{"id":146,"date":"2003-12-05T22:13:09","date_gmt":"2003-12-06T01:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/soapbox\/?p=146"},"modified":"2005-10-26T17:55:58","modified_gmt":"2005-10-26T22:55:58","slug":"the-rat-bastard-factor-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericbrooks.com\/soapbox\/the-rat-bastard-factor-redux\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rat Bastard factor (redux)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>** <b>UPDATE: Dec 11th<\/b> &#8211; UH OH! Mark got <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.fark.com\/cgi\/fark\/comments.pl?IDLink=748783\" target=\"offsite\">FARKED-UP!<\/a> (Hat tip: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.assortedweirdness.com\/mt\/\" target=\"offsite\">Kathy K<\/a>) **<\/p>\n<p>Or perhaps this should be aptly titled &#8220;How to wreck your career in one night&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Remember my little rant &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ericbrooks.com\/soapbox\/article.php?p=135\" target=\"offsite\">The Rat Bastard Factor<\/a>&#8220;?<br \/>\nWell, the tale gets better&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wnep.com\/Global\/story.asp?S=1552609\" target=\"offsite\"><b>Pazuhanich Charged With Indecent Assault<\/b><\/a><br \/>\n&#8220;Charges have been filed against Monroe County District Attorney Mark Pazuhanich. Now police have issued a warrant for his arrest&#8230; Pazuhanich is now charged with four counts, including indecent assault, putting a child in danger and corruption of a minor. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In laymen&#8217;s terms: He allegedly fondled his own daughter, and was seen by a security guard and a concerned mother, doing it  at the Hilary Duff concert last Saturday in Wilkes Barre.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, ladies and gentlemen&#8230; welcome to my world.<br \/>\nOnly in the Poconos can you get a District Attorney, who was best known for:<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<li>Recently being slammed by PA Supreme court for &#8220;Prosecutorial Misconduct&#8221; in his handling of the <a href=\"http:\/\/michaelmanning.homestead.com\/\" target=\"offsite\" title=\"Thankfully, the Pennsylvania Superior Court, citing &quot;prosecutorial misconduct&quot;, has ordered a new trial. Now, the District Attorney must decide whether to prosecute again.\">Michael Manning Case<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Currently <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poconocommuter.com\/forum\/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=473\" target=\"offsite\">investigated for missappropriating funds<\/a> earmarked for sexual assault\/domestic violence cases<\/li>\n<li>His unwillingness to help residents screwed over in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.home-mortgage-loan-refinancing.com\/mortgage_fraud.htm\" target=\"offsite\" title=\"The Monroe County District Attorney's Office refused comment Tuesday on why 16 charges were dropped. A spokeswoman said District Attorney Mark Pazuhanich is on vacation but left instructions that he be the only person in his office to comment on the case.\">real estate scams in the Poconos<\/a><\/li>\n<p>And we all voted him in to become a judge (anyway).<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I&#8217;ve heard rumors that the &#8220;Undisclosed charges&#8221; were &#8220;Child Molestation&#8221; all week. I wasn&#8217;t going to comment until I know for sure.  That&#8217;s a kind of charge that takes little to anger the masses, and the accused finds themself in a &#8220;guilty until proven innocent&#8221; scenario.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the kind of thing that will destroy a person&#8217;s very life.<br \/>\nYou have to be careful with that stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Now that the arrest warrant is out, and he&#8217;s nowhere to be found (they *think* he&#8217;s in rehab, that&#8217;s what his attorney contends)&#8230; now I can say it.<\/p>\n<p>Of course anyone who has read my site over the years, and all my family went through (stories have been deleted for our own protection), don&#8217;t have to ask me:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hey is this something personal you have against Pazuhanich?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Because they know my answer will be &#8220;Hell Yeah.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>** UPDATE: Dec 11th &#8211; UH OH! Mark got FARKED-UP! 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