This is a story about consequences, progressive consequences, once again on full display.

In Maryland Political Correctness runs rampant throughout the state. You might remember it was Maryland:

• …who instituted the quota system of race-based school discipline under the guise of “Adverse Impact”.
• …where the kid who chewed the pop tart into the shape of a gun was suspended.
• …where the school confiscated cupcakes because they were adorned with plastic soldiers.
• …where the flash mob hit the convenience store and police refused prosecution.

Carrying that same “Maryland Sense” forward – This is yet another level to the visibility of what happens when you remove historical common sense from the Criminal Justice System, specifically in Prison Correction.

To be PC, and avoid contemporaneous race-driven query, the Maryland State Corrections System put Black Female officers in charge of Black Male inmates. Here’s what happened: (more…)

Hat Tip WeaselZippers:   DUBAI –  An off-duty U.S. navy sailor wrestled a Dubai bus driver to the ground and beat him into submission after he tried to rape her at knifepoint on Jan. 19, a courtroom heard Wednesday.

The woman, 28, was on 24-hour shore leave in Dubai when she was attacked by a bus driver after he picked her up from the Mall of the Emirates shopping center.

“I noticed he did not take the main road and when I asked him he told me not to worry,” she said, according to the Daily Mail. (more…)

– Today seems a fitting day to review this again –

One of the frustrating realities of our polarized time is the media creating a skewed and left leaning view of all things political. However, even with this headwind, each day many more people choose to engage in and honest discovery and understanding of what’s going on. Whether because they stumble upon a concern, or whether they happen across some information that makes them rethink their prior position and views, it can lead to an engagement with us from a perspective of their only reality view having been determined by the lens of the media.

Indeed that can be, and often is, an incredibly frustrating conversation because they bring an embedded and sometimes flawed bias into their narrative. One of the more common misunderstandings stems from the media hatred of George W Bush and his actions, aptly called Bush Derangement Syndrome (BSD).

What I want to do here is not change anyone’s mind, but rather to remind people what led to some of Dubya’s decisions in his own words.

I must first emphasize at the time of Dubya’s tenure in the White House I was not a supporter of many “Bush policies”, however, I did understand his reasoning.

Sometimes research into “why” was needed to understand this reasoning, but there were valid reasons nonetheless. It is unfair for the liberal media, or for any Johnny-come-lately to re-write his motivation as illicit, it was not. In hindsight some of his policies and approaches may have been wrong, but it generally is unfair to look in the rear view mirror to judge. Again, at times it is important to stop the conversation, pause, and remind ourselves what was going on at the time. (more…)

Oh, something is definately afoot with this one.   One would surmise, based on historical precendent, that something was about to be revealed the *administration* views as a risk to Progressive Advancement.  [more after article]

BOSTON, MA –  Regular viewers of Fox News are used to seeing popular host Megyn Kelly on their televisions every afternoon, but on Thursday morning Kelly made a special appearance during the morning to break some surprising information: according to her sources, the FBI was “shocked” to see a magistrate “waltz into” the hospital room of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and read him his Miranda rights.

So why were they shocked? According to Kelly, the FBI was under the understanding that they would get much more time with Tsarnaev under the “public safety exemption” before he was read his rights. Adding to the shock: the sources told Kelly agents were getting crucial information after only 16 hours of questioning and were making valuable progress. […] (more…)

The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is used by just about every liberal media outlet to manipulate the narrative of extremist terrorists as being from the “far right”.   SPLC spokesperson Mark Potac is on television weekly selling this narrative;  The most recent example was his appearance, early on following the Boston Bombing, claiming the bombers were most likely right-wing extremists.

But the Family Research Council shooter, Floyd Corkins, tells the FBI he drew his hit list from the leftist SPLC. (more…)

In the Gosnell trial today an unavoidable walk back showcases the reality of determination of life.

The judge walked back a previous ruling surrounding “Baby C”, reversing his previous ruling that a murder charge on “that child” could not progress.   Baby C was alive for 20 minutes when placed in a shoe box – before he died, so the judge ruled that one, was indeed, potentially, murder.

The HUMAN CREATED insanity of the challenge facing the judge is brutally obvious.   Which babies are actually babies, and which are not – the definition of “life” being fought in the courtroom.

The baby whose foot merely kicked as he tried to live is considered not eligible for legal protection.  The baby who breathed a little longer is……  what determines who qualifies and who does not?

A few breaths only and the baby can be discarded – but wiggle a bit more, breathe a little more, or fight a little harder…. and something changes.   What exactly is it that changes?  At what point does that change occur?  

These are the actual arguments taking place inside a Philadelphia courtroom.

Humanity screams so loudly – the voices of the attorney’s are irrelevant….  and I find myself filled with brutally painful tears for those who are dead under such definitions. (more…)

Florida Attorney General, and friend of Benjamin Crump, {{*INSERT LOUD CONFLICT OF INTEREST FLAG HERE}}  Pam Bondi, has filed the State’s response to the Defense request for a Writ of Certiorari surrounding deposition of Martin family attorney, Benjamin Crump.

AG Pam Bondi has previously outlined, at great length -and effort for political capital-  her close personal friendship with Benjamin Crump.   During the Martin Lee Anderson Case Pam Bondi worked as prosecutor on behalf of the State of Florida, while Ben Crump was family attorney for the Andersons.

In addition, current special prosecutor, Angela Corey, was a campaign manager and advocate for Pam Bondi during Bondi’s 2010 campaign for Attorney General.

Here is the response pleading filed with the 10th District Court of Appeals: (more…)

The union representing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are suing DHS and Janet Napolitano because they are not enforcing the law.  The lawsuit stems from the Obama administration’s refusal to deport illegal aliens and their children.

A Federal Judge has now affirmed the obvious, DHS cannot just randomly choose which immigration laws to enforce, and which to avoid.

But think about this the next time you are in a challenging conversation with the progressive left – Has there ever been another modern President who needed to be sued, to follow the laws that were constitutionally written?  (more…)

John “Heinz” Kerry lives in the exclusive penthouse suite high up on the crazy mountain built by eons of progressive emissions layering on the stupid.

His recent pontifications solidfy his rights of ownership.

I mean seriously…. get a load of this:

(CNSNews.com) – “[W]e’re not going to solve this challenge of terror and of extremism and of people finding an alternative if we’re not reaching out to people, talking to them, bringing them to the table and trying to work through major, perceived differences,” Secretary of State John Kerry told a gathering in Brussels on Monday.

“I believe we have to create a new paradigm, frankly, to deal with this.” (more…)

This story, today’s headline, and how the Treepers review it, is what makes the Treehouse different – As pointed out by Treeper Woohoowee the House Report is an example of presenting information “as if” the desire of the GOP is to reveal the Truth – It is NOT.   The GOP report completely skips the issues of 9/11, 9/12, 9/13 and 9/14 2012 and instead focuses on the “why did the administration change the narrative” beginning 9/15/12.

The congressional report completely skips the heart of the matter in a politically motivated attempt to rebut a series of known lies, misleading statements, and false claims.  In doing so, the report, and those who wrote it, do a horrid injustice to the quest for TRUTH.

However, we hold no predisposition of avoidance.

A Typical Media Report of the Congressional finding looks like this:  House Republicans have concluded that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was responsible for cutting security at the consulate in Benghazi ahead of last year’s attack there, and that the administration lied about why it downplayed terrorism as the cause of the assault. (more…)