Quotes Of The Day

"It seems like libertarians may be missing an opportunity to focus on the broader issue of unfair policing practices in this country.

From the facts as I understand them, Martin chose violence when he felt someone was following him. I don't think we should forget that point. Maybe Zimmerman was harassing him(I doubt it), but that did not morally empower Martin to initiate violence or escalate the situation in any way. Martin had a duty to retreat. Go to a neighbor, call 911, or simply run.

However there is still the issue of racial profiling in America. Being black does indeed seem to open the door to all kinds of quasi-legal harassment. Look at stop and frisk or drug war arrest statistics for example. If anything, we should be moving on from this particular incident and beginning a larger dialogue concerning fairness in policing and the criminal justice system.

There's a lot of ugliness going on right now, and it seems to be escalating as folks take sides. That's not good for any of us."

There's a lot of stupid going on.

And it's not coming from ignorant folk.

It's coming from opportunistic demons like Sharpton and Jackson and it's coming from the Attorney-General's office. It's coming from the Governor of Massachusetts and it's coming from journalists who continue to maintain a lie to fit a narrative.

Not good indeed.

"Eric Holder, the man who first made his DC bones by making Waco go away? The man, identified as a member of Obama's murderdrone star chamber, who also has the death of at least one seventeen year old teenager on his hands? That Eric Holder? He's the very reason we need not only stand your ground laws but strong, private militias to keep monsters like him in check."