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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131486)	3/30/2012 3:18:47 PM
From: joseffy	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

Al Sharpton: Civil disobedience will escalate if Zimmerman remains free March 30, 2012\|By Arelis R. Hernández, Orlando Sentinel articles.orlandosentinel.com If George Zimmerman is not arrested in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin soon, the Rev. Al Sharpton will call for an escalation in peaceful civil disobedience and economic sanctions. Sharpton would not say the efforts would be taken against the city of Sanford specifically, but he has been critical of the police department's handling of the case. Saturday's scheduled 11 a.m. march from Crooms Academy of Information Technology to the Sanford Police Department headquarters was organized by National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Coordinators said people will be bused in from other states to participate. The civil rights activist and syndicated television show host said he will elaborate on this plan Saturday. "I will speak about how the National Action Network will move to the next level if Zimmerman isn't arrested," Sharpton said, who founded the organization. He added that it was the Martin family and lawyers who first asked him to get involved and nationalize this story. The Rev. Jesse Jackson is also expected to participate in the event. The case has ignited ire and debate across the nation, galvanizing thousands of Trayvon supporters to the streets and social media, donning hoodies and toting Skittles. Sanford police this week released a video of a handcuffed George Zimmerman apparently showing no visible signs of physical injury after he claimed that he shot the 17-year-old Miami teenager in self-defense. Zimmerman's family have come to his defense on national news networks, releasing details about his version of what happened the night of Feb. 26 when police found the teen face down in wet grass. Sharpton said the recent revelations only underscores the need for an immediate arrest and trial. "Whether he [Zimmerman] had a swollen or broken nose, neither one means he had to take a 9mm and kill someone," he said. "It's not about saying Zimmerman is innocent or guilty, this is about whether there was probable cause to arrest him." He criticized the way authorities have released information about the case and said they are setting a harmful precedent, he said. Sanford city officials announced several road closures in anticipation of the march including 13th street, from U.S. Highway 17-92 to Lake Avenue; as well as, Persimmon Street from McCracken Road to 13th. The demonstration is expected to end at 2 p.m., organizers said.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131486)	3/30/2012 3:28:00 PM
From: joseffy	2 Recommendations Respond to of 132070

Brutal week for Obama, the worst of his presidency By Charles Hurt Thursday, March 29, 2012 washingtontimes.com The past seven brutal days will go down as one of the worst weeks in history for a sitting president. It certainly has been, without any doubt, the worst week yet for President Obama. Somehow, Mr. Obama managed to embarrass himself abroad, humiliate himself here at home, see his credentials for being elected so severely undermined that it raises startling questions about whether he should have been elected in the first place — let alone be re-elected later this year. Consider: • Last Friday, Mr. Obama wandered into the killing of Trayvon Martin. Aided by his ignorance of the situation, knee-jerk prejudices and tendency toward racial profiling, Mr. Obama played a heavy hand in elevating a tragic situation in which a teenager was killed into a full-blown hot race fight. Americans, he admonished, need to do some “soul-searching.” And then, utterly inexplicably, he veered off into this bizarre tangent about how he and the poor dead kid look so much alike they could be father and son. It was election-year race-pandering gone horribly wrong. • By the start of this week, Mr. Obama had fled town and was racing to the other side of the planet just as the Supreme Court was taking up the potentially-embarrassing matter of Obamacare. While in South Korea he was caught on a hidden mic negotiating with the president of our longest-standing rival on how to sell America and her allies down the river once he gets past the next election. • Meanwhile, back at home, the Supreme Court took up the single most important achievement of Mr. Obama’s presidency and, boy, was it embarrassing. The great constitutional law professor, it turns out, may not quite be the wizard he told us he was. By most accounts, Mr. Obama and his stuttering lawyers were all but laughed out of the courthouse. They were even stumbling over softball questions lobbed by Mr. Obama’s own hand-picked justices. • Mr. Obama closed his week pulling off a nearly unimaginable feat: He managed to totally and completely unify the nastily-fighting Democrats and Republicans in Congress. Late Wednesday night, they unanimously voted — 414 to zip — to reject the budget Mr. Obama had presented, leaving him not even a thin lily’s blade to hide behind. So, in one week, Mr. Obama got caught whispering promises to our enemy, incited a race war, raised serious questions about his understanding of the Constitution, and then got smacked down over his proposed budget that was so wildly reckless that even Democrats in Congress could not support it. Not that you will see any trace of embarrassment in the face of Mr. Obama. He has mastered the high political art of shamelessness, wearing it smugly and cockily. Kind of like a hoodie.

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131486)	3/30/2012 4:11:47 PM
From: longnshort	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Chicagoland: Men in Hoodies Open Fire in Convenience Store; One Dead, Five Wounded Posted by Jammie on Mar 30, 2012 at 10:52 am Don’t expect to hear a peep about this on the national news. For them it’s all Trayvon, all the time. We’re left wondering whether these perps were wearing Obama hoodies. At least two people were killed and 11 others wounded in violence across Chicago overnight, most of the victims from just two shootings on the West and South sides, according to police. Suspects were being questioned in one of the shootings, the killing of a man near his home on the Far South Side, officials said. The worst shooting occurred around 6 p.m. Thursday when two men in hooded sweatshirts opened fire inside a convenience store in the 1400 block of West 79th Street in the Gresham neighborhood, police said. One man was killed and five others were wounded. The victims ranged in age from 16 to 24. This is why people are skeptical of any cause taken up by Chicago’s own Jesse Jackson and his sidekick Al Sharpton. These guys are silent on the daily bloodbaths in Chicago that a typically black on black. But they’ll demagogue those extremely rare cases of white-on-black violence, even when the “white” guy is Hispanic. Meanwhile, the mayhem last night wasn’t limited to the convenience store. – A 31-year-old man was shot and killed across the street from his home on 113th Place between State Street and South Michigan Avenue, police said. David Gulley, 31, was pronounced dead at Roseland Community Hospital about 5:10 p.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. Calumet District officers saw the shooting and brought several people in for questioning, police said. Up to three guns were recovered, police said. The people were still being questioned as of 5 a.m. today, police said. – A 24-year-old man was shot in the buttocks in the 11800 block of South Ashland Avenue about 5 p.m. on the Far South Side, police said. He was walking down the street when two people approached on foot and opened fire, police said. He was stable Advocate Christ Medical Center, police said. No one was in custody this morning. – About 10:15 p.m., a man in his 30s was shot in the leg in the 13100 block of South Ellis Avenue. He was taken to Metro South Medical Center in Blue Island, police said. If you’re keeping count, that’s 13 people shot and two dead. Barack Obama was unavailable for comment. Update: Marathon Pundit notes the convenience store shooting was in Bobby “Hoodie” Rush’s district. Oh, the sad irony. [iframe id="odbPingIframeId" src="about:blank" name="odbFrame" style="width: 0px; height: 0px; display: none;" frameborder="0"][/iframe]

To: Knighty Tin who wrote (131486)	3/30/2012 4:34:12 PM
From: Freedom Fighter	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

>The MSM, in the form of Coulter, are still spinning Zimmerman as the brave neighborhood watchdog who was fighting for his life, when there is at least as much evidence that that isn't true as that it is.> Coulter is not MSM. Seriously watch are you watching and when did you start? The initially MSM portrayed Zimmerman as one notch worse than a Hitler henchman until all their spin and lies were exposed. That initial reporting is what riled up the masses, celebrities, athletes and assorted nitwits to begin with. Late last week I stopped by my mother's house and she and my brother were talking about the case (all they do is watch the news about cases like these) and they wanted to hang the guy based on the reporting. Now they aren't so sure. lol If you are going call Sharpton a patriot, I can't even talk to you. He's the worst kind of excrement our species can produce. He repeatedly damages race relations and has repeatedly made his own race look like a bunch of idiots when all his lies got exposed in other cases like this. If he was a total moron it would be somewhat forgivable, but he's only half a moron. The rest is a total disregard for the truth in the name of self promotion. He's a horrible human being.