Monday Musings...

Time for our beginning of the week edition of truth, justice and the AMERICAN way. I just hope you can take it as well as I'm going to be dishing it out!

Now Being Served At The Judicial Buffet - JUSTICE.

(Don't worry...it's not Fort Wayne)

Philadelphia - Man charged in shooting of two guards:

Murder charges were filed yesterday against the man police say confessed to killing two Loomis armored-truck guards Thursday. Mustafa Ali, 36, of the 3800 block of Woodhaven Road in Northeast Philadelphia, was arraigned last night on two counts of murder, aggravated assault, robbery and related offenses. He was ordered held without bail pending a preliminary hearing on Wednesday.
"This person will never walk the streets again," Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson asserted yesterday.
The widow of one of the guards was comforted to hear the news."I never doubted the police. I knew they would catch him," said Joyce Widmaier of Fairless Hills, whose husband, William, 65, was gunned down with his partner Joseph Alullo, 54, of Levittown. Both were retired Philadelphia police officers."I hope he gets what he deserves."
About 8 a.m. Thursday, a man drove a black Acura TL to the Wachovia Bank near the Roosevelt Mall in the Northeast. He emerged from the car; walked toward Widmaier and Alullo, who were picking up receipts at a drive-through deposit ATM; and fired. A third guard in the truck was wounded by shattered glass.There was no money in the bag that the killer took, police said. The crime was captured on a video surveillance camera, and police released the images.Johnson commended the public for coming forward with information "in a matter of hours."
Police received two tips in the case. An auto dealership in Middletown Township, Bucks County, told police that a customer who had paid with a bad check resembled the man in the surveillance video. The other tip came from a neighbor who led police to the car.

Ali, who is also known as Shawn Steele, was arrested late Friday on a warrant from Bucks County on charges of passing a bad $5,000 check, allegedly for the deposit on the Acura seen in the surveillance images.According to court records, Steele pleaded guilty to bank-robbery charges in 1993 in federal court. He was sentenced to seven years in prison followed by seven years of supervised released, and ordered to make restitution of $7,315. He was released from prison in 1999. A police source said that during questioning, Ali had confessed to the shootings. Police said they had known Ali was the shooter when he provided incriminating information and told them where he had buried the gun.

Police found the murder weapon early yesterday, sources said.
At yesterday's news conference, Johnson provided few details of the investigation. Police declined to release a mug shot until after a police lineup had been conducted."If he is the suspect that killed my husband, he hurt his own family, too," said Donna Alullo, the widow of the second slain guard.
Joseph Alullo retired in 2000 after 27 years on the force. William Widmaier retired in 1989 after 23 years.Joyce Widmaier said she was having a hard time coping with the loss of her husband of 42 years."It was heartbreaking," she said. "He was the rock of the family. When he died, I died. I can't talk anymore, I'm sorry." Her daughter, Wednesday Widmaier, 38, described her father as a man who loved 1960s rock-and-roll and doo-wop groups and went to work daily without complaining."He always put us first and took care of himself last," she said. "It was something so senseless. A single bullet killed my father," she said. "But he didn't suffer. He was with his friend."

It's nice to know that it was the PEOPLE offering tips to the PPD that broke this case as soon as it did. In too many cases, actual eye-witnesses, when questioned suddenly develop what I call "selective memory loss". Here in Fort Wayne, all too often cases drag on for years because people that the local police police KNOW saw something , or know someone involved in a crime, simply refuse to come forward.

So much for "Mid-Western charm", eh?

And with the advent of cellphone cameras, we are even seeing people taking pictures of the crimes as they happen, all so they can be first to post to YouTube. In my eyes, that's nothing short of being an accomplice, if they re NOT forthcoming to the authorities with this evidence. They're simply "guilty by association", and that WILL hold up in any court. Now...all the prosecution has to do is make SURE all the *I's* are dotted and all the *T's* are crossed, because we sure don't want to let THIS monster back on ANY street.

Can I have a side of THEFT?

The other week, I was contacted by Bob Enders (who is running for 6th district city council), who asked me if I wouldn't mind having his campaign signs on my property. Since MY name is also BOB, I said sure..no problem, but I said to him not to be surprised if they got stolen. Last night...my prediction came true. One of his "Vote for Bob" signs was missing from my front lawn, and it was placed in a spot where someone would have to walk UP the incline to get to it. That, my friends is called TRESPASS (and we could add "criminal" to it, because something was stolen). Hopefully, Bob can replace the sign (it also is the sign used by fellow candidate Bob Fuller - they're both Libertarians, btw). This is just another reason why things ARE the way they are in this city. Now this could merely be some pranks by kids whose crackhead "parents" (read baby mama & boyfriend of the week) don't what what a proper TOY is to keep the kids out of trouble, or maybe a smear tactic by some other candidates...I can't say. All I know is that nothing is safe from the primate hands of some people bent only on anything but order in our neighborhood.

Oh wait, that's not necessarily so...if you're BLACK (and some extreme cases, white trash)...and are part of the local "cadre"...meaning you do drugs, drink all day while hanging out instead of having a damn JOB, and are basically as annoying to the normal people as they are, you get an exemption from the mayhem.

For example...the ONLY houses that are "allowed" to put out exterior decorations for holidays are the ones who are the leaders (and followers) of these cadres. And the funny part is that those decorations are usually stolen from OTHER peoples' houses (that would be the decent folks who bother no one). So don't even ask what the neighbor's kid is getting for Christmas...it will probably be YOUR son's bike, anyway!

And For Dessert, I'd Like...

When it comes to making good decisions for the betterment of the entire citizenry, this town not only (to utilize a football analogy) drops the ball most times, but even blocks it's own teammates as the opposition makes the touchdown. Talk about misplaced loyalties. This city seems bent on kissing ethnic ass of every hue, while all the time ignoring those that have made the city what it used to be, before all this politically-correct rhetoric made these poliricos into nanny-policing, wimpering placaters, giving lip-service to the Glutei Maximi of various special-interest groups, concerned with the dollar signs in their OWN eyes FIRST and foremost!

Take "Costaplenty"/Harrison Square...(please). The people didn't want it the way it was shoved down their throats, but we got it anyway....screw the people. At least Shipshewana got a nice indoor water park.

Take increasing property taxes (and place them where the sun never shines). After all the pissing and moaning from the TAXPAYERS finally saying ENOUGH IS ENOUGH (that is not all the minorities leeching off the city,state and Feds), we're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel (as well AS the tunnel itself).

Take the "Dolly Parton" factor (???). Face it, this city is SO damn TOP-HEAVY (geographically-speaking) when it comes to RETAIL it's no longer funny. You want anything? Head NORTH (and maybe a little WEST). Just don't head SOUTH (unless you're shopping includes rims, loud stereos, drugs, other peoples' belongings, or stealing a POS car for a bank heist later 'cause that's all we got). OK, we DO have Menards and Wal-Mart...so does most every other slum district across these United States. Conversely, the city makes it difficult for even the SMALL BUSINESS owner to get by (case in point - the Chuckwagon BBQ, owned by the recently deceased Mr. Bruce Marshall, who was cited into his grave by the zoning department). All of this (and more) serve a select FEW in the final analysis...not the general populace. Accountability applies to EVERYONE, especially to those in power. It's time to hold THEIR feet to the fire for a change.

There we have it....hope no one choked on this tasty repast.

At least the "bill" is priced right....F-R-E-E. And NO tipping the waitstaff!