Who am I?

If my brain was directly linked with some sort of typewriter device that would automatically write my more wordy thoughts, I would have so many book deals. I can be totally eloquent sometimes. But the path from mind to hand is fraught with many a peril and most thoughts do not survive the trek. Many a good revelation has perished in those woods. I weep for them.

I have not watched Boston Legal since I spoke of it last. I've never been one for dramas. LOST was the only exception, simply because I knew it had a definite end date and the building mystery was pretty enticing. Also, everyone I knew was watching it. I was pretty disappointed in the ending. I won't go into that now- or probably ever.

For some reason I was thinking about the whole Casey Anthony thing yesterday. It just randomly popped into my head. I remember when the verdict was being decided and facebook was completely flooded with everyone's opinion. Apparently, everyone thought that everyone else cared what they personally felt about a person they had never met and knew nothing but speculation about.

I purposefully avoided reading much of the banter along with any news casts and internet news updates about the whole thing. I did read a news article detailing a few aspects of the case which focused mainly on which allegations and details were proven and which were purely speculation.

One "friend" (I use the term only in the facebook sense because I hardly even know this person) said something about how awful it was for a mom to put duct tape on her little babies mouth. Or something more white trashy like "that little baby shouldn'ta never had duck tape put on her little mouth, that's so awful!" The article I read specifically mentioned that duct tape was not on Caylee and that there was no evidence that there had ever been duct tape. I'm not saying I believe the article any more than anything else, but there it is.

I have two thoughts about all these people who glued themselves to this trial. First- how stupid are you that you believe everything you hear on the news. You do realize that it is a network television program, right? A network that relies on advertisers for funding and advertisers decide this based on how many viewers there are. They want your views and your ratings! The world is simply not exciting enough all the time to feed this need, especially when there are several other competing news shows. The news media presents what they think will get the most people to watch. That means riling you up by speculating. Sometimes facts just aren't as interesting. Sometimes, they don't have enough facts to fill an entire hour, much less a day. And sometimes people who don't want you to know the facts have money and the news media is more than happy to be paid off. Even if the news media is telling the truth- it's RARELY the WHOLE truth, and it's very often MORE than the truth.

Second- HOW DARE YOU judge this one woman. Who are you to do this? Unless you are on the jury, you have no right or reason. I aim this mainly to my "friends" who claim they are Christians. I can cite scripture all night about this subject, but you should know them already and if you don't then google it. I'll give you the gist though- something, something, vengeance is mine, says the Lord, I WILL REPAY, something something, forgiveness, something something love your enemies and pray for them, something something, even the man closest to God's own heart was a MURDERER, something something, all sins are equal, something something don't you have anything better to talk about, etc. I was appalled at the level of hate I saw coming from some people. Don't you ever stop and think- I don't know this woman. I don't know what her background is, what her childhood was like, what is truly in her heart. I can't judge her. I do know that she has a soul, just like me, and it needs Jesus just like I do. How can knowing that not just break your heart? We ALL have sinned and are fallen short. Even if you think you have never done anything wrong in your whole life- never told a lie, never treated someone in a way you would not have liked to be treated, never lusted, you STILL aren't good enough and save for the grace of God are no better than Casey Anthony. Get over yourself.