"To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing,
if these limits may, at any time, be passed by those intended to be restrained?"
-- Chief Justice John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, 1803

Wednesday, June 30, 2004

You know, you really have to be one sick, depraved bastard to do something like this.

Six puppies were killed, apparently by fireworks placed in their mouths, shortly after teenage boys were seen carrying Roman candles in a north Tulsa neighborhood.

Animal control officers said they were following leads Tuesday but had no suspects in Sunday night’s attacks, during which one person told police they heard a puppy yelp.

An older dog, a 41/2-month-old black Labrador mix, suffered burns on her muzzle and hindquarters from apparently being used as a moving target for fireworks.

The Tulsa Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was caring for the injured dog and for the puppies’ mother, a 11/2-year-old black-and-tan heeler mix that was not harmed.

The injured dog had begun to eat and was expected to survive, said Laurie Myers, executive director of the Tulsa SPCA.

The SPCA believes the puppies died from fireworks that exploded in their mouths.

When I was a kid if I had done something like this my dad would have beat the shit out of me.  And I don’t mean than in a metaphorical sense, either, I mean he would have physically beat me with his fists.  Not that I would have done something so despicable, of course, but if I had the wrath of my father would have been a sight to behold. 

Undoubtedly, when these children are caught, their parents will make excuses for them, and they’ll be sent into counselling, where they can talk about their feeeeeeelings and their insecurities and blame it all on anyone but themselves, when the simple fact is that these are kids with lousy parents who raised them without a shred of morality or decency.

Want to know what kind of soldiers end up working at Abu Ghraib?  Here’s your answer.

Update Okay, seriously, what the hell is wrong with people?

Police say the 9-1-1 call from Portland’s Marshall Park neighborhood Sunday afternoon sounded beyond belief: A guy driving a green Subaru Outback, dragging two bloodied and panting dogs down the street.

turned out to be true, police say.

Shortly after 5:30 p.m., officers found Sean A. MacComb standing next to his car in a driveway in the 10700 block of Southwest 11th Drive. Two cablelike leashes and dog collars covered with “a copious amount of blood” were still attached to the back bumper, police say.

The two adult dogs, a black Labrador-Rottweiler mix and a brown mastiff-shepherd mix, are expected to survive their injuries. They were being held at the Multnomah County animal shelter in Troutdale.

MacComb faces a felony aggravated animal assault charge, and misdemeanor charges of second-degree animal assault and driving under the influence, police said.

I hope this guy gets gang-raped in prison, I really do.  I hope he’s in so much pain he can’t sit down for a month.  I hope he needs 30 stitches to repair the tearing.  Because only then will he begin to understand a fraction of the horror and pain he caused those two animals.