Zimmerman is now in custody, charged with murder in the 2nd degree. His original attorneys have resigned and he has new counsel, who has not yet seen the evidence that supports the charges.

I'll conclude by saying that my wearing a hood is a normal occurrence, done in this instance in sympathy with the loss the family feels. A show of human concern. It does not mean, "I hate white people." I really hadn't considered white people at all. You are too sensitive.

No, that's not what I mean at all. A black man in a hoodie should not threaten you, nor should 20 black people standing together, yet the hostility comes out of your pores. You'll just have to keep that hateful shit you are projecting on me to yourself. It does not apply to me.

His parents' hands were forced by the actions, inactions actually, of the Sanford PD. If Zimmerman had been arrested and held over for trial, it would not have become a national story. The suspension is a red herring.

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You are free to ignore me in my hoodie. You don't see me, anyway, which is actually part of the point. #Validation

In November 2005, the hot debate was the execution of Big Took. I wonder how the people who took part in this discussion feel about this in 2012?

Fascinating to reprise the execution of Big Took. A lot of dead people and their families got justice when the needle went in his arm.

Wearing a hoodie in this instance is like wearing a black arm band or flying a flag at half mast. Don't you do something symbolic when a frat brother passes? I have posted a picture of myself in my facebook profile wearing a hoodie. Dr. Spence at Johns Hopkins U has created a flickr group called "The Trayvon Martin Project," and I posted it there, too. I do it in solidarity with Trayvon's parents. This is absolutely a parent's worst nightmare. Surely you can sympathize with that.

Heh. You got that right.

You blame "loose women" for corrupting "weak men?" Usually men with daughters see the folly of that thinking.

You think you ought to be able to say how taxes collected from you can be spent? I can dig it. I am against war. Why should I have to pay for the military?

To me, it's just paternalism, one of the traits of conservatives. Many men in this society have never been able to square the fact that a woman can actually enjoy sex purely for the endorphin release, not merely to produce replacements. So they attempt to make others, check that, they attempt to make WOMEN feel guilty about having, and enjoying, sex. That's what Limbaugh's 3-day barrage against Fluke was about, that's what this whole contraception discussion is about. You can't win that debate because your arms are too short to box with mother nature.

You think the political left is more hung up about sex than the political right? Personally, I don't think it should even be part of the political intercourse. ;o)

C'mon, son. He defended his actions with that corny excuse, "I'm just getting down at their level." You wouldn't allow your children to utter such foolishness. Why do conservatives struggle with sex and sexuality? I'm not talking about sex crimes, so don't go there. I'd just like to know why grown-ass men act like sixth graders the first time the teacher says "vagina" during a health lesson?

The funniest thing about this is that Rush resorted to "rappers say worse stuff." That's the punk route; Rush can't take what he likes to dish.

Let's hope so. What he did to Sharon Sherrod was despicable.

age 43.

In my dreams, I have a car rigged with a concealed mirror at its rear so that when blue-lighters ran up behind me, I will shine a reflection of their lights back on them. BAM!! HOW YOU LIKE IT IN YOUR FACE!?!

Diamond in the back, sunroof top, dig'n the scene with a gangster lean

Toyota OWNS the truck series.

Don't hate the car, hate the drivers. They have this annoying habit of driving 66 mph in the carpool lane. I drove a Prius once as a loner car when my car was in the shop maybe 10 years ago. It was cool to see how far you could go before the gas engine kicked in. But I'm in my truck phase. Not the monster truck with low-beams that blind the cars they travel behind, just a modest 2003 V-6 Tundra access cab.

I think we've reach a point of no return with this country's economy. It matters little now who the GOP nominee is or even if that person wins. We are on a collision course with some hard life-choices. The problem is structural and the choices are so drastic that no politician is even willing to approach the reality. I took my first job out of college 30 years ago at Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis. 45,000 employees with skill levels varying from the doorman to the chairman. Work 40 years, retire and live happily ever after. Then one day, A-B sold to Belgian company Inbev, and the party was over. That played out in city after city, company after company. Jobs for unskilled workers left and are not coming back. Take something as basic as underwear: Hanes is based in North Carolina, Fruit-of-the-loom is based in Wisconsin, but their garments are manufactured in India. Congress and the President cannot make corporations repatriate those jobs. I suppose they could eliminate the minimum wage, a drastic step for sure, but that means a major decline in the standard of living. It also means the US military has to finally abandon the cold war and let Europe and Japan defend themselves.

Occupy Walmart in Redmond, Washington on black friday.

Biotech, computer tech and telecom tech will generate a lot of venture capital action but won't produce enough of everything else to propel the economy. There is generational downward mobility at play here. Do you honestly believe your children will "do better" than you and the missus?