Not so instant replay--update

I debated posting this--weighing the possibility that I might be treated to most unwelcome company if I'm not careful versus speaking out about what I consider to be a seriously bad fucking idea. There's also the point that this subject makes for some long posts that not everyone's going to enjoy reading. But it is what it is--I edit for brevity as much as possible before you see my posts. Beyond that it's up to you how much you read.

I finally decided that letting my worry and fear silence me was as harmful to me as having something big and ugly show up on my front porch. The difference is that speaking my mind lets me start any necessary kicking and screaming early on, while silence would make for an easy path to becoming a victim.

So, lucky all y'all--you get another rant, courtesy of an opinionated bitch you've all come to either love or watch to see when the train wreck starts. Either way, welcome and don't say I didn't warn you.

Douglas Plude's bond hearing was today. He was given bail--$100,000 property bond, under the conditions that he did not leave the county or his mother's home without his mother's supervision and only for court-approved reasons. Somehow I don't find it comforting that his mom is his babysitter until his retrial begins. She wasn't a hell of a lot of help when her daughter-in-law was murdered--fine, (allegedly) murdered--the couple lived with her at the time of the crime alleged crime.

How's that for presumption of innocence, Vilas County Circuit Court Judge Neal Nielsen? Presumption of innocence has nothing to do with whether or not a defendant is a flight risk. That error could prove costly should Plude make a run for it.

Apparently Judge Nielsen forgot that Plude had to be returned to Wisconsin from out of state (Kentucky, if I remember right) when the murder charges were filed against him. He seems to have also forgotten this guy has buddies all over the US and Canada, friends he'd made on the Internet over the years.

Allowing this man bail is probably the most ignorant thing I can think of, based on the fact that he had left state once already while the original investigation was still ongoing, rather than staying in Wisconsin as someone who did nothing wrong would have, in my opinion. (Yeah, I get to have one of those, since I'm almost certain he'll look up his old buddies in an attempt to find those who did testify against him.)

It looks like this subject's going to get verrrrry interesting, verrrrrrry interesting indeed, as Arne Johnson would say. Let's hope the retrial doesn't roll like an episode of Laugh-In--because if it does Mr. Plude will once again get a chance to Sock-It to someone.