Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Say It Ain't So....

I couldn't believe my eyes this morning when I read that Heidi Fleiss, the Beverly Hills Madame, was found with 390 marijuana plants in Nevada...with all the growing equipment and chemicals to git 'er done. Hasn't her fifteen minutes been used up already?  Now, here's the kicker. She also had two-hundred thousand dollars worth of rare birds on her property. The cops took the plants, destroyed the equipment, disposed of the chemicals....and left. The reason they didn't arrest this notorious bimbo is because they couldn't find, or didn't know, anybody that could care for the birds. The case has been turned over to the D.A. for review and possible charges could be forthcoming.

Johnny Gooden, Jr. walks into a bank in Bryan, Texas. He tells the cashier that Michelle Obama messaged him on Facebook and delivered the news that she had adopted him. THEN, he tells the cashier to access Michelle Obama's bank account and give him some money. Since he was the President and First Lady's son, they said he could have some of their money. The cashier...not having been born YESTERDAY, calls the police while Mr. Gooden calmly waits for his money. The police arrive and...of course...they check for warrants. Seems Mr. Gooden is a wanted man in Brazos County for Resisting Arrest and Assaulting a Public Servant. (I must warn you the next part sounds like one of those TV commercials) But WAIT! There's MORE! After searching Mr. Gooden, he just happens to have a little baggie of marijuana on his person; which resulted in an additional charge of possession. No word yet on whether or not his parents are going to give him the money for....BAIL.

So, here we have Heidi Fleiss, a woman who was sentenced to two years in prison as a hooker / madame / sleeze....and Johnny Gooden, Jr. Probably...well...most likely a mental case. If you could see his mug shot, he immediately comes off as someone not all there. Drugs? Who knows? Yet, Gooden is taken directly to jail. Fleiss, on the other hand, has almost four-hundred marijuana plants growing on her property but can't be taken to jail because of two-hundred thousand dollars' worth of birds????  I'm incredulous.

I want to go on record here that I'm not joking from this point. These are the types of comparisons that get black Americans angry. Heidi Fleiss is some kind of sick celebrity and she's white. Not taken to jail. Johnny Gooden, Jr. is a nobody with no money, no notoriety and very little support AND he's black. Taken straight to jail. I believe that Mr. Gooden should have been taken to jail. BUT!!! I also believe that Heidi Fleiss should have been taken straight to jail. If you look at the law, that's what's supposed to happen when you break it. But, black Americans see the same news stories I do. And, if I were them, this would make me angry, too. This double standard that exists in our country is becoming more and more prevalent as each day passes. Yes, I have taken two stories among the thousands out there and I haven't compared them all. But, neither have the blacks that read these things. And it makes them angry. And, quite frankly, I don't blame them. Not taking Heidi Fleiss to jail was a slap in the face to every law abiding citizen in this country; regardless of ethnicity. The police officers, their superior officer and his superior officer on up should issue a nationwide apology to us all for not doing their job. The birds would have survived long enough for her to bail out or for them to get somebody in there to tend to them. It was blatant favoritism to a quasi-elite. If it was good enough for her, why wasn't it good enough for Johnny Gooden, Jr?

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