You gonna eat that?

For the most part, I limit the topics I comment on to mostly alcohol and occasionally food. In an unprecedented move, CNN brings the trifecta: Alcohol, Food, and Law (the enforcement of which is open for interpretation).

Second acquittal over 'fajita-gate'.

Let me first say that I can't get enough of anything 'gate'. I am constantly amazed at how many ways the press in this country can drive this word into the ground. Travel-gate, Pretzel-gate, American Idol-gate, ad naseum. On to the article:

"A police officer was acquitted Wednesday of a charge linked to his involvement in an drunken off-duty fight over a bag of steak fajitas two years ago. Jurors deadlocked on an assault charge, and prosecutors said they planned to retry him"

It is no secret that I am suspect of most things California. And while this may not be fair to the nice people who live out there, court cases like this do little to help their image. 'Deadlocked' on the assault charge?

"The jury found Matthew Tonsing innocent of battery and voted 8-4 in favor of acquittal on a felony assault with a deadly weapon charge. Jurors had already cleared him of a misdemeanor battery charge."

I have had some pretty horrible gastronomic experiences in California but I think the prosecutors might have been reaching a bit far with the 'deadly weapon' bit. The dateline reads 'San Francisco, Ca.' If they were anywhere near the Mission they might have been able to find some hot sauce that would make you cry, but this 'burrito battery' jive is a little too much.

"On Monday, the jury acquitted David Lee, one of three San Francisco officers arrested for allegedly confronting two men outside a bar and demanding their doggie bag of fajitas."

So, it's 'not guilty' on all or most of the charges for two of them and probably the third. What's the minimum sentence for being a doush bag? Maybe Arnold can look into that before he starts trying to run for 'Supreme Commander of the Universe'.