Casey/Caylee Anthony: MSM Did Not Solve Who Todd Black Was … Looks Like it was Blink34 and Scared Monkeys … Hello Gil Cabot

Will the real Todd Black please stand up. Or should we just say Gil Cabot.

So the MSM has finally gotten around to investigating who the real Todd Black is. It is about time they got around to looking into the background of the Jose Baez spokesman. However, everyone might want to take a closer look as to who was really on the fore front of this investigative story.

Todd Black, not his real name, has been referred to over and over as the spokesman for the for Attorney Jose Baez and the Casey Anthony defense legal team. Previously, Todd Black has stated that he would not give his real name, hmm. Who has ever heard of a public figure like a media spokesperson not using their real name? Would tend to seem to fly in the face of ethics and credibility.

Former Resident of the State of CA Prison System

Using fake identities raises some serious ethical issues, according to public-relations consultants such as Margaret “Marti” Mackenzie, who works for attorneys.

“To use a fictitious name flies in the face of creating a trusting and ethical relationship with the media,” said Mackenzie, author of “Courting the Media: Public Relations for the Accused and the Accuser.” ”And for anybody in the media, frankly, who covers the statements released knowing this person’s rather charlatan behavior, I consider that also to be unethical.”

The Orlando Sentinel and WFTV are both finally reporting that Todd Black appears to really be Gil Cabot. The Orlando Sentinel reported that a former FBI agent who investigated Cabot in the late 1980s told the Sentinel he thinks Black’s voice sounds the same as Cabot’s on recordings he listened to. Gil Cabot has quite the past as he was convicted of attempting to extort $30,000 from television journalist Jann Carl.

When a Sentinel reporter pressed Black on Thursday for more information on his identity, Black said the newspaper was wasting its time.

“It is an absolute lie that I am Gil Cabot,” Black said

Black, who operates under the corporate banner of Press Corps Media, has declined all requests to be interviewed in person. But he has said that the parent company of Press Corps Media, Arrested Media, was founded by Cabot.

Even Yogi Berra comments that “It is like deja vu all over again”.

Why does all of this sound so familiar? Yogi Berra would say “It is like deja vu all over again”. Where have I heard that Todd Black was Gil Cabot? Some news organizations may want to go back and take a good look at their notes.

WFTV is reporting that they have solved the mystery surrounding the phantom PR man for the Casey Anthony defense team.  WFTV states Todd Black is really Gil Cabot. Did WFTV really solve this mystery … because it sounds an awful lot like a two part series that Blink34 and Scared Monkeys recently posted. Interestingly enough all of the same detail is referenced in the Blink34 article regarding Todd Black, Gil Cabot and his past associations. Hmm.

• Todd Black Who? Blink34 New Spokesperson for Casey Anthony Defense Baez Law Firm, Part 1
• Todd Black Who? Blink34 New Spokesperson for Casey Anthony Defense Baez Law Firm, Part 2

However, according to Todd Black/Gil Cabot is a press release … “It simply DOES NOT MATTER.” Many would bed to differ with you Gil.

UPDATE I: Gil Cabot is a Tampa native and graduate of Hillsborough High School. He started out as a DJ and got involved in the music business before he got into trouble.

Scared Monkeys Radio Daily Commentary – Tuesday, February 3, 2009 – Drew Peterson’s “Engagement” Was A Media Stunt

• Dana comments on the stunt, supposedly concocted to bring more attention to Drew Peterson, and asks who’s really seeking attention?

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Michael Phelps Olympic Bong Caption Contest

Michael Phelps Caption Contest

Michael, what were ya thinking? Sometimes it’s best to just retire after winning 8 gold medals in one Olympics.

Add your best captions …

Ground Hog Day 2009 … Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow, Six More Weeks of Winter

HAPPY GROUND HOG DAY

If it’s February 2 … it must be Ground Hog Day. This morning in Punxsutawney, PA at Gobbler’s Notch Punxsutawney Phil, the Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of all Prognosticators, saw his shadow and Phil says “six more weeks of winter”.

Not to be out done, our friends to the North in Nova Scotia have a seer of this own. Nova Scotia’s furry weather prognosticator Shubenacadie Sam predicted six more weeks of winter.

It also seems that Punxsutawney Phil made a couple of other predictions after the cameras were off and the crowds left:

1. Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of Leonard Padilla appearing every night on the Nancy Grace Show providing little to no substance regarding the Casey/Caylee Anthony case.

2. Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of President Obama and Democrats in Congress and the Senate trying to pass off a pork barrel, Democratic boondoggle spending plan that will double the deficit as a stimulus package.

3. Punxsutawney Phil predicted 6 more weeks of Michael Phelps apologizing for doing bong hits in order to save save with America and his sponsors.

4. Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of the main stream media carrying the water for the Obama Administration. (Actually, Phil admitted it would be 4 more years)

5. Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of Al Gore railing that there is global warming while we experience six more weeks of freezing cold winter temperatures.

6. Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of Americans scratching their heads as to why they have to pay taxes while Democratic politicians only have to in order to get Obama Cabinet positions.

Who knew Phil was so good at predicting other things besides just the weather. What else do you think Phil predicted?

Scared Monkeys Radio Daily Commentary – Monday, February 2, 2009 – Parents Lose Children Because They Are Named After Prominent Nazis?

• Dana comments on the removal of little “Aryan Nation”, “Adolph Hitler” and “Hanslynn Himmler” from their home

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The Dana Pretzer Show on Scared Monkeys Radio – Sunday, February 1, 2009 – Dana Discusses World Politics, The Supreme Court’s Child Online Protection Cases, and Current High-Profile Crime Cases In The News

This week, Dana welcomes:

• Attorney Reem Odeh’s and her client Moshen Salha.  Moshen Salha’s family all died in an airstrike in Gaza.
• Robert Peters, President Of Morality In Media  discusses the Child online Protection Act: Supreme Court Nixes?
• Robin Sax, Los Angeles County Assistant District Attorney and author of the book “Predators and Child Molesters: What Every Parent Needs to Know to Keep Kids Safe”  talks about high profile crime cases in the news.
• Jacque Hollander - Discussing recent court ruling regarding James Brown trust

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Barack Obama’s Brother George Obama Arrested for Marijuana possession … Maybe He was Hanging with Michael Phelps

Wake up the echo of arrested brothers of Presidents past …

Barack Obama’s brother, George Obama, was arrested in Kenya for possession of marijuana, but did he in hail? It would appear that Obama’s little brother is still living in the Nairobi slum. The Powers That Be ask a great question in their post ‘The Audacity of Dope: Obama’s Brother Arrested for Drug Possession, is Barack Obama’s half brother a black Billy Carter, or a Kenyan Roger Clinton … maybe a little of both?

(H/T: The Powers That Be)

As Suitably Flip states … “Let’s face it – you’re not truly President until your brother gets busted”.

We would ask the same question as The Gateway Pundit does, how would the media have handles this story if George W. Bush was the President and his half brother was arrested for pot possession? I think we know the answer. Interestingly enough the media is making the point that Obama and George barely know each other. So!

There is no truth to the rumor that George Obama was seen hanging with 14 time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Michael Phelps doing bong hits. The Audacity of Dope, indeed.

Speaking of DOPES!!! It is being reported that Michael Phelps was caught in several  pictures smoking a bong at a University of South Carolina party in early November, 2008. According to reports from The Star Magazine he was partying like it was 1999.

This is why Olympic athletes are to always keep training and never take time off to be distracted by the far too many temptations in life. The squeaky clean, All-American boy image of Michael Phelps is gone. No longer will he be on a box of Wheaties, but instead Zig-zag paper. Is Michael Phelps endorsement and Olympic career … Up in Smoke?

UPDATE I: Phelps acknowledges photo using pot pipe and bad behavior

This is the reason why our heros should never be athletes. If you want to find a real hero … look to the US military, there are unknown names of brave men and woman every day doing acts of heroism that you will never hear about.

Olympic great Michael Phelps acknowledged “regrettable” behavior and “bad judgment” after a photo in a British newspaper Sunday showed him inhaling from a marijuana pipe.

In a statement to The Associated Press, the swimmer who won a record eight gold medals at the Beijing Games did not dispute the authenticity of the exclusive picture published Sunday by the tabloid News of the World.

“I engaged in behavior which was regrettable and demonstrated bad judgment,” Phelps said in the statement released by one of his agents. “I’m 23 years old and despite the successes I’ve had in the pool, I acted in a youthful and inappropriate way, not in a manner people have come to expect from me. For this, I am sorry. I promise my fans and the public it will not happen again.”