Zimmerman vs Martin

I’ve been debating writing about the Trayvon Martin case and decided to go on and get it off my mind. I don’t think anyone reading this will not have heard about George Zimmerman killing Trayvon Martin in Florida. As with everything in this country we are divided by politics. Like most things that I write, I’m speaking in general. The people on the LEFT think it is murder and Zimmerman should be in jail. The people on the Right think Martin attacked Zimmerman and the killing was justified.

It should not be a surprise to anyone that there is another divide along the race line. I do see the RACE line but I think it is a BIGGER line with politics. History has a lot to do with the way we think. Every person’s history is different and because of that we think differently. I don’t think anyone would argue that point. That’s just the way it is.

My thoughts on the case are that I’m waiting on all of the facts to come out. Both sides are saying things that may not hold up to fact checking. From what I have read, I think Zimmerman should be held on manslaughter charges. I wonder if the fact that his dad was a judge is what is keeping him out of jail. I would compare this case to the O.J. case here in Las Vegas. He took the law into his own hands when he should have waited on the cops. Zimmerman was told to stand down and he ignored the police and someone was killed by his hands. O.J. is in jail for the same thing and he was not even carrying the gun. No one was killed by his hands and he is in jail. Maybe he is in jail because of that thing I called HISTORY.

History is the thing that makes black people see the injustice with this case. Because of HISTORY black people feel that we are not always treated equally in the justice system. Also in this country you get the best defense you can afford. That’s the legal system that we have and that is another story. I don’t want to get off topic.

Zimmerman never should have gotten near Martin because he was told not to chase him. Let’s look at it this way. Say I had some stuff stolen from me and I was in my car and thought I saw my stuff in someone’s garage. I called the police and told them where my things were and that a guy was in the garage with them. The police tell me to stay in my car and they are on the way. When the police arrive I am in the garage and the guy is dead. I say he attacked me so I had to defend myself with a gunshot. What do you think should happen to me?

By killing Martin, Zimmerman guarantees only his story is told. Don’t get me wrong, I am very pro guns. I’m getting one because there are too many people out there like Zimmerman. You have to protect yourself from people like him.

Rush Limbaugh

I can’t say that I was surprised by what Rush Limbaugh said about Sandra Fluke. Mr. Limbaugh is against the young lady only because she is with President Obama on this issue. As I have said before, The Right, in this case Mr. Limbaugh, is against anything and everything the President is for. Rush is under fire for what he said on his radio show about Miss Fluke after she testified before Congress about birth control for women.

Rush attacked this woman for three days calling her a slut, prostitute, and suggesting the she should post videos of herself having sex for people to watch. He said that Miss Fluke wanted us (the public) to pay for her birth control. First, that is not what she said. What was being asked was for insurance companies to cover birth control. Second, she was talking about the other uses for contraception like ovarian cysts. He insulted this woman and lied about what she said. Making stuff up is not new for Mr. Limbaugh but he doesn’t usually take it this far.

Now I know that the leaders of the Republican Party are afraid of Mr. Limbaugh. They have groveled at his feet for a long time. If they say anything that he doesn’t agree with they will have to openly apologize to him. He acts as if he is President of the Republican Party and the leaders of the party treat him that way.

Now after public push back on Mr. Limbaugh’s comments about Miss Fluke advertisers have been pulling their ads from his show. Even after all this the leaders of the Republican Party are still afraid to condemn Mr. Limbaugh. They are trying to find ways to support him. The most they will say is that he used the wrong words. They are even saying that it is the President’s fault that all this is happening. How can we have people in elected office who are afraid of a radio show host? The things Mr. Limbaugh said about Miss Fluke are unacceptable. His comments were VILE and DESPICABLE.

I get saying things in the heat of the moment and sometimes going too far. I know sometimes lines are crossed. I don’t think someone should get fired because they crossed that line. The problem is that this went on for three days. There was plenty of time for him to calm down and think about what he said. He did not. When given the chance to issue an apology all he said was that he should not have used a couple of those words. Then went on to blame the left for what HE said. I for one would be ashamed to be a Republican with someone like Rush running my party leaders.

Bill Maher recently defended Rush. He is saying that Rush should not loose sponsors because of what he said. I watch Bill’s show, Real Time, on HBO every Friday night. I agree with most of what he says. I understand why he is defending Mr. Limbaugh. Mr. Maher was fired because he said the 9/11 hijackers were not cowards. I agreed with him on that too. You could call those people lots of things but cowards should not have been on that list. If you are willing to give your LIFE for what you believe, you are not a coward. I disagree with Mr. Maher on this one because Rush went on and on for three days about this woman and was just making stuff up about her. He was stating things as fact that were not true where as Mr. Maher was giving his opinion.

I said in the past that Democrats were spineless and would not stand up for what they believe in. Now I have to say the same thing about Republican leaders. They are spineless cowards because they refuse to stand up to a bully attacking a woman.