Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
Gotta love what my fellow Texan NavVet, Ron White has to say on the subject (FF to 1:00)
I’m sorta bettin’ this episode makes it in to a future Ron White joke. Too delicious to pass up.
Guess we got a two-fer on that one. Cleaned the gene pool of child rapist genes and got a bonus cleansing of stupid.
The saying is you can’t fix stupid.
I think the Commonwealth of VA just found a way.
Didn’t fix it, just rid us of some bad rubbish. Huzzah for the Old Dominion!
As Homer Simpson would say, “Doh!”
Excellent news.
The Seal of the Commonwealth, one which formed my hat brass for 4 years. A great state, indeed, it is unfortunate that Michigan (my current home) does not take a hint…
Thus Always to Tyrants = appropos
One less thing to worry about…
X-tra Crispy? You got it!
Want fries with that?
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ – POP!
What an imbecile… One could defend the execution on eugenic grounds only
Hey, Texas retired Ol’Sparky. I’m glad Virginia still had one around for this guy.
Hope they put the sponge on dry.
Only took a liitle over 10 years to rid the world of his sorry behind. Sometimes “He just needed killin’” is a true thing. Just too bad they can only kill him once.
Well, at least there;s some GOOD news on the interwebs today!
personally, I would have loved to be in the courtroom and watching this moron’s face as the prosecutor read that letter to the jury. A voluntary confession. Moron indeed!
I wonder if they got footage of his face when it was read, then the later verdict was announced. Most likely the camera wasn’t aimed at him during the first event, but they may have gotten him when for the verdict. That would be one for You Tube.
Annnnd…we have a winner!
Ah-ah!
There is something visceral about the electric chair that raises atavistic satisfaction in the termination of a miscreant…. I celebrate the Ted Bundy Memorial Bar-b-que every year (initial date 1/24/89). I shed no sympathy for a child rapist. None.
But as Florida found out, if it is done wrong all that image does is add fuel to the “ban the death penalty” fires. Put them to sleep like we do other rabid animals. It is not as satisfying (above) but dead is dead and good riddance.
Personally, I like the idea of a post, a wall, and 12 rifles. Kinda hard to mess up that way.