the recipe for sprite is not just lemon and lime

My blog got deleted the first time I wrote it. This is annoying. In the meantime, I had some thoughts about the death sentence. In Texas, they have what I like to call the “Carpool Lane.” This is when three or more people have witnessed you murder the victim, you will not sit on death row for 25 years, they rush you right to the front. It makes perfect sense. In Texas, if you kill someone, they will kill you back. I think this could apply to the death penalty in general.
I think that if we applied the laws that the “Carpool Lane’ does in Texas to the normal ones we use today. I.e. if you were seen murdering someone and there are four witnesses, you will receive the penalty. Whereas if there are not as many witnesses, the convict would get a life sentence. I think that makes more sense that just killing everyone. People were given the right to be alive, no matter how crazy they are, they are still people deep down.
On a completely separate note, I had a thought about what we, as Americans don’t know nearly enough about our government. Did you know that Google earth could zoom into my drive and get a half decent picture from what seems like 50 feet up? Google earth is a free public program. Let us say that they put a million dollars of funding into Google earth, they could zoom in close enough to get a picture of my license plate. I find that slightly frightening. They can see into our houses, they can tap our phones, and they can do so many things behind our backs.
I think the government needs to think things through better. In tryouts for orchestras, they have the person perform behind a curtain so they judge by talent, not race or gender. What if the court system went the same way? What if everything was done electronically? All the jurors sit in separate cubicles talking through some sort of messaging service. They can communicate with the judge and other court people. This prevents prejudice against the defendant, the judge, everyone. Although, I can see how this could become a problem. If someone can’t type, if the system gets hacked, there is just a plethora of options to mess it up. I think the solution to this would be to do the same thing as the orchestras. Put the defendant behind a curtain and have him dictate to a lawyer what he wants to say. Also, separate the judge, lawyers, and jury. The jury could be together I guess, but the judge and lawyers and jury should never see each other.

Well, that’s my view on the government and carpool lanes. Peace out guys

Bloggin' all up in hurr

This week in the mind of Mayer.

I talked recently about lethal injection. I think it’s the most humane way to kill someone, if done correctly. The reason they are "under fire" is all of this controversy. People don't care about these inmates dying in pain. There was an unnamed doctor from Missouri who was dyslexic who admitted to administering the wrong dose of anesthesia more than once. how is this guy not being sued out the ass? This is ridiculous! This guy is putting these people through unimaginable amounts of pain and isn't taking anything for it.

There was one man who needed a "rare" second dose and it was administered really improperly. it basically exploded in his arm. His heart rate rose, but because he was under anesthesia, showed almost no signs of pain other than a frown. My best guess is that he was ready to scream. It’s supposed to just stop your heart rate, but if you could feel that? That’s ridiculous. I’ve been in the middle of hospital mistakes before. It’s awful. I had hip surgery two summers ago where they just cut my femur straight through, and the needle got bent in my hand, so I wasn’t receiving any painkillers. It was just terrible. I know what it’s like to not be perfect. To quote Jason Dovitz, “I didn’t say anything” What he would have said had he been paying attention is that this is a more than extreme crime against humanity and there is no way for this to get by. I think that no human being, no matter how guilty should have to suffer like that. On the flip side, they killed someone, and cause a lot of people a lot of pain, so one could argue that they “Had what’s coming to them”. I disagree; I think that everyone should have a fair chance, no matter how terrible. If you’ve ever seen the movie “Thank you for Smoking” it portrays lawyers very well in one line. It’s an ethical issue. Do you support a murderer? Worse than that, a child rapist and murderer? The child comes back with the response, “I guess everyone deserves a fair trial.” I agree with that. I think that no matter who you are, the justice system should support you. If these murderers and being killed ridiculously inhumanely, I don’t think we should just let this fly.

On a completely separate note, I thought of a new idea for the court system. Do it online. If the judge, the jury, and all the lawyers sat in separate rooms and everyone communicated through an electronic system. This would reduce the amount of biases in the courts. You would have to recall jurors; you wouldn’t have to find different lawyers. I think it’s a good idea. It would reduce the problems in the courts. The only problem I could see is that it could be very costly, to buy computers and have security guards for everyone. The guards could eventually become a problem. It could become another scandal to pretend to be someone that you are not.