I’ll begin with the unavoidable truth that Americans have the right to keep and bear arms. The courts have fallen down on their job protecting our rights and as a result the nations criminals have the upper hand. My friends at Second City Cop have expressed themselves well on the issue of Chicago cops literally being regulated to death. This happens in cities where the bosses and politicians deliberately insure that the criminals can always outgun our cops. This is also a true in New York where cops are forced to carry underpowered and inadequate firearms. This was the case in Los Angeles until one day the North Hollywood bloodbath changed things for good, on February 28, 1997. That’s when bank robbers armed with heavy automatic rifles and protective vests were virtually unstoppable. Some 370 officers had to respond to deal with just two criminals! The officers had to borrow real firearms from a local gun store to deal with a couple of determined maniacs. Before it was over, th...

I went to a Halloween party thrown by my agent last night. It was at actor Johnny Depp’s Viper Room in Hollywood on Sunset Blvd. It was an anniversary of River Phoenix ’s slide into the hereafter at age 23. On the sidewalk where he fell and died there was a makeshift memorial celebrating the really dumb event. The lad died a drug overdose of heroin and cocaine (speedball). The autopsy also revealed traces of cough syrup, and cannabis in his blood. River Phoenix joined an ever growing list of promising entertainers who have checked out due to drug use. Joaquín Phoenix was River’s younger brother who has enjoyed a fabulous career sans the drug issues. Inside the Viper Room were 100 or so young and beautiful actors who can only hope to get the life River Phoenix wasted. Of course your not so young or beautiful Vlogmeister was there flirting with all the young babes.

One cop was shot and lost a middle finger in the furious gunfight that witnesses say involved as many as 50 gunshots. Two ghetto rats lay dead and a third is in critical condition in the aftermath of a failed gang hit plot on a rival. Three gang members from the, “New Breed” were in route to murder a rival gang member. Our three tough guys were under surveillance for their suspected involvement in several recent West side killings. Apparently the officers learned of the intentions through wiretapped conversations. As the trio approached Humbolt Park on Kedzie Avenue, the officers made a stop on the vehicle and the heavily armed occupants. A backseat passenger leveled an AK-47 rifle at officers who opened fire on the offenders. A 14-year veteran officer was shot by one of the offenders and lost his finger as a result. The dead and wounded were removed to Chicago’s Mt. Sinai Hospital. Soon the hit men’s families showed up and tried to battle with the cops right at the hospital. I...

Okay sometimes I’m a morbid guy and want to do the unusual. Saturday was the day to visit some dead celebrities at the Westwood Memorial Park located between Beverly Hills and Santa Monica. This was a tiny and obscure cemetery until baseball great Joe DiMaggio planted his ex-wife, 36 year-old Marilyn Monroe in a crypt there. Today, Westwood Memorial park has more stars per square foot than any cemetery in the world. They let tourists in with cameras and I of course brought in my video camera and tripod and was having a ball until an official with the park threw me, and the camera out when I was at Chicago’s very own, singer Minnie Riperton’s grave. I was invited to get rid of the video camera and downgrade to a still camera and return. Through the magic of desktop video editing you’ll see I didn’t miss much. Before I was evicted, Marilyn Monroe and I caught some quality time with my video camera. Don’t ask me what it was but Marilyn’s resting place seemed to be healing. I was a...

This story is already dated since several additional states have given law-abiding people the right to carry concealed firearms. John Sotessel pulled no punches with this hard hitting story. Please, share it with for friends and family.

Should the Congresswoman from San Francisco Nancy Pelosi become Speaker of the House she’d be appointed President after the deaths of our President and Vice President. This woman is incredibly un-American and wants to have absolute power of Americans and their assets. Don’t let it happen. The Democrats want to create a new Bolshevik Republic to restore status to this failed form of government.

Okay, Madonna is really wealthy and can raise any child like a true Prince or Princess. She went to an impoverished land, found an older, motherless child in need and sought to adopt him. Adoptions are almost always really positive events. That’s a wining deal for everyone involved! The child gets opportunities to realize any hopes or dreams he may have. Madonna gets a new addition to her family. The father of the child gets a guarantee that his boy will have a far better life with Madonna and her husband. The boy will always know who his real father is, and be able to visit his homeland. The boy also gains something else, a mother. This adoption follows the highly publicized adoptions by actors Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. These adoptions have been turned into a freak shows by the celebrity driven news organizations. The media coverage has been nothing short of unwarranted prying into these people’s highly personal lives. I can’t understand why these adoptions are so newswor...