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By The Nation, on March 21, 2012  Child murdered by hateful paranoid citizen; concerns remain regarding miscarriage of justice. (Image source: Vibe.com) I’ve been thinking a great deal about Trayvon Martin, since receiving the Change.org petition his mother started, over the past weekend, which was quite rightfully followed by lots of news coverage. In addition to being very concerned that there is a miscarriage of justice at the local and state level in failing to arrest the killer, my real, logistical concern is that this be investigated and tried deftly. Bungled procedure is just not an option – there’s obviously more than evidence in this “case”, there’s proof and admission to base charges and conviction on.
Here’s the thing: people were (are) pissed off about Casey Anthony not being convicted for the murder of her daughter, which all evidence indicates she is guilty of. However, I agreed from early on with a legal analyst who said she felt the prosecution was overtrying the case, that there was not enough evidence to convict for what they were trying to prove. Legally, I did not see how any jury, in good conscience, could convict her based on what was presented – maybe a miscarriage of moral justice, but not a miscarriage of justice. Indeed, the verdict was exactly what it should have been. But the prosecution DID overtry the case and DID NOT have a wealth of first-hand proof and admission of the crime. What they have done, however, is not arrest and investigate, upping the possibility for procedural bungle right out of the gate. Florida doesn’t want to know what will happen in the world of public option and response if this Zimmerman person is tried ineffectually… It should be a crazy-easy case to prosecute.
Now, here’s the next big potential screw-up, as I see it: whether they will be able to prove a hate-crimes case is another story (I mean, it’s obvious to anyone following the news that it was certainly racially spurred – but he was also “neighborhood watch” and if he were schizo or something, could be defended against that charge, I can imagine, successfully, just as a cop guilty of racial profiling will NOT be charged with a hate crime). So my biggest concern is that Zimmerman be tried for straight-up murder and that any amplifying charges not make it an all-or-nothing case. That is, if a jury can’t in good faith convict of hate crime, this man MUST NOT be allowed to dodge murder charges because of a trial technicality. Perhaps he will be smart and take a plea bargain that will avoid trial and put his ass in the slammer for at least several decades, hopefully till he dies.
By The Nation, on February 27, 2012 …In this incarnation, I was born in what was once the great State of Texas. The governor of this state is aiming to turn it into a sexual dystopia. The Nation approves mightily of the actions of one man, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, at the very least, taking a stand for women’s health. Fight for what’s right, never give up. Read Texas Dem hammers Gov. Perry’s new anti-abortion Medicaid funding rule [read the whole story]
By The Nation, on February 24, 2012 This is kind of funny, but not so much in light of the very real threat we seem to be facing of many states turning into The Handmaid’s Tale dystopias. [read the whole story]
By The Nation, on February 17, 2012 Big thanks to the 40,000-strong all-female hate group One Million Moms for marginalizing homophobic hate-fueled speech in a way no LGBTQ movement could… After attacking Ellen DeGeneres and JC Penney for choosing her as a brand representative, O’Reilly even called them “McCarthyesque witch hunters”. [read the whole story]
By The Nation, on February 16, 2012 It’s a really sorry state of affairs when the guy who has the most genuine populist leanings, is sincere and can come off as really likeable – next to a complete lizard (sorry, amphibian) dirtbag of a person [ and a wooden, flip-flopping insanely rich man  [read the whole story]
By The Nation, on December 2, 2011 Socialism and capitalism are broad terms for ECONOMIC systems, not for POLITICAL ones. DEMOCRACY, FASCISM, PLUTOCRACY, DICTATORSHIPS and COMMUNISM are broad terms for POLITICAL systems. There are many finer points in socialism and capitalism, and I, your Nation founded on principles of DEMOCRACY, am SICK of the level of ignorance with regard to and conflation of so many of these terms. [read the whole story]
By The Father of the Nation, on June 2, 2011 Continuing, on my behalf, my lament, or perhaps my rant, that Congress is so terrible that we have not seen anything to compare with them back to before 1960, Milbank titles this “CONGRESS CLOCKS IN TO CLOCK OUT”.
Read it and weep. Point fingers if you must, but the leadership in Congress of both parties absolutely sucks. Do Committees even meet to discuss the appropriations in their own bailiwicks? Do they think they were elected just to have access to big bucks, live off my dime, and perpetually run for reelection?
Could I ever get everyone from the center-right to the center-left as angry as I am at these poseurs? Assume they are actually sane. Could we swing voters tell McConnell and Boehner and Pelosi and Reid and Eric and Dick to get off their arses and work? Make them know we want a budget and appropriations and no debt ceiling BS ruining our credit?
By The Nation, on January 17, 2011 This gentleman is rude and has rather terrible manners, but he’s correct about us. [read the whole story]
By The Father of the Nation, on January 9, 2011 There will be gridlock until the new weird congressfolks realize that their constituents are howling. Could be a year of gridlock. Imagine the backlash when “funding at FY 2008 levels” cuts out contributing constituents. Not good, but probably politically suicidal for the crazies. [read the whole story]
By The Father of the Nation, on January 9, 2011 Pardon the long nature of this note; but I am curious about this turn of events, the newest rule, and your learned opinion (I’m including background, in case you haven’t seen it, yet): The Republicans when taking over the House will read the Constitution aloud-which has apparently never been done in the chamber’s 221-year history. Then they will require that every new bill contain a statement-by the lawmaker writing it-citing the Constitutional authority to enact the proposed legislation. The rule has been a top tea party priority; it was the No. 1 recommendation in the movement’s “Contract From America.” [read the whole story]
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