It’s a brand new year, and already we’ve had more
than a few major news stories on TV. The year is not even four weeks old and
already we’ve had school shootings, a nut job go ape in a movie theater, and some
people weep over the notion if a murderer was given a humane exit. Oh, and
Judge Scalia once again proved that he’s perhaps the dumbest man ever to sit on
the Supreme Court.
In perhaps the dumbest statement issued by a court
justice since Roger Taney blacks weren’t full people, Justice Antonin Scalia on
Wednesday took issue with buffer zones at abortion clinics. He complained that
the law referred to the folks with the anti-abortion signs as protester.
Instead, he referred to them as “Councilors” and that they were merely at the
abortion clinics to “comfort” women seeking an abortion. Take a second to
re-read that sentence, and let it sink in. A sitting justice on the Supreme
Court, allegedly an educated man, said that the people that stand outside of
abortion clinics holding placards featuring pictures of dead babies and
shouting “murderer” aren’t protesters, but they are there to comfort and offer
advice to the women seeking an abortion. I’m not sure what logic he was
following there. When I see a large gathering of people chanting and holding
signs, you know what I think they are? I think they are fucking protesters! By
Scalia’s logic, anyone protesting the war isn’t a protester, no, they are
anti-war councilors attempting to make the world leaders fight their battles
without weapons.
I have no issue with the buffer zones, because I’ve
seen how insane some of these protesters can get. And I’m going to call them
protesters because that is exactly what they are, protesters. I’ve seen them
shout at women, calling them baby killers and murders. They don’t really take
into account that maybe the women are having the abortion for health reasons. Nope, that would be rational. It’s not like
some of these protesters don’t have a past in which they’ve killed people. Oh
wait, that’s right, they do, which is why the buffer zone was put into place to
begin with! Justice Scalia’s position on this subject is as ill-informed as it
is dangerous.
On the subject of dangerous, that brings us to
retired police chief Curtis Reeves. Reeves are the man who shot and killed
another man simply because the man was texting during the preview of a movie.
Oh, did you know that Reeves in a previous incident followed a 27 year old
woman to the bathroom after confronting her over texting during the previews of
a movie during a previous visit to the movie theater by Reeves. So it’s not
like Reeves just snapped, because there is now record of his stalking a texter.
Reeves is a former Police Chief who attempted to use the “Stand your Ground”
act. Reeves’ attorney actually had the balls to say that Reeves felt threatened
because Chad Oulson threw popcorn at him. I’m not sure in what universe popcorn
throwing is a threat and cause for someone to take out a gun and open fire. So,
Richard Escobar, attorney for Curtis Reeves, actually had the balls to say that
because popcorn was being thrown at his client, that use of a weapon was
justified because Reeves felt threatened!
First, I’m not exactly sure why Reeves brought a
weapon into the theatre. What’s more disturbing is that Reeves was seeing the
movie Lone Survivor. All that really
matters is that Chad Oulson texted the day care center his daughter was in and
it cost him his life. Reeves, who by the way, was denied the Stand Your Ground
claim, is sitting in a jail cell, perhaps surrounding by some people either he
or his son, who is a current Tampa cop, put there. But I can’t really say that I have
any faith that the Florida District Attorney’s office will be able to keep him
there. After seeing them botch George Zimmerman and Casey Anthony in such amateur
style it would be fitting for a comedy movie, you can’t say that Florida is
home to the best and brightest legal minds.
On the subject of shooting, we also had a school
shooting committed by a 12 year old in Roswell, New Mexico. Thankfully, no one
was killed this time. A teacher, unarmed might I add, was able to talk the boy
out of doing any more damage. Imagine that, talking actually got someone to put
down a gun. Funny how the NRA isn’t trying to get every police agency to get
rid of hostage negotiators and simply rush in anytime someone is held hostage.
Now, I’m sure that some of you might be wondering
why I haven’t offered my opinion of “Bridgegate” and Chris Christie. Fox News,
the unofficial PR firm for the Republican Party, anytime something happens, automatically,
President Obama had full knowledge and knew everything a head of time. When one
of their own claims no prior knowledge, they take it as gospel straight from
Luke. Sorry, Chris Christie having zero knowledge that a bridge was going to
close in order to stick it to a political rival doesn’t exactly right true to
me. However, let’s be honest about one thing. If Chris Christie did put the
bridge closure into play, he’s just taking a page from a playbook that was
first written back in 1802 with John Adams and the midnight appointments. It’s
nothing more than gamesmanship between political rivals than anything else,
which is why I really don’t care about it. To me, it’s a minor issue. I think I’ll
pay more attention to how the GOP plans to screw the unemployed, thank you very
much. That is the bigger story.
That does it for this edition of the rant. I’ll see
you next time.
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