If you work in, live in, or travel through an area that is ….urban, I highly suggest that you make plans for when (not if!) George Zimmerman is found “not guilty”.

Maybe I am wrong here, (but I am likely not…!) but I fully expect a great deal of unrest when the verdict is announced. The veneer of civilization is very thin for some folks.

Here are some examples of comments made by people regarding the current trial. Yeah, it is easy to be an internet (or Twitter) commando….But not everyone who thinks this way will be talking about it, nor will all of those who do talk about it just talk,

Remember the Rodney King Riots? Are you prepared to be blamed for the incident and for the color of your skin?  Are you prepared to be like Reginald Denny? How about Matthew Owens? You might not survive the next racially motivated beating.

Thing is, every segment of our society has it’s own view of “Outsiders” and many are quick to blame anyone from the “outside” and take sides with folks who are not “outsiders”. Racial rage is huge in some segments of our citizens. And despite the fact that this is 2013, racism is strong in many segments of our society. No matter what the colors.

And some folks need very little excuse to find a reason to shake off the cloak of civilization. Some folks will see a face paler than theirs and blame that person for all of the ills in their small segment of society….Some of those same folks will blame anyone that doesn’t look like them for the death of Trayvon Martin…..and, especially in large mobs crowds,  they will act poorly…Often to the detriment of a single person the crowd singles out.

So the point of this post? If you live near a group of people like described above, or travel through such a neighborhood… or work in such an area…then you had better make plans for the day (coming soon!) when things might turn …..ugly.

If you like in an area where you might be targeted, then either make plans to be somewhere else for a week or so, or make plans to hunker down and stay out of sight. Not leave your home for a week, or leave early. Find another place to stay. Perhaps a family member or a friend can shelter you and yours for a week or so.

If you work in such an area, make plans to shelter in your workplace for a day or three. Maybe longer. Or keep abreast of the trial news and arrange with your boss to leave early if and when….and stay away until it is safe to return. (this actually happened to my father many years ago, in Chicago in ‘68? He was, IIRC, sheltered by a co worker who lived in the area, who was a good person and was concerned for his safely, so they basically hid him in their home)

If you travel through areas that might be dicey when the verdict is announced, then the time to scout other routes is right now. Find alternates which pass through “better” areas. find alternates to those, just in case. Drive them now, so you will recognize them when things turn ugly.

If you take public transportation, then plan ahead, Again, find alternative routes/methods to get home in a safe manner. Maybe take enough cash to hire a cab. Find a co-worker who you can ride with when things happen.

And no, you cannot carry enough “personal protection” to stand up to a large mob. Better not to be there when it happens. That’s the only safe way. 

Above all,  make plans for the looming situation. Be prepared. Don’t plan to handle this on the spur of the moment. Plan on paying attention to the news as the trial comes to a verdict and adjust accordingly. Hopefully there will be no issues. But with the race baiters and the media …and now twitter and facebook, things might blow up…quickly.

Choose now not to be a victim then.

Shakey Pete has suffered a great loss.

Go give him some support.

All of you idiots that support Obama’s (but I repeat myself) new push to stop generating electricity with coal:

If you really believe that coal is so bad for the environment, then I fully expect you to use 42% less electricity starting right now.

Yep. 42%.

Since it is summer, I guess you could start by shutting off that air conditioning unit. That’ll take a big chunk right there. You won’t sleep as well, and you will sweat a lot more, but hey, it’s fr a good cause, right?

But you need to do more than that. Cut 42% of every months bill. Shut off your TV, your stereo, your computer. Use your cell phone 42 % less.

Drink 42% less Starbucks (what, you didn’t realize that the water for that latte was heated by electricity?) stop buying groceries too…at least some of the ones that require refrigeration……

Use your furnace 42% less too. (hey, you can always wear a sweater). I know your apartment will be cold, but hey, 42%…coal!

If you have an electric stove, only heat your food for 58% of the normal temperature.

Wear your clothes 42% longer. Yeah, you’ll smell, but hey, gotta use less electricity, right? Coal is bad, remember? And you only get 42% less showers too. Hygiene is less important that banning coal powered electric…right?

Your apartment is gonna be 42% darker too.

Your whole life is powered by electricity…so now you get to enjoy it 42% less.

Or you are a hypocrite.But we already know you were, right?

and, of course, the fat wallet,

Then I’d take a trip to Nebraska this coming September.

With a car hauler. A large one.

and a truck to pull it with.

and a really large wad of greebacks.

But I have neither the money, nor the time, nor the truck or car hauler.

But if you do, you should think about going to THIS auction. If, of course, you are into cars.

Virgin, unrestored, low (or no) mileage cars.

Partial list HERE

Come to think of it, my Dad does need another project……

I’m just sayin’

And, actually, good riddance.

It was a Poorly written, half assed piece of legislation. Done nearly as poorly as the proposed anti-gun stuff was in the wake of the Newtown tragedy. And, actually, the case that decided it was an IRS issue.

The destruction of this legislation is actually, a restoration of States rights. It’ll be used as a precedent for many following cases.

If only we had a politician who would have the guts to stand up and say that the State has no business in the marriage business….but only in the legal recognition of partners for legal reasons. The business of “Marriage” belongs to the churches and other organizations….It is not up to the state to sanctify or bless your union, only to recognize it.

But our politicians, none of them, have the intestinal fortitude.

Blogging is failing as my workload grows. I really don’t have much brain left to do any real blogging lately, and I hate just linking everyone else’s stuff.

But:

It would appear that we, those of us who believe in freedom, are winning the small battles against tyranny.

Yet I fear that we are losing the war.

Ever encroaching government, ever invasive organs of the State, A leader who is, essentially, unrestrained be either the congress or the courts. Are we really that powerless that we cannot stop this?

Or is it apathy?

I’m not sure that it isn’t just apathy in our general population. Yes there are those of us who are active, to some extent, but unless we motivate our fellow citizens, we aren’t gonna stop this shit.

In fact, if we cannot even get motivated as we did for the whole “gun control” debate, we are gonna lose. It is gonna take that kind of energy for each and every time to win.

I don’t know if we can keep up that kind of fight for long enough.

What say you?

I’m working strange hours lately, and one of the places I am working has the Weather Channel on 24/7..

I guess I haven’t been paying attention….

I never realized that they were such cheerleaders for the Glowbal Warmening Climate Change movement.

Nor, really, for Barry Obama either.

Strange that even a weather forecaster can be so blatantly partisan.

If this is true, then it explains a lot.

Obamacare, etc. 

Read it HERE

That reporter Michael Hastings died in a “single car accident“.

I mean, lets face it, He had made some significant and fearful enemies when he outed and caused the end of the career of Stanley McChrystal. I found it curious that he was killed in an accident a few days ago…..Sometimes, however, one has to accept that shit happens.

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But then we find that he had sent Emails to several friends and associates claiming that he was being investigated by the FBI (“FEDS”), and that if questioned by them, his friends should consider that it “may be wise to immediately request legal counsel before any
conversations or interviews about our news-gathering practices or
related journalism issues.”.

Then approximately a day later, he is dead. Burned beyond recognition.  Strange how coincidences happen, innit?

One wonders.

The Feds are investigating…. Just like they investigated JFK, Vince Foster, and a host of others….

Draw your own conclusions.