October 2008 Archives

There's nothing that seems to bring out the boy in a man more than politics. Well, maybe football but that's a different story.

Some of the behind the scene antics I have seen and experienced first hand this political season are mind boggling and downright disgusting. Grown men slinging mud, throwing tantrums, writing blogs under pseudo names so that they can say really, really mean things without owning up to it. At best it ...

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Categories: Carey Pena |

With election 2008 now just a few days away, and campaigning getting about as ugly as it can get, I find myself thinking over and over again about one very famous quote: "Evil triumphs when good men do nothing."
I also find myself hoping and praying that women and men of fortitude and good-will step forward on Nov. 4th and cast their ballots!

>> Continue reading: confessions of an ambulance chaser--politics, evil and the duty of good men

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Categories: Mike Watkiss |

Several years back I was asked by the mother of a soldier who was killed in Iraq to go there with her. The Department of Defense was facilitating her trip to see the hospital where her son and other soldiers were ambushed and killed. I wanted to go but my station was worried. In the end, they wouldn't allow me to make the trip -- security concerns. I was upset. I thought if this mother is brave enough to travel to a war zone -- I should b...

>> Continue reading: Inside Iraq

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Categories: Carey Pena |

I've covered enough murders to fill up a good-sized cemetery. At most of them, I played the role of professional observer.
But once upon a time, many years ago, in a dusty little town called Blythe California, for several very tense moments, cops held me for questioning as a suspect in a brutal and cold-blooded killing.
It all happened at a little roadside motel, just off Interstate-10 as it crosses the Arizona...

>> Continue reading: confessions of an ambulance chaser--murder in a small motel--cockfighting, killing and the crack through the door

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Politics brings out the best and the worst. Some of the worst seems to be happening at rallies (not all, but many) around the country.

Barack Obama's ethnicity and religion continues to be called in to question. Despite the fact that it has been reported over and over again: Barack Obama is a Christian. Yes, I know... his middle name is Hussein. And mine is Marie. Who cares.

Well obviously someone does.

Just a coup...

>> Continue reading: The Name Game

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Categories: Carey Pena |

Marriage - what is it? Does it need to be defined?

When I asked this question for a story about prop 102, I got very heated answers on both sides. That's to be expected. People are passionate in their beliefs and I love that.

Here's the thing though. No one would go on camera to talk openly about the undercurrent of this Proposition: It would preclude same-sex couples from taking their case to the High Court. This is exa...

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Categories: Carey Pena |

I never thought that I would catch myself saying that I felt sorry for O.J. Simpson, but I've got to confess, as I watched the one-time American icon handcuffed and hustled out of a Vegas court room late Friday night, I felt both sad and sorry.
Don't get me wrong, I have publicly stated and written many times that I firmly believe that O.J. Simpson is "a liar, a coward and a killer".
He is also a fascinating...

>> Continue reading: confessions of an ambulance chaser--karma for O.J.--13 years to the day!--pathetic and guilty

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