Uh, Oh Cheerios!

A cute commercial gets vitriol from ignorant bigots.

Only in America, we can have hundreds of people on YouTube make nasty references to an adorable commercial about an interracial couple and their daughter. Only in America, people look at this commercial as "racial genocide" and the family as "coal-burners".

The commercial is there to make you buy a popular cereal brand. A shame they're working themselves into ulcers over it. The cereal is approved by the American Heart Association. And yet the very cereal will cause these online bigots to have heart attacks.

According to The Huffington Post, a lot of nasty comments appeared on the video. It promoted the official Cheerio's YouTube to pull the plug on the comments.

It's still shunned by many White males (conservative and liberal). Interracial marriage and children.

Black men dating White women and having children with them. It's happening. The demographics are shifting towards a browner nation. The Hispanic population will increase. Interracial marriage bores more children.

Last May it was confirmed that interracial births surpassed White (non-Hispanic) births.

And it's pissing off the angry White guy who listens to King Hippo. He's clicking on That Guy Who Throws Shit to The Wall. Or maybe he's visiting one or two, maybe three of those shitholes for the angry White guy!

You know what's more discouraging about YouTube and the social networking websites is the constant racism. I mean social networking websites can't stop all the online racism and hatred, but it's really a discouraging thing for people to see constant nonsense from a bigot.

 It's usually men who engage in this type of behavior. Men are likely to create phony profiles of people, cyberstalk, cyberbully and engage in hostile debates.

The New York Times report that the Cheerios spot shows a young girl asking her mother if the cereal is “good for your heart.” Her mother assures her that is so. The girl runs away with a cereal box, and in the next scene, the girl’s sleeping father awakes with a pile of Cheerios atop the side of his chest where his heart is.

The commercial ends with the word “Love” on screen.

The spot, heartwarming to many, began on national television on Monday and was uploaded to YouTube on Wednesday. But it has caused a furor for the maker of Cheerios, General Mills, because an interracial cast portrays the family.

The advertisement, which features a black father and white mother, has generated vituperative comments online, but General Mills says it stands by the commercial.

The ad will “absolutely not” be withdrawn, Meredith Tutterow, associate marketing director for Cheerios and Multigrain Cheerios at General Mills in Golden Valley, Minn., said Friday.

“There are many kinds of families,” Ms. Tutterow said, “and Cheerios just wants to celebrate them all.”

The casting has attracted angry comments, many of them overtly racist. The volume of negative remarks on YouTube reached the point that General Mills has temporarily disabled the commenting function.

On the approval/disapproval counter accompanying the video, which continues to register likes and dislikes, there were more than 700 “thumbs down” as of Friday evening, compared with more than 6,400 “thumbs up.”

As those numbers suggest, the preponderance of comments online and in social media about the commercial was positive, and Ms. Tutterow added, “We’re really gratified.”

But the fact that there were so many negative remarks — including racist language — has attracted widespread attention. For example, the AdFreak blog that is part of Adweek.com ran a post under the title “It’s 2013, and People are Still Getting Worked Up About Interracial Couples in Ads.”

Ms. Tutterow said she was not taken aback by the amount of negative reactions or their tone, but, “We’re a bit surprised it’s turned into a story.”

General Mills always hears from consumers, pro and con, about its ads, especially a major brand like Cheerios, Ms. Tutterow said. She added that the YouTube comments would be enabled again, but she did not know when.

The interracial family cast might be the first for a Cheerios commercial, Ms. Tutterow said.

Proud to play the mom in this adorable new @cheerios commercial! bit.ly/13XhPC2
— Whitney Avalon (@whitneyavalon) May 28, 2013

But it is certainly not the first TV commercial for a major consumer brand to depict an interracial family.

There was speculation that the presence of an interracial family in an ad for a brand as familiar and ubiquitous as Cheerios may have generated the attention, or perhaps it was the debate on the front page of the popular social-news site Reddit.

General Mills reacted quickly to the negative comments as they began arriving in midweek. After a Twitter user wrote on Wednesday about the “horrible, racist comments” on YouTube, a reply was sent from the official Cheerios Twitter feed that thanked him “for the head’s up,” adding, “They've since been removed.”

The commercial was produced by Saatchi & Saatchi in New York, part of the Publicis Groupe.

Lynne Collins, a spokeswoman at the agency, said, “It is important for us to make sure the work reflects the people we’re trying to sell products to.”

This stuff continues online and the general public. Since Barack Obama was sworn into office in 2009, we seen a spike in racial activity through social networking websites.

It takes one white person (particularly white males) and their gutless outrage over things that they apparently disagree with. White people (again mostly white males) are very uptight about Blacks, Hispanics/Latinos, Muslims, undocumented workers, independent women, same sex couples and President Barack Obama.

Virginia School Board Member Forwards Anti-Obama Emails! [NSFW]

Continuous racist attacks against First Lady Michelle Obama and President Barack Obama.

This is getting ridiculous.

A Virginia school board member is catching heat for sending a forward letter about First Lady Michelle Obama. This is like the umpteenth racist email being sent from some conservative bigot.

The utter disrespect to President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama is out of hand. These keyboard warriors are entitled to their opinions and all, but at what price will these so-called professionals pay when their students (and likely their parents) get wind of this type of behavior from those who are trusted in the public and private sector.

Courtesy of MyRightWingDad.net 

FW: FWD: FW: REUNION!!

CAN YOU GUESS ....WHAT THIS IS?

MICHELLE OBAMA'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION !!!!!!!

I'm surely going to hell for this one.....

A real laugh riot. Herb DeGroft had thought this was a joke. He didn't realized that his email being sent to his co-workers was a mistake. Or did he?

Regardless, this clown and his email are under some serious flack. This went as far to getting him ousted from his elected post. A string of racist emails and controversial remarks have shaken up a school board in southeastern Virginia's Isle of Wight County, and now one of the people responsible is facing intense pressure to resign.

Angry White people attack Michelle Obama.

On Thursday, board members voted 4 to 1 to officially call for their colleague Herb DeGroft to step down over emails he sent this month from his board email account attacking first lady Michelle Obama. DeGroft was the only one who voted against the measure.

According to NBC12, one of the emails DeGroft sent to colleagues depicted bare-breasted, African female warriors along with the caption, "Michelle Obama's high school reunion." Another message claimed the first lady was paid $50 to model in National Geographic.

The emails didn't stop with DeGroft's initial sending. Board of Supervisors Vice Chairman Byron “Buzz” Bailey forwarded them to other board members and county employees. Bailey drew criticism earlier this month for saying "the South will rise again" during a board meeting on budgetary issues. Those comments, as well as his involvement with the racist emails, led to the resignation of Isle of Wight Division Superintendent Katrise Perera.

Isle of Wight NAACP Chapter President Dottie Harris and other community members have called for both DeGroft and Bailey to resign over the recent flare-up, the Daily Press in Hampton Roads, Va., reports. They've also threatened to mount a recall effort against Bailey.

DeGroft has apologized and expressed regret for his involvement in the controversy, claiming that "there was no intention or motivation...to be inappropriate...discriminatory against anyone," according to WAVY. But NBC12 reports that some school board members said they've been receiving similar emails from him since January 2012.

This is Herb DeGroft. He's the guy with no racist bone in his body!

Bailey has admitted that the emails were inappropriate, but noted that he wasn't directly responsible for their content.

"The emails that they're talking about are some that I just sent along from somebody else," Bailey said, according to the Daily Press. "None of them I initiated, if you look at them. They were all initiated by somebody else."

Last week, Isle of Wight County Board of Supervisors voted to keep Bailey in his position as vice chairman.

DeGroft hasn't heeded the calls to resign.

This is what the Republican Party does. They pass around emails that some find offensive. They act like they didn't know and want to "sincerely" apologize for this.

Look, you don't have to apologize. We understand!

You have plenty of "black friends".

Racists Very Upset Over Interracial Family in Cute Cheerios Commercial

Racists Very Upset Over Interracial Family in Cute Cheerios Commercial

My guest columnist, LILVOKA, later will analyze the motivations behind the bigots and racists hatred toward the innocent family Cherrios ad.

Me(La Reyna) thinks they're taking out on the interracial couple because of most right-wing racists' hatred of President Obama, who is biracial like the little girl in the commercial.  It's a sad commentary in 2013, interracial couples and families are still subjected to racist insults and assaults by the larger community and, I'm going to say it, right-wing Conservatives and Liberal whites as well.  Let's not get this twisted that white liberals are so above racism and white privilege.  They're not.

What are your thoughts?

Insecure Black WMN & Racist White Men Blast Cheerios For Commercial With...

Conservatives: [Republicans] Drop The Kumbaya Act!

The crazy old lady warns Republicans to drop the act of trying to win Blacks and Hispanics.

You could be a member of the Republican Party if your only goal in life is to keep Blacks and Hispanics away from the polls. You would throw your crap on the wall claiming that Blacks support President Barack Obama because of race, and the Hispanics are illegal immigrants. You concluded that Blacks and Hispanics want to make babies so they could get "gubmint" entitlements.

In other words, Republicans and their conservative allies believe that the White race is declining because of these "parasites" taking out of the taxpayer's pockets and that Nigger Obama is allowing this.

The Republicans don't want Black and Hispanic women to have abortions.

The Republicans don't want Black and Hispanic families to get food stamps and welfare.

The Republicans don't like it that Blacks and Hispanics vote on race. Yet, perennial loser Mitt Romney had a strong turnout of White voters.

The Republicans want to pass legislation that require voters to have a state issued identification to prevent voter fraud in a minority precinct.

The Republicans don't want Blacks, Hispanics, and Muslims to own firearms. Some Republicans believe that violence in America is caused by the entertainment industry (i.e. rap music, video games and movies).

Republicans want to attack President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Attorney General Eric Holder, and UN Secretary Susan Rice. They attack the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by claiming that he supported the policies of the modern day Republican Party.

The Republicans advocate racism through their associates. These individuals King Hippo, Crazy Jones, That Guy Who Helped Obama Win, The Guy Who Throws Shit On The Wall, The Palin Da Ass, The Turd Flipper, Bill-O, and Chalk E Becker are part the junk food media. These paid agitators openly advocate violence and hatred of the Black and Hispanic communities.

Our friends over at Addicting Info found a nice little article about that crazy old lady who founded the Eagle Forum. She issued a warning to Republicans. The crazy old lady wants Republicans to drop any attempts to pass immigration reform.

Her words: The Hispanics who come in like this are going to vote Democrat. There isn't the slightest bit of evidence that they are going to vote Republican. The people the Republicans should reach out to are the white votes — the white voters who didn't vote in the last election. There are millions of them. I think when you have an establishment-run nomination system, they give us a series of losers, which they've given us with Dole, McCain, and Romney and they give us people who don’t connect with the grassroots.

So if you're looking at this comment, you notice that the crazy old lady is blaming the three former Republican nominees for being too easy on winning the rainbow instead of the White vote.

If she really want to have a honest discussion to why these three candidates lost.

Richard Nixon was the Vice President. He lost the U.S. Presidential Election the first time. He went on to win the presidency in two election victories. He ended up resigning at the peak of a scandal.

George H.W. Bush lost to Ronald Reagan in the Republican nomination. He would later become the Vice President of the United States. Bush would later lose to Bill Clinton.

Perennial loser Bob Dole lost as a vice presidential candidate. He lost to George H.W. Bush in the Republican nomination. Dole would eventually lose to incumbent president Bill Clinton.

Perennial loser John McCain lost the Republican nomination to George W. Bush. He lost to Barack Obama in a landslide election.

Perennial loser Mitt Romney lost to John McCain in the Republican nomination. He lost to incumbent president Barack Obama.

So in other words, this crazy old lady wants to ignore the fastest minority group in the nation. Forget Hispanics, Republicans only need white voters.

This is your Republican Party people. This stuff is why they're losing the elections. It's fossils like this crazy old woman who keep the Republican Party the condescending, the sexist, the homphobic, the Islamophobic, the racist, and down right stupid people most American liberals paint them out to be.

Abercrombie & Fitch Couldn't Cut The Cloth!

CEO of suburban clothing giant pissed off a whole lot of people this month. He makes a bold statement saying he discriminates against overweight Americans. His company has issues with hiring non-White workers also.

New York-based clothing company is facing a serious backlash after the company CEO made some offensive comments that come off as sexist and racist.

Abercrombie & Fitch is one of the country's largest clothing retailers. It's part of the Limited Brands, a company that's based out of Columbus, Ohio suburb New Albany.

Mike Jeffries, the eccentric CEO of the company is under fire for saying that bigger people are not allowed in his clothing. The company's executives are stressing that the CEO's lover is the real reason for why the company is experiencing some heavy criticism.

Bloomberg News first reported on Jeffries' unconventional 1986 standards for his cabin-crew on Abercrombie's Gulf-stream G-V Jet.

The male-models who work as stewards aboard the company jet are required to wear Abercrombie-branded polos, jeans, boxer-briefs and flip-flops as part of their uniform, as well as a "spritz" of cologne.

Actress Kristie Alley struggled through depression and overweight for years. She recently lost weight again. She and hundreds of others are boycotting Abercrombie and Fitch.

This information then came to light as a result of a lawsuit that claimed Jeffries fired his own jet pilot in order to replace him with a much younger-man.

Male house staff for Jeffries, paid for by the Jeffries Family Office, is provided by the exact same modeling firm that supplies male-staff for the company-jet.

ABC News reports that Jeffries is on the hot seat after the popular style chain is accused of discriminating against overweight customers, making clothes only for the thin.

At your nearest Abercrombie and Fitch, you can find shirtless salesmen and the latest distressed denim, but if you're looking for a women's extra-large blouse, you're out of luck. The trendy retailer's CEO doesn't want your business.

"He's been very, very successful, so he doesn't want anybody in the store that doesn't fit that cool, young and sexy definition," said Robin Lewis, co-author of "The New Rules of Retail."

Lewis says it's all part of CEO Mike Jeffries' master plan to cultivate what he considers cool.

An exam of the Abercrombie flagship store in New York City found mostly double-zeros, and extra-smalls and a couple of large tops and size 10 pants. Sales people there confirmed Abercrombie doesn't carry XL or XXL for women.

A spokesperson for Abercrombie and Fitch declined to comment, but in a 2006 interview CEO Jeffries told Salon magazine: "We go after the attractive all-American kid. A lot of people don't belong in our clothes, and they can't belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely."

"He is a brilliant visionary," Lewis said. "He really crystallized this core consumer he was going after."

But Lewis says it's a model that may not fit the future. Plus-sized shoppers now make up 67 percent of consumers.

"I think the young people today want cool, but as they define it themselves," Lewis said.

From Dove's "Real Beauty" campaign - highlighting real women - to H&M's inclusion of plus-sized swimsuit model Jennie Runk, many other brands are embracing that individualism and making their clothes more accessible. For example, rival retailers H&M and American Eagle both carry sizes up to 16 and 18 The largest at Abercrombie & Fitch is a 10.

Kirstie Alley was totally pissed. Rebecca Jarvis of ABC News reports that the actress joins the list of Abercrombie & Fitch critics who take exception to the company’s refusal to carry clothing in larger sizes.

The Former “Cheers” actress and “Dancing With the Stars” competitor slammed the store Tuesday, telling “Entertainment Tonight” she would “never buy anything from Abercrombie.”

The popular casual-clothing retailer is under fire for filling its shelves with products for the smallest of customers.

Protestors gathered outside the retailer’s Michigan Avenue store in Chicago Monday, outraged about the store’s not carrying clothes in a size 14,  the size worn by the average U.S. woman. Plus-size shoppers now make up 67 percent of U.S. consumers.

“It’s body discrimination, and it’s bullying and it encourages bullying,” Cali Lindstrom, a former Abercrombie & Fitch customer, told ABC News.

The backlash is growing online on Twitter and Facebook, and several petitions on Change.org urge people not to shop at Abercrombie & Fitch until the New Albany, Ohio-based retailer starts carrying larger sizes.

One YouTube user started a “Fitch the Homeless Campaign,” asking customers to rebrand the popular retailer by giving their Abercrombie & Fitch clothes to the homeless.

An ABC News report last week revealed that the trendy retailer carries mostly double-zero and extra-small sizes inside its New York City flagship store. There was no clothing for women in sizes larger than a 10, and salespeople at the store confirmed that Abercrombie doesn’t carry XL or XXL sizes for women.

Andrea Neusner and her three daughters are taking more extreme measures to show their dissatisfaction with the retailer. They’re sending every article of clothing they’ve ever bought from the store back to its outspoken and controversial CEO, Mike Jeffries.

Mike Jeffries and his boyfriend require male models to look like this.

Jeffries has not commented on the recent controversy but has been forthright in the about not wanting any customers who don’t fit the cool, young and sexy demographic the company targets.

Jeffries gave a 2006 interview to Salon magazine in which he said the store goes after “the attractive, all-American kid … A lot of people don’t belong [in our clothes], and they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely.”

The retailer declined to comment on the protests.

Nicole Patrick, who was among the protesters in Chicago, said she is hurt by the exclusion.

“As a woman who cannot shop in Abercrombie, it’s extremely hurtful to hear that I’m not cool,” she said. “I think I’m really cool and so does my daughter.”

In addition to sending back her children’s clothes, Neusner also wrote a letter to Jeffries explaining her decision.

“My kids have been wearing [Abercrombie & Fitch] clothes for a long time … now we can make an informed choice not to shop there,” she told ABC News. “I didn’t want my kids being walking billboards for them but I didn’t want to throw [the clothes] away. I wanted the company to know how I felt about them.”

"Why I Don't Date White Men" by Kristen of Feminspire.com

http://feminspire.com/why-i-dont-date-white-men/

There's a lot of haterade and derailing on the part of right-wing conservative men regarding racial/gender privilege. 

Limbaugh: Obama The Master, Christie The Servant!

Still bitching about President Barack Obama, the conservative agitator takes aim at his appearance with New Jersey governor Chris Christie. The agitator invokes the 18th Century phrase "master servant".

Conservative agitators are fumed up with the Republican governor Chris Christie of New Jersey.

King Hippo rumbling through his stack of stuff. He takes a moment to look into the daily ramblings off The Guy Who Throw Shit On The Wall's website and see the bromance between the president and the Republican governor.

In the minds of the conservatives, Christie is not viable among the Republican presidential candidates due to his association to that "Communist" Barack Obama.

King Hippo managed to take a dig at the two. President Barack Obama goes to New Jersey to check on the progress of the Jersey Shore. Last year, Hurricane Sandy, a superstorm that destroyed most of New Jersey's coastline.

Republicans are steamed at New Jersey governor Chris Christie. The governor defeats Republican arguments that the president is too partisan. Christie throws cold water on Republican arguments about President Barack Obama,

The president and federal assistance immediately came to the aid of victims, and Governor Chris Christie praised the rapid response. That was considered treasonous to the Republican Party.

The perennial loser Mitt Romney "was leading" in the polls and he would had nailed it, if Christie didn't "bear hug" Obama.

On Tuesday's show, the conservative agitator runs his mouth about the president and Republican governor.

KING HIPPO: Let me tell you what this bipartisanship is, the president and Governor Christie taking another stroll on the beaches of New Jersey. Never mind, folks, that seven months after Hurricane Sandy there are still a lot of people that haven’t been helped. That’s not the point. Oh, no, no! Seven months after the hurricane came and went, there are still a lot of people who haven’t been helped.

But the point is that Obama and Christie want to help. They really want to help! They really want this to be fixed and solved. So it is a case of the good intentions overwhelming any of the results. The good intentions matter far more than the results. Now, this bipartisanship that the media is salivating over? There isn’t any bipartisanship here. Obama has money. Governor Christie wants the money, Governor Christie needs the money, so the people will be helped. So Christie praises Obama.

It’s a master-servant relationship. That’s exactly the kind of bipartisanship that the Drive-By Media wants. Master-servant. That’s “bipartisan” That’s what’s going on here. (interruption) Master-SERVANT. Master-STAFF. Don’t take it any further than that, Snerdley. I’m not going on going there. I’m just telling you. Obama’s got the money; Christie needs the money. “Obama wants to walk the beach; that’s what we’re gonna do. Obama wants a photo-op; it’s what we’re gonna do.”

Michele Bachmann Is Bouncing Off The Walls, Literally!

Controversial politico Minnesota Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann announced she is leaving after her term ends. Many in the junk food media wonder if there's more to the story. She is under investigation by the FBI. 

Last night, the controversial politico announced that she is leaving the Congress. She is not seeking another term. The politico is a mainstream figure among the Republican Party and its Tea Party movement. She has been more of a nuisance to President Barack Obama due to her ongoing obsession to repeal his signature health care law. She is known to say pretty ignorant stuff. Only equaled to Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa).

Is there questions being raised about Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's (R-Minnesota) former run for president?

Here's the announcement.



The FBI is investigating her for misuse of federal campaign funds during her ill-fated 2012 Republican presidential primary run.

And the 6th Congressional District she represents in Minnesota is considered likely Republican. The suburban areas around the metroplex of Minneapolis/St. Paul is more conservative than the city.

Congressman Keith Ellison (D-Minnesota) represents a majority of the Twin Cities.

The Republican must scramble for a candidate that is viable. The Democrats are relining up their former nominee Jim Graves.

But her constant camera rushing and misstatements have also doomed her if she was to run for reelection.

Chewing down at the Iowa State Fair.

The New York Times  Michael D. Shear reports that Bachmann made the announcement just six months after being re-elected in what was her most challenging Congressional campaign since she was first elected to the House in 2006. Her announcement also comes as her former presidential campaign faces inquiries into its fund-raising activities.

“I have decided next year I will not seek a fifth Congressional term,” she said in a video on her campaign Web site. “This decision was not impacted in any way by the recent inquiries into the activities of my former presidential campaign or my former presidential staff,” she added.

Mrs. Bachmann is known for her strong anti-abortion stance and adherence to Tea Party values but her presidential campaign was marked by frequent stumbles and her candidacy failed to catch fire in a crowded field of candidates that included Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Gov. Rick Perry of Texas and Herman Cain, who all eventually lost to Mitt Romney.

In her congressional race last year, Mrs. Bachmann won re-election by just 4,200 votes out of 356,000 votes cast, beating the hotelier Jim Graves, who was greatly outspent. Mr. Graves recently announced that he would seek the seat again.

“My decision was not in any way influenced by any concerns about my being re-elected to Congress,” she said. “If I ran I would again defeat the individual who I defeated last year.”

Her announcement comes as the Office of Congressional Ethics looks into claims by Ms. Bachmann’s former campaign aides that she may have improperly used money raised by one of her House-affiliated political action committees to help her presidential bid in the run-up to the Iowa presidential caucuses in January 2012. She came in sixth in that race, even though she campaigned heavily in the state. The defeat led her to pull out of the race the next day.

While her presidential bid initially excited Tea Party supporters, Mrs. Bachmann would later find herself upstaged by conservative opponents like Mr. Cain and Mr. Santorum, and she was prone to misstatements, including saying the vaccine against the human papillomavirus was linked to “mental retardation.”

But her campaign was not without impact. Her victory in the Ames, Iowa, straw poll in the summer of 2011 forced Tim Pawlenty, the former Republican governor of Minnesota, to drop out of the contest early, after he did poorly in his neighboring state.

In her video announcement, Mrs. Bachmann did not rule out returning to politics in the future.

“There is no future option or opportunity, be it directly in the political area or otherwise, that I won’t be giving serious consideration if it can help save and protect our great nation for future generations,” she said.

The Tea Party Queen is Resigning!

She also said she expected “the mainstream liberal media to put a detrimental spin” on her decision not to seek re-election, calling its attention to her political fortunes “a true compliment of my public service effectiveness.”

Ms. Bachmann had been a largely obscure member of Congress from Minnesota before the emergence of the Tea Party in 2010. She seized on the movement to brand herself a national voice of conservatives and become the leader of the “Tea Party Caucus” in the House.

In January of 2011, Ms. Bachmann delivered her own, unofficial “Tea Party” response to President Obama’s State of the Union address. She mocked the president’s fiscal policies and urged a repeal of the president’s health care plan known as Obamacare. But the brief, televised response prompted comedy sketches because of its low production values and because Ms. Bachmann appeared to be looking off to the side throughout her remarks.

The Tea Party response goes against the Republican response in which the party selects a Republican to deliver a counter proposal to President Barack Obama's State of The Union address (and Joint Session of Congress).

Let's go in the past and dig this gem up!

Without Michele Bachmann around, who will take the helm of the crazy train?

Well we still got Ted Cruz and oh that Rand Paul fella.

Here's the Tea Party Response by Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minnesota).

No Más George Zimmerman!

Only a fool would use a victim's past drug use as an excuse to justify the killing!

Idiot on trial for the death of Trayvon Martin can't use the "he's a thug" excuse.

The folks over at Loserville were posting the pictures of the teenagers smoking the weed and holding gun.

They're clearly trying to paint the victim as the aggressor and the one who started the fight. They're trying to say: "Well since [Trayvon Martin] was suspended from school, smoking weed, and taking pictures of holding a gun, there's proof he's a thug and [George Zimmerman] was defending himself from this thug."

This stuff isn't relevant in a second-degree murder charge. That was what the judge told the Zimmerman defense team. Basically, the judge said this isn't "evidence" and it's not going to be used in the trial.

So got any new plans?

What the Washington Post is reporting attorneys won’t be able to mention Trayvon Martin’s drug use, suspension from school and past fighting during opening statements at the trial of a former neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot the teen, a judge ruled Tuesday.

However, Circuit Judge Debra Nelson left open the possibility that the defense could try again later during the trial if it could show relevance.

George Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the 17-year-old’s killing and has pleaded not guilty, saying he acted in self-defense. He did not attend Tuesday’s hearing.

In another key motion Nelson refused to allow jurors to travel to the shooting scene during trial, and rejected a defense request to delay the trial set to begin June 10.

The judge called the request to let jurors see the crime scene “a logistical nightmare.”

Zimmerman’s attorney, Mark O’Mara, said Nelson’s decisions would not affect how he presented his case.

Idiot and attorney Mark O'Mara gotten their advice from That Guy Who Helped Obama Win. Cause only an idiot would try to blame the victim for his death!

“We were hoping that we would have some limitations on people commenting upon information that is not yet relevant,” O’Mara said. “So the idea that the state will have to be careful about how they present their case — and certainly we’re going be careful about how we present ours — is exactly what we were hoping for.”

He acknowledged, however, that with the judge not delaying the trial the defense would “have a lot more work to do than we can get accomplished between now and June 10.”

The judge also ruled that some of the Martin’s texts and other social media statements won’t be allowed in opening statements, though it, too, could be allowed later with a ruling from the judge depending on how the case progresses.

Sybrina Fulton and Tracey Martin. They along with millions of others demand stricter background checks for firearms.

O’Mara told the judge that Martin’s marijuana use and past fighting was central to the argument that Zimmerman used self-defense when he confronted Martin last year at a gated community in Sanford, Florida.

“We have a lot of evidence that marijuana use had something to do with the event,” O’Mara said. “It could have affected his behavior.”

An attorney for Martin’s family, Benjamin Crump, said the teen’s parents were pleased with the judge’s rulings on information they consider immaterial to the February 2012 shooting.

“Trayvon Martin is not on trial,” Crump said.

The judge ruled against a defense request that the pool of 500 jury candidates be sequestered during jury selection. She said jurors will be referred to by their jury numbers and prohibited their faces from being photographed. Nelson denied a prosecution request for a gag order that would prohibit attorneys from talking about the case.

O’Mara said he is concerned potential jurors could be affected by publicity the case is receiving.

The defense attorney had asked to push back the trial date because he said prosecutors had delayed turning over evidence as required. O’Mara is seeking sanctions against prosecutors, but a hearing on those sanctions was delayed until next week.


Before the judge decided to postpone the hearing on sanctions, a former prosecutor who used to work in the same office as the attorneys prosecuting Zimmerman testified he had told O’Mara about photos and text messages from Martin’s cell phone that hadn't yet been turned over to the defense.

Former Assistant State Attorney Wesley White resigned last year from the State Attorney’s Office that covers northeast Florida.



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The stupid guy that slapped Beyoncé

Oh, no he didn't!

Marines Post Racist Rants About Obama!

Show discipline.

The United States Marines is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States. The Marine Corps is a component of the United States Department of the Navy, often working closely with naval forces for training, transportation, and logistics; however, the Marine Corps is a separate branch.

The best of the best. There's a report about some active duty Marines going to the social networks to disrespect the president. The U.S. Secret Service is investigating those involved in threats to the president.

But since the conservative rancor (namely from The Guy Who Throws Shit To The Wall) over the president getting umbrella service and the latest outrage over the president not saluting a Marine some are posting racist outrage about it.

Of course, President Barack Obama doesn't disrespect military. He's the Commander and Chief of the United States Armed Forces. He overseas the lives of men and women who serve in the military. He is responsible for every mission that is carried by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines and Coast Guard.

He has the utmost respect for those serving. And no matter what the president does, conservatives will find some issue about it. And some conservative are enlisted in the military.

This bullshit is being read by members of our military. There are some Marines who felt that their Commander-and-Chief shows lack of respect for their service.

Guess who tipped of the conservative agitators?

Pres Obama boarded Marine One without returning salute of US Marine at the steps. The Pres then came back out to shake the Marine's hand.
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 24, 2013

Forgot to attach photo of Marine One takeoff this morning for Annapolis. twitter.com/markknoller/st…
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 24, 2013

Pres Obama returns salute from US Marine as he steps off Marine One on WH South Lawn. twitter.com/markknoller/st…
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 24, 2013

Despite the constant mentions by President Barack Obama about our men and women serving in the military,  the numerous talk about seeing the injured and the American draped coffins, some of our military members are solely getting their news from the conservative agitators of talk radio and Loserville.

Well there's a report from USA Today about a few Marines posting on the social networks threatening Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-California) and President Barack Obama.

Wonder how the Marines got the notion to attack President Barack Obama? 

The congresswoman is leading a coalition of representatives to tackle military sexual assaults.

USA Today reports that this incident comes at a time when top military officers say they are facing a crisis of sexual harassment and abuse within the ranks.

Federal law enforcement officials are investigating a former Marine and several active-duty Marines after they allegedly posted threatening and lewd messages on social media sites that targeted President Obama and a California congresswoman, according to a government official informed of the investigations.

The former Marine was interviewed last week by the Secret Service for the threatening post against President Obama, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigations are ongoing.

The Secret Service does not discuss its protective actions, said spokesman George Ogilvie.

Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-California)

Investigators from the U.S. Capitol Police have been investigating several threatening posts against Speier, the Capitol Hill source said. Capitol Police do not comment on their investigations.


Several Marines also have been referred to their commanders for non-judicial punishment in recent months, said Marine Capt. Eric Flanagan, a spokesman. That punishment can range from raking leaves to loss of rank to dismissal from the service, he said.

The Marines have received complaints about a number of social media sites, Flanagan said, including the Facebook page F'N Wook, which prompted Speier, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, to write letters of complaint to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos. Facebook took down the page, but similar postings have been made elsewhere.

Some of the posts suggest female Marines achieved their rank by performing sex, another shows a female Marine on her knees with a snake being put in her mouth. A recent post about Speier refers to her in vulgar terms and accuses her of trampling First Amendment rights.

Speier was targeted after her letter called attention to the posts, and she spoke out about what top military officers have described as a crisis with sexual harassment and abuse in its ranks. The Pentagon estimates that there were 26,000 instances of sexual abuse in the military last year, an increase of 35% compared with 2010.

A series of military sex scandals in recent weeks has underscored the problem: an Air Force officer in charge of sex abuse prevention programs awaits trial for his alleged drunken groping of a woman in Arlington, Va., not far from his Pentagon office; an Army sergeant first class is being investigated for running an alleged prostitution operation at Fort Hood; and an Army non-commissioned officer has been charged for allegedly videotaping nude cadets at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

On Friday, Obama told graduating midshipmen at the U.S. Naval Academy commencement in Annapolis, Md., that sexual assault and harassment had no part in today's military. Hagel expressed similar sentiments Saturday during the graduation ceremony at West Point.