Joanie Simms's blog

"FREMONT (AP) -- Police arrested a possible suspect in the fatal shooting of an Afghan-born mother of six who was gunned down as she walked to pick up her children from school, authorities said Friday."(http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?s=5564553)

This was on the news last Thursday (Oct. 19) and it has been sitting on my mind lately. the local news radio station have been keeping tabs on this story, since the suspect in question hasn't been labelled with a "hate-crime" determination. What's odd is that the "'person of interest'" is a 27 year-old Hispanic man.

I pop in my "new re-re-released" DVD of The Little Mermaid by Disney, and watching the preview I see one of Cinderella III, and The Little Mermaid III. Since when where there ever sequels to these classic Disney films? I realize that the populace hasn't been quite friendly with the Disney animation building, but still, couldn't they just leave these classics alone? Do they really need to revise, and reprive these films just for the sake of profit? As a fan of the films and of Disney I can't help feeling a bit let down by all of these corporate moves.These were our childhood was it not; and meddling with one's childhood feels a bit betrayed and abandon for something more, is it for better or for worse?