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Monthly Archives: April 2012

Trayvon Martin


The unfortunate situation in Sanford Florida has created a national wave of what ifs, why not and now whats. The law enforcement in Sanford has apparently dropped the ball on this due to a Florida law that allows a person to exert deadly force if threatened. The basis of the upcoming or currently occurring  issues in this event is not the issue. The real issue is that we have an overzealous neighborhood watch person who in the zealous pursuit of that watch overreacted and created a now deadly event. Was there Racism involved? It is more probable that the  Watch person  experienced a combination of fear of crime, fear of a dark skin and an exhilaration  of his duty to protect along with the tacit approval granted by the law allowing a person to protect themselves in the face of an eminent danger. The ablity to own and carry a firearm had a bearing on this as the law allows for such actions if the threat is actually a threat and not a teenager bearing skittles and iced tea. The idea of this being OK  has tainted  the  local law enforcement and allowed a situation that could have been handled better to become National news and brought in officials of the State of Florida plus the attention of the Federal Government.

Pettifogs


When did it become appropriate to bear false witness against your neighbor? If we look at the current political climate and the media covered financial systems how can we believe that this is not occurring daily. We have become accustomed to being advertised into doing   or not doing something. Our  Congress have been pettifoggers for the past 30 plus years under the guise of serving the people. The main problem is we believe them. I would not rely on any of them as many of us have done. We will gather in groups and march on city halls, Congress and write opinions but we still vote for the same people time and again. The ability of people like Bernie Madoff to scam us pales in comparison compared to our political representatives. Most of our “representatives” local and Federal have either lost or never had the integrity they worked so hard to convince us they had when seeking our vote and therefore a tacit approval of their conduct. We “the people” need to wake up and understand that there is very little truth in the words of our aspirants to the nations highest office.

Is It Possible?


Recent media accounts of discussions about the expansion of Chicago’s O’Hare airport and the subsequent comments by the Governor appear to be at odds (maybe). The Governor wants an airport to service the Will county area (remember Peotone?) and southern Cook county. Would it not make more sense to improve The Springfield airport, The Bloomington airport and Midway? I submit that an improvement in any and all of these airports would create jobs for a larger area of the state and increase the much needed traffic to those areas. I do realize that Springfield and most of the counties are not regarded as part of the State of Chicago but didnt’ the “other” Illinois help elect the current Governor?