Kerfuffles

aka Swedish-Californian Bo Stefan Eriksson

According to “Wrecked Exotics”, with a search warrant in hand, Los Angeles sheriffs stormed into the Bel-Air mansion of filthy rich playboy Stefan Erikssen, whom they promptly arrested on suspicion of grand theft larceny. Now the playboy is just another accused car thief residing in the county jail, held without bail. Authorities have placed an immigration hold on him so that he cannot leave the country. Why had he not already fled?

After completing a six hour search of his home, police discovered firearms and a mysterious white substance. The original arrest was for just plain vanilla car thievery of a rare Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren and, not one but two Ferrari Enzos. As of April 17th, Stefan Erikssen is now facing up to 14 years in prison after being charged with nine criminal counts, including drunk driving, embezzlement, grand theft auto, possession of a firearm, possession of cocaine, and the beat goes on.

Now let’s sit back and see how California justice deals with a wealthy accused car thief of $3.5 million vehicles, as opposed to the run of the mill criminal whose hot-wiring aspirations rise no higher than a lowly Toyota or Jag.

Kerfuffles’ chronology of “Bo” Erikssen and the “Wreck of the Flying Enzo Ferrari”.

The Big If: Stefan Erikksen, aka Stefan Erikkson, has admitted that it was he who was piloting the $1 million dollar Ferrari Enzo when it landed on a Malibu highway and split in two, today’s Washington Post is reporting in “The High-Octane Story of the Felon and the Ferrari”:

Eriksson appeared in court for his arraignment looking haggard in an orange jumpsuit … his hands shackled. … Deputy District Attorney Tamara Hall said Eriksson was a flight risk and that when he was arrested April 7, he had an airplane ticket to England. She also revealed that Eriksson admitted he was driving the Ferrari at the time of the accident. Eriksson’s attorney, David Elden, said "The press has really blown this out of proportion. … It’s really taken on a life of its own." If found guilty of all counts, Eriksson faces 14 years in prison.

The Big If … “If found guilty … .” Can a fabulously rich high flyer ever be found guilty of anything in California with its high priced teams of defense lawyers?

On a winter dawn on a razor-straight stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, a lipstick-red Ferrari Enzo crested a hill at a speed that sheriff’s investigators would later calculate to be 162 miles per hour. The car — if that word is not too lame to describe a 660-horsepower V12 rocket on wheels worth $1.6 million, one of only 400 ever made, described variously as "rolling art" and "the greatest performance road car ever" — went airborne. Perhaps the Enzo thought it could fly? Alas, it careened into a utility pole, which effectively sliced the vehicle in half, and scattered shredded Ferrari bits over a debris field that measured 1,200 feet.

1. The Mysterious Enzo Saga

   The Mysterious Enzo Saga And The Beat Goes On - In California … the wrecked Enzo. Stefan Eriksson is or is not connected to a fully loaded Glock handgun clip found … ., amongst others, may or may not be involved with the crashed Ferrari Enzo. We do know

2. Rich and Infamous

   Rich and Infamous Why do rich Beverly Hillsbillians think they can get away with breaking the law? Because they can … to drive about. When her husband’s rare Enzo Ferrari was mysteriously crashed in the Malibu Hills … and priceless vehicles and live in gated Bel-Air estates. Ex-con Erikssen’s Enzo Ferrari Stefan Eriksson

3. Ex-con Erikssen’s Enzo

   Where, Oh Where Is Stefan Erikssen? - With no car registration, no driver’s license and no red Enzo, can he still be in California … they have access to the scores of Beverly Hills attorneys who specialize in “DWI Not by Alcohol” cases. “DWINBA” lawyers are skilled in proving beyond a reasonable doubt that merely sitting behind the wheel of such an awesome vehicle, just knowing that you control the power to go from 0 to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds, that you can take off from standing still to 100 mph and come to a full stop in just 10 seconds, causes immediate intoxication in anyone, even teetotalers and, most importantly, even jurors and judges.

4. The Ferrari Twist

   The Ferrari Twist As The World Turns “I wish he was driving a Corvette.” –Mr … million Ferrari Enzo, to a wealthy former executive of Gizmondo, to the Swedish Uppsala Mafia, and how … of the dots from Gizmondo to the wrecked red Enzo: Gizmondo Flow Chart. (“Enzo-Ferrari Mystery

5. Enzo Ferrari Mystery

   Enzo Ferrari Mystery Woe Is US. If Only He Had Crashed a Corvette, No One Would Have Noticed. Ferrari Enzo On February 21st of this year, a 2003 Ferrari Enzo crashed and split in two on the Pacific Coast … with friends in Beverly Hills when they decided to race the Enzo against a silver Mercedes SLR. Now

On the 18th of April in ‘75

On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive, Who remembers that famous day and year…. ~~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, from The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

On 18 April 1775 saw the Battle of Lexington and Concord of the American Revolutionary War. British General Thomas Gage attempted to confiscate the firearms of the American colonists. The British were driven back to Boston, Massachusetts, thus beginning the American Revolutionary War.

From Kerfuffles.

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Retired Generals Calling For Rumsfeld Head:

• Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, who headed the United States Central Command, is now spearheading the campaign against Rumsfeld, accusing the Secretary of falling flat on his face. Coincidentally, Zinni’s attack fits in quite well with the promotional tour for his new book critical of the Bush administration.
• Maj. Gen. Charles H. Swannack Jr who led troops on the ground in Iraq now says; "I do not believe Secretary Rumsfeld is the right person to fight that war based on his absolute failures in managing the war against Saddam in Iraq."
• Lt. Gen. Gregory Newbold in retirement has found the courage to say that he regarded the American invasion of Iraq as unnecessary and is now calling for replacing Mr. Rumsfeld.
• Maj. Gen. Charles H. Swannack Jr. who led troops on the ground in Iraq just two years ago is publicly calling for Rumsfeld’s ouster now. The retired general says that Mr. Rumsfeld had micromanaged the war in Iraq: "My belief is Rumsfeld does not really understand the dynamic of counterinsurgency warfare. I do not believe Secretary Rumsfeld is the right person to fight that war based on his absolute failures in managing the war against Saddam in Iraq."
• Paul D. Eaton, a "retired" Major General, is no johnny-come-lately to the party, as he called for Mr. Rumsfeld’s resignation in March.
• Retired General Riggs who served at the Pentagon through 2004, blamed Rumsfeld for bringing arrogance into the Pentagon. During an interview with National Public Radio, the General finally found enough courage to jump into the fray, calling for Rumsfeld resignation.
• Maj. Gen. John Batiste, who commanded the First Infantry Division in Iraq now is saying that the Secretary of Defense should go.

Michael Barone writes that all Europe has become divided into three parts. He writes in a blog essay entitled “What the Italian elections mean”, that there is Old Europe, New Europe and the Anglosphere.

Jacques Chirac’s leadership has once again doomed his countrymen, this time with his surrender on the employment law. France will have more stagnation, but they will be in good company with other Old Europears such as Germany and Italy.

The off shore island nations of the United Kingdom and Ireland are still more Anglo-Saxon than European, much to the chagrin of the French.

Small countries like the Netherlands and Denmark and the former Communist countries of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and others have effective, intelligent governments and thus are considered “New Europe”.

New is new and old is old and never the Anglo Saxons shall be European.

It’s Spring Break - Do You Know Where Your Kids Are?
Throughout the Natalee Holloway tragedy I have been contemplating the wisdom of youngsters going off to foreign lands, seemingly for the sun and beaches, but in fact for the opportunities to partake of activities that are illegal or morally unacceptable in their home communities. “The St. Petersburg Times” documented a typical holiday in a story about two young women entitled “Too Much Fun”.

Spring Break - Is It Merely Innocent Mating Rituals?
Do you know what your college kids are doing on Spring Break? If they are in Cancun with one of the travel agencies such as Wicked Fish Tours, the details and photographs at its web site will give you a good idea. Last month I wrote about “Spring Break Broken”. Call me a prude, and I am, but I am also pro-woman, and it is not good for women to behave in this manner. It is not good for young men either, but neither is it good for women to want to behave as men, as, believe it or not, men and women are different. Such mating rituals are an uncivilized regression to animality.

All Spring Break vacations with Wicked Fish Tours include:

• Round Trip Airfare or Party Bus to Cancun
• 7 nights hotel/condo accommodations
• 14 meals included in Cancun Mexico.
• 7-50 Included Hours of Cocktail Parties
• Free Spring Break T-Shirt
• 0% Trip Financing with low deposit
• Cancun, Mexico VIP party entrances
• Welcome Orientation in Cancun Mexico.
• Free Welcome Party in Cancun Mexico.

Why Cancun, Mexico asks the Wicked Fish, and then answers the question:

Cancun is responsible for some of the best vacations most Spring Breakers can’t or don’t want to remember. … But, do your fellow partygoers a favor and leave the speedo stateside. Join over 100,000 college spring breakers gettin’ smashed and trashed at Mexico’s top vacation spot. Cancun is the most popular Spring Break destination and consistently delivers the most awesome spring break experience. A few marriages and a helluva lot more breakups can be attributed to Spring Break in Cancun. The party beverages flow and egos grow as guys and gals alike partake in the mating ritual that is Spring Break. (we don’t condone sex or drinking btw) Remind me of that if you see me doing either.

I wrote an essay entitled “Too Much Fun” in July of 2005, shortly after the disappearance of Miss Holloway that is still worth reading.

of OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST From the Meditations of ANNE CATHERINE EMMERICH — was one of the key sources used by Mel Gibson in the film depiction of his vision of “The Passion of the Christ”. The crucifixion as seen in the film, follows closely the visions of Sister Emmerich, recorded in the book “The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ”.

The Venerable Anne Catherine Emmerich was an Augustian nun and mystic who lived in Germany between 1774 and 1824. Her visions were recorded by her secretary, the poet and writer Clemens Brentano. Never officially beatified or canonized by the Catholic Church, Emmerich remains a revered figure for her writings and for her alleged display of the stigmata, or bleeding from wounds in the hands and feet in the manner of the suffering of Christ on the cross. The visions of Emmerich included the events of the Last Supper, the Agony in the Garden, and detailed accounts of Jesus’ arrest and crucifixion.

During the Lenten season of 1823, a German nun experienced a series of ecstatic visions that transported her to Jerusalem on the eve of the Last Supper. Sister Anne Catherine Emmerich beheld Christ’s final meal with His disciples, His agonies in the Garden of Gethsemane, His arrest and trials, the Way of the Cross, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection. This is her compelling visionary account of the events surrounding Jesus’ final days. Recounted to a well-known literary figure of her era, it was published in 1833 to enduring acclaim that extends to its use as a primary source for Mel Gibson’s epic movie, The Passion of the Christ. Sister Emmerich relates her impressions in simple, direct terms, with reverence and with a warmth and dramatic immediacy. (Publisher’s Description at Amazon)