Serial Killer Rodney James Alcala: Bachelor #1 Has Reached His Expiration Date

Yesterday, in an Orange County courtroom convicted murderer Alcala was finally given the death penalty. Through DNA, blood and fingerprint evidence, Alcala’s sordid resume includes the late 1970’s murders of 4 young women ranging in age from 12 to 32. Additionally, he raped and beat an 8 year old girl in 1968; that woman, now age 50, sat with the 12 year-old victim’s family as the sentence was administered. Interestingly, Alcala has the dubious distinction of being a winning contestant on “The Dating Game” in the 1970s; ironically, the bachelorette who chose him later refused to go through with the date. Lady Justice can only speculate how that courtship might have ended.

POUND OF FLESH FOR THE IRS: JOSEPH STACK’S SUICIDE MANIFESTO

This morning Joseph Andrew Stack crashed a single engine plane into the IRS building in Austin, Texas.  His suicide manifesto is below and shockingly narrates a tale most hardworking, taxpaying Americans can relate to: If you’re reading this, you’re no doubt asking yourself, “Why did this have to happen?” The simple truth is that it is complicated and has been coming for a long time. The writing process, started many months ago, was intended to be therapy in the face of the looming realization that there isn’t enough therapy in the world that can fix what is really broken. Needless to say, this rant could fill volumes with example after example if I would let it. I find the process of writing it frustrating, tedious, and probably pointless… especially given my gross inability to gracefully articulate my thoughts in light of the storm raging in my head. Exactly what is therapeutic about that I’m not sure, but desperate times call for desperate measures. We are all taught as children that without laws there would be no society, only anarchy. Sadly, starting at early ages we in this country have been brainwashed to believe that, in return for our dedication and Read More …