Ok win will I learn to do the posts in Word and copy them.  Blogdrive ate another post.  Now I can't remember exactly what I typed, it was some of my better writing too.   I think I started by saying that I am still waiting to hear if the state is going to win their appeal against me.  Then I quoted one of the Duke players "fantastic lies" statement.  That whole thing is interesting, if you are guilty you do not help the police find evidence and give them access to your e-mail and ask to take a lie detector test.  But then its not a question of guilty or not guilty, its all about a black stripper and rich white boys which makes publicity which means prosecutors and detectives will get their names in the paper, which is more important than truth or justice.  The publicity is more important than finding out exactly who did it, more important than the lives of the jocks which are being forever changed.  After all at the end of the day, the white prosecutor goes home to his white wife, in his nice house and could give a shit about a black stripper.  Is the prosecutor even white?  I'm just guessing…. I don't even know.  Some free legal advice for everybody, don't talk to law enforcement.  Never talk to law enforcement!!!! If they are asking you a question about something it's not to determine if you are innocent or guilty its to pin guilt on you.  Let me give you an example…..

"Do you know why I pulled you over" 

"No"

"You were speeding" 

"Well I don't think I was"

"Where are you headed?"

"I am late for an appointment with……."

The report will read you stated you were doing 100mph because you were late for an appointment.  You're better off not engaging in a conversation with the cop.  Don't answer their questions, not volunteer information.  It's better to politely say you do not speak with police offices without an attorney present. 

Let me reenact the phone conversation I had with a detective, the only one, the only time I have talked to a detective and I don't think its word for word since it was nearly three years ago but its damn close and I remember she was pissed. 

Pig "This is Detective _________ we need to talk."

 Me "I've been advised by my attorney not to speak to you without her present"

 Pig "Oh so you've retained an attorney already"  - pissed tone

Me "I spoke with one today" 

Pig "Well this is a serious matter" 

Me  " I'm sorry I've been advised by not to speak with you without an attorney"

Pig "Well I guess we have nothing more to say" 

I was with my attorney when she talked to that detective twice trying to set up an interview, but it never happened.  Why would a cop not want to talk with someone they are going to charge with a crime?  Because they don't care if you are guilty or not… they don't care if you have a roommate that committed the crime, they don't care if the pots not yours, they don't care if your girlfriend has a track record of lying and perhaps she's filed false police reports before. (these are just examples taken from real life but not necessarily my life)  Without an attorney they can skew whatever you say to make you look guilty and you have no recourse.  If you HAVE to tell a cop something do it in writing, and have an attorney review it.    This same cop went on the news, said a bunch of stuff that wasn't true, and prefaced every statement with "we believe."  I believe, if it was true, I wouldn't be typing this blog today because I doubt the state pen has internet access.  All of what she said would be easy to prove true (if it was) and I would not be at home right now.   

So this June will make three years since events conspired against me that forever changed the course of my life.  Three years and its still unresolved… three years and thousands of dollars in lost earnings and expenses…. tens of thousands actually.  So what have I been up to?  I'm building a giant wooden gantry to lift my sailboat off its trailer so I can paint/restore it and the trailer.  I don't know why I am putting so much time money and energy into a sailboat that will never be suited to sail in unprotected waters.  My dreams of sailing out of this country won't be fulfilled with that boat…. but then who would pay my student loans?  I actually can leave the country, but I think if the state was to win their appeal they would probably want me back….. I need a name when I purchased it used it had no name on it.  Any ideas of what to name my sailboat?  I was thinking "Blow Me" but that would be bad if I ever needed to call for help on the radio.  I was thinking about "Moxie", but that's a name usually given to Trimaran's and my sailboat is a single hull fin keeled boat.  What about "Perseverance?", or "Better Days?" or something positive.

Any suggestions??????

In the meantime I'll keep working on my boat and at my job.  Someday I will build my dream boat from scratch and sail it around the world, drinking scotch and smoking cigars with  a couple scantily clad deck hands along to do the work.