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This story was on the news a few weeks ago and caused just enough outrage to get Jessica Jackson involved which is never a good thing. Long story short, some guy led cops on a police chased thru Compton and at the end of the chase, 13 cops fired 120 rounds at this guy and only hit him 4 times, and he lived! Naturally the black community got all up in arms saying it was racist even though there were black and Hispanic cops there in addition to the white cops...but to me the real story was how the hell do 13 "trained" police officers fire 120 rounds and miss 116 times?

Just look at the photo above...the red circles are cops, the yellow circle is the guy they are shooting at remember there are 10 other cops not in the frame of this shot shooting as well. Look how close the one cop is to him! At that distant he could throw the gun at him and hurt him.

The guy wasn't high on PCP or wasn't wearing protecting gear...he was just some stupid dude that refused to pull over and gestured like he had a gun.

I'm a big fan of law enforcement but I gotta say these cops suck! I'm no marksman but I have enough experience with a gun to know at that range I could have put every bullet in my gun in the guy without missing and right or wrong, he wouldn't have lived. If I ever have to have a shoot out with the cops, I hope it's these cops.

• http://www.nbc4.tv/news/4514354/detail.html

My computer told me a joke the other day:

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Yeah I didn't get it either... but I bet your browser is cracking up right now.

Some Random Links For You To Enjoy...

• KFC Demonstration - This is so me! A bunch of tree huggers are protesting the treatment of chickens in front of a KFC and a dude gets a big bucket of chicken and eats it in front for them! Awesome!

• Imaginary Girlfriends - Blow-up doll not cutting it? Get yourself an imaginary g/f from this website. The best part of this website is the "Bea A Girlfriend" section which offers $30-$100 per imaginary relationship and doesn't require you to be who you say you are! Wonder how many guys are making a living being an imaginary girlfriend to other loser guys?!? My advice for getting a girlfriend...log off and leave the house!

• When In Rome - A kid takes 25 roman candle shots to the chest in this clip and if you're depraved like I am, you'll crack up laughing. And really, if kids do this for fun, is what happened at Abu-Grab all that bad?

• Camel Toe Video - Yes, it's what you think it is and if you don't know what it is, don't watch it. NSFW

• The Blonde or The Brunette? - In this case, the brunette!

NSFW = Not Safe For Work . . . doesn't mean it's porn or anything, just not something your boss will enjoy you watching on company time...may also be offensive to people with no sense of humor.

A teacher was discussing good manners with her class one day...

Teacher:
"Michael, if you were on a date, having dinner with a nice young lady, how would you tell her that you have to go to the bathroom?"

Michael:
"Just a minute, I have to go pee."

Teacher:
"That would be rude and impolite!!! What about you Peter, how would you say it?"

Peter:
"I am sorry , but I really need to go to the bathroom, I'll be right back."

Teacher:
"That's better, but it's still not very nice to say the word bathroom at the dinner table. And what about you Jimmy, how would you use your good manners in this case?"

Jimmy:
"I would say: 'Please excuse me for a few moments gorgeous. I have to shake hands with a very dear friend of mine whom I hope you'll get to meet after dinner."

Good manners are so important!

America would be a much better place if we had more cops like this. He pulls over a woman for speeding, having a broken windshield, a tail-light out and not wearing a seatbelt and believe it or not, she gives him attitude. He keeps his cool, calls for back-up and she continues to give attitude and then refuses to get out of her vehicle once they discover her license is suspended. He breaks out the tazer and gives her several more chances and warnings but when she still refuses to exit the vehicle, this dude does not hesitate and zaps her ass good. The funny thing is that she is on her cell phone telling someone on the other end everything that is going on right up until she get's zapped. I bet she'll obey the cops next time she's pulled over.

• http://www.big-boys.com/articles/policetazer.html

If you've already seen the "last" Star Wars movie and wondering what's next?...this may be it. This is a 48 minute fan film made by a couple in Virginia at a cost of $200,000 and it's the buzz of the internet right now. I downloaded it this weekend and haven't had time to watch the whole thing yet but to be a fan film, it looks pretty good complete with light sabers, storm troopers and even the man himself...Darth Vader.

The movie is about 240mb so download time is considerable for all you dial-up peeps but worth the wait if you're a die-hard Star Wars fan. Right click on the link below and choose Save target as... and then save it to wherever you want it on your pc. Enjoy!

• http://johngraham1983.brinkster.net/Video/revelations.mov

I'm not out of the house enough to have an iPod just yet but this is a pretty neat little accessory to along with your iPod. From the official website: Meet iGuy- the first bendable, poseable friend for you and your iPod! Not only is iGuy fun, he's fully functional- offering great rubberized protection, docking capability, and screen protection for your iPod or iPod Photo.

• $34.95 @ http://www.speckproducts.com/IGUY/

Speaking of Loverboy, we recorded the new NBC show "Hit Me Baby One More Time" last week which features bands from way back when trying to make a comeback. It was actually pretty entertaining in a sad sort of way. Loverboy was the worst by far. The singer was fat, out of breathe, had the stage presence of an elephant and just sounded terrible. If I had met this guy on the street and he told me he was the singer for Loverboy I would have called him a liar.

Tiffany also performed and she was also sporting some major love handles which is surprising since she was in Playboy a few years ago looking pretty hot. I wonder why these celebs never have anyone around them to tell them the truth when they look or sound bad.

The worst part of the show was the host! Some British lad with an Orbit smile whose accent just makes you want to punch him. This week's episode is a must see with Vanilla Ice performing Ice, Ice Baby!

Loverboy used to sing 'everybody's working for the weekend' but I actually had to work the weekend. We were sitting around Friday night having a few drinks, watching The O'Reilly Factor and reading the paper when Kim noticed an ad for a street fair going on in Palos Verdes over the weekend. I had completely forgotten that I was supposed to photograph that event so that realization pretty much crushed my weekend spirits but that's the life of a photographer sometimes. So now I'm working for next weekend!

Our weekend was all work though. Wade & Abbey dropped by Saturday evening and hung out for a while which was fun. After they left for their night on the town Kim and I had a very late dinner at Islands and decided it was too late to see a movie (especially after such a late dinner) and came home.

I spend Sunday afternoon photographing the aforementioned street fair and then spent the rest of the night (literally) updating our Office software on all our pc's which pretty much shot what little weekend I had left. And in the strangest twist of all, I went to bed at 11:00 p.m. last night...hence the later than usual updates.

Happy Birthday wishes going out to our east coast gal Karen Dixon today! I think she turns out 28 or 29 today...either way, she's sneaking up on the big 3-0. Happy Birthday Karen and best wishes for a happy, healthy year! Hopefully we'll see you soon!
    
Your west coast friends: Jim & Kim

You gotta love this. I'm not gonna tell you what's wrong with this Parent's magazine cover but I will say someone in the editing department should have caught it before it went to press.

Just keep looking...it'll come to you!