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And was suspicious of individuals, like the President, exploiting it for personal gain<\/a>?\u00a0 Well here\u2019s another reason why.\u00a0 Observe and shudder:<\/p>\n

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Now I don\u2019t know the details.\u00a0 For all I know Zimmerman is as guilty as guilty can be.\u00a0 Or he may be someone who, while going against\u00a0what he was instructed to do, nonetheless felt he was acting in self defense.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know.\u00a0 Nobody knows.\u00a0 Not the hordes calling for Zimmerman\u2019s head.\u00a0 Not the leaders and media pundits exploiting dead teenagers in order to ramrod their agendas.\u00a0 Not Gun Control activists, Gun Rights activists, or anyone.\u00a0 Nobody knows right now what happened.\u00a0 That we have been witness to a bona fide<\/em> media inspired lynch mob should be enough.\u00a0 But looking at the fact that Not. One. Media. Outlet has, as far as I know, shown anything other than an obviously young, angelic\u00a0Martin and an obviously scruffy\u00a0Zimmerman, it should be clear that the differences between America\u2019s National Media and Goebbels\u2019s inspired propaganda are, at this point, negligible.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And was suspicious of individuals, like the President, exploiting it for personal gain?\u00a0 Well here\u2019s another reason why.\u00a0 Observe and shudder: Now I don\u2019t know the details.\u00a0 For all I know Zimmerman is as guilty as guilty can be.\u00a0 Or he may be someone who, while going against\u00a0what he was instructed to do, nonetheless felt […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nRemember when I said I would reserve judgement on the Trayvan Martin case<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"And was suspicious of individuals, like the President, exploiting it for personal gain?  Well here's another reason why.  Observe and\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" 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