The Goat Pen

Owlman wrote:Actually, this is what I said earlier: No, he would have testified that he was hit first. He was a teen walking home and getting followed with skittles and tea and was attacked. He was just defending himself and when he got the upper hand, he was shot.

well alright but that isn't real world scenario. A man with a gun isn't going to throw first punches at anyone. That is the reason he is carrying the gun in the first place. No one, and I mean , no one, without supporting evidence is going to believe that Zimmerman threw the first punch against 17 year old Trayvon Martin.

This is crux of the anger for going after Zimmerman. Trayvon wasn't shot in the back.

He was stoned.

George Zimmerman to ask for $200,000 from Florida for court costs

Just dont' think this is smart on Zimmerman's part

Apparently, he'll get it in Florida. I don't see where he's got anything to lose by getting it.

Apparently, I didn't realize that you get to recoup some of your expenses if you are acquitted in Florida

Hey, the t- shirts have been made. Don't be fuckin' with the Treyvon legend.

The rebate on legal costs will make him even more hated by the people who thinks he got away with murder.

I hear he's doing talk shows and discussing other high profile shootings (like the Aussue in Oklahoma).

Yeah, he's gonna catch a bullet one day.

Probably by the police

Random killings spark laments, but reality shows long slide in crime rate
http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/23/justice/r ... index.html

In May, a Pew Research Center study found that 56% of Americans believe that gun violence is higher than it was 20 year ago, even though it has fallen precipitously since the 1990s.
And in 2011, Gallup found that 68% of Americans believed crime was getting worse, despite the reality of declining crime rates nationwide.

"My suit is bespoke."

Maybe you should get a new tailor...

You better stay away from him
He'll rip your lungs out Jim
Huh, I'd like to meet his tailor

GOP going after their own

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... hpt=hp_bn3

The first target of the push by Tea Party Patriots and ForAmerica is Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. The groups are planning a news conference in Lexington, Kentucky, Tuesday, near McConnell's offices. The Republican is running for a sixth term in the Senate next year.

The next day the Tea Party Patriots and ForAmerica will hold an event in Austin, Texas, near Sen. John Cornyn's office. The number two ranking Senate Republican is also up for re-election in 2014. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia will also be in the groups' sights during the tour, which is scheduled to conclude September 4.

Just like the dirty hippies wanting to throw out moderate dems in the late 1960's, not the pubs have to deal with their own incarnation of hippies...

The tea party doesn't consider those folks - Graham, Boehner , McCain and the like "their own"

Zimmerman also had a paid speaking engagement by a gun manufacturer which I thought was a poor move but the guy is broke and unemployable unless he plans on being exploited for the rest of his life so I guess he takes money where he can get it.

Of course had he not been forced to go to trial , none of this would be discussed now.

Why did they redact the name from the newspaper?

I'm sure that if you reverse image search you can find the unredacted version.

I don't care that much. Just seemed curious.

I personally liked all the hypotheticals where the boy got home alive with his candy and Arizona Iced Tea (Gold Peak is better personally). Even if the police would have seen him as the aggressor and he got off on trial afterwards.