I have been a part of neighborhood watch programs for about 40 years and what George Zimmerman did isn't what neighborhood watch does in any way, shape or form. It's not a vigilante program.
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This wouldn't have prevented the underwear bomber.
And for all of the hundreds of billions spent on TSA, TSA hasn't caught one terrorism suspect.
About Eric Holder
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HARDBALL'S CHRIS MATTHEWS [to Jasmine Rand, attorney for the Trayvon Martin family]: Let me ask you this about what you have been able to discover from prosecutors or the D.A. down there, the state`s attorney. You said -- I heard from our producers, that they are not going to use the "Stand Your Ground" defense in this case. They`re just going to use standard self-defense. What`s your understanding what their case is, from their point of view?
RAND: And I actually had a one on one meeting with the assistant state attorney, Pat Whitaker, about two days ago now. And that is correct. What he told me, thus far, is that they do not intend to use the "Stand Your Ground" or Castle Doctrine, and that they are looking at strict self-defense. What concerns me about what I heard from state attorney is that when I began the conversation, as an open-ended question, why hasn`t an arrest been made, the state attorney told me he is continuing to investigate the claim, to see whether or not there is a valid claim for self-defense.
When asked whether or not is his job to prove Zimmerman`s defense, he said, well, no, it`s not. I understand that he is looking at the case from all different angles. But he didn`t begin the conversation by saying, "I`m looking to see if there is enough evidence to prove manslaughter or murder". He began the conversation saying, "I`m looking to prove a claim of self-defense" and his word choices are indicative to me of his mindset.
I have made it a practice to switch products and services that have outsourced tech support after one last straw about 3 years ago with my (then) ISP (Earthlink).
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At the core of what's gone wrong in our political system is lobbying, money and politicians switchbacking between jobs in government and business. Relying on a politician's honor and integrity, to do the right thing, the ethical thing, doesn't cut it. Unless it's the law of the land (and even then it's iffy), these people just won't do it.
Unless and until there is drastic and uncompromising change to our campaign financing system, until corporations are no longer 'persons' and are prohibited from participating in elections and politics, all efforts to reform government are useless. Obviously this is not going to happen under Republicans, but it's also not going to happen under Obama or the DLC-controlled Democratic Party. It's not even on their 'To Do' list.
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