Often in the face of adverse circumstances it is psychologically healthy to tell yourself "it's all good". However, I am not under adverse circumstances as I write this, but I think society is and in that regard it's quite the stretch to say "it's all good".
I am referring to the parole of one Orenthal James Simpson, better known as O.J. Simpson, the Butcher of Brentwood who will soon be ending his stay at the Lovelock Correctional Facility in Nevada. Now I can make an argument supporting the State of Nevada in this decision if I frame that argument in terms of they don't want him in their state any more. I wouldn't in my right mind make this kind of argument as that he's been more of a liability to society than an asset. What O.J. Simpson proved to the world is that you can get away with murder if you have the money for a legal dream team. I honestly thought he was going to skate again when he burst into that hotel room in Las Vegas but I was proven wrong when I posted that in a predecessor blog (and I don't mind being wrong in that instance.)
But still, why turn him loose? So what if he's been a model prisoner. Is Charles Manson a model prisoner? I don't hear very much about him but California at least keeps that guy away from the rest of us, because they feel he's a threat. So the question really here is, is O.J. Simpson a threat to society?
There was some interesting speculation on Tucson talk radio last week, that from the morning hosts of KNST Garret Lewis and his team. They feel he will be back in the custody of the Department of Corrections before too long, but there was disagreement on how he was going to get there. One said it would be a DUI. Another said it would be from some sort of physical altercation. I can't remember what the third theory was.
Regardless of whether or not O.J. goes back to the slammer, to this day I still will not rent from Hertz due to their previous association with him.
Yes, I know he was running through airline terminals for Hertz long before he whacked his wife and Ron Goldman. Yes, I know Hertz dropped him quickly after he was up on charges. Yes, I know it's been almost a quarter of a century since he called Hertz the "Superstar of Rent a Car". Even though I am not a full blood Kraut, I can be just as stubborn as a fullblood when I want to be, and on this one I want to be.
I will back off on this provided Hertz does one thing:
They advertise a rental called the "O.J. Special", where you can rent a white Ford Bronco for a weekend, and have a fake beard and hidden compartment for a passport and revolver. If Hertz can own up to that mistake like that, then at that point I'll have respect for them and not rent from anyone else.
