mr_genius

QUOTE (SnB @ Mar 23, 2012 -> 10:42 AM) I still see plenty of people writing checks at the grocery store. yea, and they usually write the check super slow

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 25, 2012 -> 01:49 PM) Would this kid have been dead if he was a white kid walking through a gated community at night with a pack of skittles? Impossible to tell.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 25, 2012 -> 01:22 PM) And the cases where no charges are pressed generally get considerably more press Nothing like this, unless there are reasons the media is pressing the story (celebrity involved or something). In this case, political exploitation is the reason.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 25, 2012 -> 01:12 PM) Okay, being shot and being killed are 2 different things. Furthermore if you read the Chicago tribune, it is littered with stories about children being killed, etc. Today alone there are more than 3 stories involving violence (not including Martin.) What is the difference? Why do some get more coverage than others? Well, I thought it was obvious, but I guess I will explain. It is because in Chicago, Zimmerman would have been charged with a crime and it would be going to trial/plea wherever. I would be interested to know how many people in Chicago carrying a weapon who kill an unarmed man are not charged with a crime? My guess 0. So that is why it is a sensational story, because most people cant imagine that this can happen. Not that Zimmerman is guilty, not that he wont be found innocent, just that he wasnt even charged with a crime. Thats why it is on the front page, because its bizarre. No one cares about the mundane, I guarantee people have been killed in Miami, etc since then, but it doenst have the strange facts as this case. Furthermore, Zimmerman is latino, so youd think that Obama wouldnt want to come down on him. So, no, its not for exploitative purposes, that argument doesnt even make sense. If Zimmerman had a latino last name, this story would not be getting this type of national coverage. It's the 'racists GOP and NRA are out to get you' narrative. Race has been brought up in every story I've seen so far. Plenty people are killed each year, in which the killer is known yet no charges are pressed for a variety of reasons. This story is necessary to exploit minority communities to fear they are being hunted down on a daily basis, in every neighborhood, and the Republican party is assisting these evil killers. Better vote Obama.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Mar 25, 2012 -> 01:00 PM) Voting for Obama or the Republican candidate has nothing to do with race. But this is clearly just an attempt to derail a thread and make it about nonsense. Where do you stand on c&c and syg? You know, the topic at hand. i think conceal and carry is up to states to decide. stand your ground law? i don't know that much about it, so i will not comment. but it is very strange when 46 people get shot in Chicago on St Patrick's day on the south side, no media coverage. one person gets shot in FL and it's the main story for weeks/months. clearly the story is being pressed for exploitative political reasons. oh, and by the way, no conceal and carry or stand your ground law in Chicago, and parts of the south side are more dangerous than Iraq. go figure.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Mar 25, 2012 -> 11:08 AM) In April of last year, Zimmerman called 911 to report a "suspicious looking 7 to 9 year old black male" in his neighborhood. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012...-abuse-911.html he is a dangerous loon.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 25, 2012 -> 11:18 AM) racist spotted not going to work. i'm not voting obama, no matter how much ridiculous name calling goes on.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Mar 25, 2012 -> 12:44 PM) Is this post serious? yes. Obama is not 'fighting for working class people' as he claims. Merely a marketing slogan.

The media is trumping the story as they know they need to work it into their pro-Obama election narrative. They will work the story into "everyone who doesn't vote for Obama is a racist" theme. We have seen this sad exploitation technique before. It also distracts from the fact that Obama has been a huge failure as a president.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 24, 2012 -> 05:36 PM) With the constant allusions to the decadence of the Capitol, it's hard not to see them as rich Republicans, lol. On the other hand, Katniss' personal design crew are very artistic/avant garde/Hollywood-influenced, so the Santorum folks would argue they represent the decaying moral/cultural values of Washington and the popular culture at-large. i would put them as corrupt Obama Democrats. Wealthy, 'entitled', authoritarian, corrupt.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 24, 2012 -> 01:24 PM) He'll still avoid charges. of course.

QUOTE (Tex @ Mar 22, 2012 -> 10:36 AM) From people's reactions and what I read initially, I assumed Zimmerman was some retired old white guy not 28 and Hispanic. The evil whitey side of his heritage did the shooting. The Hispanic part was just an innocent bystander.

Romney

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 20, 2012 -> 08:24 AM) I guess I must be missing what is so groundbreaking with this guy's (the professor's) posits. you are

Some recommended reading http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/magazine...nted=1&_r=1

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 28, 2012 -> 02:39 PM) I didn't agree with ObamaCo's approach on the auto industry at the time the decisions are made. And I still think some aspects could have been done better. But I have enough honesty to say that they do deserve some credit for making their plan work, and work pretty darn well. They didn't have to pay a dime to Ford, just changed some rules a bit to make them able to survive what was done for the other two. They paid GM, but are going to end up being paid back, with some nice gains, so they actually made money on the deal AND saved tens of thousands of jobs. They paid Chrysler, and got some of it back, pretty soon to be all of it (I think - not as sure it is truly all on that one). Their plan worked, and it is one of Obama's biggest successes thus far. .... wrong on so many levels. it is not the role of the government to float trillions of dollars to corporations. it doesn't matter who paid back what, it should not have happened.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 12, 2012 -> 07:53 AM) we ought to stop occupying countries. that sounds like a great idea

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 11, 2012 -> 01:43 PM) Again, this doesn't seem good. Someone burned one of his books, so his actions were totally justified. It's Afghanistan's fault. They should have been more culturally sensitive.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 25, 2012 -> 05:54 PM) Time to point this out. This has been a really bad, self-inflicted week for the US in Afghanistan. What, over the stupid 'Quran' burning thing? So therefore those murders were 'self-inflicted' ?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Mar 11, 2012 -> 01:53 PM) Maybe this will give Obama the cover he needs (just like the famous incident in Somalia depicted in Black Hawk Down) to get the heck out of Dodge. Obviously, it's reprehensible what happened, but continuing this war through 2013 or 2014 just serves no purpose and continues to drain the Treasury. About the only positive is that having some of our troops deployed there has to remind SOME of the war-mongers not to jump into yet another idiotic war with Iran. Of course, despite the Obama administration taking out bin Laden on his watch, they'll instantly be declared "quitters" or "weak on foreign policy" if we withdraw, which will be infuriating. This is Obama's war. He can end it at any time. He wants it to continue unfortunately.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 8, 2012 -> 02:46 PM) He was also the first victim of rMoney's money... Rick Perry ruined his own chances, Romney didn't play much of a role.

Not sure this has been mentioned, Dennis Kucinich loses in Dem primary. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/73713.html

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 5, 2012 -> 07:09 PM) Really, this isn't the wrong move at all. Turning Chicago into a police fortress and having to deal with that kind of crowd is just silly when there are other options. just have the meeting in a bunker

Obozo moves G-8 out of Chicago, and to Camp David. Wanted to spend some 'alone' time with his wallstreet bailout buddies http://www.suntimes.com/11082594-417/white...camp-david.html

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Mar 4, 2012 -> 12:58 PM) It sounds like a nickname though, like r-dawg or something. yes exactly