Does Georgia Revolve Around the Same Sun as the Rest of Us? Are they even on Planet Earth?

After reading the story of Genarlow Wilson, a teenager in Georgia caught up in something akin to prosecutors-gone-wild case of teenage sexual escapades, I am truly doubting if I will ever understand the thinking, or lack thereof, of some of the people charged with administering justice in this country...

So let me get this straight...a 17 year old high school senior gets a hummer from a girl, a 15 year old sophomore...(there are other charges, from a different 17 year old who claimed to have been raped, but the video evidence showed willing initiation of the act....the video also caught the soph. performing oral sex on various men at the party, including Wilson)....

He gets charged with rape (dropped) but the prosecutors won't let go and drill the kid on aggravated child molestation....what the hell??? Look argue the legal particular all you want...a HS senior got a BJ from a soph...doesn't that happen about 10,000 times every Friday night in America? Moreover, the "plea deal" he gets is for 5 years in jail and to be slapped with the career/future and soul-crushing SEX OFFENDER label (I dunno, but I think those are permanent)...

The prosecutorial logic astounds me...it goes something like this: they believe Wilson should have taken the same plea agreement as the others. Maintaining innocence in the face of the crushing wheels of justice is the ultimate act of vanity. SO everyone should just plead guilty in Georgia I suppose....it gets better..."Being branded a sex offender is not good; but at the same time, if it made the difference between spending 10 years as opposed to two? Is it worth sitting in prison for eight more years, and you're still gonna be a sex offender when you get out?"

HOW ABOUT NOT CHARGING the kid with a ridiculous molestation charge? He faced a choice to become a convicted sex offender and never get to live with his little sister or go to trial....I don't know why the other defendants took a plea-deal...perhaps they weren't facing the exact same charges, perhaps they didn't fully understand what being a convicted sex offender can do to your future in this country (and rightly so)....

You want to hear the kick in the balls..."At the same time this trial was under way, a local high school teacher, a white female, was found guilty of having a sexual relationship with a student -- a true case of child molestation. The teacher received 90 days. Wilson received 3,650 days." That is just F'd up.

I am doing the only thing I can...I will not step foot in that state or spend any money on anything associated with Georgia until that kid is released....

The Ultimate Apologist

You know how ESPN show the "Ultimate Highlight" each Sunday ?? (which by the way should not be viewed by those with epilepsy or attention spans measured in units of time longer than milliseconds)...well I propose a new segment that ESPN can air every week during Monday Night Countdown...having Michael Irvin be the "Ultimate Apologist"...a weekly chronicle for the former, most accomplished, drug-loving Cowboy wide receiver to make excuses for the current, most notorious, pill-popping Cowboy wide receiver's behavior.

Irvin actually defends 81 for yelling at teammates on the sidelines, saying "someone needs to say something"....but is it MEO's job to be person to get in the face of the O-line or the WR coach. ummm, as a fan who experienced the MEO erosion of team unity, the answer is an EMPHATIC NO

So let me offer up a hearty laugh at MEO's "I'm not here to point fingers" comment that came right after he threw Bledslow under the bus for his horrendous performance yesterday.

Here is an excerpt from MEO post-game PC: "You watched the game. Who's pulling the trigger? I'm just out there doing my job. I'm not trying to point fingers at anybody, but you guys know just as well as I know." Bledsoe, Parcells, and the Cowboys faithful better get real used to those sorts of snide, back-handed insinuations.