WRITING: Journalism – A Case of the Sloppies

Another fine example of the new generation of literacy:

STAMFORD (AP) — Former Stamford Mayor Stanley Esposito is 64 people who have written letters in support of reputed Connecticut mob boss Anothy Megale.

Megale is to be sentenced tomorrow on racketeering conspiracy charges.

He was indicted in 2004 along with more than a dozen other defendants in what prosecutors said was the most significant assault on the state’s Italian Mafia in more than a decade.

Though Megale was captured on tape in 2002 referring to himself as the "underboss," his attorney says he does not admit to being a member of the Gambino crime family.

Prosecutors say is was the family’s second-in-command and top man in Connecticut.

In his letter, Esposito says he was "impressed" by Megale as an "upbeat family man with a sense of humor."

Megale faces up to six-and-a-half years in prison.

(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)  link

This comes on the heels of feeling my age today in being totally out of sync with the rest of the world as far as caring about mankind and liberal ideas of how to demonstrate it.  I may need to retire to my cave for a while and think.