Trying His Best . . .
Over the last month or two I have been getting mailings from Gerber and Similac. I think we are up to a grand total of 5 pieces of mail with one being a box of Similac.
I don’t have nary a child. What the hell is going on? I can possibly understand a random mailing to a woman. But randomly sending product to a man …
1. Prominent conservative websites published fake photos of Martin. Twitchy, a new website run by prominent conservative blogger Michelle Malkin, promoted a photo — purportedly from Martin’s Facebook page — that shows Martin in saggy pants and flipping the bird. The photo, which spread quickly on conservative websites and Twitter, is intended to paint Martin as a thug. As Twitchy later acknowledged, it is not a photo of Trayvon Martin. [Examiner]
2. The Sanford Police selectively leaked irrelevant, negative information about Martin. The authorities told the Orlando Sentinel this morning that Trayvon was suspended from school for ten days “after being found with an empty marijuana baggie.” There is no evidence that Martin was under the influence of drugs at the time of his death, nor would prior possession of marijuana be a reason for killing him. It’s unclear what the relevance of the leak was, other than to smear Martin. [Orlando Sentinel]
3. On Fox News, Geraldo said that Martin was dressed “like a wannabe gangster.” Bill O’Reilly agreed with him. The sole evidence is that Martin was wearing a hoodie. Geraldo added that “everyone that ever stuck up a convenience store” was wearing a hoodie. [ThinkProgress; The Blaze]
4. Without any evidence, prominent right-wing bloggers suggested that Martin was a drug dealer. Right-wing blogger Dan Riehl advances the theory, also advanced in a widely linked peice on a site called Wagist. There does not appear to be any evidence to support this claim whatsoever. [Riehl World View]
5. Without any evidence, a right-wing columnist alleged that Martin assaulted a bus driver. Unlike Zimmerman, Trayvon has no documented history of violence. This allegation continues to be advanced by a blogger on the Examiner even after the real reason was leaked to the police and confirmed by the family. [Miami Herald; Examiner]
Update: The Florida Sun-Sentinel reported today, March 26th, that Trayvon’s ten day suspension was related to marijuana. This, and a cryptic comment by his father that was quoted in the Kansas City Star article, suggest he was caught smoking marijuana on school property.
6. Zimmerman’s friend says Martin was to blame because he was disrespectful to Zimmerman. Zimmerman’s friend Joe Oliver said that Martin would not have been shot to death if Trayvon had just said “I’m staying with my parents.” Of course, Zimmerman was not a police officer, and Trayvon had no duty to tell him who he was or where he was going. [NBC News]
Read the full article here.
But when niggas do it, it’s because we’re superficial. Aiigh.
I fear that I will probably will never be the person that I want to be.
Power & responsibility go hand in hand, but many seem to want to take the power without the responsibility.
I think Rachel Maddow is a tad to passionate to be in mainstream media. I think she should be running for office in some capacity. I like her, but her political mind is so intense that it seems kinda wasted on tv.
