Under watch for Sept ’05: Jesse Jackson, Samuel Israel and others
Under watch: Topanga record producer Christian Julian Irwin who, after telling a friend he was being pursued by Nigerian scam artists, disappeared for five days and was found naked in a stream and reportedly delusional. Hedge fund Bayou Management LLC operator and founder Samuel Israel, suspected of defrauding investors of hundreds of millions of dollars, telling his clients he was shutting the doors due to family troubles including an impending divorce. A former partner, Daniel Marino, admitted in a suicide note to defrauding investors and accused Israel of once holding a gun to his chest. Physicist John Schreifer, who pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter in an incident in which he killed one and injured seven while driving at more than 100 mph on U.S. 101. While friends described the crash as a “catastrophic aberration”and are “perplexed and saddened”over the downfall of a man who is clearly a giant in the field, Schreifer had been ticketed for speeding nine times since 1993. In the manslaughter case, he was driving on a suspended Florida license and had initially fabricated a story about being forced off the freeway by a truck. A few friends and colleagues alluded to “powerful medications”he may be taking. Jesse Jackson, who stated that referring to U.S. citizens as “refugees”is racist. Note to Jesse: a refugee is “one who flees for refuge or safety, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.”(emphasis added). A refuge is “a place of shelter, protection, or safety,”or “anything to which one has recourse for aid, relief, or escape.”This is not the first time Jackson has used hyperbole (“obvious and intentional exaggerationâ€) and plainly inaccurate statements in attempting to wield power over the minds of others. He also compared the scenes of devastation in New Orleans with “Africans in the hull of a slave ship.”As black libertarian radio host Larry Elder might say, un-be-lievable.
Note to family, friends and fans of the above: the benefit of the doubt is given by assuming alcoholism (they are either idiots and fundamentally rotten, or they are alcoholic/other drug addicts”which would explain the misbehaviors). If alcoholic, there is zero chance that behaviors, in the long run, will improve without sobriety. An essential prerequisite to sobriety is the cessation of enabling, allowing pain and crises to build. Thus far, many have done everything they can to protect the addict from the requisite pain, making these news events possible. The cure for alcoholism, consequential bad behaviors and, ultimately, tragedy, is simple: stop protecting the addict from the logical consequences of the misbehaviors and proactively intervene.