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If Jesus were to ever actually be resurrected, he will be vilified in the south as a progressive hippy and crucified all over again.
Being black in the south for the most part means you are a criminal waiting to fit the crime...
"If he's black, you can't take it back." The verdict that is. The ignorance and hatred born to the southern beaurocrats is astounding and will never change. It is a genetic mind set. yes lynch mobs still rule there and always will. tragic. horrific... and as Southern as hominy and grits.
Ghandi would have been lynched. MLK was.
True story: Two white teenage girls accuse a black 20 yr old of rape. Life in Angola Prison. Fifteen years later at a parole meeting, the man produces evidence that the accusers when examined by doctors , found their hymens intact. They were never raped... Parole board turned down his release. Black, can't take it back... what a country.
4 the record. I'm white, nearly 65 and an atheist or at least a deist (bet hedging here). Happily married 41 years.
It seems to me that when the collective conscience of a nation calls out for justice and is ignored by
the judicial system we all had better be concerned. Justice is never served by simply arresting and prosecuting a scape goat. And what of the rest of us who rely on a fair and non bias judicature. The possibility exists for any one of us to experience the same miscarriage of justice as Troy Davis.
To Shame to be an....I couldn't agree more with what you have to say. It is scary to think that here in America it looks like we have a great champion of the middle class, like JFK and he is murdered. While we're at it let's toss in something we don't know much about; who is it exactly that assassinated JFK, Robert, his brother, and MLK? I am pretty sure of JFK, but it's a stretch on Robert and MLK. I now think I know the answer for JFK; the CIA was involved, after finally seeing the movie, JFK, by director Oliver Stone, I believe. By the way my daughter sent me some negative info on the accuracy of Stone's JFK movie and it smacks to high heaven of the same CIA denial of all facts, much like "they" do on sightings of UFOs by thousands of qualified people, like pilots, etc. It is probably "to save us from the hysteria that would result if all acurate facts were made known; like the people of the world would go crazy, loot, etc. if they actually believed there were aliens and UFOs out there." I have news for the world governments that don't have faith in their citizens, approximately 60% of the people believe in UFOs and aliens. I think the people of the U.S. should make up their own minds after they read "A Farewell to Justice: Jim Garrison, JFK's assassination and the case that should have changed history." There are other books out there also, but mostly based on the work of Garrison. So, I look for more hysterial denials about the accuracy of JFK's movie facts. But remember these facts; the citizens of Rosewell, N.M. were threatened "to be taken out into the desert and would never be found again if they 'talked' about what they had seen regarding UFOs; the Warren Commission was given 'tainted' evidence, such as a witness who said her affidavit was a complete fabrication, plus it didn't have her signature and there was no notary present but there is one now. Who did this? Garrison tried Clay Shaw, who denied ever belonging to the CIA; yet the Director of 'Black Ops' in the late 70s testified that Clay Shaw belonged to the CIA. Congress ordered the FBI to get to the bottom of these facts and report back to them; it hasn't happened yet. The complete results of the JFK assassination aren't to be released until 2029! Why? It's so everyone who was alive would never be questioned, or have a trial. Read the books by Garrison and make up your own mind as to who did it, and why did they do it.
Unfortunately, the state of Georgia plays by its own rules. Back in1913 businessman Leo Frank was convicted of murdering one of his factory workers, Mary Phagan. He was sentenced to die but the Governor of Georgia commuted his sentence to life imprisonment. That wasn't good enough for the bloodthirsty Georgians who commandeered him from jail and lynched him on August 17, 1915. Apparently the state of Georgia hasn't progressed all that far
We're in good company in being one of the few countries that kill our citizens. The others include China, Iran, and another mideast country--forget which one now.
I wonder when this country is going to grow up and quit killing people.
It's only prostitution if you don't believe in what you do.
I think this has something to do with Georgia's ongoing Klan influence- the Invisible Empire. It would be supported by strong Texas, Oklahoma, and Indiana influences. Imagine a meeting of those present day governors of the biggest Klan states, historically, on today's opportunity for a modern lynching.
Since we already have a built in death penalty for everyone anyway, it's hardly a punishment. The Governor and the Parole Board will have to hope their own deaths will be as simple as a lethal injection. There are much worse ways to go.
God will save Troy Davis, one way or the other.
This is a terrible injustice. Let him live so that he can fight for his innocence.
Well, it's just nice to know that you're getting paid for prostituting yourself. Hookers should get paid, because God knows it's a job that is hard on the heart.
The topic is about a man's life being at stake.
Is it possible for the President to give clemency? The Right wing sucking Supreme Court Bastaches are sick.I'm afraid that they will pull the trigger on Mr.Davis.. I can only say a sincere prayer for him and our Justice System!!!!
This is so unbelievable! I still do not understand why we have the death penalty in the first place, it definetely will not deter people from committing a crime. How many more innocent men and women will be given a death sentence without each one of us holding our judicial, legislative and executive branches accountable? Enough!
The thing is, when a government is run by nasty people who are doing nasty things to the entire country (except, of course, to the rich people- they're real nice to the rich people), you have to supply entertainment to the poor and middle classes. And the nastier the government policies are, the nastier the entertainment has to be in order to keep the little people entertained. If Perry is elected it would not suprise me if he started doing public executions. And from there, it would only be a short jog to having a lottery winner BE the executioner, maybe shooting the victim- excuse me, I mean, the "convicted" criminal. Oh yes, very entertaining for people whose minds and hearts are so numbed by lack of education, lack of health care, lack of healthy food, and Rupert Murdoch- brand sensationalist "journalism" and tv programming. You see, military people get to go to exciting places and meet exciting people and kill them, but what about the people back home here in America? They want to have something to do with death, too. So, out of the pathology of his heart, Rick Perry wants to provide that association with death. Whether the victim is guilty or not is irrelevant; just get people into the criminal justice system and allow it to convict them and sentence them to death.
Mentally healthy people do not require executions in order to feel happy. And mentally healthy people do not excuse or condone such barbaric behavior. My guess: in his next life, Rick Perry will be a rabid dog.
Obama is NOT FDR get over it ! FDR 's time was not like today. Each mans style is their own. Just 2 yrs 8 months ago.. Obama took on worst economy in 75 yrs / 2 long failed wars based on lies, profits, wasting lives and many trillions, Bush's global crash / edge of depresion ..700 billion TARP scam on taxpayers / daily hate fest from Fox Beck Rush Palen Cheney Rove and 800 con radio shows that spread lies - hate every day GOP vow is to make Obama fail Break him Deny him a 2 nd term Thats their devious game plan Not US jobs Not middle class Not education..not the wars . The 2008 disaster, wars,corp cuts- debt- deregulation, bad trade policies will take years to recover from How can anyone expect anything else ?
I have heard that some of the witnesses came forward and said that they lied.
This alone should stop the execution until it can be looked into. Some people are just execution happy and do not care if the person might possiblly be innocent? If it were for a very rich and famous man, this would not be happening. You know,---there are two systems, that for the very rich and famous, and the other for the rest of us.
The governor in Georgia does not have the authority to do anything.
It is currently before the U.S. Supreme Court. I don't have much hope they will do anything with the current make-up. (That is why we have to re-elect Obama).
Georgia will put the man to death unless I am wrong about the
Supreme Court and I would like to be wrong in this case.
We used to play a game that no matter what someone asked, you had to say "Yes".
I think some of you are playing that everytime someone asks any question you must
answer "Obama's fault!
The death penalty should be abolished. There is no good reason for a government to kill its citizens. If a criminal is convicted of a heinous crime, such as murder, he should spend the rest of his life in prison. If that life is long, then he will be heavily punished. When we use the death penalty the criminal spends the rest of his life in prison, just for a shorter period. Our nation will become grander when we become sensible enough to abolish the death penalty. The death penalty does not make us safer from criminals. Let's stop killing prisoners . . . allow them to live their entire natural life without freedom or liberty. That is enough punishment. Killing the killer will not bring back your loved ones. Killing the killer does not stop would be murderers from their crimes. It is barbaric for us to murder prisoners.
Philip Henderson, ethical magician
My spouse lived in Iceland for 6 years and I visited him there as well. Neither of us ever saw, heard or imagined doing same, any elves, trolls or other supernatural beings. Maybe the Icelanders who believe do so because they live above the artic circle and prolonged periods of darkness has a tendency to create hallucinations. Case and point: Sarah Palin!
maybe someone should confess who has no conection to the crime to block the excution.
Apparently, the South hasn't stopped lynching. They just legalized it.
You're right, I was responding to David Abbot
Perhaps as a country we should support life imprisonment for any police officer, prosecutor, Judge, Jury member and govenor involved in putting any suspect to death and then later found innocent. Since their actions are responsible for the suspects death, they are at least guilty of manslaughter, and therefore should face the consequence of their actions, or lack thereof.
I wonder if such a law would result in a death penalty abolition, or at least slow it to a trickle.
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Gene, You make a vailid point!
Young people are not getting involved in every way that they need to. Randi Rhodes just spoke at a Democratic Party meeting in Florida, and sure, it's Florida, but she said there were no young people there to take over the workings of the party as the old Democrats die off. And I saw pretty much the same thing last year when I went to the caucus--there was one person there younger than me, and I was 34. Almost all of the hundred or so participants were over 60.