Juror # Minority

A Puerto Rican juror says, "Zim got away with murder." Puerto Rico is populated with Puerto Ricans, mostly. Mostly in the Puerto Rican culture they do not believe in self-defense as an excuse for killing a human.  “Thou Shalt Not Kill” rules the culture.  Our soldiers are murderers by that standard.  Thank our Constitution that she performed her American duty as a juror based on law and agrees this trial should never have been tried.

Meat is Murder 

Equal Justice

America hates Males.  There are by far more males than females in prison for killing people in the USA.  About 77% of the US prison population sentenced to prison for killing a human is male. It has nothing to do with facts or trials. It's hate. It MUST be.  How else can we justify such an imbalance?  We hate males so we put them in jail when they kill people, and we forgive females. We don't need trials if all they are is a method to express hate.

I thank Al Sharpton for this revelation. I was enlightened by the good Mr. Sharpton when he pointed out the imbalance as it is tracked per race.  Clearly the only reason more blacks than whites per capita are in jail for shooting people is pure and simple racism. It has nothing to do with facts or trials. It's hate. It MUST be. How else can we justify the imbalance?

So mister Sharpton … ?  Will you march with me?  We must end this sexism!

And Justice for All 

We’re Gonna Keep it Hyphenated

We have become a divided nation. 

Today is July 3^rd 2013. Maybe it’s the jinx of unlucky numbers bringing me down, but as I watch TV, read blogs or listen to people talk on the street, I struggle to be excited about this pending celebration of American Independence.

I see the George Zimmerman trial junkies arguing about words like “punks” vs. “creepy-ass crackers” as if we should be appalled by one and snicker at the other.  I see Don Lemon of CNN fame walking the streets with papers in his hands. On one is printed the word “Nigger” on another “Cracker”.  “Which is worse?  Which is more offensive,” he asks unsuspecting passers-by.

Does it matter which is worse?  What’s in a word like “Cracker” or “Creep”?  Is it the inherent value of what society deems most heinous or might intent be paramount? I suggest the latter.

We Americans are divided and it’s evident in our language as we prepare to celebrate our sovereignty.  We use words to describe “us” and “them”.  We use hyphens to separate ourselves into claims of higher ground, lower sympathy or just plain prejudice.

It’s not enough to be American.  Just plain ole American means white and over-privileged these days.  Americans have no plight, need no sympathy and empathy cannot be fathomed.  Nope.  It’s the hyphenated Americans who need all that.  The African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Mexican-Americans, Immigrant-Americans, Disabled-Americans, Under-Privileged Americans, Homosexual-Americans, Creepy-Ass-Americans … This list cannot be complete no matter how hard I try so now I pause.

When will we Americans stop using hyphens as excuses for entitled respect?  Hyphens do not represent entitlement to respect, we have to earn that as individuals.  But on this, the eve of American Independence Day, can we agree that other Americans are not "they" or "them"?  They are "us". They are "we".

Let's drop the hyphens.  What d'ya say? 

Come Out and Play