Friday, December 7, 2007

Schadenfreude: Double-Edged Sword

I thought it was pretty when t-sips kept getting arrested. But apparently, in criminality as in all other aspects of sports, Aggies keep trying to keep up with the Joneses.

Police: Aggie Football Arrests Stemmed from Drug Deal

There are many parts of that story that gave me pause--the utter cliche of an excuse of "I was just keeping those drugs for my friend" and the nightmarish quality of the crime they committed (breaking in and duct-taping the mouths of the people shut, just to get $40 and a cell phone) come to mind--but the weirdest part was this:

"Authorities called Babalola at his number claiming to be a ficticious basket company. He confirmed his current address was on Welsh in College Station."

. . . A ficticious basket company? As in, baskets? Odd choice, CSPD. Or is that the go-to undercover phone identity? Should all criminals beware of basket-related cold calls?

In any event, you are idiots, Yemi Babalola and Brandon Joiner. Way to throw away promising futures for the possibility of weed, and for $20 apiece. Morons.

5 comments:

Craig said...

This is how I feel when Republican scandals occur.

Rachel said...

So . . . pretty often, huh? Bummer.

Craig said...

Yeah, almost as often as it does with the Democrats.

Rachel said...

Jack Abramoff, Tom DeLay, Mark Foley, Larry Craig, Scooter Libby, and that's not even getting into most of the shady W/Cheney stuff. Can you give me two examples of Democrat scandals the level of any of that in the past, I don't know, five years? Honest question.

Craig said...

I can name two in the last year: William Jefferson, Louisiana corruptocrat, and Norman Hsu, one of Hillary's illegal fundraisers.