“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed – and hence clamorous to be led to safety – by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”…..H.L. Mencken

What if you turned on the television and suddenly there were no more countdown clocks….no more talking heads discussing doomsday scenarios predicting a crippling government default?  How many of us can even remember looking forward to being entertained and informed when we sat down after a hard day’s work? 
I came to a sudden realization this past weekend as I watched countless numbers of veterans take back their monuments in D.C.   Veterans who stormed beaches, fought in jungles, and endured desert heat thought nothing of a few hastily erected “Barry-cades”.  Many of these veterans, most now in their nineties, weren’t going to be stopped by Obama any more than they were by countless other autocrats.   I’m going to take a lesson from them….and stop being told what I have to fear.

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Earlier today the family rescued by George Zimmerman made the decision to back out of a previously scheduled press conference.  Why?  The Seminole City Sheriff’s Office said,  “The family have expressed to us that they are not comfortable doing media interviews at this time and they continue to ask for privacy.”  O’Mara said they were afraid of the repercussions if they were to go on TV and call George Zimmerman a hero.   Oh, and just to keep it real….they’ve also changed their phone number.
Meanwhile…..The Martin family feels free to attend public rallies, make TV appearances, and even speak on Capitol Hill.
Here…Mark O’Mara addresses skeptics who think the rescue was a public relations stunt.

“I will acknowledge it was coincidental four or five days after the verdict, but it was not set up, or staged. Really, do you think we would’ve set up a family of four on the side (of the road), destroying an SUV?” said O’Mara.

Last Monday when Doris Singleton of the Sanford Police Department took the stand, Jeremiah Workman sat up and took notice.  Workman, the marine who received our nation’s second highest honor, the Navy Cross, took special notice of the ribbon rack she was wearing and wrote the following on his Facebook page.

“Am I going blind, or is this police officer in the Zimmerman – Martin trial wearing ribbons that she doesn’t rate?’

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Please direct your comments to the Zimmerman Trial discussion thread immediately following this post. 

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Live Streaming Link – http://www.wftv.com/s/watchlive/

Tonight, on the eve of the Zimmerman Trial, Central Florida Spotlight interviewed both Natalie Jackson and Mark O’Mara, lead attorney for the defense, along with WFTV’s legal analyst, Bill Sheaffer.  The video is @22 min. long, and  due to it’s direct linkage, it will have a 14 sec. commercial at the beginning. 

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Live Streaming Link – http://www.wftv.com/s/watchlive/

Brought to you courtesy of the compassionately “unhinged”.  Words simply fail me.  

…….if Julie Frein has anything to say about it…

Tamerlan Tsarnaev, aka: The Islamic jihadist scumbag, aka: the dead Boston Bomber will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery if one US Air Force Veteran has her way.

Yes, you heard that right. The murdering, older brother who killed three and maimed hundreds more innocent people at the Boston Marathon, including an eight-year-old blown to bits has been offered a National Cemetery burial plot by a USAF veteran named Julie Frein. What?

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Here’s a rather disturbing segment where Jimmy Kimmel interviews people on the streets of LA and asks them a confusing question. “What do you think about Obama pardoning the Sequester, and sending it to Portugal?” Scary comedy ensues….

HERE’S the link to USTREAM. (I took down the live feed due to the incessant auto-play ads. Thank me. 😉 )

(Originally posted in 2011 🙂 ) Late last night, while surfing the intertubes, I struck comedy gold.  This story has all the requirements of great writing:  a compelling plot, true friendship, some marital tension, a lust for adventure, and last but not least… a five foot tall chicken.  Having come this far, I’m going to have to issue a warning….this may be a ‘Girlie Thing’.  Having said that, the smart guys will consider this valuable opposition research.  And, before any of you try this at home, be aware that you really have to build up to this kind of amazingness…it doesn’t just happen in the first couple years of marriage. 

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