I'm tired of the media still focusing on Trayvon?

First, let me say this has nothing to do with what happened that night or the trial. Also I have nothing but compassion for Trayvon's parents. Their anguish has been plain to see and I give them a total pass.
What I find disgusting is the media, the left and the civil rights leadership deliberately mischaracterize this and ignore the thousands of African American kids killed by their own. For every Zimmerman or non AA killing there are hundreds of kids killed every month by their own. How many 6 yo little girls and boys are killed in drive bys or in their own home? THAT IS THE REAL TRAGEDY PEOPLE!!!! Yet with the exception of a news blurb here and there, there is no reaction. Where are you Rev Al you fucking ass wipe? Where are you Marc Morial you coke riddled crook? Where are you MSNBC you overpaid shit heads? Where are you president Obama and Atty Gen Holder? You should be the leaders pushing the real issue not some chimera.
They want to make political hay and keep their own down on the political plantation. Votes are more important to them than lives.
Next time someone says something about this the comeback should be a question about all the kids killed in the past week and ask why they aren't upset enough to do something about it.

 

This entire trial has been made out to be something that it isn't and, as I've said before, I am befuddled at the mischaracterizations of this trial from both sides of the media. Your characterization of MSNBC and Rev Al are accurate. As I told lsutiga a few weeks back, Rev. Al is to the democratic party what Sarah Palin is to the Republican party.....the party faithful tolerate them but everyone else just wishes they would shut the fuck up. I like to laugh at the silly commercials that Rev Al shoots for MSNBC but all-in-all I never take the guy seriously.

Regarding the President, I am okay with his handling of this. His speech about it was concise, didn't seek to undermine the verdict rendered, and affirmed his belief that at least components of some SYG laws should be revisited. IMO he is correct not to speak out anymore about it, given the animosity it has stirred up, and to move on to the business of governing.

As you said, this is an awful tragedy where two individuals made a series of poor choices that ultimately led to the story we can't seem to stop discussing. Back when Obama was elected in 2008 I can remember many of my friends stating that this would be the end of racism, this would mean better race relations, etc. I told them then that I believed his Presidency would actually mark a dark time in race relations. After the "Politically Correct" era of Bill Clinton and GWB, where we just agreed not to talk about race issues, it's no surprise that we as a nation do not know how to discuss race with one another on a mature level yet.

Blacks need to take more responsibility for themselves and quit blaming everyone else when things don't go their way. Whites need to stop acting like racism died the day Barack Obama was elected. There is room for growth on both sides of this coin......me included.

 

I escaped all the saga and drama for the last year and a half. I have no TV by choice !!! I am sick and tired of ratings machines (News) telling me what to think and what to think about. The Natalee Holliway BS went on so long....I think most people became sick to their stomachs. I know I did. That's when I cut the cable.

As important and precious as life is....Trayvon is just one individual. In that year and a half, around 300 people died by violence right here in my front yard...New Orleans. I don't know how many people were just injured or raped in that same time span Right here.

Let's put Trayvon's death in perspective....real perspective.

We're all united by our humanity. We are all parts of one body...so to speak. When one part gets injured or suffers death we all should hurt a little bit. We all DO whether we realize it at all. Humanity suffers.

Conversely, when one part of the body overcomes adversity or death....we all rejoice.

We're all in it together.

 

wouldn't you rather read about my dear friend and classmate from grammar school through High School. He lived down the street...

Wife keeps memory of husband alive with brain cancer awareness day

BATON ROUGE, La. -- We originally went out to do a story on brain cancer awareness month and the need for more research. Instead, we found a love story that changed an entire school and is being heard in Baton Rouge and even Washington D.C.

After a college romance at UNO, three children and more than three decades of marriage, one night while watching TV, everything changed.

"All of a sudden Gary said, 'I can't read. Something's wrong. I can't read.' Within a few minutes, he couldn't say what he wanted to say anymore. By the time we got to the hospital less than an hour later, he couldn't respond to his name," said Harahan resident Mona Leingang.

Gary Leingang was not having a stroke. Only in his mid 50s, his wife Mona, had to give him the sad news.

"There's nothing quite like going into the room to have to tell your husband," said Leingang. "When I went in, Gary said, 'Well, what do I have?' Because he was awake right after surgery. I said, 'It's cancer.' And he said, 'Am I going to die?' And I said, 'Yes.'"

It was the worst diagnosis of brain cancer. Gary, a school teacher who also taught special education and sick children at home with cancer, lived 20 months.

"He had more kids who he had tutored and taught who came to his wake. It was unbelievable. All these kids who walked up to me and said, 'You know, I wouldn't have graduated high school if it hadn't been for Mr. Gary teaching me my math,'" Leingang said.

Before he died, Gary got to hear letters read from family and friends about fun memories and what he meant to them. Mona had them put into a book for herself and their grown children.

Gary also did something he wanted to do when the doctor told him to make the best of his last months.

"So Gary said, 'So, can I go to Disney World and ride the roller coasters?' So we scheduled a trip and the whole family went," said Mona.

At the same time, Mona was quietly in her own battle with breast cancer. Gary told her she never got to feel her pain from that because she was too busy caring for his emotional needs.

She is well today, teaching students with dyslexia at St. George's Episcopal School and fulfilling Gary's request.

"About four months before he died, he said, 'Make something good come out of this so I don't just have cancer and die.'"

May 9, Gary's birthday will be proclaimed Gray Day in the Louisiana Legislature. The students have made thousands of the gray brain cancer awareness ribbons. They are making posters too. The students sent the Louisiana Congressional members and President Obama ribbons too.

Leingang hopes all 50 states one day will have Gray Day. Her students are already trying to make a difference. A third grader remembers his uncle.

"He died of brain cancer, but he died alone, so I was really upset about that. And we're making a fundraiser on Lemonade Day," said 9-year-old Jack Gaar.

Leingang hopes that awareness will lead to fundraisers for research, and research will lead to a cure for one of the most incurable forms of cancer. Gary is still teaching through words he left with his wife.

"Tell everybody that when they get busy with the stuff that people get busy with, like their jobs and dishes, and all those things that you're busy with, don't forget to tell the people you love, that you love them because you don't know how much time you have," Leingang said quoting her late husband.

One of Gary's doctors, Dr. Frank Culicchia, chairman of Neurosurgery at LSUHSC, said Gary reminded him how to really live each day to its fullest.

And when Coach Sean Payton found out that Gary said in September that the Saints would win the last Super Bowl that he's get to watch, he sent Gary a helmet signed by players.

For assistance in setting up activities, e-mail [email protected].

In addition, the Leingang Family, along with Mary Dalili, whose mother also died from brain cancer, will host a kickball tournament to raise money for the American Brain Tumor Association each year. This year’s tournament is in October.

· Brain Cancer is one of the most incurable forms of cancer.

· One in approximately 170 men and women born today will be diagnosed with brain cancer during their lifetime.

· Brain Tumors are the third leading cause of cancer in children, but the number one solid tumor cancer cause of death.

For those wishing to support neuro-oncology research, donations may be made to the LSU Health Sciences Foundation’s Kelsey Bradley Favrot Chair in neuro-oncology to increase brain cancer research resources in Louisiana. You can visit The LSU Health Founation's website.

http://www.wwltv.com/video/mobile/W...ith-brain-cancer-awareness-day-206512571.html

 

a story was published by ESPN this week about a rookie linebacker for the Tennessee Titans who played his college ball at Clemson. kid was driving to training camp and came upon a woman, her 3 kids and dog driving a car that was on fire and, worse, they had no idea it was on fire. when he caught up to them and convinced the woman to pull over the care was quickly engulfed in flames and this kid rescued all of them including the dog. a real story of courage, heroism and basic humanity recognizing the need of another human being and being willing to take action. Not one single word from the mainstream media outlets about this. IMO this should be front and center. there is definitely something to the argument that the media loves the sensational, ratings driven stories that drive emotion in the viewer and sadly enough that usually comes from negative stories.

 

Here's a touching story.
Teen saves kids from burning car. Last November. Lula Mississippi. Hwy 49 and number 1 intersection. 1 1/2 miles from isle of Capri casino. West bound van and north bound car collide. Both went into the ditch. Car overturned and caught fire. Three teens were driving by and witnessed it. They pulled over and could hear the kids screaming. The 3 adults were unconscious. The teens tried to flag down other cars but no one would stop. The flames were increasing in size and they new they had to do something. Clements ran to the car and was able to get window cleared and kids freed from seat belts. The fuel was steadily adding to the fire, car had a faulty automatic fuel pump shutoff valve. Mr Clements pulled the kids from the burning car and as he did so his friends took them and wrapped their coats around them. Mr Clements saved all the kids but was unable to pull the parents free from the wreckage. They were hanging upside down secured by their seat belts. The flames finally made it impossible for this young man to keep up his failed attempts. The teens did what they could to keep the kids from witnessing the horror that was going on as that car and the people inside burned. A passing motorists finally stopped and they took the kids to the NWRMC. Helena fd responded along with lula volunteers. It took lula 10-15 minutes to get there. It was already over by then. Helena FD couldn't perform the extrication, their equipment kept shutting down,so I was called. That drive is 22 minutes from my station. When I arrived, it took us about 5 minutes to gain entry. And an hour and a half to scrape the parents off the ceiling. My hats off to the bravery of Mr. Clements and his friends. My heart went out to those kids and their grandparents. And I'm proud to be associated with a group of volunteer firefighters that are willing to sacrifice their time and services to help those in need. We thank our soldiers for the job they do. If you get a chance. Thank your local Volunteer firefighters. They don't do it for money, it actually costs us money to run. They do it for their communities and because they care about you and yours.

 

I'm glad you all took the time and effort to passed the affirming stories along. We need more of them and to begin honoring people like this rather than make colorful the slimy size of peoples actions.
NC you make a good point and I agree with your sentiment. My problem about President Obama and Holder is not what they said about Trayvon but that they ignore the others and allow the Rev Al's and the like to set the conversation in and about the African American community. If they had true courage they would demand the AA community begin to face the issue in an honest way. This doesn't mean it is only on the AA community to change it is on all of us but if the AA community isn't all in then its will never change.

 

You know, my whole thing about this case is that hundreds and maybe thousands of young black men are murdered in Chicago, New Orleans and Los Angeles every year and they get zero media attention. It's a sexy story because George Zimmerman isn't black. If he had been this would have never even made the news. And that is tragic. The American Media has turned into tabloids, plain and simple and they all feed off each other. And sadly, stupid ass Americans are the ones who are to blame because we lap it up hookers on a paid dick.

 

Us making senses ??#@! LOL

I want what you're smoking !!!!