I am amazed how people put forth facts regarding the Zimmerman-Martin tragedy that are pure make believe, or could not possibly be known by anyone today. Much of the rhetoric comes from the likes of Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson (I will not call them "Reverends" because reverends do not provoke anger like they do), the real "Racial Profilers" in America.
I can just imagine the dialogue that goes on with their research staff as they scour the news articles in the newspapers and the internet. It would go something like this:
Black kills black .... No
Black kills black .... Nope
Black kills Hispanic .... Nah
Black kills black .... No
Black kills white .... Yawn
Black kills Hispanic .... No
Black kills black .... Can someone bring me some coffee?
17 year old black kills 13 month old white child in stroller .... He probably threatened him with is rattle.
Black kills black .... Nope
White man kills black man .... "Oh my God, the outrage! This racial animus against blacks has to stop! Al! Jesse! Come look at this!"
Let's not forget President Obama ("He would look like my son!") and Maxine Waters ("He was hunted down like a dog.") That last remark creates visions of George Zimmerman walking around with his gun drawn, peeking behind every wall and bush, trying to track down a wanton criminal.
I also like the multiple statements about a "child" carrying Skittles and Iced Tea, innocently walking through the community. Perhaps I missed it, but I heard no evidence that Zimmerman had X-Ray vision that would allow him to determine what Mr. Martin was carrying. Furthermore, that "child" was a 17 year old young man who was taller, and possibly stronger than Mr. Zimmerman. That is the same age as the young man who shot a 13 month old in the head while the baby's mother watched. I wonder if the baby threatened him with his rattle, justifying self-defense. That is not my definition of a child.
We would be remiss if we did not compliment Beyonce, JayZ, Madonna, and all of the other celebrities who have condemned the verdict, even though they have no clue about the actual evidence, and have threatened to never perform in the State of Florida until the state does away with the "Stand Your Ground" law. Obviously, they have been playing their music too loud without ear plugs, because their brains must have been severely damaged. Stand Your Ground was never part of the case, and had no bearing on the decision by the jury. I would suggest that we all boycott any venue at which any of these people have performed. They do nothing by harm America, both with the words of their songs and their opinions.
The rhetoric spouted by the media, the black activists and others is completely contrary to the facts that were brought at the trial. Let's take some examples:
1. "Zimmerman was told to stay in his car, but got out anyway to follow Martin." A review of the transcript of the 911 call does not support that. For some reason, people choose to believe this without reading the entire transcript. The dispatcher never told Zimmerman to stay in the car. They asked if he was following Martin and, when he replied that he was, they said, "We don't need you to do that." He replied "OK", and then they talked about where he would meet the police when they arrived.
2. "This young man was just walking through the neighborhood minding his own business." How do those making that statement know what was in Martin's mind? He was, according to the transcript, walking slowly in the rain. I know that when I am caught in the rain, especially without an umbrella, I walk as quickly as I can to get to where I was going so I could get out of the rain.
3. "Martin was armed only with a bag of Skittles and some iced tea." That is true, but how was Zimmerman to know that? Since no one has demonstrated that Zimmerman had X-ray vision, he had no idea as to whether or not Martin was armed in any way.
The reality is that Zimmerman lost sight of Martin, and was headed back to his truck. Martin had more than four minutes to leave the area and go to the house at which his father was staying. I am guessing that I could cover a quarter mile (4.4 football fields) walking in four minutes. Since he was concerned about this "cracker," why didn't he get out of there. There is substantial evidence to support Zimmerman's story.
I was watching two black women debating the Oprah Winfrey issue in Switzerland. One said that Oprah was too sensitive. The other said, "You weren't there and I wasn't there, so we have no right to make that judgment." A month earlier, that same woman was critical of the Zimmerman verdict, even though she was not there, had not heard all of the evidence in the court room, and had no right to make a judgment in that matter, either. Apparently, she only has the right to judge negatively against white people.
If Mr. Sharpton and Mr. Jackson want to make a difference for the black community, they will go to the Chicago's and Oakland's in the country to work on building self respect for the lives of other blacks, the discipline to stay in school, and the desire to succeed through becoming smarter and of more value to society and the market place. They need to convince the black community to stop looking in the rear view mirror of the past, and start looking in a regular mirror to identify the problem. Then, to look to the future to create their own decent life in this land of opportunity, not of handouts.
Of course, if that happens, Sharpton and Jackson might be out of a job, so it is in their personal best interest to keep the unrest and divisiveness alive.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
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Monday, December 31, 2012
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Why I Changed My 2008 Vote From Obama to Romney
A Northern California newspaper that owns the Oakland Tribune and the San Jose Mercury News, made a recommendation that Obama should be re-elected. The reasoning that they provided in support of its endorsement for the re-election of President Obama was flawed and follows the typical belief of the left leaning media. As someone who voted for Obama in 2008, I have seen the error of my ways.
1. The Economy - They said that Obama had inherited the worst recession since the Great Depression. The economy has experienced recessions as bad as the one inherited by Obama. In the Carter years there was double digit inflation and double digit interest rates, neither of which was faced by Obama.
They pointed to the Dow doubling since Obama took office, but they did not look to see why that happened. Although the TARP program was initiated by Bush, Obama administered much of it and provided billions of dollars to the financial sector with no strings attached. That was followed in February 2009 with the American Reinvestment Act which provided $800 billion to "stimulate the economy." Instead of working with the core of the problem which they had helped create, namely the collapse of the housing market, the banks invested in the stock market, which drove the prices higher. They then cashed in slowly, paid back the loans, and started paying outrageous bonuses to themselves again. I have talked to hundreds of individuals who have been destroyed by these policies, and know of four who committed suicide. They are not better off than four years ago.
They also claimed that Obama "saved" the auto industry, pointing to General Motors. In reality, I think it is important to note that General Motors did exactly what Romney had suggested, which was to go through bankruptcy. By doing so, they were able to void their contract with Toyota regarding Nummi, which cost the Bay Area tens of thousands of jobs. The money that the taxpayers provided to GM, which we will never get back, went to shore up the Auto Workers Union. California is a lock for Obama, so he needed to structure the GM bailout to take care of the Ohio and Michigan voters.
2. Foreign Affairs - Contrary to their opinion letter, Bin Laden was not an accomplishment for Obama. Rather, it was an accomplishment for the CIA and the interrogation techniques that Obama disapproved. When he called on the Navy Seals, they got Bin Laden. When the Seals called on Obama in Libya on September 11th this year, they got denied.
The doctor in Pakistan who provided us with the precise location of Bin Laden was arrested by the Pakistani government and is sitting in jail, without hardly a complaint from Obama. His entire Middle East policy is a failure because that region has no respect for the United States.
3. Domestic Issues - While I agree that our health care issues need to be addressed, Obamacare is not the answer. Of course those with pre-existing conditions will agree that Obamacare is great. Think about it, though. If I wrap my car around a tree and am uninsured, should I be able to call an insurance company, purchase a policy and ask them to fix my car? Health care issues must be addressed, but it must take into account tort reform, availability of health providers, business interests and how to handle the poor without penalizing someone who can afford an enhanced health insurance policy.
We cannot continue to spend more than we take in, nor can we depend on the federal government to provide the incentive to create jobs through bureaucratic control.
Finally, I agree that people who were brought into the country illegally should not be held responsible for what their parents did bringing them here. However, I cannot support Obama's rejection of the U.S. Constitution, which requires laws to be created in Congress and enforced by the President. He has unilaterally made his own law and decided what laws would be enforced.
Eventually, when the federal government gets big enough, the first amendment might be ignored, much like the 10th amendment is, and "Freedom of the Press" will give way to government ownership of business, not unlike GM and AIG.
Based upon the many failures of Obama over the past four years, and the lack of any substantive plan, I will be changing my vote to Mitt Romney.
1. The Economy - They said that Obama had inherited the worst recession since the Great Depression. The economy has experienced recessions as bad as the one inherited by Obama. In the Carter years there was double digit inflation and double digit interest rates, neither of which was faced by Obama.
They pointed to the Dow doubling since Obama took office, but they did not look to see why that happened. Although the TARP program was initiated by Bush, Obama administered much of it and provided billions of dollars to the financial sector with no strings attached. That was followed in February 2009 with the American Reinvestment Act which provided $800 billion to "stimulate the economy." Instead of working with the core of the problem which they had helped create, namely the collapse of the housing market, the banks invested in the stock market, which drove the prices higher. They then cashed in slowly, paid back the loans, and started paying outrageous bonuses to themselves again. I have talked to hundreds of individuals who have been destroyed by these policies, and know of four who committed suicide. They are not better off than four years ago.
They also claimed that Obama "saved" the auto industry, pointing to General Motors. In reality, I think it is important to note that General Motors did exactly what Romney had suggested, which was to go through bankruptcy. By doing so, they were able to void their contract with Toyota regarding Nummi, which cost the Bay Area tens of thousands of jobs. The money that the taxpayers provided to GM, which we will never get back, went to shore up the Auto Workers Union. California is a lock for Obama, so he needed to structure the GM bailout to take care of the Ohio and Michigan voters.
2. Foreign Affairs - Contrary to their opinion letter, Bin Laden was not an accomplishment for Obama. Rather, it was an accomplishment for the CIA and the interrogation techniques that Obama disapproved. When he called on the Navy Seals, they got Bin Laden. When the Seals called on Obama in Libya on September 11th this year, they got denied.
The doctor in Pakistan who provided us with the precise location of Bin Laden was arrested by the Pakistani government and is sitting in jail, without hardly a complaint from Obama. His entire Middle East policy is a failure because that region has no respect for the United States.
3. Domestic Issues - While I agree that our health care issues need to be addressed, Obamacare is not the answer. Of course those with pre-existing conditions will agree that Obamacare is great. Think about it, though. If I wrap my car around a tree and am uninsured, should I be able to call an insurance company, purchase a policy and ask them to fix my car? Health care issues must be addressed, but it must take into account tort reform, availability of health providers, business interests and how to handle the poor without penalizing someone who can afford an enhanced health insurance policy.
We cannot continue to spend more than we take in, nor can we depend on the federal government to provide the incentive to create jobs through bureaucratic control.
Finally, I agree that people who were brought into the country illegally should not be held responsible for what their parents did bringing them here. However, I cannot support Obama's rejection of the U.S. Constitution, which requires laws to be created in Congress and enforced by the President. He has unilaterally made his own law and decided what laws would be enforced.
Eventually, when the federal government gets big enough, the first amendment might be ignored, much like the 10th amendment is, and "Freedom of the Press" will give way to government ownership of business, not unlike GM and AIG.
Based upon the many failures of Obama over the past four years, and the lack of any substantive plan, I will be changing my vote to Mitt Romney.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
The Biggest Banking Scandal The World Has Ever Seen
Once again, the Banksters are making money illegally by manipulating the financial markets. They are engaging in insider trading, constiracy, collusion and they are using OUR money to do it! Furthermore, they are making that money at ouor expense!
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The Biggest Banking Scandal The World Has Ever Seen
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The Biggest Banking Scandal The World Has Ever Seen
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Monday, May 7, 2012
The Rear View Mirror
The case of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman was, and continues to be, a tragedy for all concerned, including the entire country. Those who have a pedestal that the media will follow, Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, for example, used the incident to incite a racial divide. Why do they do this without having full knowledge of what actually transpired.
The simple truth is that it is for their own benefit, not for Martin’s family or to help improve the plight of blacks in America.
Today, Leonard Pitts, Jr., a “News” columnist for the Miami Herald, discussed the stereotype of blacks. He made a comment that black students, who guess that 75% of whites who are murdered are at the hands of black offenders, are surprised that the actual number is only 13%. Of course, it is easy to manipulate numbers to make your article look good, so let’s take a look at the real numbers.
• Blacks were disproportionately represented as both homicide victims and offenders. The victimization rate for blacks (27.8 per 100,000) was 6 times higher than the rate for whites (4.5 per 100,000). The offending rate for blacks (34.4 per 100,000) was almost 8 times higher than the rate for whites (4.5 per 100,000).
• What is the percentage of blacks killed at the hands of white offenders? The answer is only about 5%.
• 93% of black victims were killed by blacks.
I do not know what happened in the Martin-Zimmerman matter, any more than Jackson, Sharpton or Pitts knows. In a previous opinion, Pitts made the statement “No justice – no peace!” relating issues to the Los Angeles riots after the Rodney King verdict. While I certainly did not agree with that verdict (I lived there at the time), I could not condone the violence that took place, which hurt many black business owners.
The issue is not that man in the mirror that Pitts mentions, and instead should be a matter of the rear view mirror. They make rear view mirrors in a car smaller than the windshield because it is more important to look ahead than behind. It would appear that black leaders do not agree with that, because they continue to point to the past and what has been done, instead of working within the black communities to point to the future.
Human beings will rise to the level of expectations that are set for them, especially children. Instead of raising the bar and expecting more from black communities, these “leaders” make every effort to keep those communities impoverished and dependent on government, as if it is owed to them for the “400 years of injustice,” which I had no part of and most blacks did not experience. The biggest obstacles in the black communities today are other members of the black community.
I do not care if someone is white, black, brown, yellow, red or plaid! If they make an effort, they are worthy of everyone’s support. If they are not willing to make an effort, then they are destined to remain bogged down in the swamp of sadness.
Work on making progress, rather than excuses.
The simple truth is that it is for their own benefit, not for Martin’s family or to help improve the plight of blacks in America.
Today, Leonard Pitts, Jr., a “News” columnist for the Miami Herald, discussed the stereotype of blacks. He made a comment that black students, who guess that 75% of whites who are murdered are at the hands of black offenders, are surprised that the actual number is only 13%. Of course, it is easy to manipulate numbers to make your article look good, so let’s take a look at the real numbers.
• Blacks were disproportionately represented as both homicide victims and offenders. The victimization rate for blacks (27.8 per 100,000) was 6 times higher than the rate for whites (4.5 per 100,000). The offending rate for blacks (34.4 per 100,000) was almost 8 times higher than the rate for whites (4.5 per 100,000).
• What is the percentage of blacks killed at the hands of white offenders? The answer is only about 5%.
• 93% of black victims were killed by blacks.
I do not know what happened in the Martin-Zimmerman matter, any more than Jackson, Sharpton or Pitts knows. In a previous opinion, Pitts made the statement “No justice – no peace!” relating issues to the Los Angeles riots after the Rodney King verdict. While I certainly did not agree with that verdict (I lived there at the time), I could not condone the violence that took place, which hurt many black business owners.
The issue is not that man in the mirror that Pitts mentions, and instead should be a matter of the rear view mirror. They make rear view mirrors in a car smaller than the windshield because it is more important to look ahead than behind. It would appear that black leaders do not agree with that, because they continue to point to the past and what has been done, instead of working within the black communities to point to the future.
Human beings will rise to the level of expectations that are set for them, especially children. Instead of raising the bar and expecting more from black communities, these “leaders” make every effort to keep those communities impoverished and dependent on government, as if it is owed to them for the “400 years of injustice,” which I had no part of and most blacks did not experience. The biggest obstacles in the black communities today are other members of the black community.
I do not care if someone is white, black, brown, yellow, red or plaid! If they make an effort, they are worthy of everyone’s support. If they are not willing to make an effort, then they are destined to remain bogged down in the swamp of sadness.
Work on making progress, rather than excuses.
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