Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Re: Gay Ohio Student in Coma After Attempting Suicide Following Bullying at School: VIDEO

95 % of bullies are Republican.

On Mar 24, 10:30 pm, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Bruce,
>
> Legislating the actions of 95% of teenagers is so much easier than
> actually and simply protecting 5% with a school change.
>
> Democrats in Action.
>
> On Mar 24, 8:16 am, Bruce Majors <majors.br...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > If only Democrats did not oppose school choice and leave gay kids trapped
> > in schools where they are bullied, no freedom to go to another safer school
>
> > Democrats are killers
>
> > On Saturday, March 24, 2012, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Gay Ohio Student in Coma
> > > After Attempting Suicide
> > > Following Bullying at School: VIDEO
> > > Austin Rodriguez, a gay teen at Wellsville High School in Ohio who
> > > came out of the closet 6-8 months ago and immediately faced bullying
> > > from fellow students, attempted to take his own life last Friday by
> > > swallowing pills, and remains on a ventilator in the hospital, WFMJ
> > > reports:
>
> > > She says at first her son appeared happy and relieved [after coming
> > > out], and then she thought he may have been going through a depression
> > > and asked him about it several times, but he never really explained
> > > the extent of what he was going through...
>
> > > ...From what his mother has learned, the bullying was not only cruel,
> > > but enough to make a teenager who was already introverted, feel like
> > > an outcast. "It was electronic, it was face to face bullying, they
> > > were hiding his gym clothes because they didn't want him changing in
> > > the locker room with them. They didn't want him to eat by them, or in
> > > the school lunchroom," Rodriguez said.
>
> > > The Wellsville mother prays that what happened to her son will spark
> > > open discussions on the issue of bullying in school. She warns parents
> > > that if you feel there's something going on with your child, trust
> > > those instincts and be aggressive in getting to the bottom of it.
>
> > > Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...
>
> > > Video may take 15-20 seconds to load
>
> > > Read more:http://www.towleroad.com/2012/03/rodriguez.html#ixzz1q2eaxq4c
>
> > > There are 2 things you must know about how I work:
> > > When you need me but do not want me,
> > > I must stay.
> > > When you want me but do not need me,
> > > I must go.
> > > - Nanny McPhee
>
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> > > Have a great day,
> > > Tommy
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Re: Veterans About To Get Shafted By The Illegitimate President

By "By The Illegitimate President" you must mean unelected Dubya, who
started the illegal wars based upon lies and profiteering greed.

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> Devvy Kidd 3/26/2012 The man who isn't our legitimate president once again
> is targeting those who served in uniform either at home or for the
> lucrative and insane non-declared wars over the past 50 years. For the sake
> of full disclosure, my husband is a retired U.S. Army Colonel who served
> honorably for 27 years. [...]
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Re: Trayvon Martin Shooter Told Cops Teenager Went For His Gun

More twisted Reich wingnut racist logic from Tiny Little Kiethie
Kieth.

On Mar 26, 6:53 pm, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm still confused as to how this was, "racial"......That guy Zimmerman,
> (and I believe PlainOl had a more apt description for him!  <Grin>!)  is a
> mulatto with a Jewish last name....
>
> Go figure.....
>
> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 7:37 PM, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmka...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
> > Tommy,
>
> > Wear that hoody in my neighborhood.... you'd get the dogs sicked on
> > you at every house. Especially if it was 80 degree weather...as it was
> > in Sanford that day and more so if you're a Gringo like that kid was.
>
> > Just another hot dog druggy taken out by his own paranoia and a
> > physical attack on someone trying to be nothing more than a good
> > neighbor.
>
> > On Mar 26, 11:34 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I guess black boys in hoodies holding threatening bags of skittles
> > > candy are "a reasonable belief of a threat" to some racists. How very
> > > sad.
>
> > > Im memory of Trayvon Martin, I wore my Grey Hoodie, hood up, to do the
> > > grocery marketing, and got a number of stares from white men. One
> > > nearly turned his head around like Linda Blair in The Exorcist as he
> > > passed me. -T
>
> > > Trayvon Martin Shooter Told Cops Teenager Went For His Gun
>
> > > George Zimmerman Defense
>
> > > George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch crime captain who shot dead
> > > 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, originally told police in a written
> > > statement that Martin knocked him down with a punch to the nose,
> > > repeatedly slammed his head on the ground and tried to take his gun, a
> > > police source told ABC News.
>
> > > Zimmerman had claimed he had called police about Martin, whom he found
> > > suspicious, then went back to his car when Martin attacked him,
> > > punching him.
>
> > > The new information is the most complete version yet of what Zimmerman
> > > claims happened on the night of Feb. 26 when he shot and killed the
> > > teenager.
>
> > > In addition, an eyewitness, 13-year-old Austin Brown, told police he
> > > saw a man fitting Zimmerman's description lying on the grass moaning
> > > and crying for help just seconds before he heard the gunshot that
> > > killed Martin.
>
> > > The initial police report noted that Zimmerman was bleeding from the
> > > back of the head and nose, and after medical attention it was decided
> > > that he was in good enough condition to travel in a police cruiser to
> > > the Sanford, Fla., police station for questioning. He was not
> > > arrested.
>
> > > Martin's girlfriend had said in a recording obtained exclusively by
> > > ABC News that she heard Martin ask Zimmerman "why are your following
> > > me, and then the man asked, what are you doing around here." She then
> > > heard a scuffle break out and the line went dead.
>
> > >   Phone records obtained by ABC News show that the girl, who is 16 and
> > > asked to remain anonymous, called Martin at 7:12 p.m., five minutes
> > > before police arrived, and remained on the phone with Martin until
> > > moments before he was shot.
>
> > > ABC News has also learned that Martin was staying in Sanford at the
> > > time because he'd been suspended from Krop High School in Miami after
> > > being found with an empty bag of marijuana. He was staying at his
> > > father's fiance's house in Sanford.
>
> > > Family spokesperson Ryan Julison confirmed to ABC News that Martin was
> > > suspended for an "empty baggy that had contained pot."
>
> > > "It's irrelevant to what happened on Feb. 26, does not change material
> > > facts of the situation, specifically that had George Zimmerman not
> > > left his vehicle and heeded the police dispatcher's guidance, we
> > > wouldn't be here today," Julison said.
>
> > > During Zimmerman's call to 911, the dispatcher asked him if he was
> > > following the teen. When Zimmerman replied that he was, the dispatcher
> > > said, "We don't need you to do that."
>
> > > The new information in the emotionally charged case could complicate
> > > pressing charges against Zimmerman, which one veteran prosecutor has
> > > already said could be difficult.
>
> > > "The stand-your-ground law is one portion of justifiable use of deadly
> > > force," veteran State Attorney Angela Corey told ABC News. "And what
> > > that means is that the state must go forward and be able to prove it's
> > > case beyond a reasonable doubt… So it makes the case in general more
> > > difficult than a normal criminal case."
>
> > > Zimmerman shot Martin dead the night of Feb. 26 after following him
> > > for several minutes. Zimmerman told police Martin looked suspicious
> > > because he was wearing a hoodie, and when he confronted him the two
> > > fought -- ultimately resulting in a single bullet in Martin's chest.
>
> > > Zimmerman claimed self defense and this weekend the lawyer counseling
> > > him, Craig Sonner, told ABC News that he was likely to invoke
> > > Florida's controversial stand-your-ground law in his defense.
>
> > > Video and more here:
>
> > >http://abcnews.go.com/US/trayvon-martin-shooter-teenager-gun/story?id...
> > > --
> > > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > > Have a great day,
> > > Tommy
>
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> > > Tommy
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Re: Gas Prices and The Election: A Lot of Gas

I wonder if Little Kiethie is really as stupid as he sounds here, or
if he has alzheimers.

The Bush administration and its illegal wars holds the blame in the
surging energy costs. Yes, it does.

On Mar 27, 8:27 am, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I wonder if Elizabeth Kolbert is really as stupid as she sounds here, or if
> this is just a "puff piece/feel good rhetoric" for far left extremist
> Moonbats?
>
> Of course the Obama Administration , holds blame in the surging energy costs
> and there is no question that this has been by design.  If President Obama
> wanted to end the skyrocketing prices of oil, he could do so tomorrow, by
> announcing that we are going to start drilling in the Gulf, or anywhere,
> and approve the Canadian pipeline.  This would cause the speculators to
> immediately drive the costs down probably several dollars a barrel, and by
> the end of the week, we would be twenty to thirty dollars a barrel cheaper
> than we are today.
>
> No, the Obama Administration has said publicly it wants higher energy
> costs.....Where was Liz?   Probably smoking the ganja as she tried to teach
> the world to sing......
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > A Lot of Gas
> > by Elizabeth Kolbert
> > April 2, 2012 inShare9 Print E-Mail Single Page Related Links
> > Ask the Author: Join a live chat with Elizabeth Kolbert about gas
> > prices on Monday, March 26th, at 3 P.M. E.T. Keywords
>
> > Gas Prices; Oil; Energy; (Pres.) Barack Obama; Mitt Romney; 2012
> > Election; Election Campaigns
>
> > Last week, Mitt Romney, who, it now seems, is going to become the
> > Republican nominee whether anybody likes it or not, called on
> > President Barack Obama to fire three of his Cabinet members: the
> > Energy Secretary, Steven Chu; the Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar; and
> > the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa Jackson.
> > According to Romney, the three have spent the past few years carrying
> > out a not-so-secret plan to raise the price of gasoline at the pump.
> > Only by firing the "gas-tax trio," Romney told Fox News, can the
> > President demonstrate that he did not approve of this plan. "Time for
> > them to go," Romney said.
>
> > Romney's remarks came just days after Louisiana's governor, Bobby
> > Jindal, also on Fox, accused the Administration of driving up the cost
> > of gas in the service of its "radical" agenda. "The reality is,
> > gasoline prices have doubled under this President—highest prices for
> > oil and gasoline in a hundred and fifty years," Jindal said. "People
> > used to think it was because of incompetence from the Obama
> > Administration on energy. I think it's because of ideology." (As far
> > as "reality" goes, Jindal's characterization of gas prices is
> > inaccurate; they were higher in 2008, under President George W. Bush.)
> > Romney and Jindal, meanwhile, were echoing comments made by Newt
> > Gingrich, who accused the President of adhering to a "radical
> > ideology, which wants to artificially raise the cost of energy." And
> > Gingrich was following Rick Santorum, who, back in February, declared
> > that Obama's energy policies are based on a "phony theology" that
> > "elevates the earth above man."
>
> > Like almost anything that the Republican candidates can manage to
> > agree on, the Obama Administration gas-price-hike conspiracy theory is
> > nearly a hundred-per-cent hokum. The fakery begins with the theory's
> > premise: that the President could, if he wanted to, reduce the price
> > of oil. Oil, as it is well known, is a global commodity traded on a
> > global market. Gasoline prices have risen—they are up roughly fifteen
> > per cent since the start of the year—mostly because demand is climbing
> > in countries like China and because instability in the Middle East has
> > prompted worries about supply. (Since sabre rattling on Iran tends to
> > increase those worries, candidates like Santorum, who calls the
> > Administration's policies toward Iran "appeasement," are almost
> > certainly aggravating the very situation they decry.)
>
> > But an idea doesn't have to be true, or even especially convincing, to
> > be politically effective, and nowadays it's the most rational policy
> > options that seem to have the hardest time getting heard. When it
> > comes to gas prices, it's been clear for, well, let's just say forever
> > that the cost of gasoline in America is actually too low. Cheap gas
> > generates sprawl and traffic. It discourages the use of mass transit
> > and the development of alternative fuels. It contributes to regional
> > smog and to global climate change. The easiest and most obvious
> > solution has long been to raise the federal gasoline tax, which now
> > stands at only 18.4 cents a gallon. Among economists, there's
> > widespread support for this idea, including from Greg Mankiw, a
> > Harvard professor who happens to be a top adviser to Romney. Writing
> > in the Times earlier this year, Mankiw observed, "Economists who have
> > added up all the externalities associated with driving conclude that a
> > tax exceeding $2 a gallon makes sense." He went on, "By taxing bad
> > things more, we could tax good things less."
>
> > from the issuecartoon banke-mail thisLast week, as the Republicans
> > continued to hammer away at the President on gas prices, he set off on
> > an energy-themed cross-country tour. (House Speaker John Boehner
> > dubbed it a "tour de farce.") The tour, which coincided with a
> > freakish March heat wave, included visits to a solar plant in Boulder
> > City, Nevada; an oil field in Maljamar, New Mexico; and the site of a
> > proposed pipeline in Cushing, Oklahoma. At each of these stops, Obama
> > touted what he has taken to calling his "all-of-the-above energy
> > strategy." He said that he favored more domestic oil production and
> > more solar-power installations, a cleaner environment and a stronger
> > economy. He made much of the fact that, under his watch, domestic
> > energy production has steadily increased and that enough new oil and
> > gas pipeline had been laid to "encircle the earth and then some."
>
> > "Since I took office, our dependence on foreign oil has gone down
> > every single year," the President said in Cushing. "Last year, we
> > imported one million fewer barrels per day than the year before."
> > Obama sounded, as he generally does, thoughtful and reasonable, and
> > the figures that he cited were, for the most part, accurate. Indeed,
> > as the Times reported last week, dependency on foreign oil has fallen
> > dramatically in recent years. But, in terms of what matters most, the
> > President's energy tour was a dispiriting affair. In the course of two
> > days, he made four speeches. The number of times he mentioned the
> > major impact of America's energy use—global warming—was zero. In
> > Oklahoma, he announced that he was expediting the construction of the
> > southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline. The announcement made no
> > sense—except, perhaps, as political theatre. A few months ago, the
> > Administration refused to allow construction of the pipeline's
> > northern leg, precisely on the ground that Republicans were trying to
> > rush the permitting process. The whole point of the Keystone pipeline
> > is to transport more dirty oil from Canada's tar sands, which goes to
> > show that you can't be in favor of more pipelines and in favor of a
> > cleaner environment at the same time. A smorgasbord energy strategy
> > is, as Joe Romm observed recently on the blog Climate Progress, hardly
> > any strategy at all: "Just a year ago, 'all-of-the-above' was actually
> > a standard Republican talking point, so much so that Democrats
> > routinely mocked it."
>
> > What the country needs—and has always needed—is an energy policy that,
> > instead of pandering to Americans' sense of entitlement, would compel
> > us finally to change our ways. In addition to a phased-in increase in
> > the gas tax, it would include a comprehensive, economy-wide tax on
> > carbon, or, alternatively, a cap-and-trade system. As it turns out,
> > Mankiw isn't the only senior person in a Republican campaign to see
> > the importance of a new policy. When Romney was governor of
> > Massachusetts, he presided over the introduction of one of the
> > country's first cap-and-trade programs, for the six largest power
> > plants in the state. And in his book "No Apology" he wrote that
> > "higher energy prices would encourage energy efficiency." Perhaps,
> > once he secures the nomination, he can Etch A Sketch his way back to
> > reality, and challenge Obama to do the same. ♦
>
> > Read more
> >http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2012/04/02/120402taco_talk_kolb...
>
> > --
> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
>
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> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
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Re: Tea Party converges on Supreme Court for main event in healthcare debate

False, and false.

On Mar 27, 8:24 am, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
>  Uhm........That's pretty much the argument of the 26 State Attorney Generals who are there today,  arguing that this whole socialized medicine debacle (which has very little to do with health care in the first place)   is in violation of the 9th and 10th Amendments;  and far exceeds the Congress's commerce clause regulatory powers...... Not simply 'exceeds' but FAR exceeds? ROTFLMAO!
> Regard$,
> --MJ
> The legislative powers vested in Congress are specified and enumerated in the 8th section of the 1st article of the Constitution; and it does not appear that the power, proposed to be exercised by the bill, is among the enumerated powers; or that it falls, by any just interpretation, within the power to make laws necessary and proper for carrying into execution those or other powers vested by the Constitution in the government of the United States.
> The power to regulate commerce among the several states cannot include a power to construct roads and canals, and to improve the navigation of watercourses, in order to facilitate, promote, and secure, such a commerce, without a latitude of construction departing from the ordinary import of the terms, strengthened by the known inconveniences which doubtless led to the grant of this remedial power to Congress. To refer the power in question to the clause "to provide for the common defence and general welfare," would be contrary to the established and consistent rules of interpretation, as rendering the special and careful enumeration of powers which follow the clause nugatory and improper.
> Such a view of the Constitution would have the effect of giving to Congress a general power or legislation, instead of the defined and limited one hitherto understood to belong to themthe terms, "the common defence and general welfare," embracing every object and act within the purview of the legislative trust. It would have the effect of subjecting both the Constitution and laws of the several states, in all cases not specifically exempted, to be superseded by laws of Congress; it being expressly declared, "that the Constitution of the United States, and laws made in pursuance thereof, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges of every state shall be bound thereby, any thing in the Constitution or laws of any state to the contrary notwithstanding." Such a view of the Constitution, finally, would have the effect of excluding the judicial authority of the United States from its participation in guarding the boundary between the legislative powers of the general and the state governments; inasmuch as questions relating to the general welfare, being questions of policy and expediency, are unsusceptible of judicial cognizance and decision.
> A restriction of the power "to provide for the common defence and general welfare" to cases Which are to be provided for by the expenditure of money, would still leave within the legislative power of Congress all the great and most important measures of government; money being the ordinary and necessary means of carrying them into execution.
> If a general power to construct roads and canals, to improve the navigation of watercourses, with the train of powers incident thereto, be not possessed by Congress, the assent of the states, in the mode provided in the bill, cannot confer the power. The only cases in which the consent and cession of particular states can extend the power of Congress, are those specified and provided for in the Constitution.
> I am not unaware of the great importance of roads and canals, and the improved navigation of watercourses, and that a power in the national legislature to provide for them might be exercised with signal advantage to the general prosperity; but, seeing that such a power is not expressly given to the Constitution, and believing that it cannot be deduced from any part of it without an inadmissible latitude of construction, and a reliance on insufficient precedents;
> believing, also, that the permanent success of the Constitution depends on a definitive partition of powers between the general and state governments, and that no adequate land-masks would be left by the constructive extension of the powers of Congress, as proposed in the bill, I have no option but to withhold my signature from it; cherishing the hope that its beneficial objects may be obtained by a resort, for the necessary powers, to the same wisdom and virtue in the nations which established the Constitution in its actual form, and providently marked out, in the instrument itself, a safe and practicable mode of improving it, as experience might suggest. -- James Madison

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Re: Tea Party converges on Supreme Court for main event in healthcare debate

Little Kieth-

I am not Sam Baker, and this artical is his opinion, not mine.

I agree with the Justice Department:

"The Justice Department says the decision to go without insurance has
an enormous effect on the economy because the cost of unpaid medical
bills is shifted to taxpayers and people with insurance. The
individual mandate simply regulates how and whether people pay for
healthcare services they will inevitably need, the administration
says. "


On Mar 27, 8:19 am, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey Tom!
>
> Are you swapping seats/aisles, and maybe thinking about going down and
> joining your new Tea Party Patriot friends?
>
> Good Morning Michael!
>
> Uhm........That's pretty much the argument of the 26 State Attorney
> Generals who are there today,  arguing that this whole socialized medicine
> debacle (which has very little to do with health care in the first place)
> is in violation of the 9th and 10th Amendments;  and far exceeds the
> Congress's commerce clause regulatory powers......
>
> What am I missing?
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 9:09 AM, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Tea Party converges on court for main event in healthcare debate
> > By Sam Baker - 03/27/12 04:50 AM ET
>
> > In the three-day legal fight over President Obama's healthcare law,
> > Tuesday is the main event.
>
> > The Supreme Court will tackle the biggest question at stake in the
> > landmark healthcare case — whether the law's individual mandate is
> > constitutional. And a massive Tea Party protest could take the public
> > battle outside the courthouse to a new level, as well.
>
> > The justices opened their healthcare arguments Monday with debate over
> > a procedural issue. Tuesday, they'll move on to the core question of
> > whether Congress has the power to make almost every U.S. citizen buy
> > health insurance or pay a fine.
>
> > Hundreds of protesters, including both supporters and opponents of the
> > healthcare law, rallied near the Supreme Court's steps Monday, but the
> > scene outside the court could get even more chaotic.
>
> > The group Tea Party Patriots is holding a rally in front of the court
> > just as Tuesday's hearings get under way, with a long list of
> > prominent conservatives scheduled to attend that includes Reps.
> > Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Steve King
> > (R-Iowa). Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is also scheduled to appear outside
> > the courthouse Tuesday.
>
> > RELATED ARTICLES
> > Audio: Oral arguments on Anti-Injunction Act
> > Court signals it will not punt on decision
> > Historic case on healthcare reform opens
> > Inside, the justices will hear two hours of arguments over the
> > mandate. Former Solicitor General Paul Clement is representing the 26
> > states that filed the historic legal challenge, arguing that the
> > coverage requirement goes beyond Congress's constitutional authority.
>
> > The states, along with the National Federation of Independent
> > Business, say Congress went a step too far by requiring people to take
> > part in an economic activity. The Constitution allows Congress to
> > regulate commerce, they say, but not to "compel" it.
>
> > The Justice Department says the decision to go without insurance has
> > an enormous effect on the economy because the cost of unpaid medical
> > bills is shifted to taxpayers and people with insurance. The
> > individual mandate simply regulates how and whether people pay for
> > healthcare services they will inevitably need, the administration
> > says.
>
> > The Justice Department has also focused increasingly on defending the
> > mandate as part of a broader regulatory scheme. It is widely seen as
> > essential to effectively implementing the healthcare law's other
> > reforms, including the requirement that insurers cover people with
> > pre-existing conditions.
>
> > More:
>
> >http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/legal-challenges/218317-tea-part...
>
> > --
> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
>
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> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
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Re: Silencing the Guns

Keep guns out of the hands of EVERYONE!

Stop the gun violence.

On Mar 27, 9:26 am, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> They understand that allowing
> people to purchase military-style weapons at gun shows without a
> background check renders gun safety laws meaningless.
> ---
> most gun owners I know don't mind the background checks.
> it's a small price to pay to keep guns out of the hands of thugs and
> gangs
>
> On Mar 27, 9:03 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Guns DO kill people. Silence does too. -T
>
> > Silencing the Guns
> > By DREW WESTEN
>
> > Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
> > A man displaying weapons for sale at a gun show held on Jan. 15, 2011,
> > in Tucson, Ariz., one week after Jared Lee Loughner shot Rep.
> > Gabrielle Giffords at a campaign event.
> > When Gabrielle Giffords tendered her resignation from the House of
> > Representatives to Speaker John Boehner because she did not feel she
> > could continue to serve at her current level of disability, the entire
> > House erupted in a rare moment of bipartisan unity, supporting their
> > brave colleague who had survived a bullet through the brain at
> > point-blank range.
>
> > That was not, however, the first bipartisan moment related to the
> > attack on Gabby Giffords, nor would it be the last. In 2004, Congress
> > let the assault weapons ban Bill Clinton had passed "sunset" despite
> > overwhelming public support. That law limited the number of rounds of
> > ammunition a shooter could fire before having to reload, and letting
> > it die an untimely death allowed a mentally ill young man in Tucson to
> > purchase a handgun with a 33-round magazine. Had the assault weapons
> > ban remained in place, he may well have been able to shoot the
> > congresswoman, but he would not have been able to empty his clip,
> > killing 6 people and wounding 13 others, before being tackled to the
> > ground.
>
> > That moment was followed by another bipartisan moment, when President
> > Obama delivered a moving speech on Jan. 12 at the scene of the carnage
> > in Tucson. In it, the president called on the nation to mourn not only
> > the shooting of a beloved member of Congress but the lives of the
> > people who died at the hands of Giffords' assailant, including a
> > 9-year-old girl and a federal judge. But on neither that national day
> > of mourning nor on any day since has the president or the members of
> > Congress, who are either too frightened or too corrupted by the
> > National Rifle Association, honored Giffords or the memory of those
> > who died in that massacre in Tucson in the most appropriate way: with
> > a return to common sense, like reestablishing the assault weapons ban
> > that might have saved their lives. Later in January, Representative
> > Carolyn McCarthy and Senator Frank Lautenberg proposed legislation to
> > outlaw high-capacity magazines; it has gone nowhere.
>
> > The first President Bush, unlike his swaggering son (who advocated the
> > demise of a ban on assault weapons whose sole purpose is to hunt
> > humans) showed political courage by publicly quitting the N.R.A. in
> > disgust in 1995 when it began advocating ideas like its contention
> > that citizens need military-style assault weapons to protect
> > themselves against our own government (members, for example, of the
> > National Guard). In colorful but paranoid language, it called law
> > enforcement officers "jack-booted government thugs," prompting the
> > elder Bush to condemn the group for its disrespect for the law and
> > those who defend it. Since then, it has successfully advocated for
> > increasingly radical laws. One of them, of course, is  Florida's
> > "stand your ground" law, which discourages de-escalation of potential
> > firefights in public with predictable results, like the shooting death
> > in Sanford, Fla., of Trayvon Martin.
>
> > Between the Giffords massacre and Martin's death, we have seen more
> > shootings and more bipartisan moments.  Around the anniversary of the
> > Tucson massacre that cut short the congressional career of an
> > extraordinary woman — a woman I had come to know personally and adore
> > in her five years in Congress — came two more mass killings. One
> > occurred in Chardon High School in a small town in Ohio, as a
> > 17-year-old opened fire on students with a Ruger .22-caliber
> > semiautomatic with a capacity of 10 rounds. Fortunately the alleged
> > shooter, T.J. Lane, didn't have access to a gun with more firepower.
> > About two weeks later, a man entered one of the nation's premiere
> > medical centers, at the University of Pittsburgh, with two
> > semiautomatic handguns, and opened fire.
>
> > And in yet another show of bipartisanship, political leaders on both
> > sides of the aisle put on their silencers. If an assassination attempt
> > on one of their own did not move members of Congress to ask whether
> > the N.R.A. has a little too much sway in their chambers, a few dead
> > and wounded teenagers, medical patients, and their family members were
> > not going to unlock their safeties. Most have clearly made the risk
> > assessment that they have more to fear from the N.R.A. than they do
> > from an occasional sniper.  In the 2010 election cycle, the N.R.A.
> > spent over $7 million in independent expenditure campaigns for and
> > against specific candidates, and it has a remarkable record of success
> > at taking out candidates and elected officials with the misfortune of
> > being caught in its crosshairs.
>
> > Over a million Americans have lost their lives to gunfire since that
> > awful spring of 1968 when both Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King,
> > Jr. were killed by assassins' bullets. Last  year alone guns killed or
> > wounded another 100,000 Americans; roughly 30,000 of them died. Had
> > that occurred elsewhere, we would call it genocide.  We don't know
> > exactly how many have been killed in the fighting in Libya, Egypt and
> > Syria, but our elected officials have had far less trouble calling for
> > the ouster of Middle Eastern leaders than the leadership of the N.R.A.
> > But it's not just money that prevents common-sense action on gun
> > violence in America. Millions of Americans hunt, and a third of all
> > households in the United States own a gun. Guns were part of the
> > frontier culture that shaped the American psyche, and hunting has
> > passed from generation to generation in much of America. As a son of
> > the South, I could give an intruder a run for his money (although,
> > like most people, I would do better to rely first on our security
> > service and the loud alarm a break-in sets off), and I put on my
> > thickest Southern accent and tease my soon-to-be teenage daughter that
> > I'll be out on the front porch "cleaning my shotgun" when her first
> > date arrives at the door.
>
> > In so many cases, it's a failure of our leaders — Republicans, who
> > prey on the fears of their constituents and don't even bother anymore
> > to hide the puppet strings pulled by large corporations, and
> > Democrats, who too frequently forget that humans are supposed to be
> > vertebrates (and hence to have a spine) — to speak to Americans'
> > ambivalence about guns.  Over the years in my capacity as a strategic
> > messaging consultant,  I've tested a range of messages on guns, and
> > the messages that resonate with hunters and gun owners sound like
> > this: "If you need an M-16 to hunt deer, you shouldn't be anywhere
> > near a damned gun," or "If you're hunting with an AK-47, you're not
> > bringing that meat home for dinner." The first things responsible
> > hunters teach are never to point a gun anywhere but up or down unless
> > you mean to shoot, and where the safety is.
>
> > It's no wonder that Democrats have backed off of even talking about
> > guns since Clinton signed the Brady Bill and the assault weapons ban
> > into law nearly two decades ago.  The last thing you want to be armed
> > with as an advocate of common sense are phrases like "gun control,"
> > which makes a government-wary public and law-abiding gun-owners uneasy
> > — and susceptible to tendentious "slippery slope" arguments about how
> > "they want to take away your guns." In contrast, everyone but the
> > lunatic fringe in America supports gun safety laws — such as
> > eliminating the gun-show loophole that allows the sale of
> > military-grade weapons without background checks, and has led to the
> > deaths of tens of thousands of Americans as well as Mexicans, whose
> > drug cartels find the loophole extremely helpful.
>
> > Democrats could steel their spines if they could find the point of
> > intersection between law-abiding gun owners and law-abiding citizens
> > who may or may not own a gun but want to keep their families safe.  In
> > national testing, we've found that a simple, non-equivocating
> > statement focusing on that point of intersection — law-abiding — beats
> > the toughest "they want to take away your guns" message we can fire at
> > it. It leads every demographic group other than those who stockpile
> > weapons to support common-sense gun safety laws. Offered a message
> > that speaks to their ambivalence, people readily recognize that a
> > 33-round clip makes it virtually impossible to tackle a shooter until
> > he has had time to kill 15 or 16 people. They understand that allowing
> > people to purchase military-style weapons at gun shows without a
> > background check renders gun safety laws meaningless.  And they find
> > it incomprehensible that we have laws on the books that tie the hands
> > of law enforcement officials trying to track down where a gun was
> > bought and sold, and that we keep such sloppy records that criminals,
> > people with a history of commitment for care for serious mental
> > illness, and people with active restraining orders on them can slip by
> > background checks even where they're required.
>
> > Beginning with a statement of principle both makes clear the speaker's
> > intent and inoculates against all the slippery-slope arguments used by
> > the N.R.A. and the elected
>
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Re: What’s going to happen during 3 days of SCOTUS arguments on health care?

If the government can force you to buy car insurance, and it does, why
can't it ask you to buy health insurance?

On Mar 25, 1:56 pm, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmka...@gmail.com> wrote:
>  "If the
> government can force you to buy health insurance, why can't it force
> you to buy broccoli?"
>
> This is the crux of the matter.....
>
> On Mar 25, 12:30 pm, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> >http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/when-the-supreme-court-debates...
>
> > What's going to happen during 3 days of arguments on health care?
> > By Jeffrey Rosen,  PROFESSOR OF LAW Published: March 23
>
> > Starting Monday, the Supreme Court has scheduled six hours of oral
> > arguments over three days to consider the constitutionality of
> > health-care reform, the most time given to a case in more than 45
> > years. We're certainly in for a historic event — but it might be an
> > entertaining one, too.
>
> > Oral arguments are always theatrical: The lawyers stand only a few
> > feet from the justices, who loom above them on a curved bench, and
> > they are barraged with so many questions that they often have trouble
> > completing a sentence. The hearings are also an opportunity for the
> > traditionally secretive Supreme Court to cut loose. In fact, the
> > Roberts court is known as a "hot bench" — not a reference to the
> > unusual sexiness of the justices but to the fact that eight of the
> > nine are unusually chatty during oral arguments (Justice Clarence
> > Thomas hasn't uttered a word since 2006). Even though the justices
> > rarely change their minds during oral arguments if they already have
> > strong views about a case, the hearings can clarify their thinking,
> > offer some lively give and take, and occasionally lead to humor.
>
> > So, will the oral arguments over health-care reform produce some
> > laughs? Here's a preview of what might transpire when the commerce
> > clause becomes a punch line.
>
> > Justice Antonin Scalia
>
> > According to a 2010 study in the Communication Law Review, Scalia is
> > the funniest member of the court, based on how many laughs the various
> > justices have elicited in the courtroom. But his wit sometimes has a
> > sharp edge. In 1988, when a lawyer fumbled for the answer to a
> > question, Scalia exclaimed, "When you find it, say 'Bingo!' "
>
> > Expect some zingers from Scalia in the health-care argument, perhaps
> > focused on the not-so-side-splitting subject of whether Congress has
> > the authority to require people to buy health insurance as part of its
> > power to regulate interstate commerce. Imagine, for example, the
> > following exchange:
>
> > Solicitor General Donald Verrilli: "In 2005, Justice Scalia, you held
> > that Congress has the power to prevent California from authorizing
> > people to grow marijuana for their own use. Surely, the decision not
> > to buy health insurance has a far greater impact on the economy."
>
> > Justice Scalia: "Depends on what part of California you're from."
>
> > Justice Stephen Breyer
>
> > Breyer's jokes often follow a long question identifying the hardest
> > issue in the case. He cares about legislative history and may focus on
> > a striking irony in the health-care law briefs: During the debate over
> > the legislation in Congress, Republicans insisted that the mandate to
> > buy health insurance should be considered a tax, and Democrats
> > countered that it shouldn't. The moment President Obama signed the
> > bill, though, both sides rushed to court to claim the opposite:
> > Democrats now insist that the mandate is absolutely a tax (and
> > therefore authorized by the taxing clause of the Constitution), and
> > Republicans are equally confident that it's not.
>
> > This debate is also relevant to whether the court has the power to
> > hear the case in the first place. If the mandate is a tax, according
> > to a 1867 law, litigants may have to wait until it goes into effect in
> > 2014 to challenge it. If Breyer can get a laugh out of the "is it a
> > tax?" debate, he deserves to be promoted to funniest justice.
>
> > Chief Justice John Roberts
>
> > All eyes will be on Roberts to see whether he is inclined to interpret
> > the commerce clause of the Constitution as narrowly as he did in an
> > opinion that gave rise to one of his most memorable one-liners as an
> > appellate judge. In 2003, Roberts dissented from a ruling holding that
> > the federal government could use the Endangered Species Act to prevent
> > development on the habitat of the arroyo toad. He said the federal law
> > couldn't be applied to "a hapless toad that, for reasons of its own,
> > lives its entire life in California." Verrilli will try to convince
> > Roberts that the interstate economic effects of thousands of uninsured
> > sick people are far greater than those of the hapless toad, all the
> > while avoiding the word "toad."
>
> > As the crucial swing vote, Kennedy is most frequently flattered in
> > Supreme Court briefs. Some libertarians hope that he will strike down
> > the health-care mandate by invoking the same right to privacy that he
> > recognized when he reaffirmed Roe v. Wade in 1992. "At the heart of
> > liberty is the right to define one's own concept of existence, of
> > meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life," Kennedy
> > wrote; Scalia later ridiculed this as the "sweet mystery of life"
> > passage. For Scalia and the other conservatives, Roe v. Wade is the
> > root of all constitutional evil. So if Paul Clement — who will argue
> > before the court for the health-care law's challengers — wants to
> > appeal to Kennedy without alienating the other conservatives, he may
> > try to murmur "sweet mystery" so quietly that only Kennedy can hear
> > it.
>
> > Justices Elena Kagan
> > and Sonia Sotomayor
> > These justices weren't yet on the court during the period covered by
> > the 2010 laughter study, but Kagan may have her eye on Scalia's
> > "funniest justice" title. She delivered the best one-liner of the
> > current Supreme Court term. Noting that the Federal Communications
> > Commission had interpreted its TV indecency policy to allow the
> > cursing in "Saving Private Ryan" and the nudity in "Schindler's List,"
> > she said: "It's like nobody can use dirty words or nudity except for
> > Steven Spielberg."
>
> > It will be hard to top the "Spielberg exception," but perhaps Kagan
> > can make something of the "Romney exception" — namely, the fact that
> > the same arguments about the economic effects of self-insurance that
> > Mitt Romney used to justify health-care reform in Massachusetts are
> > the ones that lawyers challenging the Affordable Care Act are
> > rejecting before the Supreme Court.
>
> > Sotomayor has made her mark in oral arguments and in recent separate
> > opinions by wondering aloud whether long-established Supreme Court
> > doctrines should be reexamined. During arguments in the Citizens
> > United case in 2009, she suggested looking again at the idea that
> > corporations are people. "There could be an argument made that that
> > was the court's error to start with," she said. In the health-care
> > argument, perhaps Sotomayor will press the government to explain why,
> > if corporations are people, they can't be forced to buy health
> > insurance, too.
>
> > Justices Ruth Bader
> > Ginsburg and Samuel Alito
>
> > Though not prone to punch lines, both are respected by lawyers for
> > asking the most technically difficult questions about a case.
> > Ginsburg, who once taught civil procedure, may be especially
> > interested in the complicated question of whether, if the court
> > strikes down the individual mandate, it should grant the government's
> > request to wait for future cases to decide whether other provisions
> > should be struck down as well.
>
> > Alito may be interested in the question of whether the expansion of
> > Medicaid unconstitutionally coerces the states by threatening them
> > with the loss of federal funds.
>
> > Justice Clarence Thomas
>
> > Thomas is considered the justice most likely to strike down
> > health-care reform. He alone among the current justices has signaled
> > willingness to overturn a landmark 1942 case in which the court
> > allowed Congress to regulate a farmer's cultivation of wheat in his
> > own back yard for his own use. Thomas also ranks as the least funny
> > justice, since he hasn't asked a question at an oral argument for the
> > past six years. (Still waters may run deep, but they don't run funny.)
> > Nevertheless, he has been known to speak when he cares passionately
> > about an issue, as he did in a 2002 argument about a Virginia law
> > banning cross-burning.
>
> > Lucky ticket-holders will be waiting eagerly to see whether Thomas can
> > restrain himself from leaning forward in his chair, pounding the bench
> > and exclaiming, as those challenging the law have asked: "If the
> > government can force you to buy health insurance, why can't it force
> > you to buy broccoli?"
>
> > Jeffrey Rosen is a law professor at George Washington University and
> > the legal affairs editor of the New Republic. He is also an editor of
> > "Constitution 3.0: Freedom and Technological Change."
>
> >http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/when-the-supreme-court-debates...
> > --
> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
>
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Re: It Gets Better: Columbia University - YouTube

False, and false, and false.

On Mar 27, 9:44 am, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> some colleges have to cater to gays because they represent about 10%
> of the their customers.
>
> Amanda Lee Genaro said she was ejected in 2009 from North Central
> University, a Pentecostal Bible college in Minneapolis as she became
> more assertive about her gay identity. She had struggled with her
> feelings for years, Ms. Genaro said, when she was inspired by a 2006
> visit to the campus of SoulForce, a national group of gay religious-
> college alumni that tries to spark campus discussion.
>
> "I thought, wow, maybe God loves me even if I like women," Ms. Genaro
> recalled. In 2009, after she quit "reparative therapy," came out on
> MySpace and admitted to having a romantic, if unconsummated,
> relationship with a woman, the university suspended her, saying she
> could reapply in a year if she had rejected homosexuality. She
> transferred to a non-Christian school.
>
> On Mar 27, 8:50 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > It Gets Better: Columbia University - YouTube
>
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyzE1IaCCfY&feature=player_embedded
>
> > --
> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
>
> > --
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Re: It Gets Better: Columbia University - YouTube

More scary homophobia from Little Keithie Keith

On Mar 27, 9:08 am, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What a wacko screwed up crew of folks!
>
> That video literally gave me the creeps!   A bunch of homosexual Academians
> sitting around having a little chit-chat about their sexuality, and who it
> is that they want to crawl between the sheets with........Scary!
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > It Gets Better: Columbia University - YouTube
>
> >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyzE1IaCCfY&feature=player_embedded
>
> > --
> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
>
> > --
> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
>
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Re: The Smear Campaign Against Trayvon Martin

False, and false,

On Mar 27, 11:01 am, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> helping to create racial unrest, and in general, hurting our Nation.
> This
> is their goal.
> ---
> Talk about gays and gayness as loudly and as often as possible...
> Portray gays as victims, not as aggressive challengers... Give
> homosexual protectors a just cause... Make gays look good... Make the
> victimizers look bad... Get funds from corporate America
>
> On Mar 27, 10:49 am, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > We've got another "Tawana Brawley" matter here, and something for the foot
> > soldiers of Saul Alinsky,  Hunter Madsen and Marshall Kirk to rally
> > around.   In these foot soldiers' minds, they are doing a good thing,
> > helping to create racial unrest, and in general, hurting our Nation.  This
> > is their goal.  *See* LilMarxistMoonbatTommyTomTomForNews.
>
> > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:32 AM, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmka...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > > On Mar 27, 8:57 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > What Everyone Needs To Know About The Smear Campaign Against Trayvon
> > > > Martin (1995-2012)
> > > > By Judd Legum posted from ThinkProgress Justice on Mar 26, 2012 at 6:59
> > > pm
>
> > > > Trayvon Martin, as he appeared on his actual Facebook page
>
> > > > Over the last 48 hours, there has been a sustained effort to smear
> > > > Trayvon Martin, the 17-year old African-American who was shot dead by
> > > > George Zimmerman a month ago. Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, said,
> > > > "They killed my son, now they're trying to kill his reputation."
>
> > > FACT>>>>>>She was so very concerned for her son that she had no idea
> > > he was missing until he was on a slab for three days...(same for the
> > > Father)
>
> > > > Thus far these attacks have fallen into two categories: false and
> > > > irrelevant. Much of this leaked information seems intended to play
> > > > into stereotypes about young African-American males. Here's what
> > > > everyone should know:
>
> > > Stereotypes of African American males... 60% of all crime is committed
> > > by them... NOT A STEREOTYPE!!!
>
> > > > 1. Prominent conservative websites published fake photos of Martin.
> > > > Twitchy, a new website run by prominent conservative blogger Michelle
> > > > Malkin, promoted a photo — purportedly from Martin's Facebook page —
> > > > that shows Martin in saggy pants and flipping the bird. The photo,
> > > > which spread quickly on conservative websites and Twitter, is intended
> > > > to paint Martin as a thug. As Twitchy later acknowledged, it is not a
> > > > photo of Trayvon Martin. [Examiner]
>
> > > No, but the shoe does fit.
>
> > > > 2. The Sanford Police selectively leaked irrelevant, negative
> > > > information about Martin. The authorities told the Orlando Sentinel
> > > > this morning that Trayvon was suspended from school for ten days
> > > > "after being found with an empty marijuana baggie." There is no
> > > > evidence that Martin was under the influence of drugs at the time of
> > > > his death, nor would prior possession of marijuana be a reason for
> > > > killing him. It's unclear what the relevance of the leak was, other
> > > > than to smear Martin. [Orlando Sentinel]
>
> > > His ability to fit into acceptable society is indeed pertinent.. his
> > > possession of Marijuana at school says a lot about his character and
> > > his attitude in public.
>
> > > It is also the reason he was in that gated and closed neighborhood...
> > > had he not been a druggie he would not have been suspended from school
> > > and would not have been sent to "stay with Daddy". It is indeed
> > > relevant.
>
> > > > 3. On Fox News, Geraldo said that Martin was dressed "like a wannabe
> > > > gangster." Bill O'Reilly agreed with him. The sole evidence is that
> > > > Martin was wearing a hoodie. Geraldo added that "everyone that ever
> > > > stuck up a convenience store" was wearing a hoodie. [ThinkProgress;
> > > > The Blaze]
>
> > > It's a simple fact put forth by another minority member.
>
> > > > 4. Without any evidence, prominent right-wing bloggers suggested that
> > > > Martin was a drug dealer. Right-wing blogger Dan Riehl advances the
> > > > theory, also advanced in a widely linked peice on a site called
> > > > Wagist. There does not appear to be any evidence to support this claim
> > > > whatsoever. [Riehl World View]
>
> > > It is a very plausible theory given the EMPTY baggie.
>
> > > > 5. Without any evidence, a right-wing columnist alleged that Martin
> > > > assaulted a bus driver. Unlike Zimmerman, Trayvon has no documented
> > > > history of violence. This allegation continues to be advanced by a
> > > > blogger on the Examiner even after the real reason was leaked to the
> > > > police and confirmed by the family. [Miami Herald; Examiner]
>
> > > I have no documented history of violence either... yet I have indeed
> > > engaged in it.
>
> > > > 6. Zimmerman's friend says Martin was to blame because he was
> > > > disrespectful to Zimmerman. Zimmerman's friend Joe Oliver said that
> > > > Martin would not have been shot to death if Trayvon had just said "I'm
> > > > staying with my parents." Of course, Zimmerman was not a police
> > > > officer, and Trayvon had no duty to tell him who he was or where he
> > > > was going. [NBC News]
>
> > > Duty, no... Common sense in a gated community, absolutely... why do
> > > you or this punk think the gates and walls are for??
>
> > > > The final part of the effort to smear Trayvon Martin is to link him
> > > > and his supporters to irresponsible fringe groups like the New Black
> > > > Panthers and marginal provocateurs like Louis Farrakhan. Threats by
> > > > these groups are serious and should be investigated, but they have
> > > > nothing to do with Martin or his supporters. The leader of the effort
> > > > to associate Martin with these groups is Matt Drudge. You can see how
> > > > he is framing the story today here.
>
> > > > Ultimately, whether Martin was a perfect person is irrelevant to
> > > > whether Zimmerman's conduct that night was justified. Clearly, there
> > > > are two different versions of the events that transpired on February
> > > > 26, the night Trayvon was killed. There are conflicting statements by
> > > > witnesses and conflicting evidence as to who was the aggressor.
> > > > Zimmerman has the right to tell his side of the story. But his
> > > > opportunity to do this will come in a court of law after he is charged
> > > > and arrested. In the meantime, Zimmerman's supporters should stop
> > > > trying to smear the reputation of a dead, 17-year-old boy.
>
> > > Punch me in the face and then bang my head on the pavement for simply
> > > asking who you are and why you are in my gated neighborhood and I'll
> > > shoot you too!!!
>
> > > > __._,_.___
>
> > > > --
> > > > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > > > Have a great day,
> > > > Tommy
>
> > > > --
> > > > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > > > Have a great day,
> > > > Tommy
>
> > > --
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Re: The Smear Campaign Against Trayvon Martin

Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, said,
"They killed my son, now they're trying to kill his reputation."

On Mar 27, 10:49 am, Keith In Tampa <keithinta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We've got another "Tawana Brawley" matter here, and something for the foot
> soldiers of Saul Alinsky,  Hunter Madsen and Marshall Kirk to rally
> around.   In these foot soldiers' minds, they are doing a good thing,
> helping to create racial unrest, and in general, hurting our Nation.  This
> is their goal.  *See* LilMarxistMoonbatTommyTomTomForNews.
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:32 AM, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmka...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Mar 27, 8:57 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > What Everyone Needs To Know About The Smear Campaign Against Trayvon
> > > Martin (1995-2012)
> > > By Judd Legum posted from ThinkProgress Justice on Mar 26, 2012 at 6:59
> > pm
>
> > > Trayvon Martin, as he appeared on his actual Facebook page
>
> > > Over the last 48 hours, there has been a sustained effort to smear
> > > Trayvon Martin, the 17-year old African-American who was shot dead by
> > > George Zimmerman a month ago. Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, said,
> > > "They killed my son, now they're trying to kill his reputation."
>
> > FACT>>>>>>She was so very concerned for her son that she had no idea
> > he was missing until he was on a slab for three days...(same for the
> > Father)
>
> > > Thus far these attacks have fallen into two categories: false and
> > > irrelevant. Much of this leaked information seems intended to play
> > > into stereotypes about young African-American males. Here's what
> > > everyone should know:
>
> > Stereotypes of African American males... 60% of all crime is committed
> > by them... NOT A STEREOTYPE!!!
>
> > > 1. Prominent conservative websites published fake photos of Martin.
> > > Twitchy, a new website run by prominent conservative blogger Michelle
> > > Malkin, promoted a photo — purportedly from Martin's Facebook page —
> > > that shows Martin in saggy pants and flipping the bird. The photo,
> > > which spread quickly on conservative websites and Twitter, is intended
> > > to paint Martin as a thug. As Twitchy later acknowledged, it is not a
> > > photo of Trayvon Martin. [Examiner]
>
> > No, but the shoe does fit.
>
> > > 2. The Sanford Police selectively leaked irrelevant, negative
> > > information about Martin. The authorities told the Orlando Sentinel
> > > this morning that Trayvon was suspended from school for ten days
> > > "after being found with an empty marijuana baggie." There is no
> > > evidence that Martin was under the influence of drugs at the time of
> > > his death, nor would prior possession of marijuana be a reason for
> > > killing him. It's unclear what the relevance of the leak was, other
> > > than to smear Martin. [Orlando Sentinel]
>
> > His ability to fit into acceptable society is indeed pertinent.. his
> > possession of Marijuana at school says a lot about his character and
> > his attitude in public.
>
> > It is also the reason he was in that gated and closed neighborhood...
> > had he not been a druggie he would not have been suspended from school
> > and would not have been sent to "stay with Daddy". It is indeed
> > relevant.
>
> > > 3. On Fox News, Geraldo said that Martin was dressed "like a wannabe
> > > gangster." Bill O'Reilly agreed with him. The sole evidence is that
> > > Martin was wearing a hoodie. Geraldo added that "everyone that ever
> > > stuck up a convenience store" was wearing a hoodie. [ThinkProgress;
> > > The Blaze]
>
> > It's a simple fact put forth by another minority member.
>
> > > 4. Without any evidence, prominent right-wing bloggers suggested that
> > > Martin was a drug dealer. Right-wing blogger Dan Riehl advances the
> > > theory, also advanced in a widely linked peice on a site called
> > > Wagist. There does not appear to be any evidence to support this claim
> > > whatsoever. [Riehl World View]
>
> > It is a very plausible theory given the EMPTY baggie.
>
> > > 5. Without any evidence, a right-wing columnist alleged that Martin
> > > assaulted a bus driver. Unlike Zimmerman, Trayvon has no documented
> > > history of violence. This allegation continues to be advanced by a
> > > blogger on the Examiner even after the real reason was leaked to the
> > > police and confirmed by the family. [Miami Herald; Examiner]
>
> > I have no documented history of violence either... yet I have indeed
> > engaged in it.
>
> > > 6. Zimmerman's friend says Martin was to blame because he was
> > > disrespectful to Zimmerman. Zimmerman's friend Joe Oliver said that
> > > Martin would not have been shot to death if Trayvon had just said "I'm
> > > staying with my parents." Of course, Zimmerman was not a police
> > > officer, and Trayvon had no duty to tell him who he was or where he
> > > was going. [NBC News]
>
> > Duty, no... Common sense in a gated community, absolutely... why do
> > you or this punk think the gates and walls are for??
>
> > > The final part of the effort to smear Trayvon Martin is to link him
> > > and his supporters to irresponsible fringe groups like the New Black
> > > Panthers and marginal provocateurs like Louis Farrakhan. Threats by
> > > these groups are serious and should be investigated, but they have
> > > nothing to do with Martin or his supporters. The leader of the effort
> > > to associate Martin with these groups is Matt Drudge. You can see how
> > > he is framing the story today here.
>
> > > Ultimately, whether Martin was a perfect person is irrelevant to
> > > whether Zimmerman's conduct that night was justified. Clearly, there
> > > are two different versions of the events that transpired on February
> > > 26, the night Trayvon was killed. There are conflicting statements by
> > > witnesses and conflicting evidence as to who was the aggressor.
> > > Zimmerman has the right to tell his side of the story. But his
> > > opportunity to do this will come in a court of law after he is charged
> > > and arrested. In the meantime, Zimmerman's supporters should stop
> > > trying to smear the reputation of a dead, 17-year-old boy.
>
> > Punch me in the face and then bang my head on the pavement for simply
> > asking who you are and why you are in my gated neighborhood and I'll
> > shoot you too!!!
>
> > > __._,_.___
>
> > > --
> > > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > > Have a great day,
> > > Tommy
>
> > > --
> > > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > > Have a great day,
> > > Tommy
>
> > --
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>
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Re: The Smear Campaign Against Trayvon Martin

Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, said,
"They killed my son, now they're trying to kill his reputation."

On Mar 27, 10:32 am, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mar 27, 8:57 am, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > What Everyone Needs To Know About The Smear Campaign Against Trayvon
> > Martin (1995-2012)
> > By Judd Legum posted from ThinkProgress Justice on Mar 26, 2012 at 6:59 pm
>
> > Trayvon Martin, as he appeared on his actual Facebook page
>
> > Over the last 48 hours, there has been a sustained effort to smear
> > Trayvon Martin, the 17-year old African-American who was shot dead by
> > George Zimmerman a month ago. Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, said,
> > "They killed my son, now they're trying to kill his reputation."
>
> FACT>>>>>>She was so very concerned for her son that she had no idea
> he was missing until he was on a slab for three days...(same for the
> Father)
>
>
>
> > Thus far these attacks have fallen into two categories: false and
> > irrelevant. Much of this leaked information seems intended to play
> > into stereotypes about young African-American males. Here's what
> > everyone should know:
>
> Stereotypes of African American males... 60% of all crime is committed
> by them... NOT A STEREOTYPE!!!
>
>
>
> > 1. Prominent conservative websites published fake photos of Martin.
> > Twitchy, a new website run by prominent conservative blogger Michelle
> > Malkin, promoted a photo — purportedly from Martin's Facebook page —
> > that shows Martin in saggy pants and flipping the bird. The photo,
> > which spread quickly on conservative websites and Twitter, is intended
> > to paint Martin as a thug. As Twitchy later acknowledged, it is not a
> > photo of Trayvon Martin. [Examiner]
>
> No, but the shoe does fit.
>
>
>
> > 2. The Sanford Police selectively leaked irrelevant, negative
> > information about Martin. The authorities told the Orlando Sentinel
> > this morning that Trayvon was suspended from school for ten days
> > "after being found with an empty marijuana baggie." There is no
> > evidence that Martin was under the influence of drugs at the time of
> > his death, nor would prior possession of marijuana be a reason for
> > killing him. It's unclear what the relevance of the leak was, other
> > than to smear Martin. [Orlando Sentinel]
>
> His ability to fit into acceptable society is indeed pertinent.. his
> possession of Marijuana at school says a lot about his character and
> his attitude in public.
>
> It is also the reason he was in that gated and closed neighborhood...
> had he not been a druggie he would not have been suspended from school
> and would not have been sent to "stay with Daddy". It is indeed
> relevant.
>
>
>
> > 3. On Fox News, Geraldo said that Martin was dressed "like a wannabe
> > gangster." Bill O'Reilly agreed with him. The sole evidence is that
> > Martin was wearing a hoodie. Geraldo added that "everyone that ever
> > stuck up a convenience store" was wearing a hoodie. [ThinkProgress;
> > The Blaze]
>
> It's a simple fact put forth by another minority member.
>
>
>
> > 4. Without any evidence, prominent right-wing bloggers suggested that
> > Martin was a drug dealer. Right-wing blogger Dan Riehl advances the
> > theory, also advanced in a widely linked peice on a site called
> > Wagist. There does not appear to be any evidence to support this claim
> > whatsoever. [Riehl World View]
>
> It is a very plausible theory given the EMPTY baggie.
>
>
>
> > 5. Without any evidence, a right-wing columnist alleged that Martin
> > assaulted a bus driver. Unlike Zimmerman, Trayvon has no documented
> > history of violence. This allegation continues to be advanced by a
> > blogger on the Examiner even after the real reason was leaked to the
> > police and confirmed by the family. [Miami Herald; Examiner]
>
> I have no documented history of violence either... yet I have indeed
> engaged in it.
>
>
>
> > 6. Zimmerman's friend says Martin was to blame because he was
> > disrespectful to Zimmerman. Zimmerman's friend Joe Oliver said that
> > Martin would not have been shot to death if Trayvon had just said "I'm
> > staying with my parents." Of course, Zimmerman was not a police
> > officer, and Trayvon had no duty to tell him who he was or where he
> > was going. [NBC News]
>
> Duty, no... Common sense in a gated community, absolutely... why do
> you or this punk think the gates and walls are for??
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > The final part of the effort to smear Trayvon Martin is to link him
> > and his supporters to irresponsible fringe groups like the New Black
> > Panthers and marginal provocateurs like Louis Farrakhan. Threats by
> > these groups are serious and should be investigated, but they have
> > nothing to do with Martin or his supporters. The leader of the effort
> > to associate Martin with these groups is Matt Drudge. You can see how
> > he is framing the story today here.
>
> > Ultimately, whether Martin was a perfect person is irrelevant to
> > whether Zimmerman's conduct that night was justified. Clearly, there
> > are two different versions of the events that transpired on February
> > 26, the night Trayvon was killed. There are conflicting statements by
> > witnesses and conflicting evidence as to who was the aggressor.
> > Zimmerman has the right to tell his side of the story. But his
> > opportunity to do this will come in a court of law after he is charged
> > and arrested. In the meantime, Zimmerman's supporters should stop
> > trying to smear the reputation of a dead, 17-year-old boy.
>
> Punch me in the face and then bang my head on the pavement for simply
> asking who you are and why you are in my gated neighborhood and I'll
> shoot you too!!!
>
>
>
>
>
> > __._,_.___
>
> > --
> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy
>
> > --
> > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
> > Have a great day,
> > Tommy- Hide quoted text -
>
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Re: Elena Kagan Breaks Federal Law By Hearing ObamaCare Case, Republicans Silent

More lies and smear from the Wingnuts.

On Mar 27, 9:46 am, plainolamerican <plainolameri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> the ONLY jurisdiction (if you will) the Congress has over the supreme
> Court is IMPEACHMENT
> ---
> good enough ... throw her out!
>
> On Mar 27, 9:31 am, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
>
>
>
> > The BRANCHES, however, are CO-EQUAL ... the ONLY jurisdiction (if you will) the Congress has over the supreme Court is IMPEACHMENT.
> > This 'law' is unconstitutional on its face.
> > Regard$,
> > --MJ
> > "Usurpation, the exercise of power not granted, is not legitimized by repetition" -- Raoul Berger.At 10:25 AM 3/27/2012, you wrote:This republican has not been silent
> > On Tuesday, March 27, 2012 8:20:07 AM UTC-4, Travis wrote:New post on ACGR's "News with Attitude"Elena Kagan Breaks Federal Law By Hearing ObamaCare Case, Republicans SilentbyHaroldDoug Book 3/26/2012 Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan will be in clear violation of federal law by virtue of her decision to hear the Affordable Care Act case coming before the Supreme Court today. Upon joining the other justices to hear oral arguments she will fracture the federal statute which demands that judges recuse themselves [...]Read more of this postHarold| March 27, 2012 at 8:01 am | Categories:Corruption,Criminal Activity,Executive,Government,Health Care,Health Insurance,Judicial,Legislative,Police State,Progressives,Propaganda,Socialism/Communism,Sovereignty,States Rights,U.S. Constitution| URL:http://wp.me/pmtmV-7I5Comment   See all commentsUnsubscribe or change your email settings atManage Subscriptions.Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser:http://a4cgr.wordpress.com/2012/03/27/04-913/Thanksfor flying with WordPress.com--
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