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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131471)3/30/2012 12:56:13 PM
From: longnshort  Respond to of 132070
 
Jerry Brown explains how to become a millionaire and why people who make $250K are automatically millionaires:


Brown Defines a ‘Millionaire’

By John J. Pitney, Jr.
March 30, 2012 8:03 A.M.

Associated Press reports on California governor Jerry Brown’s proposed tax increase, which will be on the ballot in November.

Brown also defended calling his proposal a “millionaires tax” on his initiative campaign website, even though the income threshold would be $250,000.

“Anybody who makes $250,000 becomes a millionaire very quickly if you save it. You just need four years,” Brown said. “It is a millionaires tax. It taxes millionaires, right? And it’s for schools. And it protects public safety.”

Of course, the governor is assuming that people with an annual income of a quarter million do not buy any goods or services (including food, clothing, and shelter) and do not pay any federal, state, or local taxes. Apart from that minor caveat, it’s a perfectly reasonable assertion.



nationalreview.com



To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131471)3/30/2012 1:56:03 PM
From: Freedom Fighter2 Recommendations  Respond to of 132070
 
KT,

>You start off with an open mind, not dancing nightmares of teenagers with gold teeth and hoodies. <

I've already addressed the mental illness of people that would rather be dead than profile based on the statistics that describe the world we actually live in.

I'm not mentally ill. So even though I agree it's an unfortunate situation, I understand the stats that would cause Zimmerman to be suspicious of a stranger in his neighborhood dressed like a thug. There's nothing illegal about having a functioning brain.

After that, I start with a blank slate.

You start with a hate crime and work your way down as you fail to prove the various degrees of your bias.

Zimmerman's "supposed" story is out there via his lawyer and comments from police. His brother was interviewed on CNN and said the same things that were attributed to Zimmerman. His father also made similar comments. So we can be fairly sure what his defense and story is.

The facts we have so far are the facts as I described them.

You are unwilling to accept the possibility that the law did its job and released him because there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute him or there was enough evidence to actually believe him.

You don't start with a guilty verdict, try to instigate violence and revenge, rile up crowds, destroy careers and lives etc... if you don't get the revenge you want against whitey for things that were done long before most of us were even born. If you aren't satisfied with the way the police handled a case, you find a reputable lawyer and step up the investigation in a civilized professional way to get to the bottom of what actually happened.



To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131471)3/30/2012 2:10:28 PM
From: joseffy1 Recommendation  Respond to of 132070
 
Will Holder open investigation into criminal conduct of New Black Panthers?

Holder thinks solicitation of kidnapping may or may not be a crime ... it depends on the color of the skin of those doing the solicitating:

Holder Charges Kidnapping Solicitation of White Supremacist, Not New Black Panthers



March 30, 2012 - 10:47 am - by J. Christian Adams
pjmedia.com[/url]

Here we go again. Eric Holder’s Justice Department last month oversaw a guilty plea for solicitation of kidnapping, a federal offense. Jayen Patel entered a plea in New Jersey for soliciting a purported white supremacist (actually an FBI agent acting as a white supremacist) to conduct a kidnapping.


I wrote earlier this week and appeared on Fox News to say that solicitation of kidnapping is a federal crime.

The New Black Panther Party has put a bounty out on George Zimmerman being taken “dead or alive.”

From Eric Holder, crickets.

The bounty posters, incidentally, changed from the original posters which plainly stated “dead or alive.” This is standard procedure for the New Black Panthers. Even the toned-down poster has been removed from the New Black Panther website. The panthers tone down their language after first stoking up the mob, which is the real mission. Once the public at large learns of their behavior, they get more civilized.


[ Wait, what if the New Black Panther's solicit a white supremacist to kidnap George Zimmerman? Would Holder think that was a crime? ]


Changing an outrageous public statement after the fact of the Philadelphia voter intimidation was incredibly persuasive to the attorneys in Holder’s Justice Department.


Will Eric Holder at last open an investigation into the criminal conduct of the New Black Panthers?

Will there be arrests like in the Jayen Patel case?

It sure would be a way to put an end to the New Black Panther albatross that hangs around Eric Holder’s neck, and will through November. And it will be a much heavier albatross with the events in Sanford.



To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131471)3/30/2012 2:47:02 PM
From: joseffy2 Recommendations  Respond to of 132070
 
Eric Rush Calls Obama a Commie president

A commie president and the Trayvon tragedy


Exclusive: Erik Rush sees Obama prepping for domestic bloodshed, national emergency

by Erik Rush 3/28/2012
wnd.com

Erik Rush is a columnist and author of sociopolitical fare. His latest book is "Negrophilia: From Slave Block to Pedestal - America's Racial Obsession." In 2007, he was the first to give national attention to the story of Sen. Barack Obama's ties to militant Chicago preacher Rev. Jeremiah Wright, initiating a media feeding frenzy. Erik has appeared on Fox News' "Hannity and Colmes," CNN, and is a veteran of numerous radio appearances. More ?



This past weekend I was asked by my friend and Fox News commentator T.J. McCormack to visit with him on his radio show and comment on a column he’d written concerning the Trayvon Martin shooting. Pretty much anyone with a forum (whether television, radio, online publications or social media) who’s commented on this issue has taken heat either from the right or the left. In this case, it was both.

T.J.’s take on the shooting, subsequent media feeding frenzy and rash of activism was a little different than most being bandied about. It was a sincere appeal for prominent parties on both sides of the issue to unite amicably in light of the incident’s grave potential repercussions.

“Coming together” for the good of the nation would certainly hold the moral high ground, but I opined that this was probably about as likely as my becoming a volunteer at the local Obama campaign office.

There are simply too many agendas in play to hope for such unity to manifest. The radicals are driving the discussion and the response, which in this case is analogous to the inmates running the asylum. Race-baiting career activists are fomenting anger and tension with the full complicity of the establishment press. The former seek continuing relevance and ongoing financial support, while the latter seeks ratings. Both are ideologically aligned with – or rather, part of – the radical element.

And the politicos? Well, Democratic leaders are obviously aligned with the radical element, particularly if they’re part of this administration, and the remainder are close enough. Republican leaders will be in trouble no matter what they do. If they remain silent, they’ll be called cowards; if they speak out and don’t call for George Zimmerman’s boiled severed head, they’ll be called racists. Most would rather have the coward label than the racist one, so have said nothing. Conservative commentators who weigh in are dismissed as party to perceived racist policies, and any reasonable liberal voices are being drowned out by the din of the far-left propaganda machine.

How do we go from a moment to a movement that creates fundamental change? If it’s a moment, we go home. If it’s a movement, we go to war.

– Rev. Jesse Jackson, March 12, 2012

It may surprise some people when I say that the hypocrisy and irresponsible, dangerous rhetoric of career civil-rights activists are hardly the issue here. Neither is the alacrity with which the news media pounce on stories like this while ignoring the 2007 Tennessee gang-rape and mutilation slaying of a white couple by four black men, or the recent attempted immolation of a white Kansas City youth by a gang of black kids. The issue isn’t black Americans’ inability to discern that their political allies have accounted for exponentially more deaths of blacks via their policies than all the confirmed race-related killings of blacks over the last 40 years.

The issues upon which we should focus are the when and the why this is occurring in the way it is occurring. We may never know the truth of what happened between Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman in the moments before the shooting, but if we examine the when and the why of its aftermath, the truth becomes eerily apparent.

When President Obama commented on the Martin shooting, some contended that he had “acted stupidly” in commenting on something he should have stayed out of for reasons of due process and presidential decorum. I contend that like nearly everything he does, it was quite calculated. While specious as well as gratuitous, Obama stating that if he had a son, “he’d look like Trayvon” was nevertheless calculated to engender an emotional response. The reason it was calculated to engender an emotional response is the same reason many things are transpiring across the political landscape, all at the same approximate time.

That’s the when part … which is, quite clearly, right now.

The things to which I refer that are transpiring concurrently include the aftereffects of the sub-prime mortgage crisis, violence on our border with Mexico, the Occupy movement, assaults on religious freedom and free speech by the administration and activists, and the implausible organization and mobilization of fringe malcontents into politically active groups. These developments can all be traced (as I’ve recently indicated) to Obama’s political roots, which are borne out by his policies, his associations and his affinity for such doctrines as Black Liberation Theology and Critical Race Theory.

The specter of a communist takeover of the U.S. still remains singularly preposterous to millions of Americans who would quickly come to arms if they actually believed it a possibility. I’m not entirely certain how President Obama proposes to suppress those who would rise up against him were his intentions to become widely apparent, but I believe that part of the plan is to factionalize us (such as is occurring over the Martin case and Occupy Wall Street). I believe he’s also counting on deepening economic adversity to heighten Americans’ collective stress. Another element might be to provoke concerned patriots into action that he could point to as a threat to domestic tranquility, thereby convincing a preponderance of Americans to accept fundamental compromises to their civil liberties.

In such a case, Obama could then employ some of the more traditional Marxist tactics, such as mass executions, as cohorts of his friend Bill Ayers once advocated. It’s already apparent that certain factions would be more than happy to aid him in that effort. Quite a few conservatives have pointed to the timeliness of Obama’s executive order of March 16 (on “National Defense Resources Preparedness”) as an overture to just such action. Called a mere “tweak” of the amended Defense Production Act of 1950, many have asked why the president saw a necessity to “tweak” a law with provisions that essentially give exclusive and unlimited power to the Executive Branch in the event of a national emergency, which would necessarily be declared by the president himself.

To those whose assessment of individuals is not predicated upon what comes out of their mouths and the mouths of their surrogates, the truth is clear: President Obama is a communist, laboring with like-minded comrades to actualize a long-embraced communist agenda – and their end game is fast approaching.

That is the why of it.

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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131471)3/30/2012 3:03:41 PM
From: joseffy3 Recommendations  Respond to of 132070
 
In the Zimmerman- Martin case: What the Left wanted and what they actually got

March 30th, 2012 By Kevin Collins
coachisright.com

In its panting and perverse charge to find an issue to ignite Black enthusiasm to vote for Barack Obama, the Left has run through a dark alley with a blindfold on. Predictably they have stepped on nails and smashed their face against some sharp objects.

When they heard the name George Zimmerman of Florida the Left immediately thought they had an eighty year old retired Jewish Democrat accountant originally from Queens New York. They thought maybe George Zimmerman was a runaway from the Democrat’s Jewish plantation (Bob Dylan’s real name is Zimmerman after all) who had gone NRA gun toting Republican TEA partier on them. They were wrong. George Zimmerman is a 28 year old self identified brown skinned Hispanic Democrat who they wish was an NRA member. He tutors Black children in his home and is not a TEA partier.

They looked at the picture of Trayvon Martin and fooled themselves into believing he was an angelic youth headed for Harvard someday. Instead they got a budding thug who had a series of scrapes with authorities that included possession of burglary tools and drug possession.

They thought they could find evidence that Zimmerman was on top of Martin punching him and calling him the “N” word. Instead they have an eye witness backing up Zimmerman’s claim of self defense and the “N” charge is just a dream.

They thought his neighbors would tell reporters Zimmerman hated Blacks. Instead they have a Black character witness for Zimmerman and his Black friends and family.

They thought they would have a White Police Chief who would kiss their feet to keep peace – and his job. They lost that on day two. They now have Black Chief so that angle is gone.

They thought they would have two justifiably shell shocked parents who would do whatever they were told. Instead they got a pair of opportunists who have even less shame than would be Puppet Masters Sharpton and Jackson. They have copyrighted their son’s name and quit their jobs to promote the sale of “Trayvon” merchandise.

They thought they could bring in the Black Panthers to scare White people then go away. Instead they got the Panthers putting a bounty on Zimmerman and threatening to burn down Detroit.

They thought Zimmerman would be living in a “Lilly White” gated fortress that screamed “Minorities keep out.” Instead they got a community that is more than half non White.

They thought they could get Black celebrities to jump in and add strength and lust to their circus of lies. Instead they got a dimwitted Spike Lee tweeting a wrong address for the lynch mob to descend upon ,and Lee is now on his way to a nasty losing lawsuit.

They thought they could get a bunch of Black high school kids to peacefully march to protest what had happened to “Brother Trayvon.” What they got was a pack of wilding animals who ransacked a Walgreens after their march.

Now they are all so eager to wear hoodies to show they are “down for the struggle.” Do you want to bet the hoodies end up being made in non union sweatshops in some third world country?

This is too rich.