Racism or Sexism or Both?

Yahoo news reports that Marissa Alexander, a Florida woman, faces up to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot into the ceiling of her home after being attacked and choked by her abusive husband, who was uninjured by the warning shot. George Zimmerman may face no prison time at all for stalking, shooting, and killing Trayvon Martin, due to Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law. Local NAACP President, Isaiah Rumlin, is quoted as saying, "The law is applied differently between African-Americans and whites who are involved in these types of cases." And this is probably true. However, I also suspect that "Stand Your Ground" law does not apply when it is spousal abuse that instigates an incident. Florida's history of anti-woman legislation leads me to believe this could be the case. While an intruder can be killed in self-defense once entering a victim's home in most states without penalty, abusive spouses must be protected from loss when their victims fight back, and victims who do fight back must be punished if they kill their abusers. Otherwise, the abusers' property rights might be infringed upon. I do not know that this is the case, but based on recent statements by prominent male legislators in regard to the similarity between women and livestock, the inability of women to make intelligent decisions about their bodies, and the insanity of women expecting to be equally paid for equal work outside the home, I suspect misogyny has something to do with it. It would be interesting, while still tragic, to hear of a similar case involving a female spousal abuser.

Jerusalem to Be Capital of Despotic World Government!

I have been reading Michael Shermer and Alex Grobman's excellent book, Denying History: Who Says the Holocaust Never Happened and Why Do They Say It?, published in 2000. It is an excellent and fascinating read, not only for the hard work and research the authors did in order to provide the facts, but also for the section about freedom of speech and why it is not necessarily an abridgment of that freedom for an institution to refuse to provide an outlet for lies and distortions.

One example given is that of Holocaust deniers purchasing ad space in college newspapers whose editors then cried, "Freedom of speech! Freedom of speech!" when the shit hit the fan. The authors wrote:

We must never pass a law that says Holocaust deniers may not publish their own literature. But we are not obligated to facilitate that expression.

Too many people do not see this distinction. I think Shermer and Grobman are right on about this.

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One quote from the book that stood out to me, in that I burst out laughing when I read it, is from white supremacist and historical revisionist (a.k.a. Holocaust Denier) Jack Wikoff from his 1990 Remarks newsletter:

Revolutionary communism and International Zionism are twin forces working toward the same goal: a despotic world government with the capital in Jerusalem.

Oh, ha ha ha ha!! He may be entirely serious! But he's obviously not been to Jerusalem. It is impossible to find a parking place just to go to the grocery store or the post office, much less for the entire world's population of supposed revolutionary communists and Zionists to come here to set up a despotic world government capital! Plus, in local politics, it is impossible to even get the people from different neighborhoods in Jerusalem to agree on anything. Good luck with that World Government, I say. Batshit crazy that Wikoff is!

Fox on Michelle Obama - Fair and Balanced?

Please watch the video above and consider signing the on-line petition at foxattacks.

One thing that stood out to me was the statement by some WOMAN who said that Senator Obama's statement that people "lay off my wife," meant that he expects OTHER MEN to PROTECT HIS WIFE. Huh?? I guess because a real 'Merican would call out people like Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity for a duel - pistols at 100 paces or something. After all, Zell Miller did it to Chris Matthews.

I personally would enjoy seeing a film loop of Senator Obama smacking Michelle Malkin in the face with a leather gauntlet. I would watch that over and over and over and...