Apparently DA Robert James was not bluffing when he said, 'stay tuned'.
A Dekalb county grand jury suBpoenaed the 2 day testimony of Andrea Sneiderman from a local news station- WSB Tv, channel 2.
In a move that surprised many, Andrea Sneiderman agreed to testify in Hemy Neuman's trial as she wished to do all she could in order to secure a conviction for the murder of her husband, Rusty Sneiderman. Now one wonders if she had motivation in securing the conviction against Hemy, or of she was foolish in subjecting herself to potential prosecution.
During her two day testimony, the DA heard for the first time when Andrea was told her husband had been shot. Per her own words, she had no idea what happened to Rusty, no one told her until she arrived at the hospital around 11 am. However, the victims father and Andrea's friend testified she told them Rusty had been shot prior to arriving at the hospital.
Don Sneiderman, Rusty's father, testified Andrea told him Rusty had been shot on the way to the daycare and in a surprise move, Shayna Citron called the DA after Andrea's testimony and offered her account of when she was told of Rusty's shooting. She testified Andrea told her Rusty had been shot in route to the hospital.
I've been struck by the silence of Andrea Sneiderman's family during all of this. My understanding is her mother was with her when she went to the daycare and hospital. Can she offer any additional information in this case. Did she hear her daughter speak with Don and Shayna? Did she hear her daughter tell them Rusty was shot before arriving at the hospital? I guess the answer to this is 'stay tuned.'
The other thing I've wondered and have not been able to find anywhere, is what time the shooting was reported to the public? Could Andrea have heard there was a shooting at Dunwoody Prep on the way there? It wouldn't take a rocket scientist to put two and two together at that point. It also would not be difficult to assume your husband had been shot if she saw the scene, but at this point I am not sure she did.
So at this point, that' all the new information available. Will she be tried? My guess is yes. Will she be convicted? Was she involved? I guess we will have to stay tuned.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Why is the drop in unemployment rate not being covered by the media?????
I'll admit I cringed a little when I heard the unemployment rate dropped to 8.2% this month
Although I am thrilled more are finding work, I knew it would be covered 24/7 for the foreseeable future. I could hear it now ......At last you non believers and BO haters, his genius policies are finally paying off!!!
But rather than being inundated by coverage that BO saved the economy, I was instead struck by the silence.....cricket cricket
It's interesting isn't it? Another month of lower unemployment, and essentially there is little fanfare associated with the good news????
My guess is somehow 2+2 does not equal 8.2% unemployment, and that it was time for my consultation with the magic 8 ball(google).
Turns out, the lack of fanfare has something to do with a little thing we call arithmetic. I guess it's harder for NBC to use white out than it is to doctor 911 recordings in order to position a story in the direction they prefer.
Below is a link to the bureau of labor and statistics report referencing the number of people employed from 1978-2011 and monthly in 2012.
http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cpseea01.pdf
You'll notice the unemployment rate dropped from 8.3% to 8.2%, in March. hallelujah. So why is NBC and their brethren not shouting it from the rooftops, maybe because of that pesky column 4, number of people employed.
2012: February # of people employed: 142,065,000. Unemployment rate: 8.3%
2012: March # of people employed: 142,034,000. Unemployment rate: 8.2%
Wait, what???????
That's right, 31,000 less people are employed than were employed in February.
But Stacy, how is that possible? How could the unemployment number go down if 31,000 less people have jobs?
Unfortunately it's not a typo, you see the government has a way of reporting this statistic so the masses don't freak out about the real unemployment number.
The calculation is as follows:
(#of unemployed workers/total labor force)*100
If the number of people who are classified as being 'not in the workforce' goes up, the number of the unemployed goes down whether we have fewer people with jobs or not. It's like magic!
For those with inquiring minds, the link below provides a definition of those 'no longer in the workforce'. It includes those who do not have a job, have not looked for one in the last 4 weeks, and my personal favorite, those who if offered a job Last week could not have started it. Priceless... Here's an example, I'm a stay at home mom who is actively looking for work, but who couldn't have started last week because I want to start once kids go back to school, and suddenly I'm not counted in the workforce.
Http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm
The category that should concern you the most is the retirees who are no longer in the workforce. As the population continues to rise that 58% of the population currently employed continues to decrease, while our responsibilities for Medicare and social security payouts increase, but I'll save that eye opener for another post.
I know studying numbers can be a bore so I will leave you with just two more:
When BO began his term in 2008, the number of people employed was 145,362,000, and the national average price of a gallon of gas $1.72.
The number of people employed March 2012: 142,034,000, the national average price of a gallon of gas $3.94
That's 3,328,000, less people with a job, and $2.22 more per gallon.
And if you think it looks bad now, wait until I summarize the tax increases coming that will affect everyone more than they know.
Are you beginning to wake up???
How's that hope and change working for you?
Although I am thrilled more are finding work, I knew it would be covered 24/7 for the foreseeable future. I could hear it now ......At last you non believers and BO haters, his genius policies are finally paying off!!!
But rather than being inundated by coverage that BO saved the economy, I was instead struck by the silence.....cricket cricket
It's interesting isn't it? Another month of lower unemployment, and essentially there is little fanfare associated with the good news????
My guess is somehow 2+2 does not equal 8.2% unemployment, and that it was time for my consultation with the magic 8 ball(google).
Turns out, the lack of fanfare has something to do with a little thing we call arithmetic. I guess it's harder for NBC to use white out than it is to doctor 911 recordings in order to position a story in the direction they prefer.
Below is a link to the bureau of labor and statistics report referencing the number of people employed from 1978-2011 and monthly in 2012.
http://www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cpseea01.pdf
You'll notice the unemployment rate dropped from 8.3% to 8.2%, in March. hallelujah. So why is NBC and their brethren not shouting it from the rooftops, maybe because of that pesky column 4, number of people employed.
2012: February # of people employed: 142,065,000. Unemployment rate: 8.3%
2012: March # of people employed: 142,034,000. Unemployment rate: 8.2%
Wait, what???????
That's right, 31,000 less people are employed than were employed in February.
But Stacy, how is that possible? How could the unemployment number go down if 31,000 less people have jobs?
Unfortunately it's not a typo, you see the government has a way of reporting this statistic so the masses don't freak out about the real unemployment number.
The calculation is as follows:
(#of unemployed workers/total labor force)*100
If the number of people who are classified as being 'not in the workforce' goes up, the number of the unemployed goes down whether we have fewer people with jobs or not. It's like magic!
For those with inquiring minds, the link below provides a definition of those 'no longer in the workforce'. It includes those who do not have a job, have not looked for one in the last 4 weeks, and my personal favorite, those who if offered a job Last week could not have started it. Priceless... Here's an example, I'm a stay at home mom who is actively looking for work, but who couldn't have started last week because I want to start once kids go back to school, and suddenly I'm not counted in the workforce.
Http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm
The category that should concern you the most is the retirees who are no longer in the workforce. As the population continues to rise that 58% of the population currently employed continues to decrease, while our responsibilities for Medicare and social security payouts increase, but I'll save that eye opener for another post.
I know studying numbers can be a bore so I will leave you with just two more:
When BO began his term in 2008, the number of people employed was 145,362,000, and the national average price of a gallon of gas $1.72.
The number of people employed March 2012: 142,034,000, the national average price of a gallon of gas $3.94
That's 3,328,000, less people with a job, and $2.22 more per gallon.
And if you think it looks bad now, wait until I summarize the tax increases coming that will affect everyone more than they know.
Are you beginning to wake up???
How's that hope and change working for you?
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
If it is not the Fault of the evil rich, it must be the evil oil companies
And with this line of attack, BO gets a two-fer as the evil oil companies are owned by the evil rich!
If you are buying BO's latest attack on big oil's record profit, well then you might be a liberal. It's the same old and tired class warfare play and gives you an insight to how the administration plans to campaign for re-election.
'don't look at my record, look at the evil rich loving GOP guy running against me, he supports his rich friends who don't care a thing about you'. Oh really, BO and what have you done since taking office to help the average Joe or Jane???
I remember tearing up after BO was elected, understanding his vision of America and what it could turn in to over 8 years, and trust me they weren't tears of joy. Clearly anyone who knows me, knows I didn't vote for him, but I did take much pride in that our country elected its first black president, it was a historic moment. It was just the wrong guy.
I also remember telling my husband that if BO got into office, made the economy and getting people back to work his highest priority, that his second term would be a slam dunk and not only would he have the political capital to get anything he wanted passed - health care, cap and trade, taxing the rich even more-- he would go down as one of the greatest presidents in U.S. history. And as much as I hated the thought of 8 years of BO, my hope and change was wrapped up in this vision of his presidency.
Instead, he held to his true form. He used the financial crisis to move his leftist agenda through rather than concentrating on the economy. Years later, we are at unemployment above 8%, with real unemployment even higher, gas prices over $4 in some states, and his solution is give me 4 more years, I'm just getting started, or tax the rich and blame the oil companies for the high gas prices.
Let me give you a quick summary of some of the gas co profits. Yes it's complicated, but the profit margins are slim. Why, because 1 of 5 oil wells actually find oil, but the oil companies still pay the expenses for the 4 that don't. And guess what, it turns out Research and development to make clean gas, cleaner forms of energy is not free-who knew. There are expenses related to sales, distribution, oil refinement, And depending in which state the gas is being pumped, the government's returns for doing absolutely NOTHING is upwards of 15% and higher than the dastardly, evil, oil company profit margin.
So I say the government should give us a break, cut their % of profit and let us have a break at the pump, GASP! I'd even rather the oil co keep it, as over 9M people work directly or indirectly for the evil oil companies, and we could use a few more jobs I hear.
But Stacy, if we take away a cent from our government's oil profit earnings, we could lose teachers, police, fire fighters and not be able to continue social security check payments.
Or maybe we could stop funding ridiculous projects like a bridge so turtles can safely pass from one side of the road to another, or defund studies that found prettier people do better in life-shocker, or my favorite, how about we stop producing signs to display by the random road or bridge repair showing us our tax dollars at work. Why don't you just do the job and save that expense.
Or how about getting rid of the oil co subsidies, this is a favorite line of attack lately. I say we do that at the same time we stop the Hollywood movie making subsidies, or did you not know about that one???
But how else will the fabulous movie industry make such classics as Jack and Jill if we don't allow them to write off the majority of their expenses??? Oh no, then crap ass films wont get made. I'd put my tax subsidy behind a co creating jobs and a product used by most citizens and companies than to subsidize the movie industry. Maybe the evil rich movie stars should take pay cut, have a few less staff members, homes etc to help a movie studio out??? Wonder why we don't hear alot about stopping this subsidy, oh yes maybe bc they are among the highest fund raising bundlers for BO.
As you can see, I am in quite a mood today. I cannot take the thought of 4 more years of BO. But if you think getting rid of him is going to solve the problems we currently face, then you are sadly Ill informed and should really work in that. Bc the moment we became a nation of takers, a nation of all is fair, there are no winners or losers on the baseball/football/soccer field, we gave away the keys to what made America great. Turns out there are winners and losers, and guess what pretty people do do well in life. Shocker
If you are buying BO's latest attack on big oil's record profit, well then you might be a liberal. It's the same old and tired class warfare play and gives you an insight to how the administration plans to campaign for re-election.
'don't look at my record, look at the evil rich loving GOP guy running against me, he supports his rich friends who don't care a thing about you'. Oh really, BO and what have you done since taking office to help the average Joe or Jane???
I remember tearing up after BO was elected, understanding his vision of America and what it could turn in to over 8 years, and trust me they weren't tears of joy. Clearly anyone who knows me, knows I didn't vote for him, but I did take much pride in that our country elected its first black president, it was a historic moment. It was just the wrong guy.
I also remember telling my husband that if BO got into office, made the economy and getting people back to work his highest priority, that his second term would be a slam dunk and not only would he have the political capital to get anything he wanted passed - health care, cap and trade, taxing the rich even more-- he would go down as one of the greatest presidents in U.S. history. And as much as I hated the thought of 8 years of BO, my hope and change was wrapped up in this vision of his presidency.
Instead, he held to his true form. He used the financial crisis to move his leftist agenda through rather than concentrating on the economy. Years later, we are at unemployment above 8%, with real unemployment even higher, gas prices over $4 in some states, and his solution is give me 4 more years, I'm just getting started, or tax the rich and blame the oil companies for the high gas prices.
Let me give you a quick summary of some of the gas co profits. Yes it's complicated, but the profit margins are slim. Why, because 1 of 5 oil wells actually find oil, but the oil companies still pay the expenses for the 4 that don't. And guess what, it turns out Research and development to make clean gas, cleaner forms of energy is not free-who knew. There are expenses related to sales, distribution, oil refinement, And depending in which state the gas is being pumped, the government's returns for doing absolutely NOTHING is upwards of 15% and higher than the dastardly, evil, oil company profit margin.
So I say the government should give us a break, cut their % of profit and let us have a break at the pump, GASP! I'd even rather the oil co keep it, as over 9M people work directly or indirectly for the evil oil companies, and we could use a few more jobs I hear.
But Stacy, if we take away a cent from our government's oil profit earnings, we could lose teachers, police, fire fighters and not be able to continue social security check payments.
Or maybe we could stop funding ridiculous projects like a bridge so turtles can safely pass from one side of the road to another, or defund studies that found prettier people do better in life-shocker, or my favorite, how about we stop producing signs to display by the random road or bridge repair showing us our tax dollars at work. Why don't you just do the job and save that expense.
Or how about getting rid of the oil co subsidies, this is a favorite line of attack lately. I say we do that at the same time we stop the Hollywood movie making subsidies, or did you not know about that one???
But how else will the fabulous movie industry make such classics as Jack and Jill if we don't allow them to write off the majority of their expenses??? Oh no, then crap ass films wont get made. I'd put my tax subsidy behind a co creating jobs and a product used by most citizens and companies than to subsidize the movie industry. Maybe the evil rich movie stars should take pay cut, have a few less staff members, homes etc to help a movie studio out??? Wonder why we don't hear alot about stopping this subsidy, oh yes maybe bc they are among the highest fund raising bundlers for BO.
As you can see, I am in quite a mood today. I cannot take the thought of 4 more years of BO. But if you think getting rid of him is going to solve the problems we currently face, then you are sadly Ill informed and should really work in that. Bc the moment we became a nation of takers, a nation of all is fair, there are no winners or losers on the baseball/football/soccer field, we gave away the keys to what made America great. Turns out there are winners and losers, and guess what pretty people do do well in life. Shocker
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Hemy Neuman trial ends, and reality sets in
No not for Hemy Neuman, for me. I'm going to have to go back to writing about politics-BORING, or my so called life-BORING(ER). :)
Let's face it reading about murder, betrayal, sex, and crazy is a lot more interesting than writing about politics. Although often times there is plenty of betrayal, sex and crazy in politics to go around!
It's probably a good thing the trial is over, as my obsession took a turn for the worse. I knew it had gotten out of hand today when my 9 mile commute took an hour and fifteen minutes, and I not only did not notice, but did not want to get out of the car because I was engrossed in the local news coverage of the verdict. An intervention was definitely in order.
Guilty but mentally ill was the verdict.
When the foreperson read it, she was fine through guilty, then choked up when she added 'but mentally ill'. My assumption is the jury may not have known whether the verdict they reached would set Mr. Neuman free, or send him to prison. My other assumption is the verdict was reached as some sort of compromise. An alternative to a hung jury for the one or two who may have bought the insanity defense. We may never know.
As is customary in a case like this, a press conference is held after the verdict/sentence imposed and although jurors could participate, none did. I don't blame them. People are very passionate about this case, no matter on which side they fall. There is nothing the jury could say to satisfy those who disagree with their decision, so why subject themselves to those who would rip them apart for doing their civic duty.
The press conference went on an the defense attorneys, DA, Dunwoody Police Chief and Rusty Sneiderman's brother participated. And while the reality had just set in that I'd be back to blogging about politics, or dare I say me, some of the press conference statements and/or responses lead me to believe I may not be writing about politics for very long.............................
DA Robert James was very eloquent in his words about Rusty Sneiderman and his family, reminding everyone that a good man lost his life and that the guilty verdict was about honoring Rusty, about justice for Rusty. That too much time had already been spent focusing on Hemy and Andrea, and that he would not spend the entire press conference speaking about them.
The DA made it clear he would look into whether charges should be brought against Andrea Sneiderman, and he made it even clearer emotion would not drive his decision, rather evidence and the ability to present a case against her would. The most interesting response from the DA was to a reporter who asked him what he would say to those who question his inferring Andrea had something to do with the murder of her husband without having charged her, to which the DA replied I'd say 'stay tuned'. Interesting.....
Rusty's brother, who was unbelievably gracious and eloquent in what I can only imagine was one of the most difficult times in his life, was crystal clear in his belief a criminal case against his sister in law should be pursued. In his statement he said his family 'will have no peace until everyone involved in Rusty's death is held accountable for their actions. In the meantime, it is clear to me that Andrea is covered in Rusty's blood, and there are not enough rabbis in the world to wash away those sins'. Ouch................
Hemy Neuman's defense team agrees with the Sneiderman family's opinion of Andrea's culpability. Doug Peters said he believes 'she should be charged with murder, in the first degree'. Only time will tell if Andrea Sneiderman will be charged, and clearly DA James will not pursue a case without evidence.
At this point, my opinion remains unchanged...........................because in my heart, I don't want to believe Andrea had anything to do with the murder of her husband. I do believe she had an affair. I do believe she used poor judgement resulting in Rusty's murder. I believe that because she could not bear the thought that she had an affair with someone capable of killing her husband, she convinced herself she never did, and testified to it in court.
HOWEVER, it turns out I am wrong on occasion. BUT do not tell my husband or my kids I admitted this. I too have convinced myself that I could never have the ability to be wrong, so I convince myself, my husband and my kids of this, and I too would testify to it in court!
Let's face it reading about murder, betrayal, sex, and crazy is a lot more interesting than writing about politics. Although often times there is plenty of betrayal, sex and crazy in politics to go around!
It's probably a good thing the trial is over, as my obsession took a turn for the worse. I knew it had gotten out of hand today when my 9 mile commute took an hour and fifteen minutes, and I not only did not notice, but did not want to get out of the car because I was engrossed in the local news coverage of the verdict. An intervention was definitely in order.
Guilty but mentally ill was the verdict.
When the foreperson read it, she was fine through guilty, then choked up when she added 'but mentally ill'. My assumption is the jury may not have known whether the verdict they reached would set Mr. Neuman free, or send him to prison. My other assumption is the verdict was reached as some sort of compromise. An alternative to a hung jury for the one or two who may have bought the insanity defense. We may never know.
As is customary in a case like this, a press conference is held after the verdict/sentence imposed and although jurors could participate, none did. I don't blame them. People are very passionate about this case, no matter on which side they fall. There is nothing the jury could say to satisfy those who disagree with their decision, so why subject themselves to those who would rip them apart for doing their civic duty.
The press conference went on an the defense attorneys, DA, Dunwoody Police Chief and Rusty Sneiderman's brother participated. And while the reality had just set in that I'd be back to blogging about politics, or dare I say me, some of the press conference statements and/or responses lead me to believe I may not be writing about politics for very long.............................
DA Robert James was very eloquent in his words about Rusty Sneiderman and his family, reminding everyone that a good man lost his life and that the guilty verdict was about honoring Rusty, about justice for Rusty. That too much time had already been spent focusing on Hemy and Andrea, and that he would not spend the entire press conference speaking about them.
The DA made it clear he would look into whether charges should be brought against Andrea Sneiderman, and he made it even clearer emotion would not drive his decision, rather evidence and the ability to present a case against her would. The most interesting response from the DA was to a reporter who asked him what he would say to those who question his inferring Andrea had something to do with the murder of her husband without having charged her, to which the DA replied I'd say 'stay tuned'. Interesting.....
Rusty's brother, who was unbelievably gracious and eloquent in what I can only imagine was one of the most difficult times in his life, was crystal clear in his belief a criminal case against his sister in law should be pursued. In his statement he said his family 'will have no peace until everyone involved in Rusty's death is held accountable for their actions. In the meantime, it is clear to me that Andrea is covered in Rusty's blood, and there are not enough rabbis in the world to wash away those sins'. Ouch................
Hemy Neuman's defense team agrees with the Sneiderman family's opinion of Andrea's culpability. Doug Peters said he believes 'she should be charged with murder, in the first degree'. Only time will tell if Andrea Sneiderman will be charged, and clearly DA James will not pursue a case without evidence.
At this point, my opinion remains unchanged...........................because in my heart, I don't want to believe Andrea had anything to do with the murder of her husband. I do believe she had an affair. I do believe she used poor judgement resulting in Rusty's murder. I believe that because she could not bear the thought that she had an affair with someone capable of killing her husband, she convinced herself she never did, and testified to it in court.
HOWEVER, it turns out I am wrong on occasion. BUT do not tell my husband or my kids I admitted this. I too have convinced myself that I could never have the ability to be wrong, so I convince myself, my husband and my kids of this, and I too would testify to it in court!
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