Are You Fucking Kidding Me?

I was going to hold off on a post even remotely close to this until I read this.

Wow is all I have to say. It hurts to know that people he considered family were looking in every day and yet can't be brought to say a simple thank you for the fight fought for him to those who truly stood up for Jim. Because you know, I know, his buddies know, and my family knows that without the continued support and voice through me those responsible could very well either (a) still be watching his children and spending his money or (b) only visiting their current establishments for a very limited number of years.

I'd long given up on any of his family finally realizing that. I really had. Until I saw that they could thank the media... you know... what's one more thank you? I'm not looking for an outpouring of pity or accolades. I didn't fight this fight for that. I fought it for him. I fought it for Jim because that's what he deserved. It just would've felt like less of a fight and uphill battle and more of a consorted effort with even a little bit of added support.

Makes me wonder, I bet she is still on your Christmas card list. Might as well add these two too.




P.S. For those friends who have asked, you know the NONDURGANKINGFAMILYMEMBERS who have offered support and care along the way, I still do plan on a trial update. I'm waiting until after Andrew Tanner's reconsideration of sentencing (yeah, you read that right, it's a process... still) to post any true feelings out here for the world to see. I'm still trying to decide the best format to do it in, whether it's a daily recap for the length of the trial and my stay in Canon City, or a really lengthy long post. Either way, I promise it will be full of all the things that you couldn't feel from just reading the local media accounts... you know... the things you had to really be there for.

P.S.S. Because I'm certain this will stir the hornets' nest... please spare me the diatribe on expense and time... I've spent enough of my own money to have no sympathy to that plight. And, with the exception of one other individual in this mix of people, I am really the only one who isn't retired... you know... the one with a job... if you don't count that one thing that one person does whenever the government calls and says hey we need you but it's not an emergency... but even their willingness to put Jim aside for that ended up biting them in the ass... also I really don't want the lecture on how you all still love him... love is more than a noun... it's a verb... and can't be shown through inaction.