Cassi Creek: I would
have called the interminable, boring beyond belief, campaign period between
late July and November the first place result.
Then, the crown was snatched away by the actions of one James Holmes,
who attempted to murder the patrons at a midnight movie in Aurora CO last
Saturday morning. He managed to kill 12
people and wound 58 before the inevitable weapons malfunction slowed or stopped
his random, rapid-fire murders. He
failed to inflict further damage and injury when his booby-trapped apartment was
identified, detected, and defused by EOD specialists.
He sits in
jail now. No bail will be granted. He will not be arraigned formally, until next
Monday. The media is in full display with
every possible anchor, weekend anchor, 2nd string locale associate,
and occasional free-lancer trying to get some on the air face time.
This morning
CNN provided insight to how the trial will be covered. CNN actually shoed two buildings, a jail, and
a court house 100 meters apart and connected by a tunnel. Holmes, they said, was to be moved in three
hours, via the tunnel from jail to courthouse.
They assured their viewers that they would cover the entire event. I am sure that someone somewhere sat
transfixed for three hours, watching for three hours to not see the prisoner
traverse the distance from jail to courthouse via tunnel.
It’s is going
to be a long, long, trial. It is going
to be a long, long, election campaign. I
plan on a lot less television and a lot more reading.
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