TURNING CORNERS and ROADS CHOSEN,-ROTTWEILERS and WEINER

TURNING CORNERS, ROADS CHOSEN
or should I say, ROTTWEILERS AND WEINERS!

Today I planned to update all of you about my beloved Rottweiler, Tara, who many of you know was fighting for her life last week.  I wanted you to know that she had "Turned a Corner" and was doing so much better.  Indeed, she has turned the corner and will live.

However, in the blogosphere things change quickly, as do ideas.  Today, as I opened this space to write about Tara, I was faced with the story of someone who seems incapable of "turning the corner" and changing his life.  While Tara, my very intelligent dog, has chosen to live, it appears that Anthony Weiner has chose political suicide, and if his wife was not so loyal, marital suicide as well.

Of course, many of you already know that he continued to sext photos of his very private self to a very young woman, even after begging his wife's forgiveness, as well as the public's, and then resigned his office in Congress.  But now, with his ego intact, and maybe even that very private part of his anatomy bulging at the thought of again exposing himself to public scrutiny, he appears to have struct again!  Yes, it seems that he can't help himself--he must continue to expose himself to young women, but he does it via phone.

I must admit I am quite flummoxed by all  this.  No, not that he continued to take pictures of himself, because in my business as a criminal defense lawyer I have found over the years that a person who needs this kind of random attention and the need to shock others, has very deep issues that do not go away.  No, what has me shaking my head is that people with money, presumably those who convinced him to run for mayor, were so naive as to believe he had quit his hobby.  But, alas, he has not, nor will he ever quit.

A word to the wise for those of you who gave him money and encouraged him to run for office, understand something, Weiner will not be the only one exposed if he is elected.  You will all be exposed for your naivete for believing a person who waves his weeney will ever give up the habit.  Alas, they don't.  Just ask any judge who has had the repeat offender stand before them at time of sentencing.  All of the offenders swear they have quit; all swear it was a one-time thrill; and all swear that if given one more chance they will change.  They NEVER do!  Just ask around.  The thrill they seek is too deep, and the ingrained need to shock too pervasive.  While Weiner may stop waving his weeny, his need to shock will never die.

So, hold on New Yorkers, your ride will be a thrill a minute as his need to shock grows larger and larger with his ego.  As a person from Los Angeles who has lived with the derision those of you from New York have leveled at us for living in the land of perpetual sun, bar-b-ques, beach tans, convertible cars, cruising, and everything California, just remember, it will be us laughing at you if you believe that Anthony Weiner has turned a corner.  He has just taken the "Y", and will leave you wondering why--why you ever believed in him.

But, my ten year old Rottweiler, with the pancreatitis, she knew enough to turn her own corner.  She is fine.  She turned her corner and chose the road to health.  Stayed tuned to see what the Great Exposer has in store for us.  I can't wait!