was poverty. The people in New Orleans did not have the money or resources to get out. Poverty is a huge issue in this country. A lot of kids go to school hungry. The poorest citizens paid the price in New Orleans. Then I watched as people blamed either President Bush or God. After watching the facts unfold I realized it was the ineptitude of the governor & mayor of New Orleans, Fema etc. The governor did not give the order to the National Guard to come in and regain control. Do we want the federal Government to take over state? If so then President Bush would have been at fault for not acting sooner. However, the federal government was not in charge. It wasn’t the president’s fault, as the liberals would usually like you to believe. It certainly wasn’t God’s fault. God has nothing to do with this. God is not a scary vindictive power who places natural disasters upon us to punish us. That is so narrow minded.

Twenty seven per cent of New Orleans City residents had no access to any form of private transportation, which is three times the national rate, and yet no one had devised a plan to move these citizens out of town in the event of an emergency. A New Orleans resident was nearly ten times more likely than the average American to be murdered. So was it any surprise that their police force was ineffective and deserted the city. The politicians concentrated on an ephemeral economy rather than a broad based one. So their lack of proper focus allowed the city to fall into poverty. They embraced the idea that hipness and not economic fundamentals would lead to urban renewal. This strategy causes cities such as “San Francisco” to lose jobs and becomes a distorted middle class playground for young prosperous liberals. So I waited and waited before I made an erroneous judgment unlike most.

On Sep II I watched a special on the discovery channel called: The Flight That Fought Back (Flight 93). It was probably the best documentary that I have ever seen regarding Sep 11. It was heart wrenching, intense and overdue. One of the terrorists was a flight student. His former flight instructor can not imagine that this particular terrorist could commit such crimes. I have come to realize that the scariest people are the undetectable seemingly nice people with the bad intentions. After a few of these people cross your path in life it will change you somewhat and cause you to become wary. You will never again give the benefit of the doubt, which isn’t always a bad thing.