Some Thoughts on Sanford, Florida, And the Upcoming National Election

Been having some issues with my laptop this past week, so I have some catching up to do.

One of the issues that I want to cover is of course the Trayvon Martin thing.

I suggested, back when the

Funny,  if you want to know what is happening here in the west side of the pond, you have to read the east pond papers.  Strange.

Now, I really don’t believe that is the job of the president to comment

Chicago has problem and her problem is not an eighty-one year old black man who defended his life and property.   No Chicago’s problem is Rahm Emanuel who apparently will not rest until he sees all of his citizens murdered.   A

Two conchics but one message.

First from the leggy Tina Korbe: Hot Air:

This really isn’t a hard or complicated issue to understand. A wide variety of factors contribute to the price of gas. The president doesn’t have control

This may be the greatest debate answer in the history of presidential primary debates and the loudest standing ovation ever in any debate,  video via Jill, Pundit & Pundette:

Juan Williams, for whom I have some regard and respect,

Don Surber reports on Moochelle Obamaj, link:

She just gave it weight by going on CBS News this morning and saying: “…I guess it’s more interesting to imagine this conflicted situation here and a strong woman and- you

A video shows four purported Marine rendering due respect to purported dead Taliban fighters, from Useless Toady:

WASHINGTON (AP) – Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday condemned as “utterly deplorable” a video that purports to depict four U.S. Marines

Thomas Erdbrink, Washington Post:

TEHRAN — An Iranian scientist involved in purchasing equipment for the Islamic Republic’s main uranium-enrichment facility was assassinated Wednesday when a magnetic bomb attached to his car exploded in morning rush-hour traffic, Iranian media reported.

From Dan Murphy, Christian Science Monitor:

Though tensions have continued to rise, with Iran sentencing Iranian-American Amir Mirzaei Hekmati to death yesterday for allegedly spying (his family says he returned to Iran to visit his grandmother) and new US

Two losers attempt to paint Mitt Romney as out of touch, Russell Goldman and Michael Falcone, ABC News:

ROCHESTER, N.H. — Mitt Romney attempted his own version of an “I-feel-your-pain” moment at a campaign event in New Hampshire on

There is perhaps no better comparison to what happens with governmental largess, than the seagull.  Rats with wings, they have been called… and for at least this purpose the comparison is fairly accurate.

Consider the similarities between the seagull and

Janet Shan, Hinterland Gazette:

Gun sales surge in U.S. for Christmas. According to the FBI, over 1.5 million background checks on customers were requested by gun dealers to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System in December, the UK

If being voluntarily associated  with a racist  is bad for one politician, it should not be good for another,  yet,, Roger Simon, PJ Media:

That inability to select even marginally acceptable (non-racist) employees and colleagues should, on the face

Steven L. Taylor, Outside the Beltwy:

First, why get all bent out of shape over an initiative to encourage healthier eating (and this isn’t the first time this has come up)? It is not as if we are talking