While doing some research I happened upon this thought for the month of March ....the website I found this on has a well documented index of ridiculous cases being brought against people that caused them to become registered sex offenders ...including the 15 yr old girl who faces 20 yrs on the list for taking semi nude pictures of herself with her cell phone and then sending them to her boyfriend ... essentially tattooing her as a sex offender for taking pictures of herself. How is it possible to become a sex offender from viewing your own body? The next thing we will see is uniform registering of all teens for looking at themselves while naked which will be done of course to protect them from themselves. Here aresome other incredible examples of the lunacy that has been substituted for rational thought by some prosecutors in our various states complete with links to the actual stories.... the link to this website by the way is right here:

http://www.oncefallen.com/youmightbersoif.html

One of the prevailing myths in society is that everyone on registries are all violent rapists or pedophiles. However, landing on a sex offender registry (or even the prospect of landing on the registry) is a very real threat. Over the years, I have collected some very outlandish cases which have either landed someone on the registry or have at least made them potentially subject to placement on the registry. Some are sad, some are ludicrous, and others leave you questioning the laws. However, it is important to keep in mind how easily one can be caught up in the registries. Think about that next time you look at a sex offender registry.

Thus, in the tradition of another popular comedy skit, I present to you the following cases as

“You might be a sex offender if…:” [Laugh Track NOT Included]

• You might be a sex offender if… you ever paid for a prostitute in New York [unless, of course, your name is New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer] http://www.criminaljustice.state.ny.us/nsor/sortab1.htm -- Penal Code 230.4-6

• You might be a sex offender if… you use a stolen credit card to hire a stripper in New York• http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/ethicalesq/2007/12/13/was-legal-news-1/


• You might be a sex offender if… You had sex with a teenager while you were a teen yourself [unless you happen to be Mark Lunsford's son
]• www.rickyslife.com http://
sadlynormal.wordpress.com/2006/12/06/ut-teen-both-a-perpetrator-and-victim-of-sex- offense-presents-legal-puzzle/ (Pamela Mason, “Utah teen both a perpetrator and victim presents legal puzzle.” Salt Lake City Tribune, Dec. 12, 2006)

• You might be a sex offender if… you ever got drunk at a party and videotaped yourself having sex with your teenage girlfriend• http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10972703



• You might be a sex offender if… you have ever given your kids too much information when giving “the birds and the bees” speech• http://www.courttv.com/news/2007/1112/smalley_ctv.html (Mallory Simon, “Woman prosecuted for giving her children too much information about sex.” Court TV, November 12, 2007)

• You might be a sex offender if… a topless woman has ever talked you into "unwrapping your whopper" in a public park• http://current.com/items/88801861_cops_use_topless_woman_to_lure_men_in_police_sting (original story taken down: Marcus Baram, “Topless Woman Lured Perverts in Sex Sting.” ABC News.com)

• You might be a sex offender if… anyone has ever accused you of a sex crime in Ohio -- thanks to a “civil” registry, you don’t even need a criminal conviction, only a civil conviction [like O.J.]• http://codes.ohio.gov/oac/109:5-4 - Ohio Chapter 109:5-4

You might be a sex offender if… you ever participated in “slap butt day” in school
• http://www.590klbj.com/JeffWard/Story.aspx?ID=71743

You might be a sex offender if… you allow your teenage daughter to have sex or don’t do enough to stop her from getting knocked up• http://sexoffenderissues.blogspot.com/2007/11/ga-editorial-registry-without-reason.html

• You might be a sex offender if… you touched the knees of another man over 60 years ago• http://www.reason.com/news/show/30272.html

• You might be a sex offender if… you have ever taken a picture of your child playing in the bathtub, or if you have bathed a baby in your tub• http://archive.salon.com/mwt/feature/2000/01/31/kincaid/index.html (James Kinkaid, “Is this child pornography?” salon.com, Jan. 30, 2000)

• You might be a sex offender if… you’ve ever simulated sex on the sidewalk• (“Man simulated sex act on pavement,” BBC News, Nov. 5, 2007)

• You might be a sex offender if… you had sex with a picnic table (note: why was the person who videotaped this person NOT charged with creating obscene material? Hm...)
• http://www.nbc24.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=150083

• You might be a sex offender if… you are a teen and you take pictures of yourself and send it to other teens
• http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5995084&page=1 ttp://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=5995084&page=1> : Scott Michaels, “Teen Charged With Sending Nude Pics of Herself.” ABC News, Oct. 10, 2008
• http://sexoffenderresearch.blogspot.com/search/label/Sexting



• You might be a sex offender if... you have ever chatted with a teen online, even if you never planned to meet them [unless, of course, you're a senator and/or John Walsh's friend
]www.changingthelaw.com

• You might be a sex offender if... you have oral sex with an intoxicated partner
• www.meganslaw.ca.gov/registration/offenses.aspx?lang=ENGLISH -- California Code 288A (I)

• You might be sex offender if... you look at a child too long in Maine
http://www.seacoastonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080406/NEWS/804060343/- 1/NEWS01 -- Maine's "Visual Sexual Aggression" law

• You might be a sex offender if... you are caught urinating in public multiple times [courtesy of a blogger at Reddit]• http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/14238442/detail.htm
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• You might be a sex offender if... you grab the arm of a 14 year old girl to chastise her for stepping in front of your moving car (assist to Ian for this gem)
• http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45104



• You might be a sex offender if... you flirt with a girl in Egypt• http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,24684272-912,00.html?from=public_rs

• You might be a sex offender if... you had sex with a bicycle, bringing new meaning to the brand name "HUFFY" [thanks to Colin for the link]
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/26/bike_incident/ or
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7098116.stm



• You might be a sex offender if... you are a school teacher at a school that forgot to pay for anti-virus software [ironically enough, she'd have faced less time for sleeping with one of her students]•
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/proof-porn-pop.html?cid=140574368#comment- 140574368



The Following is not an actual case, but the author poses a REALLY good point here:
• You might be CONFUSED FOR a sex offender if... you leave your lights off and don't pass out candy at Halloween!• http://freestudents.blogspot.com/2008/10/we-are-all-sex-offenders-now-happy.html -- One can’t ignore the damn holiday without possibly getting accused of being an offender. For years I’ve safely ignored the holiday. Now, what will the neighbors think? Will they assume that the light is off because a sex offender lives here?

A Quick Thought or Two on Bill Sizemore in the News Again

My problem with the whole witch hunt to silence Bill Sizemore ...and the courts complicity with that agenda, is that it represents even further movement down that slippery slope which leads to places we don't want to let our system go. Love him (and alot of people love the guy) or hate him (the rest of Oregon) if he is able to gather enough signatures to qualify a ballot measure for the ballot then he is entitled to have those initiatives put to a vote by the citizens of Oregon. The OEA (Oregon Education Association) is way out of line here. It was their lawsuit under Oregon's civil RICO statutes that started this whole thing. And their use of the courts in such a shameless way to bully and intimidate the people who don't agree with them should make us all mad. Their claim was since once upon a time Sizemore handed in signatures that one of his employees had forged ...even though those forged signatures* were not needed to get him over the threshold to qualify for the ballot *(of which there were very very few- in fact the audit of his signatures by the Sec of State showed a much lower percentage of bad signatures than are considered acceptable) So the Big union; who is no one to talk about their political agendas ....sues Sizemore’s non profit to try to recoup the money they spent attacking his initiave petitions ...from this non profit and after a dirty judge whose own son is a member of the OEA gives them this ridiculous judgment e also tried to tie Sizemore’s personal assets to the case so the union could proceed to collect against him personally ...WTF?? The initiative process is the people’s ability to set the agenda that their elected leaders won't do. Weak leadership spawns the need to do an end run on those weaklings and their policies to let the people vote on some of these important issues ...You may not like the issues he forces us to vote on sometimes but he seems to have no problem gathering enough signatures to qualify those issues for the ballot and the vote is not always against him either. For the State's largest union to use the courts and legal process to bring suit to stifle the very civil rights that make us the envy of the rest of the world is shameful ...the fact that the first Judge in this case refused to act fairly and according to his sworn oath and called this case for the home team ...is equally shameful ...that the Oregon court of appeals had the wisdom to see this red herring which is apparently lost on Judge Wilson gives me hope that our system still has a chance against the corrupt lawyers and judges who prefer to use legal process to snuff out their opposition and to snuff out the public’s ability to vote on these important issues of the day ... I don't agree with everything Bill Sizemore says and does ...I have met Bill Sizemore and I found him to be extremely articulate and I found his ethics to be above reproach ...when we allow the government to intrude into this process like Judge Wilson has done and try to take control of any part of a private PAC or its funds to contaminate the process and is crossing the line that should never be crossed

The World Has Gone Crazy!

I can't help but sometimes just scratch my head and wonder ....just what is wrong with everyone's thinking all of a sudden? Is it me who has changed or is it everyone else around me? I tend to think it must be something in the water. Most troubling to me is that the people who are demostrably more whacked out than the rest of us ALL hold positions of influence and power in this country. Let me give you some examples of the types of lunacy I am referring too.

1. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi- This woman is third in line to be the POTUSA should (god forbid!) something happen to B. Hussein Obama and Joe Biden. Wouldn’t you think this lady would someone you could take seriously sometimes? Last week she was speaking before a large group of hispanic’s (most of whom were obviously illegal aliens) and rather than deliver a message asking them to respect our laws…learn our language… and immigrate into our country legally….what does she do instead? She calls for an end to the immigration raids and mass deportations of illegals that we have been carrying over the course of the last several years. She claims that protecting our borders and building our giant fence is “unamerican”. And then tells them all that they are the patriots? (I could not make this up) and then she closed by encouraging them to continue breaking our laws. !
Nancy Pelosi Video - Nancy telling illegal aliens how patriotic they are for breaking our laws and invading our country


Here is my favorite video blog on Nancy Pelosi brought to us courtesy of my favorite ranting clear thinker …”drinkingwithbob”

DrinkingwithBob giving us the Low Down on Nancy Pelosi




2. Barney Frank and Chriss Dodd- How do these two chalatans manage to keep getting re-elected? Barney Frank; the only openly homosexual congressman was also the guy who back in July of 2008 (just before the crisis hit in earnest) testified that “Freddie and Frannie are fine ...they are solvent, they are safe investments now everybody” and as Chairman of the Financial Services Committee, one of the committee’s responsible for overseeing both Freddie and Fannie. This man is an expert at screwing things up big then blaming it on someone else. This man should have lost his job 100 times in the last 6 months for gross stupidity. And if that weren’t enough our government now has the person who played a significant role in screwing things up spearheading the efforts to fix it? Why isn’t the press having a field day with this numbskull


3. Acting like a lunatic isn’t isolated to members of congress …unfortunately this countries obsession with pornography and creating as many sex offenders as possible out of normal law abiding citizens has really caught fire. With no state or county Judge or District Attorney wanting to be left out of the contest of who can make the most assinine rulings and/or prosecutions this most recent case comes to us by way of the great state of Idaho!. There a 19 yr old man has been charged with two counts of statutory rape and is currently getting ready to go on trial where he could be sentenced to life in prison. Who was the victim? It is the 15 year old (then) girl who proudly carries his baby and wears his ring as his wife! Yes they made the mistake of doing exactly what every single one of us did (or tried to do or wanted to do or dreamth about doing..Usually in the back of a car) …got caught and since the girl could not legally give him consent he may go away for life! Of course she apparently could consent to marriage and no one seems to think anythingof the fact that she is another preganant teen …no all eyes are focused on the boyfriend who “raped” her …hello!!??