Wacko of the Week, 06/14/08

U.S. Circuit Court Judge ALEX KOZINSKI:

Well, he's always been known as a maverick. CLICK . And that's an appropriate role for a well-known conservative judge appointed by a well-known conservative president (Reagan) to serve on a United States Court out there in wacky California where liberals seem to be running all over the place doing good deeds, willy-nilly.

And now His Honor is sitting as the judge on an obscenity trial that promises to be nasty, salacious, naughty, and even nauseating. You know, naked women painted to look like cows and bounding around on all fours, or naked men with sexually aroused farm animals.

Oh, Wait A Minute! That's not exhibit A at the trial, that's a list of pictures on the Judge's website. Oops! This means that the guy who's going to decide if --- hmm.

The Prosecutor cries FOUL! The Judge says, "DAMN!" The actress says, "MOO!" It is known that the Judge is a very big supporter of free speech and press. So, damn and moo are perfectly legal --- I guess.

The trial has been put on hold, and the judge has put himself on unemployment. CLICK

"In light of the public controversy surrounding my involvement in this case, I have concluded that there is a manifest necessity to declare a mistrial," wrote Alex Kozinski, chief judge for the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. "I will recuse myself from further participation in the case and will ask the chief judge of the district court to reassign it to another judge." CLICK

Here under the BIRCHES, we're a pretty jaded bunch and not much shocks us. This certainly doesn't. We live in a kind of state of nature where the monkeys are swinging around in the altogether and the beavers are always slapping their naked tails on the old mill stream. We certainly don't care what the Judge looks at, and we would have said an expert like him should stay on the case.

So, Judge, you're our Wacko of the Week for running away when the going got, well, dirty.
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RUNNER-UP: Daryl Zutt, Queensland Australia. More-and-more, Australia is becoming the place America used to be with colorful and unconventional characters doing independently minded things and having wondrous adventures.
This one we're not describing, we're going to depend on you to click and read it yourself. However, it begins with a phone call: "Mom, you're not gonna believe this, but --- goodbye!"
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