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A Political Season : Trayvon Martin: Zimmerman\'s Account is Not Credible

Fri, 25 May 2012 17:54:34 +0000

Here's the most likely timeline, one that doesn't require anyone to be lying or nefarious, including Martin's GF: Zimmerman sees Martin, calls 911 Martin sees Zimmerman, runs Zimmerman parks, chases Martin 911 says stop chasing, Zimmerman returns to truck Zimmerman agrees to wait for cops Martin returns to Zimmerman with GF on phone Someone hits someone, Zimmerman is beaten badly, to the point of being potentially lethal, and kills Martin In that case, it really doesn't matter who hit who. If Zimmerman hit Martin, he didn't hit him hard enough to injure him. If Martin hit him, then he is clearly the aggressor. It Martin took a slap and then responded by trying to beat Zimmerman's brains out, he's still the aggressor, because that's disproportionate force. And in all these scenarios, the first chase doesn't matter, because Martin is the one who got away and then chose to come back for a confrontation. The shooting happened right by Martin's truck, which is consistent with him waiting for the cops, not chasing Martin all over the complex. Martin is the one who came back. My recent post Brett Kimberlin is a domestic bomber and a convicted felon

A Political Season : Trayvon Martin: Zimmerman\'s Account is Not Credible

Wed, 23 May 2012 20:40:34 +0000

Also, Zimmerman lost Martin before the confrontation. That is also documented on the 911 call. If Martin was ACTUALLY afraid of him, all he had to do was... continue to his father's apartment and stay there. Or, he could have gotten off the phone and called 911 himself, instead of talking to his GF. It's time to take race out of the equation, and face facts -- Martin was a testosterone laden young man with a lot of impulse control problems, and he make a fatal error. My recent post The Obama Lifestyle

A Political Season : Trayvon Martin: Zimmerman\'s Account is Not Credible

Wed, 23 May 2012 20:37:54 +0000

This reading of the GF's account is discounted by the 911 call. On the call itself, you can hear Zimmerman exit the vehicle and run after Martin for a short time before returning to his vehicle and waiting for the police (after the dispatcher told him he didn't need to chase him.) In any event, it doesn't matter how it started. Martin was using lethal force against Zimmerman, as the medical records show. He did it before Zimmerman shot, because the gun shot and the knuckles he busted on Zimmerman's face are Martin's only wounds. Martin had a catastrophic failure in his victim selection process. To me, the story ends there, and race doesn't matter. My recent post The Obama Lifestyle

HillBuzz.org : How Would YOU Symbolize Voter Fraud in An Easy to Understand Form?

Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:55:03 +0000

HillBuzz.org : Something You Can Do To Earn A Little Extra Money: Register Yourself for Focus Groups

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:04:34 +0000

Tam, one has to be honest here. I didn't praise them exactly. He was using them as an example of how they were able to gain control over Southern Lebanon thru things like health clinics. What he failed to do with that example was show that if we didn't engage in Health Diplomacy our enemies could and gain an advantage over us. But then he is Mitt, smartest man in the room.

HillBuzz.org : Never, Ever Take A Drink From A Stranger in A Bar

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:14:25 +0000

Dear Kevin, I am not very computer literate so please forgive me if I don't know how to post links. But, I believe the following may answer some of your questions about what Romney could be hiding. The Ulsterman Report Wall Street Insider: "California" January 24, 2012 The report, itself , is interesting and the comments add more insight. There is quite a discussion about Shorebank and how money was made to the detriment of the housing industry.

HillBuzz.org : What City Would You Move to If You Could Live Anywhere?

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:44:29 +0000

It would take a heavy wheelbarrow full of money to get me to leave Texas. I've been asked (although I took it like a threat) to move to California for work, and I would honestly require a double salary just for the expense and headache. FWIW, six flags and a lot of video game developers are located in Dallas, along with other video game houses in Houston and Austin.

A Political Season : Republicans Have Become Incapable of Discussing Race

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:37:55 +0000

Wow, talk about missing the point. Asking the Tea Party to apologize for Santorum is like asking the NAACP to apologize for the Nation of Islam. My recent post Obama Violates Constitution

A Political Season : Republicans Have Become Incapable of Discussing Race

Mon, 9 Jan 2012 20:10:01 +0000

Point in fact on the Tea Party ending farm subsidies: http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/...

A Political Season : Republicans Have Become Incapable of Discussing Race

Sat, 7 Jan 2012 17:17:48 +0000

I'm with you. Means testing for SS would be a huge, huge step forward, much bigger than the welfare reform of Clinton. Bailouts and subsidies are all big targets of the Tea Party (of which Santorum is very much not a follower -- he's a social con. He's not a fiscal con by any means.) Here's the problem. As soon as black people hear what they think are some sort of dog whistle, they immediately forget all the other things that have ever been said, and home in on that one statement like it is the entire platform. "Why are you focusing on us?" No one is. You are focusing on you. Seriously. We have two times that Santorum has even brought up black people in the entire campaign, and black people are acting like that is some sort of indictment of the entire party. There's an irrational factor there. My recent post Obama Violates Constitution

A Political Season : Republicans Have Become Incapable of Discussing Race

Sat, 7 Jan 2012 17:13:56 +0000

And as I've said, if black people continue to react the same way, it confuses me why anyone thinks the Republican Party should waste resources trying to change black people's minds. You can't use reason to argue someone out of a position they weren't reasoned into. My recent post Obama Violates Constitution

A Political Season : Republicans Have Become Incapable of Discussing Race

Fri, 6 Jan 2012 05:08:13 +0000

I think you are right about this, but it is incomplete. It is a symbiotic relationship. Democrats have carefully maneuvered so that on any issue of race, Republicans are damned if they do and damned if they don't. The only solution to that game is to not play it. Black people are disproportionately on welfare. Black people are six times as likely to be on welfare than white people. (There are nearly equal numbers of black and white people on welfare, but there are six times as many white people total. QED.) If Republicans try to address this issue, they are either: trying to end welfare because they hate black people or trying to end welfare because they are pandering to white racists. In other words, by just bringing it up, Democrats will accuse them of either actually being racist, or trying to get the racist vote. Democrats, on the other hand, can cite the exact same statistics, and it is held up as an indication of how concerned they are for black people and how much they are trying to help. So, yeah, we know the script, and we are close to not caring anymore. When that happens, we are really in trouble, because it is a damned short hop from "I don't care if people call me racist" to "I don't care if I become racist." My recent post Obama Violates Constitution

HillBuzz.org : Muslim Teen nearly Beaten to Death by In-Laws

Mon, 2 Jan 2012 17:18:54 +0000

It's OK, Obama is holding secret talks to let the Taliban back into the government, and a soon as that happens, they will be OK doodz again.

HillBuzz.org : Question of the Day: What Do You Know About Che Guevara?

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:39:15 +0000

I know that he was a doctor who used his medical skills to become a more efficient murderer. I know that he was responsible for multiple pogroms in South and Central America, and couldn't keep a good relationship even with other communists, and was eventually murdered by Bolivian communists. What I do I think the average high schooler knows about him? He's that motorcycle dude on the T-shirts.

A Political Season : Occcupy Wall Street: Whatcha Gonna Do?

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:50:51 +0000

Here's what should have been the biggest warning sign to them that what they were doing was useless. They got favorable media coverage. The media companies are the corporations they think they are fighting. If they were really getting under the skin of the corporations, then they would have gotten Tea Party style coverage. Instead, they were fawned over, like a precocious child. Why? Because they didn't scare the corporate interests. They thought they were cute. My recent post Occupy Pasadena

Big Government : #Occupy Enlists Anonymous to Target Judge After #OWS Ruling

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:42:54 +0000

My advice would be to put a pot of coffee on and lay out a tray of cookies. That way, when the US Marshalls blow the door off its hinges and start beating the Anon doxers about the head and shoulders, they'll have a treat to entice them to stop earlier than normal.

HillBuzz.org : Iran's Imaginary Nuke: Why It Doesn't Matter

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 08:33:25 +0000

There's a very good chance that Israel can't do the job. Iran is just too large, landwise, and Israel is just too small. There's also a very good chance that they will have to try anyway, because Paul's feckless plan is the same as Obama's. Well, our best-case Obama, which is to do nothing, as opposed to the worst-case, which is to actively side with Iran. Judging from what I read today, it is all likely to be moot before the election. Israel has stopped sharing operational intelligence with Washington. There's only one reason to do that -- they intend to do something, and revealing knowledge of that something is more likely to impede the mission than not. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/israel... The only mission like that that makes sense in that context is attacking Iran. If it hasn't already started: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4147353...

Big Government : Perry's Plan Falls Short: High Corporate Tax Rates and Generous Exemptions Hurt 'Cut, Balance, and G

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:34:57 +0000

Wait, when did shrinking the tax base become a bad thing for opponents of big government? Someone should have made a clever saying about it, like "starve the beast" or something. Someone who could make that popular would be a genius.

A Political Season : Rush Hearts Murderous Child Stealing Rape Cult

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:56:05 +0000

Agreed. My recent post Tear gas

A Political Season : Rush Hearts Murderous Child Stealing Rape Cult

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:09:59 +0000

j'accuse: http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/AFR59/020... My recent post Note to Society