The lame stream media played this one like a fiddle. This is nothing more than a 'created' WAG THE DOG that will be just in time for the presidential campaigning and elections. It'll be just like watching American Idol and the sheople will be waiting with baited breath for the next episode!!!
You nailed it, the media loves a good story to get peoples emotions going and it seems they found a winner. If this story wasn't a media pick how many people here would even post about it if they read it on page 10 of the paper or seen a 15 second story of it on the news. Like you said the people just need their fix of a soap opera to have something to talk about.
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
You nailed it, the media loves a good story to get peoples emotions going and it seems they found a winner. If this story wasn't a media pick how many people here would even post about it if they read it on page 10 of the paper or seen a 15 second story of it on the news. Like you said the people just need their fix of a soap opera to have something to talk about.
For a prosecutor to charge 2nd degree murder, he would have to prove malice... not just criminal carelessness. It would probably been an easy conviction on manslaughter... but 2nd degree takes much more than (how did you put it)..."a good story to get peoples emotions going", or "people just need their fix of a soap opera to have something to talk about."
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
And now this thread turns into our own version of the nancy disgrace/jane doesn't know sh*t velez mitchell/greta vonspeculation show................one that we'll have to endure with endless speculation and just the right amount of indignation depending on which side you're on................a sure money maker for the media vultures..................not going to trial for 6-12 months and the vultures are drolling............I won't use the dead horse emoticon here..........too much effort...........just add this thread to my "I'm no longer interested list" of dead horse threads.............
And now this thread turns into our own version of the nancy disgrace/jane doesn't know sh*t velez mitchell/greta vonspeculation show................one that we'll have to endure with endless speculation and just the right amount of indignation depending on which side you're on................a sure money maker for the media vultures..................not going to trial for 6-12 months and the vultures are drolling............I won't use the dead horse emoticon here..........too much effort...........just add this thread to my "I'm no longer interested list" of dead horse threads.............
I'm done with thread as well. It was obvious the media was building up there new hit reality show to suck in the ratings, let me know how the season finale ends
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
I'm done with thread as well. It was obvious the media was building up there new hit reality show to suck in the ratings, let me know how the season finale ends
Unless something unexpected happens here... I'm done with the Zimmerman/Martin issue also.
Zimmerman has been charged... and will go to trial. The rest is up to the criminal justice system.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Me too. Now make the charge stick. Tough sell beyond the shadow of a doubt.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz said that the Florida prosecutor "gave a campaign speech" yesterday and that she will "win popularity contests." Dershowitz concluded that "she has a lot of answering to do."
Me too. Now make the charge stick. Tough sell beyond the shadow of a doubt.
It's not beyond a "shadow of a doubt"... but beyond "reasonable' doubt".
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
George Zimmerman, the man who confessed to killing Trayvon Martin, appeared in court Thursday, making his first public appearance since the shooting. Judge Mark Herr set Zimmerman's formal arraignment for May 29, with Herr saying he found probable cause to charge Zimmerman. The affidavit also said "Zimmerman confronted Martin," which contradicts Zimmerman's earlier statements about the night he shot and killed the 17-year-old.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
George Zimmerman, the man who confessed to killing Trayvon Martin, appeared in court Thursday, making his first public appearance since the shooting. Judge Mark Herr set Zimmerman's formal arraignment for May 29, with Herr saying he found probable cause to charge Zimmerman. The affidavit also said "Zimmerman confronted Martin," which contradicts Zimmerman's earlier statements about the night he shot and killed the 17-year-old.
Sure it does, because its the round peg that fits in the round hole. I had to laugh when she said public pressure did not play a part in deciding whether to charge him. One thing FLA is doing right is giving the jury lesser charges to consider to convict Zimmerman. Manslaughter is one of them. Even the legal experts say she is going to have a hard time proving 2nd degree murder... and with the penalty for 2nd degree murder being life in prison, I wonder if the jury will have a hard time coming back with a guilty verdict.
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
Sure it does, because its the round peg that fits in the round hole. I had to laugh when she said public pressure did not play a part in deciding whether to charge him. One thing FLA is doing right is giving the jury lesser charges to consider to convict Zimmerman. Manslaughter is one of them. Even the legal experts say she is going to have a hard time proving 2nd degree murder... and with the penalty for 2nd degree murder being life in prison, I wonder if the jury will have a hard time coming back with a guilty verdict.
Manslaughter would have been IMO an easy conviction... She must have thought the evidence was convincing enough to warrant a 2nd Degree Murder conviction.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Manufactured controversy for political purposes. Sad.
Elected prosecutors are willing to sacrifice a man's life to satisfy the mob. Tyranny of the majority or angry minority.
A man's life has already been sacrificed... Trayvon Martin's.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
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