[SIZE=3[B]]My own view of Judge Strickland's blog reading is that this was done as part of his appraisal & assessment of Defense ability to obtain a fair trial in Orange County for the prisoner in light of their desire to change venue. He would also, as any normal person, find interest in what is written about the case in some blogs and find boredom in others[/B]. [/SIZE]
Mr. Mason and the prisoner, however, have concluded scanning the blogs to be solicitation and courtship. Those are the semantically colored terms used over and over in their motion. If you walk down your block and stop to look at a house, maybe even take a picture of it, this then proves you are seeking to snap the house up in a foreclosure auction or proves that you want your photos published in the newspaper because you seek fame or proves that you are going to report the homeowner to the Planning Department.
In sum, the motion proves nothing and draws spurious and tendentious conclusions from ephemera. The prisoner is frightened by opinions voiced in Dave's blog and the fear then pervades her waking thoughts, affecting her ability to be the reasonable person required by the recusal statute; she immediately attributes those opinions to the judge. She would do this no matter who the judge, just as she attibutes evil opinions to the manyheaded. We have heard her do that on multiple occasions.
It often seems the defense is led by caprice. Samuel Johnson said, "Being in a ship is like being in jail, with the chance of being drowned." The prisoner is drowning in her own paranoia, so it is very like indeed.
