Orlando is Buzzing about Casey Anthony

     Every television station, journalist, attorney, newspaper and Vinnie Politan are buzzing about the case of the century, "The Case against Casey!" 
What is the fascination that drives many to wait in line to have a seat in that courtroom?  Disneyland will no longer be the reason for tourists to visit Orlando, but will be replaced by a drive by look at the courthouse that decided the fate of a young mother accused of murdering her two year old child.
     Why are we watching, why are we reporting, what holds us fast to
this event?  We listen with bated breath as the prosecution leads us
through its series of evidence and we are captured by the scientific forensic indication that proves she did it and did it intentionally.  But did she?
     Her attorney, Jose Baez, tells of a troubled youth pained by her family
and an accidental drowning where no one thinks to call 911. 
     We see video footages of a pretty young woman who easily lets the lies
flow and can consistently keep up with the tangled web she weaves.  She is quite comfortable in her lies and one can see how effortlessly she manipulates her audience into believing her tales, tales that fooled both parents and law officers.  Is it her beauty or is it her mind?
     Chief Medical Examiner Jan Garavaglia sends a very affirmative message that leads us to believe that Casey's intentions were murder, with the body found hidden in the woods in a bag with duct tape found adhereing on the skull and of course, that fateful question on why she waited 31 days to report the child missing.
     We can go on and on with the horrors that have been brought forward but horrors are sometimes a way of life especially when frightened.  How many people have fled the scene of a hit and run accident, people who are our neighbors and some who are our friends.  Nothing makes these situations correct but they exist and happen.  We temporarily lose it and it all gets confused and we so desperately want to take it all back but we can't. 
     I am certainly not saying this makes it all alright, I am just approaching a truth that exists sometimes with all of us, just not perhaps in such a serious situation.
     Polls have been taken and many are lending themselves to believing her intentions were not honorable.  I must admit she presents a very self center girl.  I can only imagine she made her parents prematurely gray with her lies, manipulations, and the teenage trouble she obviously got herself into.  But as the story and evidence unfolds I see pictures of Casey and her daughter Caylee and I can't honestly say they look unhappy together.  They seem to have a comfortable connection.  And I have decided to give the defense a chance to change my mind.
     So, why do we watch and listen for hours on end?  Could it be that we want to hear from her just what really happened three years ago.  Of course, that's it!  Just tell us, tell us the truth, and set us all free.