A catlyst for violence and an excuse to blame someone.

                                                                         
                 I had to write this for my comp class. It is supposed to be an opinion piece on the George Zimmerman/ Trayvon Martin  incident. Read ,follow and tell me what you think.
 
                                    Thanks for reading,
                                              Don
  
                  

  Regardless of what side you’re on we all have an opinion about the Trayvon Martin incident. We all have formed that opinion based on who we listen to and where we get our news from. Good or bad we all have something to say on the matter. I think the rush to judgment before the facts were fully in writing was driven by some strange shadowy agenda that has not fully manifested itself yet.  I am not a conspiracy theorist in the slightest, but you have to wonder why a local killing in a small Florida town outside of Orlando was elevated to such a status that it warranted national news coverage. Since Trayvon was killed there hasn’t been a day that has passed that something hasn’t been said about it on the news or in the newspaper, blogs or in some commentary in one form or the other. The race issue was brought into it right away with some saying just hours after it happened that it was racially motivated and that George Zimmerman stalked him down and killed Trayvon in cold blood. Now I don’t know about that, but what I do know is that even though all this was going on a 17 year old boy was still dead and no amount of pandering and supposition was going to bring him back.

    Now as the trial on George Zimmerman winds down and his fate is put into the hands of the jury, there are rumblings of riots and violence if he is acquitted. I’d like to think that level heads will prevail in this situation, but I’m not so sure about that. Whatever happens no amount of violence and destruction is going to bring back that 17 year old boy, it will just make the protesters look like they just wanted an excuse to riot, beat, kill and create all sorts of havoc to the public at large. I have nothing against either of these people at the center of this controversy. What I do have a problem with is using this incident as a catalyst for civil unrest or violence for violence’s sake. It will do no good for anybody to riot. Not only will private property be destroyed but also people will get hurt or most likely killed in the ensuing melee. If that happens then the rioters are no better than what they think George Zimmerman did.

  I conclude with this thought, that we are all here on earth for just a fleeting moment in the face of eternity. Why don’t we just try and love our neighbors as much as we love ourselves and our kids for that matter.

I felt like writing something today

                      Writing for writing's sake

          Have you ever just felt like doing something that you enjoy doing but haven't done in awhile?  
That is what I felt doing today. I don't in which  direction this entry will go, but I will write it any way. There were things I promised my self I would not write about when I started this blog among them are politics and celebrities. But I am changing my views on the subject. 
     
       Both politicians and most celebrities are over paid elitists who wouldn't know how to live outside of Washington D.C. or Hollywood without assistants, an expense account and/or lobbyists telling them what to do. It angers me when the president can tell us to tighten our belts and shut down tours of the white house because they can't afford to pay the people to conduct those tours but still go on a 100 million dollar vacation to Africa at the tax payers expense. The Man is nothing but a hypocrite  and an elitist of the highest order.

      Paula Deen admitted to using racial slurs thirty years ago and all of her sponsors and business partners drop her like a hot potato, but Alec Baldwin can send out a tweet threatening violence and calling someone a "Toxic Queen" and you hear nothing from the same people who called for Paula Deen's destruction. What a bunch of lousy, ignorant, hyper sensitive ,hypocritical, politically correct, Judgmental, mental midgets. What is worse admitting to something that happened thirty years ago or getting caught red handed threatening to F someone up and calling  him a derogatory name less than a week ago? I'll let you decide.

   I know my views will not line up with some of your, but what is going on here? Has political correctness replaced common sense? 

     I must be " Old School" because I still believe there are consequences for our actions, accountability  for our deeds , and punishments for our wrong doing. I know I will catch some backlash for this but I am tired of seeing good people destroyed simply for the sake of political correctness and political expediency. Christians are attacked because of their stance on Gay marriage and are called homophobic and hateful and all manner of vile and disgusting things by the people who expound tolerance and love. I see Christians and conservatives (there is a difference) attack the left with the same vitriol as the left attacks the them. Does it do any good?  Does the name calling  and the verbal punches  accomplish anything? Maybe I am preaching to the converted or maybe I'm spitting in the wind. But there has got to be an Aha moment where we say to ourselves" Lets stop this and find some common ground and see if we can compromise" if not then it will remain the status quo and this country will divide along the lines of political and religious lines even more so than it already is.
 
             I'm done venting and I will say thank you for all who read this blog entry. May you find some inspiration in may words or at least think about them.


                                              Don Parnell