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josh hamilton: setting bar lower season by season

please understand i'm not trying to justify what the police did, not in any way, shape or form. however, i understand their frustration when a suspect won't cooperate. my point is that if the police are trying to arrest you, don't resist. so many of these stories involve a suspect that wouldn't cooperate (like way long ago with rodney king). it can set off some police officers in a final straw sort of way it seems. i don't think the police are deliberately looking to use harsh measures to subdue most/every/any suspect, but i think when a suspect resists, it exacerbates the situation.

love this a lot. straight no chaser, the 12 days of Christmas.

when the victim resists arrest, police are going to take stronger measures to get him to submit. it's not like they're just going to go "ah, screw it. we give up. you're free to go." stop resisting and a lot of these officers won't resort to stronger, harsher measures. did the police taze this guy?

remember when eddie murphy had a really promising career? yeah, that ended way, way too soon.

carrying this out in a national magazine seems, i don't know, the wrong way to handle this.

that would have been tremendously more meaningful for everyone involved, and a pretty impressive lesson to kids about restitution as well as responsibility.

i read that it was 6 yrs 4 mil and thought that was a tad light. glad to be wrong.

wait, what?

but the cops don't choke him if cooperates, and that's what i'm wondering about. this may be another case where if the victim cooperates, the outcome is likely quite a bit different. what the police did was wrong - no justification for using an illegal chokehold whatsoever - but the uncooperative actions of the victim put him in a bad position. i think the victim has to take at least a little responsibility in starting the chain of events.

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dalton always came across as an arrogant prick. he wasn't good at being serious, like connery, nor did he have the charm of roger moore. he always looked like he way overestimated his own importance, and his acting reflected that. i liked brosnan. he had charm and whimsy, but also was good at taking the role seriously.

pay attention, oregon state.

this looks like groundhog day 2: rise of the machines

you'd like casino royale and sky fall. they may not be as fun as bob the builders currently is, but you'll be entertained.

make sure you skip the timothy dalton era. those two blew beyond belief. the only good thing was finding talisa soto.

what if the victim had simply cooperated when the police asked him to? i'll bet this situation ends quite differently.

about what we should have expected about tiger's play.

yeah, that was pretty well done.

i just hope he doesn't go to the mariners. would love to have him here.

vegas, you might also enjoy this video:

people often look for a martyr for their cause. i think mike brown was the wrong choice, as was rodney king. i think they found a new one tonight. pretty baffled that the cop is going to get away with this one, and have a hard time understanding how it can be. once again, don't fight the police. you're not going to win.

run THAT up your flagpole and fly it.

all this time i've thought one dump per day was the norm. i'm as regular as the sunrise - every morning when i wake up - but this surgery has had me off my game. it's a weird feeling.