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How fortuitous…following a memorial service commemorating what would have been the eighteenth birthday of the murdered unarmed black Florida teen, Trayvon Martin, a Florida judge today denied a motion by the confessed shooter to delay his June trial for a murder which took place  one year ago this month…February 2012.

Seminole County Circuit Court Judge Debra Nelson, who lives in the city of Sanford where the fatal shooting took place, denied a motion by Zimmerman’s lawyer, Mark O’Mara, for a continuance in the racially charged trial.
This means the trial is to go forward as scheduled on Monday, June 10, 2013. (more…)

The following poem was created in remembrance of the unarmed Florida teen fatally shot one year ago this month.
Today, February 5, 2013, would have been his eighteenth birthday…may he forever rest in peace as we continue to pray for justice in this case.

My tears still flow, I wonder why,
it had to be, that I should die?
He followed me, I ran away,
What did I do? What did I say?
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“Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking.
There are too many people who think that the only thing that’s right is to get by, and the only thing that’s wrong is to get caught.” ~ J.C. Watts, Jr.,  former Republican congressional representative from Oklahoma’s 4th congressional district in south-central Oklahoma and Baptist minister.

The following video shows the generous actions of one NYPD officer; it is the exception that proves the rule.

We’ve been told by unnamed sources close to beleaguered New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly he will be issuing a news release announcing a new, improved policy to be implemented immediately, rendering the previous video unexceptional:

All homeless persons found by members of the world’s largest urban police force will be provided, and forced to accept, appropriate covering,(including sleeping bags rated to minus 25 below freezing). The policy is specifically designed for those persons living on the street when the temperatures fall below 50 degrees during the the first day of October through May 1st of the following year. (more…)

Springfield, Missouri is the third largest city in the state of Missouri; it is the county seat of Green County. According to the most recent census data, the population is about 160,000. The Springfield Metropolitan Area, population of nearly a half million includes the counties of Christian, Dallas, Greene, Polk and Webster. Springfield’s nickname is the Queen City of the Ozarks and is known as the Birthplace of Route 66 as well as the home of several universities including Missouri State University.

The proposed law now includes protections for homosexuals, as well as other citizens who lodge complaints with the city regarding “…racial, religious and ethnic group tensions, prejudice, intolerance, bigotry
and discrimination, and any breach of the peace… ” To which I say big whooping deal.

In the following video recorded last August at one of the Springfield, Missouri City Council meetings, the speaker Reverend Phil Snider, of the Brentwood Christian Church, waits until 2 and one half excruciatingly long minutes into a 2 minute 50 second speech to reveal he  supports gay rights as stated in the outset of his presentation.

Prior to providing clarification he torments us for 2 minutes 30 seconds repeating the arguments (more…)