Call me a Cynic but...

 Fool me once....can't fool me again.  Actually I wasn't fooled the first time our government, enabled by the media, told us they had proof of weapons of mass destruction being used in another country against innocent civilians, so I'm sure you can understand my ahem skepticism this time.  President Obama is ready, willing and able to attack Syria based on ahem intelligence, but he's moving like a turtle when it comes to the Justice Department criminally prosecuting George Zimmerman.

At first I thought  the party of NO (aka TeaPublicans) would save us from attacking Iraq, I mean Syria, but then I remembered that republicans haven't met a war they didn't like.  They may vote against access to health care, education, food stamps, jobs, and other ahem social issues, but when it comes to bombing people they are full speed ahead.

 Where does your congressman stand on Syria?

If you are like me and only know what the Lapdog media wants us to know about Syria, click and read 9 questions about Syria you  were afraid to ask, beginning with:

What is Syria?

 Syria is a country in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It’s about the same size as Washington state with a population a little over three times as large – 22 million. Syria is very diverse, ethnically and religiously, but most Syrians are ethnic Arab and follow the Sunni branch of Islam. Civilization in Syria goes back thousands of years, but the country as it exists today is very young. Its borders were drawn by European colonial powers in the 1920s. Syria is in the middle of an extremely violent civil war. Fighting between government forces and rebels has killed more 100,000 and created 2 million refugees, half of them children.

I will close by quoting Rep. Allen Grayson (D. FL)

"We are not the world's policeman," he said. "We can't afford this anymore, these military adventures that lead us into wars that last for a decade or more. It's wrong. We need to cut it off before it even happens."

Disarm America Too! ~Update

Six year old Aliyah Shell was one10 victims of gun violence in Chicago in one weekend 

 My heart goes out to the parents of the children killed in Newtown, Conn.  I can only imagine their pain. I don't want to diminish the significance of their suffering, and I know I am going to be accused of playing the race card, but.... now that  20 innocent white children died because  another privileged white boy took his parents weapons and acted out, can we disarm America too?


Did you know there were more young people are killed in Chicago than any other American city?   No.  The young people killed in Chicago were black and poor,  victims of black on black crime.  As long as blacks are killing each other, it's a non issue. 

Are black on black youth who kill in cold blood called troubled?  No, they are called dangerous minorities.

Remember when Bush and Company told us they were sending our troops to Iraq disarm Saddam Hussein because they had proof of stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, and, because he gassed his own people?

Are we safe yet?

Today's Must Reads

"Take that Ni**er Off  the TV,  We Wanna Watch Football!" Idiots respond to  NBC  Pre-Empting Sunday Night Football led by someone who claims to be a Division II football player in Alabama.


Lindsey Graham Exemplifies the Dumb Gun Control Debate

The Religious Rights Shameful Exploitation of the Newton Massacre

Affirmative Action and Ticking Time Bombs

Whistling Past the Gun Lobby