Shooting up a blue Toyota Tacoma containing two Asian women after mistaking it for a grey Nissan Titan containing a lone black man: Get more training
Release audio tape proving you didn’t say the racist things you’ve been accused of saying: Get investigated by internal affairs, suspended, and expect to be fired
Tens of thousands of people protest in the street against Egyptian President Mubarak, leading to the Military taking charge: “The people have spoken!”
Tens of millions of people protest in the street against Egyptian President Morsi, leading to the Military taking charge: “It’s a coup!!!”
If you’re wondering why our media had such different reactions to such remarkably similar circumstances, wonder no more.
Bush Justice Department authorization to use waterboarding on a foreign terrorist in a foreign country: “Shameful”
Obama Justice Department authorization to use drone strikes on Americans in America: That’s probably okay. Let’s not talk about it right now.
Protests across the country called for thousands to march, all to push for tougher legislation when it comes to buying a gun. With a simple post online, a crowd of concerned parents, grandparents and kids showed up Saturday morning to march at Sevier Park to push for changes in gun legislation.
This march is part of the non-partisan One Million Moms for Gun Control march in Washington, D.C.
I don’t know about you, but when a protest is highlighted by former democrat appointees and Commie Day protestors, “non-partisan” is the last thing that comes to mind.
According to the Washington Post, “Obama campaigned four years ago on a promise to revamp the federal government’s disaster response functions…” and has already signed off on 9 declarations of emergency in the north east before the Hurricane Sally has even hit the shore…
You know what I’m reminded of? When Nashville had a 1000 year flood event, was pretty much under water (and was literally about a inch away from losing all clean drinking water), and Obama waited until 2 days *after* it stopped raining to sign off on a state of emergency declaration. At that point, we had pretty much already given up on the feds and started trying to pick ourselves up.
Maybe it’s the region of the country? Maybe it’s because it’s an election year? Maybe it’s because we didn’t wait for a hand out before trying to salvage what we could?
I’m not saying that the folks in the path of a Cat2 hurricane are not in for a nasty ride, they are. I’ve already seen reports of a tree falling on a coworker’s neighbor’s house, and a trampoline hung on the power lines. Although, I’m pretty sure that Naienko’s sister (who grew up near the coast in North Carolina) is having a hurricane party at her place in DC right now.
Oh, and Wizard has said something about northerners needing to shut up because people down here freak out over a little ice on the road.
If Tropical Storm Isaac turns into a Cat 3 Hurricane and hits New Orleans, it’ll be George Bush’s fault.
I buy a lot of used cars. I mean, I used to, back when I would buy an $800, drive it for a year, and sell it for $800.
So as a direct result of that, I have spent a lot of time looking at used car lots. Mostly, that involves driving down the local highway that has 86,000 used car lots on it and stopping when I see something that might meet my criteria.
I pull in, jump out of my car, check the mileage, and leave when I see they are asking $4,000 for a 20 year old car with 250,000 miles on it.
Apparently, that makes me a racist or something:
Abdullah told Channel 4 News he faces religious bigotry in many subtle ways as he conducts business at his car lot.
“When I approach a customer pulling up, they see me, and they get right back in their car again. I know for a fact they were interested in a certain vehicle,” Abdullah said.
Okay, then.
I’ve talked here a few times about how it’s sometimes frustrating that a business has different views on civil rights than I do. When the owner of several popular local restaurants spearheaded a campaign to derail restaurant carry, I mocked him and stopped going to his restaurants.
When Costco employees freaked out about a guy with a CCW to the point they had him killed by police, I cancelled my membership.
When Regions Bank banned carry permit holders from their branches, I closed my accounts after 14 years of doing business with them. When my new bank did the same thing a year later, I moved my money again.
When looking for furniture, I don’t shop at American Signature Furniture.
I don’t do business with businesses that don’t support my rights. I encourage others not to do business with them, by explaining my reasoning.
You know what I don’t do?
I don’t try to deny their right to do business via force of government.
I don’t lobby the government to deny them the right to buy land.
And I sure as hell don’t wish death upon their customers.
Honestly that last one is the worst, and I’m afraid that’s where its going in this case. Instead of just not eating there and using a perhaps-effective boycott, they’re going to turn to demonizing the people who do eat there. It’s a new low, going after consumers of a product who’s producer hold views you don’t agree with.
It’s days like this that remind me why I’m not on Facebook.
Something that’s struck me in the last few days is how, despite all the media attention, no one who actually knows George Zimmerman has come forward and said “oh, yeah, that guy is totally a racist jerk!” Not his neighbors (the ones who bothered to meet him), not his coworkers, not even an ex girlfriend. If he really is evil incarnate like he’s being portrayed, I don’t think it’s possible for him to have hidden it so thoroughly.
