Sarah, you must type at like 5327895329 words a minute. I swear I just saw this sketch on my TV like 5 seconds ago. 

Saturday Night Live’s comments about Penn State, Joe Paterno, etc. were insensitive and uninformed, and definitely not funny.   First, there should have been NOTHING commented – let alone attempting to make a joke out of – young children being raped!   Secondly, SNL’s skit said NOTHING about Joe Paterno – NOT having witnessed this, but still having REPORTED the accusation to at least 2 superiors, immediately after he was told.  Mr. Paterno did exactly as the  law  requires, and as his institution requires.   The perpetrator’s name was never mentioned; and at least 2 people, including one of the victim’s parents, had reported Jerry Sandusky raping a child to police, at least in 1998 (prior to Joe Paterno ever hearing anything about this), and in 2009.   The case was dropped.  Contrary to SNL “jokes”  Penn State students are very sensitive to the victims, and were trying to support a good man who did what he was supposed to.  Why didn’t your writers question the fact that McQueary, who supposedly witnessed the rape, had NOT been fired, and is on “administrative leave?    Thirdly, SNL’s comments about the Catholic Church were lower than a cheap shot.  If trying to make the point that Penn State has a hierarchy of coverup,  it  would  be  a lot  closer to compare it to the Entertainment & Music industries:   e.g.  Michael Jackson,  Woody Allen, & so on.     And these people continued to live free lives after raping children.   Joe Paterno is not a rapist, nor has he been accused of that, or charged with anything illegal.   Again, he reported what he heard to the authorities and his heart is aching for the victims. 

What unbelievably poor taste. Why not joke about Mitt’s flips or Herman chasing women? With the comedy club known as the Republican Party presidential field doesn’t SNL already have enough quality material? 

Just such a terrible and informatively lame skit.  One doe not make fun of sexual abuse..You also did mot have facts correct.I have watched my last SNL show unless an apology is made to the victims and Penn State, those of us that had nothing to do with the sandal.

The irony is that Jerry Sandusky’s behavior and the writers of this skit were both being influenced by the actual devil at the time of their improper behavior (Sandusky’s was far worse, but it is abhorrent for anyone to turn the devil into a moral compass)

Terrible stories like this can make for good comedy.  South Park had an episode all about how everything has to have the potential to be funny, or else nothing is.

This skit didn’t particularly offend me as a human being, but it did offend me as a fan of good comedy.

Mother of God. Do these liberal children have any respect for the raped boy’s? I’m afraid the democrat skit writers and these silly liberal actor kids are not repulsed by homosexual anal child rape and find it amusing.

You can make the case about it not being material for
SNL, but the rest of your post is way off. 
It is amazing that Joe and company did everything they could do but somehow
Sandusky continued raping children for the past 11 years. Maybe, and I’m just
guessing here, they could have done more. I don’t know, like go to the police
and not the institution men who were vested in the cover up.  Paterno is a coward, and every kid raped
after 2002 by Sandusky is on his head. 
As for the students, even before they protested the grand jury report
was out with all the gory details.  He
passed the buck on a child being raped by one of his trusted friends and anyone
capable of reading could understand that. 
Joe Perterno may not be a rapist, and he may not have broken any legal
statutes, but because of his cowardice children were raped.  And as far as his heart aching for the
victims, I haven’t seen any proof of that either.  His number one priority as expressed to the
students that showed up at his house was best Nebraska and his actions before
his was fired were one of a man thinking about his legacy only, and not the
victims.

You do know there is no such thing as the devil right?

Terri – are you a Penn Stater?  If so, as a fellow Penn Stater please indulge me and read my advice.

Shut the hell up with the defending Paterno and Penn State already!  There is NOTHING defensible in this situation.  Every good thing that Paterno ever did was more than negated by creating a situation where children could continue to be raped by that animal.  

Shut the hell up with “did exactly as the  law  requires”.  First, that may not be true.  Second, if it is true, he’s a moral degenerate and so are you for defending him.  What if it was your kid?  Your nephew?  Your friend’s nephew?

You are not helping yourself, the kids who were assaulted by that monster Sandusky, or Penn State.  If you don’t understand why, please just trust me as a fellow Penn Stater and shut up about it till you do!

Shh.  I’ve learned that it’s best to let these people continue believing that evil is an outside force.  They turn into such angry mutants and.or blubbering wimps when they contemplate the idea that evil is an internal capacity that we all carry.

Dear idiots.  GO WATCH THE SKETCH.  No one was making fun of the actual, vile, abominable crimes that Sandusky committed.  The show was making a point that even the Devil himself thinks that supporting ANYONE involved in this cover-up is beyond his ability to digest human evil.  It’s making the point that the Devil thinks Joe Pa’s horrendous judgement was far beyond the pale.

No one’s making fun of the kids or the crimes.  Untwist your knickers a minute and analyse before you metastasize. 

As a Penn Stater I have to vehemently disagree that anyone needs to apologize to Penn State for anything they say about the school, for at least another month.  Some of it’s going to be beyond the pale and patently false, but guess what?  So what.  A lot of it is going to be dead-on.  

If you weren’t one of the rioters you ought to distance yourself from that camp.  That whole mess was completely, selfishly, idiotically, ridiculous.

Joe Paterno is damned lucky that some 10 year old boy’s dad didn’t punch his ancient lights out already. Penn State doesn’t deserved to be defended at the moment, and Penn Staters don’t deserve to be defensive.  Be a fucking man, sack up, and take your lumps.  It’s a stain on the whole community, so you better start understanding what that means.

You’re right in your advice. This is going to be one of those cases that drags on in criminal courts for several years, and then drags on in civil courts for a decade or more. Joe Paterno likely will die before it ends, and every minute of the rest of his life is going to be subsumed with this.

Bear in mind what prosecutors do: first, they hold a Grand Jury hearing. Done. If they hold ANOTHER, then they’ve gotten the idea that folks are screwing them over. That’s what happened here. SO FAR, two PSU officials have been tacked on the 40 count indictment against Sandusky, for perjury. And now the reports are another 40 complaints against Sandusky having come forward since the arrest and Indictmetn went public. Now the focus is going to turn to the issue of criminal responsibility for Paterno. His legendary status may hurt as much as it helps in what happens to him. His age may help; as I said, he may die soon, but he may also get too old to be of value as a witness or an accused. But there is one very very very powerful party who wants the DA to go after JoPa for criminal liability of SOME kind, conspiracy, accessory after the fact, whatever might stick: and that is Penn State University, which is now facing tens to hundreds of millions of dollars in civil liability to dozens & dozen of children Sandusky sodomized and otherwise abused, and their families who then suffered & now are suffering for it all.

Sandusky too has an incentive. We know JoPa cut him out in 1998, and he retired; but he still had access to PSU, and used that access to abuse children. He has lots and lots of incentive to work on that sentence he’s facing, the facility he’s going to be sent to, how safe he will be there, what privileges he will end up with. And he has only one big bargaining chip to work with: JoPa.

McQueary too has an incentive, to be completely clear and insistent that he told JoPa EVERYTHING, every last sordid detail of what he witnessed in the shower that day, TWICE, once on the phone and the once in JoPa’s home. How come McQueary is so clear he told JoPa “rape” and “10 year old boy”? Because now it’s his job and his future on the line. If and only if he told JoPa everything, can McQueary hope to get anything out of this. And we know this: JoPa did NOT report what McQueary told, INSISTED to the Grand Jury, JoPa. So – why did JoPa water down the report to “possible sex”? JoPa is old now, but 9 years ago he was 9 years younger and 9 years more capable of knowing what he heard and knowing what to do. 

So were up to 3 parties so far who have an actual motive or set of motives to finger JoPa for not doing what he should have done. And bear in mind: this is FOUR YEARS after JoPa KNEW about Sandusky and his abuse of young boys, because he learned about that to a sufficient certainty in 1998 to cut Sandusky out of any future with PSU and effectively forced out his resignation. 

So that’s TWICE, FOUR YEARS APART, that JoPa failed to do his duty. 

I’m not even sure if the two PSU officials won’t turn on JoPa; after all, Sandusky was HIS old friend and coaching assistant, not theirs. Now that each is facing indictment for perjury, facing heavy jail time, but — note NOT YET conspiracy to cover up or anything on that, thus a sword of Damocles hanging above each of their heads – they may well have a motive to finger JoPa, for talking them out of going to the cops, or telling them he JoPa would take care of it.

And at the dozens and dozens of civil discoveries and civil trials, PSU and Paterno will be mortal financial enemies, with PSU bound, bound by responsibility to those it serves, to the government funding, to the endowers, to the future students, to go after JoPa with both boots, claiming he KNEW what his duty was and he FAILED in that duty to inform PSU so PSU was denied the chance to go to the police about Sandusky – TWICE.

This all should explain why the Board of Trustees booted out JoPa so quick, and before Saturday’s game: they are scared shitless about the economic exposure, and they have their fall guy or scape goat or whatever you wish to call him: JoPa.

What a truly awful way to end his career & life: as a bargaining chip in a combination Russian roulette and multimillion dollar poker game. And this will follow him even after death, in the obituaries and history books and the annual and historical summaries of financial risk exposure of Penn State.

Don’t be an idiot; there is no actual devil, it’s a myth manufactured by religions. A pretty darned good myth for centuries, giving rise to a lot of very good art and music and some really horrible abuses by churches, but still: it’s 2011, we know better. Enough with the devil crap. 

Mixing your outrage at this skit with political cheap shots is so shallow and trite. It’s as offensive and pointless as saying: “I can’t believe that REPUBLICAN coach Paterno didn’t do more when confronted with child rape.”

SNL should have mentioned that Paterno and Sandusky are staunch Republicans.  Santorum even awarded the alleged child molester Congressional Angels in Adoption Award in 2002.  Why aren’t you follow cons talking about this?  Oh, these are your boys, unlike Reverend Wright and others.  Hypocrites?

There however may be a witch involved here.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2060914/Jerry-Sandusky-Penn-State-sex-abuse-Why-did-Jerry-wife-abuse-victim-weeks-testimony.html#ixzz1dYiv1W63

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The riots were absolutely ridiculous. But there were 2,000 people who participated and 10,000 who participated in a peaceful candlelight vigil in support of the survivors of these heinous crimes. Of course that event did not receive as much media attention. Strange…

The truth is, most people in our community are appalled by these crimes and those who covered them up, but that doesn’t sell newspapers or bring in viewers, now does it?

The SNL skit was in extremely poor taste. Making light of the crimes against these children is disgusting. 

Thank you for telling it like it is. 

wow, so many words, so few people who give a shit about your opinion. But you seem to have a high opinion of your opinion, so thanks for taking up so much space here at mediiate.

I’m sorry, I’m old, but I have yet to see much on SNL in the last 5 years that is humorous. Mostly stupid. This show used to be worth staying home for on  a Saturday night. Now, me thinks it’s 15 years of fame are over. For those that watched last night, did anyone find the “game show” with the two female actresses in the least bit funny. The debate was overblown and not funny either. this show needs to go the way of good shows gone bad, in the “former” TV show category.

SNL did not “make fun of child abuse”.
The joke is that “JoePa”, who helped cover-up this horror and that the students who RIOTED in support of Paterno were so vile that they disgusted even the devil.You too should be disgusted with the actions in “Happy Valley”.

Again, they didn’t “make light” of the crimes against the children.

Respect for the raped boy’s what?
Have you no respect for proper punctuation?
And, again, they did not make fun of the crime! Did you even watch it before you reflexively commented with Faux (News) outrage?

All he does is write endless boring diatribes that no one reads. Rex may be Rachael Maddow.

Mediaite is not much different than SNL.

Ooooo. I don’t know that SNL should have even touched this one. I mean, kids’ lives got ruined.

Right on Drew. Couldnt said it better myself. 

Terri, I usually don’t use this type of language or get personal but ur a fucking idiot. Read the entire grand jury report. Joe pa knew enough details that following the chain of command simply was not enough. Especially after it became apparent that they did nothing. Yes he did the legal minimum that was required but the fact that he didn’t follow up allowed this monster to continue to rape young boys. Paterno could have prevented it if he had chose to put the lives of those boys ahead of the almighty Penn state football program.

Respect for the raped boy’s what? uuuhhh… Virgin anus, but we have the sneaking suspicion that these two words excite you. Punctuation? Sure, you are out of the closet as a homosexual pedophile sympathizer! But it is readily apparent that what really offends you is any criticism toward MSNPC. Homosexual butt rape of young boys? No problem…
S N L = M S N B C   

uuummm… Referring to yourself as “Boy” and defending S N L = M S N B C scares parents across America. Stay away from the children, doug deluga can help you with anal pleasure.

You do watch MSNPC, right?

EddyJJ,
Thank you for having the courage to say what needed to be said: the politics of Paterno and Sandusky are crucial to this story. Their political affiliations are key to understanding why these two men acted as they did. It really helps my understanding of these two men and the party they belong to. I think we can argue that ONLY because they were Republicans were they motivated to act as they did. Think about it: Republicans hate government intrusion into people’s lives. That totally justifies Paterno’s disinterest in contacting police. It all makes so much sense. Thanks EddyJJ. May your courage to equate all human behavior with politics shine a beacon of truth onto the difficult stories of our time. 

You are waaaaaaaaaay too comfortable with homosexual pedophilia. How many times will you twist yourself into a gay pretzel to defend this huge fu cking mistake by SNL?

THEY INCLUDED THE SUBJECT IN THE WRONG VENUE! GET PSYCHOTIC MEDICATION, THEN GO START A DUMPSTER FIRE ON WALL STREET.

So you’re more offended by SNL’s devil skit than you are by Paterno’s CYA and keep-it-within-the-system response to nighttime child rape in his building by his long-time friend and employee that resulted in 10 more years of attacks on kids?

Waaaaaaaaaaay too many words from a birth defected liberal and a waste of data storage and bandwidth for Mediaite! You could have just said: I condone what SNL did.

“Monster”? Try HOMOSEXUAL PEDOPHILE. “Monster is the politically correct term for homosexual pedophile that birth defected liberals have attempted to force upon sane society. Refrain from liberal code words on this forum, Lawrence O’douche.

Disgusting. They use pedophilia as  a joke.  Not the first time.  Typical liberals.

Liberals joke about pedophilia and conservatives rape little boys. 

You’ve obviously never watched fox news.

I’m gonna collect up every comment I see that equates being ‘against Penn State’ with being a liberal, and I’m gonna make a movie out of them.  You guys are stupider than you smell.  You are basically saying that conservativism approves of whatever happened there.  Good show.

I love SNL but I don’t think that was funny at all.  For the record Joe did report this to Schultz-who is over the campus police. Which by the way the campus police investigated the 1998 report and referred it to the DA who at that time chose not to press charges and since he has disappeared-can’t really ask him why.  I grew up in the town where victim #1 is from and I would like to say that my heart goes out to these victims and can’t even imagine what they have go through but I have one more thing to say. Since Joe did not witness the act himself and was going by what some else told him and have read that apparently there have been rumors about Sandusky for years. That’s just it rumors. I know everyone says that what Joe did was morally wrong. But …I have to ask you this: If you have known someone for 30+ years and spent a lot of time with them, would you mentally been able to process that this person would be able to do such a horrific thing, when you hadn’t witnessed it yourself to believe it? It is so easy to say what someone should have done when you, yourself haven’t been put in that position to know how you would react because once you are, you may be surprised that you don’t.  

So many more people failed these victims other than just Joe.

One more thing who cares if they are Republican or Democrats?  That has nothing to do with anything.

Did you have a discussion about what he was thinking about?  So many assumptions about something you don’t know anything about.

Rextum, go read up on the subject before you open your mouth. First off he’s a pedophile.  It’s different than being a homosexual.  Pedophilia is NOT homosexuality.  Doesn’t matter that his attraction is to little boys, he’s not gay. He almost certainly would not be attracted to an adult male.

And all pedophiles are MONSTERS.  It’s not a liberal code word.  It’s a shorthand for saying he’s someone with human DNA who has done something so abominable that he’s relinquished his membership in the human being club.  

I’m a liberal, and as far as I’m concerned the legal treatment of a convicted pedophile should be execution by baseball bat.  Is that Medieval enough for you?  

Trying to turn this into a “liberals suck” thing is also pretty fucking inhuman, so you better fucking check your shit.  Liberals don’t coddle pedophiles – as a matter of fact, you conservatards seem to have more than your fair share of the Monster pie.  So watch your shit because you ARE going to get called on it.

YOU ARE the one being insensitive to the situation by trying to politicize it, and YOU ARE the one whose premise is based on lies.  Check that.  It’s going to come back and bite you.

Trying to use this to attacks liberals falls far short of the mark, especially from somebody who’s name sounds suspiciously like rectum.

Paterno is not only not innocent in this situation but should face some consequences because McQueary told him in graphic detail specifically what he had witnessed but Paterno told his superiors that McQueary witnessed Sandusky “fondling or doing something of a sexual nature with a young boy” when he knew what took place was more than fondling but anal rape. 

I didn’t attend university at an early age so I guess I missed out on all the fun youthful college thingies. I sure hate it. Anyway… young adult males were being sexually abused and mentally scared for life while those who were charged to care for them stood by and did nothing. Well, that’s how it looks in the media. My question is how many of the upper ups knew about these horrid, disgusting acts and when did they know? We live in an age where technologically and scientifically we’re on the cutting edge, but when it comes to protecting our youth, our precious, innocent, defenseless children… somehow we’ve managed to stay a stone throws away from some third world countries. THIS society, our society, is just plain pitiful when it comes to standing up for and protecting our children. May they all rot in hell!  

There shouldn’t be any due process for pedophiles. They are just that–pedophiles!! There’s no rehabilitation for these unbalanced individuals.  Our first and only priority should be  the care and nurturing of the victimized child not of the offender. I don’t want my hard earned tax dollars to house and feed that garbage. I say we just take them out into the woods and dispose of the crap. I know that may sound barbaric to some but we really don’t have any other choice. Pedophilia is running rampant in our society and something has to be done sooner than later.

“Sen. Rick Santorum, running for the Republican presidential nomination, in 2002 nominated former Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky for a ‘Congressional Angels in Adoption Award.’

“The nomination by Santorum was made in the same year that a Penn State graduate assistant spotted Sandusky allegedly performing a sex act with a young boy in a shower at the university’s athletic complex. He reported the incident a day later to head football coach Joe Paterno.

“‘Its philosophy is simple: It is easier to develop a child than to rehabilitate an adult,’ read the citation from Santorum in an awards dinner program dated Sept. 24, 2002.”

http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlepolitics/2011/11/09/santorum-angel-award-for-psus-sandusky/

Rick Santorum: Pallin’ Around With Pederasts.

Genius.

Joe Paterno was the most powerful man in Penn State when the shower incident was reported to him. That much power comes with  that much responsibility. Shower, 10-year-old boy, 55-year-old man — those 3 words alone should have prompted Paterno to get to the bottom of it, and to make sure that he did everything on behalf of the children. If his heart aches for the children, why didn’t he ask Sandusky who the child in the shower was? Why didn’t he try to find the 10-year-old child and ask questions? Reporting to his boss was doing the absolute minimum under the circumstances. When there is even a tiny hint of child molestation involved, you don’t just do the absolute minimum! — you do EVERYTHING in your power to step up, speak out, investigate… because the well-being of a child should be of the highest priority. When Paterno saw that his boss did not involve the state law enforcement, then he should have called the law enforcers himself. You need to put the children first, before yourself, your football, your university. Just ask the victims of rape if they think Joe Paterno did right by doing only what was required of him, instead of “walking the extra mile” to make sure that he finds out the truth about his friend Sandusky and the allegations of sexual touching and showering. Ask yourself if you would say Joe Paterno did enough… if it was your 10-year-old brother, or son, or nephew, or grandson who was showering with Sandusky that night.

Who cares if the media did not give your vigil any attention? If you do good, you do it because you want to, it doesn’t matter if anybody gives your good deeds any attention or not!

Hey Terri, Nebraska 17 Penn State 14.  Penn State’s new mascot a naked Joe using a baby to cover his junk.

Such garbage.  Have you read the grand jury report?  Here is what we DO know, straight from the mouths of Paterno and Mike McQueary:

http://www.freep.com/assets/freep/pdf/C4181508116.PDF

“As the graduate student [**NOTE: This is Mike McQueary, the now suspended wide receivers coach**] entered the locker room doors, he was surprised to find the lights and showers on. He then heard rhythmic, slapping sounds. He believed the sounds to be those of sexual activity. As the graduate assistant put the sneakers in his locker, he looked into the shower. He saw a naked boy, Victim 2, whose age he estimated to be ten years old, with his hands up against the wall, being subjected to anal intercourse by a naked Sandusky. The graduate assistant was shocked but noticed that both Victim 2 and Sandusky saw him. The graduate assistant left immediately, distraught. … The next morning, a Saturday, the graduate assistant telephoned Paterno and went to Paterno’s home, where he reported what he had seen. Joseph V. Paterno testified to receiving the graduate assistant’s report at his home on Saturday morning. Paterno testified that the graduate assistant was very upset. Paterno called Tim Curley…Penn State Athletic Director and Paterno’s immediate supervisor to his home the very next day, a Sunday [**NOTE: Paterno waited a full day to notify Curley**] and reported to him that the graduate assistant had seen Jerry Sandusky in the Lasch Building showers fondling or doing something of a sexual nature to a young boy.”

Let’s remember that Paterno claimed last week that he didn’t know “the specifics” of what happened in that shower – a statement that directly contradicts McQueary’s testimony – but Paterno obviously knew enough if he testified that he was aware, via McQueary, of Sandusky ”fondling or doing something of a sexual nature to a young boy.”  And according to Paterno’s own testimony, he heard about the “activity” on Saturday morning but waited until Sunday to call Curley and let him know.  He didn’t “immediately” notify anyone.  He did the bare legal minimum of what he had to do, but that doesn’t make him a good guy.  

You say his heart is aching for the victims. I’m sure it is, although I’m sure that heartache is compounded by the public exposure of his failure to act beyond the bare minimum required of him.  Before last week, had his heart been aching since 2002 when he leaned of the incident McQueary and Paterno agree that Paterno knew was “something of a sexual nature”?

Aww….   Did you have to use your brain and make it hurt ‘ums???    Heaven forbid you have to read more than 15 words at a time.   

Your superior intellect shines through in every post.  Keep it up…  (giggle)

excellent – you hit the nail right on the head.     Joe was holding all the power and that is not an “opinion”.      Even the AD was one of his former players that he basically hired.    That thing played out what ever way he wanted it to.    He could have told McQ to go to the cops.     One of the big reasons the 2002 was covered up because it would have exposed the 1998 coverup.      People would have asked, “what the hell was this guy doing still being allowed in the facility?”

Face it, The Pennsylvania State University has A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

First, the Athletic Department must be scrubbed, with NEW PERSONNEL, not from State College environment and not involved with Paterno or Sandusky.  That means forced resignation, firings.  Believe me, a rape scandal of this magnitude others were in on it.  It also means that its Football Organization at PSU must be totally revamped and everyone told GOODBYE.  Why?  Because when this is all over and the investigations are done no one is going to care about the football team while facing over 100M in lawsuits.  Those coaches are DONE.

Next, when this is all said and done, all remembrance of anyone participating with Joe Paterno (including him) will be removed.  Why?  Because Penn State would be hypocrites to continuing honoring Joe Paterno and crew when they blatantly allowed a PEDOPHILE to run rampant raping young boys.  The internal Penn State investigation, the outside investigation by that Merck CEO and the U.S. Education Department will state it will be imperative for Penn State to survive to remove all remnants of the Paterno legacy.  Yes, it means taking down that bronze statue of JoePa.

Governor Corbett did not make the Sunday Morning news around for nothing.  Look at his body language, his somber language but more importantly what he said.  He expects MORE VICTIMS TO COME FORWARD. ( http://abcnews.go.com/thisweek ) And those allegations may be more damaging than anyone can imagine.  Brace yourself, Penn State it won’t get better for some time.

Lastly, the students right now are numb shocked, but as more victims come out (and this will happen because this scandal is very much like the Catholic Church), Penn State will be forced to change culture there.  The culture of football is GOD, a coach is a POPE, and the institution is untouchable.  See what is going down now?  This will cost Penn State MONEY and vast recruitment down the line.  Does anyone think a kid now want to go to a scandal ridden school as Penn State, a school who PRIDED it self on honor, integrity and kids.  That alone is deep.

If Penn State don’t make the necessary moves to revise its image and it is internationally damaged, they will forever be remembered as PEDOPHILE U.  The university that gave a pedophile the keys to its kingdom so he can rape little boys.

It is up to Penn State.

I make no assumptions; my observations are based on his actions.  If there were ever a case where actions speak louder than words, this is it.  Exactly which point in my post is
not backed up with the GJ Indictment or Joe’s actions?

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Ah Penn State, doing the very bare minimum that’s required of them.

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You’re an ignorant asshole. Get out of my country tea bagger.

The Board of Trustees is just like the pope- pass the blame or ignore your part in it.  The trustees will all go down for lying.

Conservatives do approve of it- more conservatives are perverts than any other group. Wide Stance? Yeah right.

It’s a comedy show- yes they did.

pedophila is not homosexual doofus.

SNL is rapidly falling to the Jerry Springer idea of humor.

error

Now how could anyone hope to compete when faced with such an elegant response?  Go Penn!

Nouns, verbs, adjectives, facts and well thought out opinions,who cares right?  You’re a bumper sticker kind of guy and proud of it.  Keep up the good fight against literacy.

Slamming people who work at the cable company is childish.  I have met many hard working people who work at these places, and people treat them like dirt.  It seems like in this era people want someone they can treat like a servant, and they dole it out to people who work at cable companies.  No one makes you buy the two hundred channel package with HBO.  It is not the cable company’s fault you decided to spend several hundred dollars on that.  I let go of my cable two years ago to save money, and now just have DSL.  I actually read books instead of watching TV.  Back when I had cable, with several different companies including Time Warner, I was happy with their customer service, and always thanked the technicians when they came to work on my cable box. 

Everyone I dealt with in the customer service department was respectful, and I always wondered about the people who complain.  Cable is not a necessity, and neither is the Internet.  There are a lot of people who do not have money to buy food in this economy, and I really do not find slamming the cable company because you have disposable income to be cool.  It just seems like people think they can treat people in customer service any way they please.  Manners are in short change these days, they truly are!  Have a fight with the wife?  Can’t say what you would like because you know she would kick you out?  Well go say it to the people at the cable company or the water company, and you are all good!  That seems to be the mentality some people have these days.

adler the teaparty originally was against the “Too Big to Fail” bank bailouts, the conservative pro lifers and other movements hijacked it, the media was complicit in this, as they represent a threat to Corporations. Another group experiencing the same marginalization is Occupy Wall Street. I am in favor of bank bailouts but only if we restructure the system so the threat of runaway speculation is eliminated, so far that has not happened. According to the World Bank of the nearly 100 global banking crisis of the past 20 years, all were resolved by taxpayer bailouts.  Clearly Reform is needed

This was the funniest SNL sketch I’ve seen since Robert DeNiro’s Homeland Security sketch. 

This sketch was totally misinformed, like the entire country has been, on this whole ordeal. Not funny, just dumb and sad, like the state of our country.

This is total speculation!  Nowhere does it say what McQueary told Paterno.  Keep drinking that kool-aid moron!

but the police were told!!!!!!!!!!!!! not by paterno but paterno was probably told the police had been notified! also, Paterno had no proof, no one did, just that one witness which is EXACTLY y the police dropped the case in1998 and in 2002. Please people! dont let the tv media shade your opinions! form your own! do research on the actual facts, not just listen to and follow the few facts (and many specualtions) they present on tv!!!!!!!! and you have absolutely no idea what you would have done in this situation!! you cant know! you can say you know what you would have done but u cant know! if you dont believe me take a look at the milgram study, it is a prime example of the fact that you cant know unless ur put in that situation. Also, remember, sandusky is the monster and should be focused on. This story should NOT be about Joe it should be about Sandusky. btw no offense but that comment about -every good thing joe did is out weighed by these actions (thats basically what you said) is probably the single most stupid thing i have heard so far. and i seriously do not mean any offense. I just think that was a bit ignorant of you to say. This Joe angle the media has taken up is ridiculous. First of all, we are now seeing more facts coming out, the problem before was the media neglected these facts and focused on bashing Joe. Now we see that the police were notified, and their are alot of similar facts that were missed in the 1st few days. Each news station wanted to get the story out first and because of that important details were missed. The reason Joe was the target was because he is high in stature amongst society. they saw Joe was involved in some way and basically decided to blow it up and make his part in it bigger that it actually was, just to get more views. Notice how the actions of the important people (the board) involved directly correlate with how the news shaded joe. You really think Joe would have been so suddenly and quickly terminated without all of the facts present if the media hadnt made the Joe aspect such a big deal!

ok just 2 things. Joe did tell someone. he told 2 of his superiors and second, in 1998 Joe didnt know this was happening, Sandusky left for other reasons, Joe didnt know until 2002 when Sandusky didnt work for him anymore

ok quick question? why is everyone attacking Joe? Does anyone realize SANDUSKY is the monster here and their were AT LEAST 4 other people involved and who knew just as long if not longer than Joe did. its just cuz joe is well known. also im not saying this to you since you didnt actually talk about the facts of the case, just talkeed about others opinions (which isnt a bad thing) but i just wanted to tell people to get their facts straight and not hang on every word the tv emits. again tht comment was not aimed toward u but the general population. Dont let the media form your opinion people!

Watch Jerry Sandusky NBC Rock Center Interview Full Video (Nov 14 & 15)
http://tiny.cc/Jerry-Sandusky-NBC

Waaaaay too soon SNL.  It use to be a time when SNL would actually wait something out before diving into something like this, but they are so desperate for people to watch their show and trying to compete with shows like the Daily Show that they look insensitive to stuff like this.  You CANNOT make fun of child molestation even when you are trying to poke fun at the situation. 
God, that sketch was painful to watch.  The audience barely responded.  When they got away from the Penn State stuff and start talking about the internet they laughed.  But the whole Devil Penn State reaction stuff was just too raw and stupid.

JoePa is an ugly, beak-nosed, four-eyed troll who enables pederasts.  May he rot in Hell……

A lot of tough talk at PSU, by people who obviously approach the Sandusky crimes with great passion, but scant logic. Does the PSU policy manual REALLY require Paterno to drop everything (coaching) to become a lead investigator on a crime he did not witness, and which he reported to his AD and the VP responsible for Operations? I wish y’all had intervened on behalf of JonBenet and Kaylee Anthony. From down here, in the land of the Duke Lacrosse Rape (we all know how that one played out, to the detriment of the accused) it is obvious that Paterno has been hoist on the petard of expedient. Trustees have been trying to get rid of him for years, so to lump him in with Sandusky, Curley, and Shultz is a convenient excuse, and the only person at PSU who has ever worked in a bureaucracy for a long time has been adjudicated by few dimwits like Bob Costas and Bill Maher and David Letterman. As they have electronic access to the “mike,” they will be spinning in their favor long after Paterno is gone. Doing Paterno for Sandusky’s crimes is like doing Colt or Smith and Wesson for the Columbine boys, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. Maybe when y’all get to be Paterno’s age (now there’s a scary thought) you will have stumbled on enough logic and a sense of fair play to reflect on the current witch hunt. Remember young’uns, the idea is to proceed vigorously on the path of justice, but in an orderly way. Good Luck, and maybe you all will punish everybody at PSU, regardless of their legal (and moral) innocence…

wow.  That is great insight, and I am not being sarcastic in the least.   It makes so much sense.  In 1998, Sandusky shocks everyone by announcing his retirement because he was pushed out by Paterno and company due to abuse.   Then, when they find out in 2002 that there is a subsequent victim, they feel responsible for it and therefore must cover it up.  
Wow.  I have read extensively about this whole thing but your comment was original.

CLOVIS4, YOU ARE SO SADLEY MISINFORMED IT’S NOT EVEN COMICAL. PATERNAO IS 10 TIMES THE HUMAN BEING YOU EVER HOPE TO BE. HE DID INSTRUCT THOSE STUDENTS TO PRAY FOR THE VICTIMS. PATERNO IS NOT THE EVIL GUY HERE.IT IS SANDUSKY. CAN’T YOU SPELL S-A-N-D-U-S-K-Y. IT’S JUST ONE MOE LETTER THAN PATERNO. IT SEEMS YOU WERE ABLE, I’M SURE AFTER SOME STUDY, TO SPELL HIS NAME. NOW GO BACK AFTER NAP TIME AND WORK ON S-A-N-D-U-S-K-Y.

IF I SLAPPED YOU 20 TIMES BECAUSE I DID NOT LIKE YOUR POST IS THAT POLITICAL? NO. IT’S BECAUSE YOUR A NORROW SIGHTED ASS WHO NEEDS A SLAPPING.

They all got what they deserved…case closed.

PATERNO’S TESTIMONY IS HERE SAY. LOOK IT UP!

The real enablers of Sandusky appear to be the University Police, the Centre County District Attorney and the Pennsylvania Dept of Public Welfare, not Joe Paterno.

Those three agencies investigated Sandusky in 1998 for molesting 2 boys in the showers and apparently did nothing to prevent further abuse.

Centre County District Attorney, Ray Gricar, declined to arrest Sandusky in 1998 despite his admission that he touched the boys inappropriately in the showers. Four of the charges against Sandusky in 2011 are from that 1998 molestation of victim 6 that Gricar declined to prosecute.

They should release the file from that 1998 investigation.

LOL at the idiot who tries to make fun of another person’s spelling and make spelling mistakes!!  You are a fool, as evidenced by your incessant yelling on a subject you know nothing about.

Why are all the libbies upset with their soapbox buddies?  Dont they like it when the actions of their vaunted institutions act like the crud they are?  No calls for justice?

Caps Lock, please learn to turn it off. Paterno had a moral obligation to tell law enforcement when his superiors did nothing. So get your panties out of a wad and try to look at it with some objectivity. Lets not forget that failure to report child abuse to Law Enforcement is a crime in most if not all states. Paterno is lucky he’s not being brought up on charges.

Just so your post has something that’s actual fact instead of ego-stroking armchair vigilante falsehood, these crimes, rather than the absurd-on-its-face claim that -nobody- is rehabilitated, have the lowest rate of recidivism of any crime other than first-degree murder…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recidivism#Recidivism_rates

…first-degree murder being precisely what your call to “take them out into the woods” is, Mr. Ethics.

“…wimps when they contemplate the idea that evil is an internal capacity that we all carry.”

You mean, like, “original sin”, a concept that every single Christian is introduced to as standard doctrine?

I submit never in your entire life have “these people” actually taken the position you claim in any discussion with you.

Moron.  Turn off the CAPS LOCK.

adler56, Currywag, Terri, N45120, et al., disgust me.  They’re outraged at SNL and people who point out the moral failures of, ahem, leadership, at State Penn University. 

Do you morons not realize that children were abused on your campus and it was covered up?  Over decades?  What if that was your kid?  Or do you hold JoePa and his cronies more sacred then those who cannot defend themselves????  You idiots disgust me.

Oh Really? Curious how whenever these perverts make the news, it’s always a HOMOSEXUAL PEDOPHILE.  Whether it’s the Catholic Church or Penn State University, the root cause is the same … too much tolerance for homosexuality.

Just woke up from my nap.  Is Moe Letter involved in this scandal also? 

Reading comprehension may be a struggle for you, but I didn’t
write he didn’t instruct them on anything, I wrote his priority, his main
message, was beat Neb.    So the next time you comment on the blog, at
least comment what is actually written. 
And Dude, if you are going to slam me for an error in spelling, made
sure you edit your work.

Michael Jackson didn’t rape any kids douche

An idiot “makes” spelling mistakes (not “make,” though we can see the incomplete thinking that led to your mistake). Also, do you really want to end a sentence with a preposition? He who LOL last, LOL best. Let’s keep the laughter focused on Moe Letter and his belief that “Paterno is not the evil guy here.” Leave the red pen to people who know how to handle a double-edged sword.

Santorum did’nt know of his predator nature then. Are you saying a sexual predator would’nt be exposed if he had the label Republican /conservative after his name? Man you have your head up your ass. This is an assinine statement…..you allow your Liberal bent color your posts,which have no basis in fact.

It was exlpained to me,that some posters can’t see well w/o caps…it’s “loud”,but in this case give ‘em a break,ok?

You’re an idiot just like Eddyjj.  SNL is a comedy show and nothing more. 

Stay stupid, you’re good at it.

“TMP”

You’re an idiot.

Stay stupid, you’re good at it.

“TMP”

Wikipedia? If you wanted to quote or use something for reference material you should’ve chosen something more reliable than wiki. I don’t apologize for how I feel about those of who prey on defenseless, innocent children. In short I stand behind my statement. Maybe some folk (pedos) are eligible for rehabilitation but then there’s that awful task of determining who’s mentally fit to be spared execution. Afterall, they are child predators…

If they cannot see, the proper solution is to adjust their desktop resolution, not freaking type in ALL CAPS, Ok????????????????????????????????????????

Well, I’m just seeing this.  I was searching for the video on YouTube and could not find it.  I stumbled across the rerun (ironically) hours before Paterno’s death.

While I do believe that Paterno COULD have done more, I don’t believe that it was his job to do more.

It’s very unfortunate that he heard a story which appears to be 100% true and did not go to the police.  It is always the responsibility of the witness to go to the police.  We don’t know what the police would have done if they heard the story from Paterno without some sort of corroboration.  It has been reported that the police, in other situations, refused to research events at Syracuse because the statute of limitations had expired.  Now, if this is true, even if it was not acitonable, you might be able to “dig” and find a case which is.  It’s not like he probably only had one moment, one victim, etc.  What the police “didn’t do” at Syracuse is worse than what Paterno “didn’t do” at Penn State.

The extent of Paterno’s responsibility was to report it to (A) his superiors or (B) Human Resources.  Even though he is the coach and highly visible, it is not his job to follow up.  In fact, if there is an HR investigation, he should not be privy to the results as a matter of law (and perhaps “official” policy).

So, if I reported the same incident as Paterno did and Sandusky wasn’t fired and/or the police weren’t contacted, I have to assume that the very fantastic story that was shared with me might not have been 100% true.

As a coach and being in charge of over 50 young students and assistants and coaches, you must hear “fantastic” stories ALL THE TIME which may or may not be true!

The same logic that we are using to vilify Paterno (because if A happened, then B must’ve been the result) is the same logic that I am using.

Paterno could not stop anyone else from going to the police.  McQueary was not an impressionable 18/19 year-old who didn’t know what to do.  He was 26 years old!

There’s not many men who would not have been wearing my foot in their butt if *I* saw what Mc Queary was kinda sure that he had seen.  If I thought I saw a man molesting what I was kinda sure was a child, I’d've picked up chairs, screw-drivers, wrenches, books or whatever to beat the crap outta him (especially if I had the element of surprise working for me) ON THE SPOT!!

I’m not going to go home, wait till the next day, go to my parents, go to the head coach when my duty is to go to the police.  Worst-case scenario:  McQueary should have asked for support from his father or Paterno in reporting it to the police.

What would the police have done if Joe Paterno reported a fantastic story which was told to him?  They probably would have sought out the initial source before taking action.

McQueary’s the villain here.  Paterno just happens to be famous.