House GOP blocks Violence Against Women Act

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Quick points. By both wrong I meant both extreme stereotypes.

I think the truth will come out and it will show TM was probably up to something and did strike the first blow agaisnt GZ. I think it will also show that GZ was a loose canon, who was itching to use his authority as block captain, and the whole incident would not have happned if he had not pursued.

I think if there had been 22 break in's , and almost all by a young black male, and very few young black males lived there, then profiling a strange acting young black male is logic. Who you going to be looking for the Maytag man ?

As for Obama knowing what he feels like. Sorry hard for me to accept the CIC of the most powerful nation in the world and who got the same exact white vote Bill Clinton did has suffered any great harm from Racism.

I have to agree with Ev on this one, from the initial 911 call, this kid was walking home. You can't fault someone for reacting in a hostile manner when you put them in that situation. Unless they can prove he was breaking the law, he was well within his rights to go to the store and buy candy.

My point is that just because he was black didn't mean he was guilty, it lacks context. He was walking home, the 911 call didn't say he was doing anything in particular, and after all this time, they didn't say he was in someone's yard or anything else. Now I just saw your post saying he might have been in someone's yard, if that was true, why would he chase this kid down? He is not a cop. TM was a kid trying to get out of the rain with a hoodie on. And he chased him for 5 minutes.

Trust me, look at how he is treated now. He holds the most powerful office in the free world, and yet there are things that have happened that have never happened before to Presidents. No one has ever spoken out of turn like Joe Wilson did at the House of Representatives. Donald Trump basically offered money to prove he is not an American, I know there has been some mud slinging over the years but they have been going at Obama harder than anyone. The Tea Party didn't even exist when GWB put us in debt. Where was the outrage back then? No one talked about sequestration(SP) until Obama second term. Obama has had his taste of it, he can't talk about since he is the POTUS but if they do this to him and he is president, what do you think it was like before he took office?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

All right real S L O W. I don't know. The facts will come out in the trial.

I understand you don't know the facts, but you just told me there were reports about his behavior. All I asked was who the reports were from. You obviously heard about them somehow.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Well said! However, those that conduct themselves in a civil manner conducive to avoiding the negative image, get smeared with a different label. God forbid if you utilize English to communicate rather than Ebonics or excessive slang.

Yep, I don't know how many times I have been told I sound "white" on the phone. You have to walk that line carefully, because I know what's at stake if I start acting ignorant.

[Leatherneck 693]

the violence against 'women' act is a sexist law. There's no ifs, ands, or buts about it. Any law the singles out a certain 'group' is discriminatory in nature.

I've said it before and I'll say it again:

-Assault is assault

-Murder is murder

-Theft is theft

It doesn't matter what your reason was, who it was against, etc.. If you want the punishment for something to be 10 years, make it 10 years across the board. Stop trying to treat things differently than what they are.

The death of VAWA was long overdue.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

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You don't know, but you sure do love to speculate about how a young black male in a hoodie was up to something.

I have no clue. difference in me and you is i don't care what color he is.

[Leatherneck 693]

Yep, I don't know how many times I have been told I sound "white" on the phone. You have to walk that line carefully, because I know what's at stake if I start acting ignorant.

Ditto! The 'surprised' facial expressions can be priceless upon a first meeting.

Edited January 3, 2013 by Leatherneck

[Penny Lane 8,159]

I have no clue. difference in me and you is i don't care what color he is.

So if Martin had been white and Zimmerman had been black, you'd feel the same way? You'd assume Martin was up to something?

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So if Martin had been white and Zimmerman had been black, you'd feel the same way? You'd assume Martin was up to something?

No, he wouldn't although he will gladly lie about it here.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

So if Martin had been white and Zimmerman had been black, you'd feel the same way? You'd assume Martin was up to something?

Yes I honestly would feel the same way. I am big into defending your self if you are attacked. Yes ZIm should not have perused him, but I think the fact TM attacked is not in question.

No i do not assume anything. I did recall reading somewhere that he was looking in a window. Did not say it was true. The acts will come out.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

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No, he wouldn't although he will gladly lie about it here.

And you came up with that assumption while sitting in your suburbia home or when you were transiting from your suburbia Jersey neighborhood on your way to the city? One would think you have a chip on your shoulder.

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And you came up with that assumption while sitting in your suburbia home or when you were transiting from your suburbia Jersey neighborhood on your way to the city? One would think you have a chip on your shoulder.

why would i go to the city?

[Ban Hammer 13,345]

let's discuss the topic, not the zimmerman case. ty.

[SMOKE 1,426]

let's discuss the topic, not the zimmerman case. ty.

ok. i think obama had something to do with it. he hates women.

White House War on Women Escalates

White House fails to represent women in latest Flickr photo

BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff

January 3, 2013 12:37 pm

The White House’s Flickr account recently released a photo of President Barack Obama and his top advisers. The complete absence of women in the image is another reminder that females are underrepresented in Obama’s staff.

Additionally, the president still pays his female employees significantly less than their male counterparts.

The Obama White House in 2011 paid female staffers 18 percent less than their male colleagues:

According to the 2011 annual report on White House staff, female employees earned a median annual salary of $60,000, which was about 18 percent less than the median salary for male employees ($71,000).

The Obama reelection campaign, though better, was also a bastion of inequality:

The Obama reelection campaign’s female employees earned an average of $6,872 during that period, compared with an average of $7,235 for male employees. That is a difference of $363, or 5.3 percent.

The annualized pay difference is more than $2,100 per year.

It is unclear when Obama and the Democrats will call off the war on women.

http://freebeacon.com/white-house-war-on-women-escalates/

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

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why would i go to the city?

I don't know. Women of ill repute maybe ?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

No it isn't. Children don't tend to discriminate unless they're taught to.

True statement.

Noticing the difference in skin color is natural, treating people differently BASED on that isn't.

Another true statement. This is becoming a habit with you.