No Apologies: On The Killing of Trayvon Martin And Being "Good"

In the tragic murder of Trayvon Martin, there's no safe place. There's no real excuse to cling to. None of the usual dismissals work or fit. It's just bad. Real bad. And sits there and stares at you with it's cruelty and unfairness and ugliness and says, "Take this."

Take this load. And pick it up.

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The Debate Over The 9-11 Ground Zero "Mosque" Annoys Me

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A long time ago I had a guy threaten to stalk me because he was upset over me breaking up with him. It was scary and hurtful and I was very angry. So to deal with it I decided I would not longer let any men ever come within 15 feet of me because all men are crazy stalkers. Wait? That's not what I did. Because every man is different and are not that one douche who threatened to make me miserable. It would be unfair to label all men as stalkers because of the actions of one crazy person.

When it comes to the planned Islamic community center near Ground Zero, it's unfair to label all Muslims as al-Qaeda supporters.

More after the jump.

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When Rhetoric Becomes Reality

Thursday Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi started to break down a bit while talking about the rhetoric being bandied about in the latest round of "not my government/president." She said it reminded her of the environment in San Francisco during the 1970s that resulted in the violent death of one Harvey Milk, an openly gay politician. As I've written before on the blog, many of the individuals profiting from riling up the masses don't care if there could be a lone nut somewhere taking them all too seriously about their fearmongering. It's all fun and Tea Parties until someone gets hurt.

Of course, if someone DOES get hurt I'm sure the great Round Robin of "Not My Fault" will drown the airwaves. Heaven forbid a fearmongerer take responsibility for their fearmongering.

So the bigots WERE right, Harold Ford Jr.!

You DID tell that woman to call you!

As Harold Ford Jr. preps for his upcoming marriage to Emily Threlkeld, he may want to also be thinking about how to appease some black voters in his home state of Tennesse — if, that is, he ultimately wants to be elected as governor there, as insiders have said.

In reaction to his proposal last month, several African-American voters have been asking in various Internet forums why he didn’t choose a black mate.

“Why is he doing this to his people?” one woman who claimed to have dated him in the past has asked Big Head DC. “I am hurt, and we should all be angry.”

Lawd, when Snob reader Kimberley sent me this nugget all I could do was laugh. I'm not one who thinks every interracial relationship is a personal rebuke of me, because, um ... it's not about me. But still, this is HILARIOUS! Naturally some people are pissed, but the IRONY!

Some of you may recall the attack ad that made Ford look like a white woman chasing playboy. Does he owe the RNC an apology now? I mean, the bigots probably would appreciate their apology considering the razzing they got for that moronic ad.

But oh wait? You lost your senate bid. Never mind.

Hell ... to ... the ... no

I heard about this yesterday, but I'm just now getting to it: Conservative New York Times Columnist (and all around nut job) Bill Kristol is suggesting that ... wait for it ... Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, wayward Negro and resident really angry dude, should be John McCain's running mate.

"He could persuade the most impressive conservative in American public life, Clarence Thomas, to join the ticket," writes Kristol.

In fairness, Kris-Kris name-checked other questionable people for the veep spot, including Dem-gone-bad Sen. Joe Lieberman, Gen. David Petraus and Gen. Raymond Odierno. But Thomas, the man with the least experience who got through the most contentious senate hearings to become the nuttiest self-loathing justice on the Supreme Court is maddening.

Is this a case of "balance a black guy with another black guy"? Is this one of those "black people are stupid and will vote for any black dude" ruses? Because if it didn't work for homo-fascist, daughter-hating asshole Alan Keyes when he ran against Barack Obama for senate, and it didn't work for Michael Steele, JC Watts and bunch of other black candidates us Negroes gave the side-eye, why would it work for Thomas who black people cannot stand? I mean, really. A lot of black people hate his ass. I just think he's a screwy and hates himself so much that he's bent on destroying the lives of all Negroes in an effort to save us from nice liberal white folk and the government who apparently coddles us. Never mind that this same government that seems to enjoy prosecuting black folks because it doesn't matter if you get it right as long as a darkie is in prison at the end of the day. But hate is not a strong enough word for other individuals.

For my opinion on Thomas' tradition of "The Crazy" click here. For Bill Kristol's column of horrors, click here.