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Oct. 8, 2009 A Life Spent Behind Bars…Ones Made From Candy: I read in a Time magazine piece that there is a correlation between eating candy in childhood and criminal behavior as an adult. No pun intended, but I'm not buying it. If that were true, my cohorts and I would have been serial killers. Candy might serve as good crime tools. Hell, you could cave in someone's head with a Chic-O-Stick, and an Abba-Zabba is as stout as duct tape when it comes to binding a victim’s hands. The researcher, Simon Moore of Cardiff University in the U.K. , examined several factors that led children to engage in serious criminal activity and claimed that one trait that the more impulsive children had in common was a poor diet, which led to more risk-taking. After more research, Moore learned that “69% of people who had been convicted of a violent act by age 34 reported eating candy almost every day as youngsters; 42% of people who had not been arrested for violent behavior reported the same.” Now I know all foods, snacks and otherwise, contain more additives than those of yesteryear, but I’m just not buying this one. Sounds like something cooked up by the Brothers Grimm. Then again, maybe after Hansel and Gretel munched on the witch’s house, they went berserk and killed her and blamed it on a woodsman who, “Just happened to be passing through.” Now For A Serious Note… Premature is a twenty-minute film by Rashaad Ernesto Green, that is a powerful must-see for teens and adults alike. The short stars Zora Howard as a fourteen-year-old girl who goes through a pregnancy that nearly ends in disaster, but is averted thanks to the girl’s change of heart and the common sense of a homeless man. Not only has it been featured on HBO (unfortunately, in the wee hours of the morning), but according to Intrepid Media, “It recently screened as a part of the prestigious Haig P. Manoogian Screenings at the Directors' Guild of America in Los Angeles, where it added the Audience Award to its growing tally of awards.” In an interview, Green says he went from acting to directing because, “The roles I was being offered were not complex as a young black man. Instead of complaining for years to come, I decided to try to get behind the camera.” Sadly, the film does not appear online, but I recommend you check for the next viewing time on HBO. To read the Intrepid Media interview with Mr. Green, go to: http://www.intrepidmedia.com/column.asp?id=3448 Eight Really Is Enough:: Jon Gosselin, part of the parental team that stars in the hit reality show John and Kate Plus Eight, is a pimp, and I don’t mean that according to the redefinition of the word as espoused by young people. He is a money-grubber and a poor excuse for a father, angered by the idea that he can no longer reap the monetary gain and publicity spawned by his exploitation of his wife and children. Gosselin chose to take advantage of his new-found celebrity by seeking a divorce from his wife, but not before he began to run around with a bevy of beauties, and his antics became fodder for the tabloids. Seeing him as an albatross around his wife’s neck, TLC decided to rename the show Kate Plus Eight. Mr. Gosselin retaliated by filing a cease and desist order to keep TLC from “exploiting” his children, and is trying to play this off as having a change of heart. Anyone familiar with this man and his show knows this is a shameless money grab. As long as he was part of the show, neither he nor his wife gave a hoot about their foul relationship or their children being exploited for monetary gain. Due to what TLC calls “John’s erratic behavior,” the shows producers decided to focus on Kate and the children. Gosselin claims that the legal filing is due to a change of heart. He has also brought a halt to the divorce proceedings. If there was indeed a change of heart, I don’t believe it was due to the sudden realization that he needs to start acting like he wants to be a decent father. Jon-boy knows that if the divorce is granted, the District Attorney’s office is going to tear him a new one as they come after him for child support. Blondes Have More Dung Dept: Fox news has a plethora of bitter blonde “experts” taking potshots at President Obnma and anyone else on “the lunatic left.” This is especially true on Fox’s crown jewel The O’Reilly Factor. From right-wing radio host Laura Ingraham and legal analysts Lis Wiehl and ,Megyn Kelly to body language expert Tonya Reiman and the toxic, hyperbolic Anne Coulter to Jane Hall, Monica Crowley, Martha MacCallum and the recently departed Laurie Dhue. This can’t be a matter of selling sexiness, or tlse Abercrombie the Zombie lookalike Coulter wouldn’t be part of the mix. Is this O’Reilly’s personal fetish? Who knows? I think there is a subtle and more sinister message: Fox wants to remind all that blondes represent the epitome of whiteness, and Fox News addresses America from a similar perspective. Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck are two whose attacks on Obama go beyond reporting, but are personal attacks passed off as “analysis.” Their remarks are nothing more than character assassination. Fox rationalizes their attacks on Obama by complaining that “No one said anything when the left was doing the same thing to George W. Bush.” Many blacks feel that Fox News attacks black people and culture, and the few "negroes" they put on the air on a regular basis (primarily Juan Williams, Angela McGlowan and Jesse Lee Peterson), for the most part are “house negroes” toeing the company line (right-wing agenda), and are paraded in order to validate O’Reilly’s street cred any time he's accused of saying something racist. I watch O’Reilly at least four days a week, because it’s like living next to Ku Klux Klan headquarters: A brotha would be wise to peek over the fence on a regular basis to see what’s going on. Cable TV (Turning Violent): There is reason to believer that Oakland Raiders’ head coach Tom “Coldcock ‘em” Cable will be arrested foir an assault on an assistant coach that resulted in the coach suffering a broken jaw, a demotion and a suspension. Cable is alleged to have sucker-punched assistant coach Randy Hanson at a restaurant in Petaluma , California after an argument. Three other coaches are said to have witnessed the attack, and while Al Davis may be mum about it, sources say that the NFL is considering suspending Cable, as it does many of its wayward players who violate the league’s personal conduct policy. Petaluma Police could arrest Cable and charge him with assault with intent to do great bodily injury. Meanwhile, the Raiders remain as the laughingstock of the NFL. They have receivers with little experience and a quarterback who couldn’t hit water if he fell out of a boat. QB JaMarcus Russell is the league’s lowest-rated passer. This once proud franchise is considered by many to be the worst-managed organization in professional sports. Perhaps the silver & black should change the team mantra from “Just win, baby,” to “Just hit ‘em in the chin, baby.” Term-O-Nadir: California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s approval rating is a dismal 28%, and courts have rejected his proposed prison abatement plan, overturned his elimination of funding for homeless shelters. Vioters have turned on Arnold after he reneged on repaying the education fund for the billions he “borrowed” two years ago. While the schools made sacrifices, Schwarzenegger made out like a bandit, looting county treasuries for taxes collected, issuing IOUs and closing the budget deficit with trickery and book cooking that would make the accountants at Arthur Anderson look like saints. Meanwhile, speculation is that Awwww no! will run for the U.S. Senate in 2010. Trivia: Who was the actress who played Patricia Nixon in the movie Frost/Nixon? ANSWER: None other than Patty McCormack, the starlet who at age eleven received a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her portrayal of Rhoda Penmark, the sociopathic child in the 1956 classic, The Bad Seed. She was the first child-actor to earn such an honor. In my view, that is still the finest film performance I’ve seen from such a young star. ------------ About the author: Timothy N. Stelly is a poet, essayist, novelist and screenwriter from northern California. His novel, HUMAN TRIAL, is the first part of a sci-fi trilogy and is available from Amazon.com, allthingsthatmatterpress.com and in e-book format at mobipocket.com. Visit me at: http://www.myspace.com/pittwit website: http://stellbreadO@tripod.com Email: stellbread@yahoo.com 
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