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A local teacher accidentally put pornography into a DVD that was meant to be filled with school memories from the past year, and nobody caught the error until after it was sent home, shocking parents and students alike.

Parents of students who attend Isabelle Jackson Elementary said that the woman is a good teacher, but just made a mistake that may become the most embarrassing moment of their life.

The offending DVD starts with a menu screen that displays various school trips and functions, and when you click on one of them, you see kids in a classroom sharing stories. They start clapping, then the video suddenly cuts to sex.

“It goes from my son, straight to her on the couch,” said ‘Joe,’ who saw the video along with his son and did not wish to be identified. “My son’s reaction was, ‘Dad, is that Ms. Defanti?’”

“We were up till midnight doing the ‘birds and the bees,’” he added.

The person in the video turned out to be Isabelle Jackson Elementary fifth grade teacher Crystal Defanti.

“All she could say was that it was a horrible mix up,” Joe said.

The teacher called his home the day after his child got the DVD, crying hysterically, profusely apologizing and asking the man and his wife to call every parent they knew to stop their kids from seeing the DVD too.

The Elk Grove Unified School District says they are investigating, but legal experts say it’s unlikely that the teacher will lose her job.

“It’s felony stupid, but it’s not a crime,” said defense expert Ken Rosenfeld. “Is it something that she should be disciplined for? Absolutely, but fired for? She didn’t intend for this to happen.”

Joe doesn’t care if the teacher keeps her job, he’d just like some help from the school.

“Maybe offer some sort of counseling for my children, ask me how my children are doing,” he said. “I want somebody to ask me the kind of questions my kids are asking me.”

School officials say a new DVD will be sent to students once it has been reviewed.

SAN DIEGO — Manny Ramirez returned to the big leagues and apologized to fans and his teammates. He refused to talk about steroids, though.

The slugger’s 50-game suspension for violating baseball’s drug policy ended today and he was set to play for the Dodgers against the San Diego Padres.

“Well, I want to say I’m sorry to the fans and to my teammates,” Ramirez said at a news conference about four hours before the first pitch.

He refused to talk about the reason for his suspension.

“I don’t want to get into my medical record,” said Ramirez, who wore sunglasses and had his dreadlocks back in a ponytail.

“Showtime tonight!” he said as he walked off the dais.

Ramirez’s ban was based on evidence he used human chorionic gonadotropin, a fertility drug that’s banned by baseball, a person familiar with the suspension told The Associated Press after the suspension was announced on May 7, speaking on condition of anonymity because those details were not released.

HCG is popular among steroid users because it can mitigate the side effects of ending a cycle of the drugs.

Thousands of blue-clad Dodgers fans were expected to be in the sellout crowd at Petco Park.

The Associated Press is continuing to report that a source close to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin says that the governor will resign from office effective July 26, 2009,  proving that you cannot be attractive and a politician at the same time.  The socialist media only wants fat, ugly people running for office.  JD

The Associated Press is reporting that Sarah Palin will resign as Alaska Governor effective July 26, 2009.   Developing . . .

As I have said in the past,  Obama will find out jusst how two faced politicians and the media can be when it comes to spending America into generational debt.  Here we are in a deep recession with no idea as to when it will end,  and Obama wants to spend trillions of dollars on more freebies and entitlement programs.  

 I cannot believe that it took Colin Powell this long to say something about Obama’s agenda.   Americans are realizing that Obama is an empty suit.  Obama’s poll numbers continue to slip,  some polls having him below 50 percent.   The worm has definately turned for Obama.   JD

Colin Powell, one of President Obama’s most prominent Republican supporters, expressed concern Friday that the president’s ambitious blitz of costly initiatives may be enlarging the size of government and the federal debt too much.

“I’m concerned at the number of programs that are being presented, the bills associated with these programs and the additional government that will be needed to execute them,” Mr. Powell said in an excerpt of an interview with CNN’s John King, released by the network Friday morning.

Mr. Powell, a retired U.S. army general who rose to political prominence after a long and accomplished military career, said that health care reform and many of Mr. Obama’s other initiatives are “important” to Americans.

But, he said, “one of the cautions that has to be given to the president — and I’ve talked to some of his people about this — is that you can’t have so many things on the table that you can’t absorb it all.”

“And we can’t pay for it all,” said Mr. Powell, who was the first African-American to serve as secretary of state, under former President George W. Bush. He was also national security adviser to President Reagan, and was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under President George H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1993.

Mr. Powell was considered a possible Republican presidential candidate as early as 1996, and in 2007 he donated the maximum amount allowed to Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican who won the GOP primary. But less than a month before last fall’s general election, Mr. Powell endorsed Mr. Obama over Mr. McCain.

Mr. Powell’s comments represent the growing concern that began with hard-line fiscal conservatives but is now spreading to moderates about the rate of government spending and debt under President Obama, and the long-term impact on the country’s fiscal sustainability and national security.

The national debt stands currently at $11.5 trillion and the deficit for the current fiscal year is projected to be close to $2 trillion.

Mr. Powell expressed alarm at “budgets that are running into the multi-trillions of dollars” and “a huge, huge national debt that, if we don’t pay for in our lifetime, our kids and grandkids and great-grandchildren will have to pay for it.”

“So, I think the president, as he moves forward with his initiatives, has to start really taking a very, very hard look at what the cost of all this is. And, how much additional bureaucracy [will] be needed to make all of this happen?” Mr. Powell said.

Mr. Powell said he has been in touch with Mr. Obama regularly, including recently.

“I don’t insert myself. But, we stay in touch,” he said.

Mr. King prompted Mr. Powell’s comments by showing him video archive footage of Mr. Powell’s comments at the 1996 Republican Convention in San Diego, where Mr. Powell talked about his opposition to big government.

“The federal government has become too large and too intrusive in our lives,” Mr. Powell said then. “We can no longer afford solutions to our problems that result in more entitlements, higher taxes to pay for them, more bureaucracy to run them, and fewer results to show for it.”

Mr. Powell said that now that he still believes what he said then, but that he would put it in different terms now.

“I don’t like slogans anymore like ‘limited government.’ That’s not the right answer. The right answer is, give me a government that works,” he said. “Keep it as small as possible. Keep the tax burden on the American people as small as possible, but at the same time, have government that is solving the problems of the people.”

The full interview will air on CNN’s “State of the Union with John King” on Sunday, July 5.

Staples Center Servers went down from the overwhelming traffic generated by people seeking to get tickets to the Michael Jackson memorial service,  set for Tuesday,  July 7, 2009.

Brokencountry.com made more than 100 attempts to log onto the system but received 404 errors from all of the traffic on the  servers.   We finally gave up when the site went down all together.    JD

An event honoring Michael Jackson is set for Tuesday morning at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, FOX News has learned.

Sources close to the dicussions tell FOX News that a Jackson even will take place at 10 am at the downtown arena where the Los Angeles Lakers play.

It wasn’t immediately clear if a funeral or a public memorial was being discussed for the entertainer — or both, a source told the Associated Press. The person said all talks are preliminary, and no decisions have been made.

Speculation about the potential location of a memorial had ricocheted during the day from the Staples Center to the Los Angeles Coliseum to the Nokia Theater. Jackson family spokesman Ken Sunshine said a public memorial was in the works but that it wouldn’t be at Neverland.

Jackson’s older brother Jermaine Jackson expressed home in an interview early Tuesday morning that Michael would be buried at his Neverland Ranch north of Los Angeles. The elimination of the proposed Neverland memorial came as a blow to many Jackson fans who had already descended on the estate in hope of attending a public viewing.

“We’re terribly disappointed,” said Ida Barron, 44, who arrived with her husband Paul Barron, 56, intending to spend several days in a tent.

Many of Jackson’s die-hard fans refused to believe that the family would bury their most famous son without acknowledging the supporters who helped propel him to superstardom.

“I can’t believe they wouldn’t do something for his fans,” said Rosie Padron, who had roped off a spot just outside the Neverland gates. “Michael loved his fans.”

Washington Post Publisher and Chief Executive Officer Katharine Weymouth said today she was cancelling plans for an exclusive “salon” at her home where, for as much as $250,000, the Post offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to “those powerful few”: Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and even the paper’s own reporters and editors.

The astonishing offer was detailed in a flier circulated Wednesday to a health care lobbyist, who provided it to a reporter because the lobbyist said he felt it was a conflict for the paper to charge for access to, as the flier says, its “health care reporting and editorial staff.”

With the newsroom in an uproar after POLITICO reported the solicitation, Weymouth and Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli both said they were not aware of the flier.

“This should never have happened,” Weymouth told Post media reporter Howard Kurtz. “The fliers got out and weren’t vetted. They didn’t represent at all what we were attempting to do. We’re not going to do any dinners that would impugn the integrity of the newsroom.”

Brauchli told Kurtz he was “appalled” by the plan.”It suggests that access to Washington Post journalists was available for purchase,” Brauchli told Kurtz. The proposal “promises we would suspend our usual skeptical questioning because it appears to offer, in exchange for sponsorships, the good name of The Washington Post.”

Earlier this morning, Brauchili said in a staffwide e-mail that the newsroom would not participate in the first of the planned events — a dinner scheduled July 21 at the home of Katharine Weymouth. Brauchli,was named on the flier as one of the “Hosts and Discussion Leaders.”

The offer — which essentially turns a news organization into a facilitator for private lobbyist-official encounters — was a new sign of the lengths to which news organizations will go to find revenue at a time when most newspapers are struggling for survival.

And it’s a turn of the times that a lobbyist is scolding The Washington Post for its ethical practices.

“Underwriting Opportunity: An evening with the right people can alter the debate,” says the one-page flier. “Underwrite and participate in this intimate and exclusive Washington Post Salon, an off-the-record dinner and discussion at the home of CEO and Publisher Katharine Weymouth. … Bring your organization’s CEO or executive director literally to the table. Interact with key Obama administration and congressional leaders.”

Kris Coratti, communications director of Washington Post Media, a division of The Washington Post Company, said: “The flier circulated this morning came out of a business division for conferences and events, and the newsroom was unaware of such communication. It went out before it was properly vetted, and this draft does not represent what the company’s vision for these dinners are, which is meant to be an independent, policy-oriented event for newsmakers.

“As written, the newsroom could not participate in an event like this. We do believe there is an opportunity to have a conferences and events business, and that The Post should be leading these conversations in Washington, big or small, while maintaining journalistic integrity. The newsroom will participate where appropriate.”

Employers cut more jobs in the U.S. in June causing unemployment to rise to 9.5 percent from 9.4 percent in May, the highest since August 1983.

The Labor Department report shows that in June employers slashed 467,000 jobs and hourly earnings were flat. In May the economy lost 322,000 jobs.

Factory payrolls fell by 136,000 after decreasing 156,000 the prior month. Payrolls at builders fell 79,000 after decreasing 48,000.

Retail payrolls decreased by 21,000. Financial firms reduced payrolls by 27,000.

In a separate report the Labor Department said the number of Americans filing first time claims for unemployment benefits last week fell in line with forecasts. Initial jobless claims dropped by 16,000 to 614,000 in the week ended June 27.

The average work week fell to 33 hours from 33.1 hours in May. Workers’ average hourly wages held at $18.53 for a second month.

According to the most recent report from the Georgia Department of Labor, the Peach State’s unemployment rate in May was a record 9.7 percent.

You gotta love Twitter.  People sign up for a Twitter account,  and post anything they want about anything they want.  People who like what they read from fellow “Tweeters” can choose to follow each other and begin this process of propagating almost anything said about anybody or anything,  and it spreads like a wild fire across the internet.

Twitter has exposed a fatal flaw in the American media that was actually created long ago by the Associated Press and United Press International.    The fact that the American media has become fat and lazy.   They no longer report news,  they simply regurgitate it.

Now the American media has found a new source for news,  Twitter.   In desparate attempts to bring Americans breaking news,  the media have turned to Twitter as a source for news,  information and current events,  and computer hackers and simpletons like myself have taken notice.

There have been literally hundreds of examples of the media taking completely fraudulent stories off of Twitter and running with them.

Case in point,  Michael Jackson having a memorial service at Neverland.   That story came from Twitter.   Jeff Goldblum dying?  Twitter strikes again.   George Clooney’s passing?  Twitter.  Harrrison Ford’s untimely demise?  Twitter members strike again.

This morning I have read several articles where the national media is attacking Twitter for spreading false stories in the news.  I thought to myself,  “This is amazing!   The media is blaming Twitter for their own laziness!

The media stopped checking to see if stories are factual years ago. They simply sit about in their “news rooms” reading the AP wire,  finding a file photo and regurgitating the story as their own.   How do you think Obama got elected?

There is no such thing as a news reporter anymore.  Jimmy Olsen died with Superman.   There are no reporters that actually go out and find news.  The media has become a parody of itself,  and it has become exposed by Twitter members by posting bogus stories at 6 am and seeing it on CNN as breaking news at noon.

This isn’t Twitter’s fault.   The blame lies at the feet of the media.   The national media should be ashamed of itself.   They have saturated television with so much pabulum disguised as news,  that no one knows exactly who or what to believe anymore.

I congratulate Twitter and the people that have helped to expose a long existing problem with the media.

By simply repeating everything that they hear without checking to see if its factual in a deparate attempt to break stories and raise ratings,  the American media has been exposed for the socialist frauds that they really are.    JD

Remember Rowdy Roddy Piper of World Wrestling Federation fame?  The guy wore a dress in the ring and was a wrestler?  I believe he was the first gay wrestler in the business.   Well like a typical Irishman,   he was arrested last night in Hollywood for driving under the influence of Alcohol.   Rumor has it that he was crying like a fat, ugly girl and asking for Hulk Hogan.    JD

Good for Henry Waxman. God wants Waxman back in hell where he belongs. Waxman has been helping to ruin California for years. He is an angry old man that is pissed because God made him look like a leprechaun. I will be dancing a jig when Henry Waxman dies. JD

Rep. Henry Waxman (D- Beverly Hills) was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles on Tuesday after feeling “unwell,” a spokeswoman for the 69-year-old congressman said.

Karen Lightfoot said Waxman was feeling “much better now” after undergoing “routine testing” for symptoms she did not disclose. He had returned to Los Angeles for the weeklong congressional recess.

The 18-term House member has played a central role in global warming and healthcare legislation this summer.

Waxman became chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee in January and sponsored the Waxman-Markey Clean Energy Bill, which narrowly passed the House in a 219-212 vote Friday.

From 2007 to 2009, Waxman chaired the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the House of Representatives’ principal investigative committee.

Waxman’s district includes the cities of Santa Monica and Beverly Hills and areas of Los Angeles.

Michael Jackson’s will has been filed with the court. Jackson asks that his mother, Katherine, be made the guardian of all three of his kids. The will says if Katherine died before him or couldn’t serve as guardian, he nominated Diana Ross.

And there’s a petition filed along with the will, saying Jackson’s estate is worth more than $500,000,000. The petition says almost all of the estate “consists of non-cash, non-liquid assets, including primarily an interest in a catalog of music royalty rights which is currently being administered by Sony/ATV, and interests in various entities.”

As we first reported, the will leaves everything to the Michael Jackson Family Trust, stating, “I give my entire estate to the Trustee or Trustees…”

The will declares that Jackson is not married.

The will names John Branca, John McClain and Barry Siegel as co-Executors. Branca was Jackson’s lawyer, McClain is a music exec and Siegel was Jackson’s accountant. But Siegel resigned from his role as executor in 2003.

Branca and McClain just released the following statement: “The most important element of Michael’s will is his unwavering desire that his mother, Katherine, become the legal guardian for his three children.”

Like Elvis,  Michael Jackson was probably addicted to stimulants to start his day and depressants to end his day.  And like Elvis,  his doctors knew of Jackson’s addictions and did nothing to stop him.    JD

Sources tell TMZ an extremely dangerous and potent drug used for surgical anesthesia was found at Michael Jackson’s house after he died … and this may well be the drug that killed him.

We’re told the drug Propofol was discovered at the residence. The drug is used to put people under anesthesia before surgery. It is an extremely powerful drug that is only available to medical personnel. As one source said, “There is no conceivable way this drug can be properly prescribed for home use.”

The drug can only be administered with an IV. Interestingly, Propofol burns and the drug Lidocaine is used to reduce the pain associated with the Propofol injection. As we first reported, Lidocaine was found near Jackson’s body.

One of the major side-effects of Propofol is cardiac arrest if it’s taken in combination with narcotic painkillers, however, Propofol is so powerful it can stop someone’s heart on its own.

A registered nurse has come out and said Jackson begged her for the drug Diprivan — the brand name for Propofol. She says he needed it for insomnia but she declined to supply it.

Sources say the drug is so inappropriate and reckless for home use, if a doctor facilitated it for Jackson and it caused his death, he or she could be prosecuted for manslaughter.

Look at this photo. It happened yesterday when a beer truck hit a railway overpass that is clearly marked for restricted height limits. I am trying to figure out though who is dumber, the truck driver or the road workers standing under the unstable structure. JD

A beer-delivery truck was too tall to clear a railroad overpass in Great Falls on Tuesday.

A Devine Brothers truck that was cleared for thirteen and a half feet tried to go under a twelve and a half foot clearance overpass. The incident displaced the train tracks on the bridge by about eight inches. It also caused a malfunction in the railroad crossing signal on 9th Street North.

Burlington Northern Santa Fe is working to get the tracks back in working order. Eric Schroedel, BNSF Assistant Roadmaster, said, “It should be back in service by noon to one o’clock tomorrow afternoon…for train traffic..it shouldn’t affect anybody’s delivery of anything.”

Schroedel says only two mixed freight trains will be affected; the trains will be held until the tracks are reopened.

Vehicle traffic under the bridge was detoured for about ninety minutes as officials cleared the scene. The driver of the truck is expected to be cited later.

The incident occurred at the railroad overpass located at 6th Street North between Park Drive and River Drive.