Never been one to hold back on saying what I think...

[FormerOstrich]

I imagine almost everyone has some knowledge of the Casey Anthony case in Florida. Or at least I assume if I have heard of it, then almost everyone else has already because as my sister has always told me....she thinks I live in a cave....

Naturally, the Caylee had been missing for months before I knew anything about it. Someone here posted something about the case (which is the first I had heard/seen) and I spent hours reading about the case.

The irony of it killed me (has been killing me). I have continued to keep up (a little anyway) since then and I finally couldn't stand it no more. I finally posted the following on "Investigative Discoveries" forum. (I'm betting the delete it and ban me but maybe I'll be surprised).

The longer this case has continued the more my thoughts have been focused on what I am about to say. I suspect this post might make me the least popular. However, I decided I would finally express what I have been thinking. Thank you for reading my opinion.

When I was sixteen, working at the Tastee Freeze in the stupid small rural town my parents had moved us, one of the local cops told me: “If you don’t sleep with me I’ll make your life hell” Well I didn’t and he did.

I am all too familiar with how things can seem to be a lot different than they may really be.

Many of the lies and actions from Casey Anthony are indefensible. However, I am very suspect at the enthusiasm of which LE and media seem to be for condemning her in the public eye. I don’t recall ever seeing a case where a person of interest or suspect was portrayed as guilty with such fervor.

I don’t know if Casey Anthony is guilty or not guilty and of what & which possible charges. I do know there are a lot of the public at large which are guilty of revealing a less than flattering portrayal of them selves as they have determined her guilt and seem on the verge of a lynching.

I am stunned at the document dumps that have occurred. As a rule, I am very much a proponent of transparency and open public records. However, maybe there needs to be more disclaimers or something to impress upon people there is typically more than meets the eye.

Admittedly, I have not invested the time to read the hundreds of documents. I have read some. Mostly, I have read the editorials from people in many a community forum. First, I am amazed at how certain “tidbits” which seem to have no factual basis or only partially based on fact are repeated over and over as a fact.

Next I am stunned how many people seem to believe their theory is absolute fact. They have it all sewn up…now all they need to do is get their hands on Casey so they can beat their truth out of her.

More interesting is how don’t understand they are not qualified to analyze and understand the contents of the documents (in the context of which they are presented). I feel certain most PC owners would be horrified if they saw what could be extracted from their PC. It is nearly impossible to move around on the Internet without “visiting” site you never knew you “visited”. Nearly every internet user has been on porn sites (according to the data embedded within).

Typing search terms on a topic over a period of time is much different than sites visited. For instance, think about the Missing Children or Chloroform topics. Anyone that has read an article about this case on their PC will have showed evidence of researching Chloroform and Missing Children. Heaven help them if a year from now their child goes missing.

People seem to be saying loud and clear they HATE liars, HATE sociopaths, HATE baby killers, HATE defense attorneys, just lots of HATE being expressed….but they LOVE free Speech and protesting wrongdoing, LOVE collaborating on how to right a perceived wrong. LOVE the thought of jailhouse vigilante justice (if nothing else beforehand).

Now to my point (yes, I am just now getting to my point)…..it is the irony!

We have the President of the United States which has lied to us over and over. He lied to us to engage us into a war which killed hundreds of thousands of children. He and his cronies have out right stolen from every single one of us. The corruption, thievery, and deceit is unlike anything in our Country’s history.

Where are all your indignation about that? Why are first amendment zones allowed for protesting the Iraqi war or NAFTA but not for the Anthony’s neighbors? Where is your compassion and love for the children of the Iraqis? Where is the concern for bringing their broken bodies home for proper burial?

How can you not see the parallels?

link to the post:

http://community.discovery.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3581916879/m/5431953689

[girl gone mad]

1. I like reading true crime blogs..

but the people that post in those places tend to be right wing lunatic authoritarian types. They'll always take the side of LE and prosecutors.

[FormerOstrich]

4. I tend to enjoy reading about true crime, too...

I like A&E's Cold Case Files, etc etc. I think I would have enjoyed a career in forensics, investigator, or something along that line.....Then again during the time to make those kind of decisions all my goals were conflicting. Hard to party big time and work toward working at the FBI...hehe.

I have probably visited more blogs because of this case than ever before. Yes, on some your description is correct. Yet on the other hand, it seems subconsciously the posters give LE and prosecutors no credit at all just by the way the seem to want to second guess their actions and/or criticize.

[Quantess]

2. I take it you don't watch Nancy Grace. "WHERE"S CAYLEE" is all she's talked about for months.

That could partially explain why such an overwhelming majority of the public is convinced of Casey Anthony's guilt. Nancy Grace is a former prosecutor, who has been absolutely obsessed with this case for the past 3 or 4 months. This case is all Nancy Grace talks about, every single day. I can tell she must have been an effective prosector, for all her scathing zeal and obsessive rehashing over the incriminating details.

Not that there isn't a case to be made against the mother. She looks guilty as hell. But, she is being tried on national TV.

[FormerOstrich]

5. You are correct...I watch virtually no TV...

(makes a great night light tho).....I have seen a lot of references to Nancy Grace on the forum posts etc. I didn't know who they were talking about for a long time. I just recently found out she was with CNN and I was really surprised. I had imagined a tv tabloid sort of show...oops maybe I did have CNN pegged right!!

Yes, I agree she does look guilty but in my opinion everything is so skewed just by the way they are handling it. Plus, I am not convinced all the evidence is real. For instance, can they really detect human decomposition from air? Personally, I think LE may well have planted some of those stories just to rattle Casey. It's hard to overlook that at least 2 boyfriends and her father are from LE.

[Quantess]

7. I think you have CNN Headline News channel pegged about right.

And I am not exaggerating when I say, "WHERE'S CAYLEE"(actual screen caption) has been her topic every single day for the past 3 months or more.

I find her show entertaining sometimes, but I'm so bored with this case. Obviously, her viewers are whipped up into a frenzy over this case, otherwise she would change topics now and then. But it's all "WHERE'S CAYLEE", all the time. Nancy Grace is the queen of frothing at the mouth, indignant outrage. She has the capacity to stir up a hateful mob to go find this Casey Anthony "liar mom" and skin her alive. Nobody would still be talking about this case right now, if it weren't for this show.

[magellan]

3. I've been following this case closely since it first hit the news here

We live only a few miles from the Anthonys. I've read the initial arrest report, listened to the 911 and jail phone conversations, know what's known about the DNA evidence and so forth.

There's no doubt in my mind that Casey (missing Caylee's mother) is a habitual liar whose actions indicate she has some serious mental health issues. The evidence strongly suggests Caylee is dead and Casey knows all about it. But I'm not prepared to say she murdered her child (I think there's much room here for accidental death and cover-up), and I'm not willing to try and convict her on the public stage. She, like Bush** et al, deserve their day in court.

The people who stand outside the Anthony house protesting annoy me no end for exactly the same reason as you:

We have the President of the United States which has lied to us over and over. He lied to us to engage us into a war which killed hundreds of thousands of children. He and his cronies have out right stolen from every single one of us. The corruption, thievery, and deceit is unlike anything in our Country’s history.

Where are all your indignation about that? Why are first amendment zones allowed for protesting the Iraqi war or NAFTA but not for the Anthony’s neighbors? Where is your compassion and love for the children of the Iraqis? Where is the concern for bringing their broken bodies home for proper burial?

How can you not see the parallels?

I can't tell you how many times I've yelled much the same at my tv.

But the only reason we're seeing such response with this case and not more generally with BushCo is the level of coverage by the media. The local news has been all over the Casey Anthony case day after day for months now, investigating, debunking, and bringing each new bit of info to light.

If only they and the corporate (cable/national) media paid as much attention to the evidence trail left by this administration.

[FormerOstrich]

6. I am soo glad someone else connected the dots....

I haven't seen or read anything that suggested anyone but me saw the irony! It's always nice to know there are others out there with me!!!

[magellan]

8. If the corporate media were doing its job

...more people would see the irony. But I get the feeling many of the same protesters would be outside the Anthony house instead of on the streets in DC demanding Bush** be held accountable for his crimes.

This is FL, after all. :crazy: