This post is written from my perspective as a Bible-clinger and a perennial student of history.

Failure to recognize or accept the existence of evil in the world does not protect you from it.

Conservatives, people of faith, Tea Party patriots and normal, hard-working Americans have a high degree of difficulty with believing the worst about other people’s intentions.

We have been slow to recognize intentional evil in our midst. There are many reasons why this is so but my purpose is to point out that this level of deliberate evil on the part of a nation’s own citizens, campaigning for her destruction and planning evil against her, is nothing new. Not at all.
And therefore–as we know that--we do not have to feel apologetic or squirrelly or “on the spot” when we conclude that it is indeed appropriate to believe the worst about the intentions of some folks in places of influence and power.  It may feel like a very unfamiliar place for us to have to decide to take a stand.  It sure has felt odd for me.  But we didn’t go looking for this place.  It has come to us. (more…)

This is a follow up to this story:
SUMMARY: An Alabama woman was retrieving her dog from across the street when a car came screaming by and almost hit the dog. The lady, Ms. Wendy Fisher, yelled at the driver and three passengers to slow down. They did. Actually they stopped..
The black male driver got out of the car, then someone pulled a gun and shot her 3 times in the chest. The driver returned to the car and the four men drove away. Her teenage daughter was standing in the front yard, a few feet away, and witnessed her mom murdered.
ALABAMA – A 17-year-old was arrested and charged with murder this morning in the shooting death of Wendy Fisher in her west Mobile neighborhood.
Mobile County District Attorney Ashley Rich said police apprehended Trayon Omar Washington during an undercover drug operation in the early morning hours today.
Washington will appear in court for a bail hearing Friday.
According to investigators, Fisher yelled at a speeding car driving past her house on Racine Avenue, warning them to slow down.  Police say Washington got out of the car and shot Fisher in the chest. (more…)

Use this thread as an open thread just for Zimmerman Case stuff. A place to just dump, collect, or discuss general information about the Trayvon Martin VS George Zimmerman Case.

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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

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George Zimmerman has created a new website for his followers/supporters to visit

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The website is available by CLICKING HERE

Thank you for taking the time to visit our website. I want to reach out to each supporter personally, however, the overwhelming support has made that effort challenging. I thank each and every one of you for your support, whether through your hard-earned money, words of encouragement, or most importantly through prayer. I want to tell you why I have created this site.

This has been the most difficult time of my life. I have been charged and arrested for murder, I have been accused of being a racist, and my family and I have to live in hiding because of threats against my life. I am not a murderer, and I am not a racist.

Rumors and lies about the case and me are rampant on the Internet. I want to set the record straight about some things. I created this website to give me, the real George Zimmerman, a place to do that. This is not my website, this is our website. I am going to use this as a chance to communicate with you and listen to you, and as an opportunity to share important things about the case.  (continue reading)

George Zimmerman will be on Sean Hannity’s Fox News Show tonight at 9pm.   If you are watching please share your opinion in the comments.

(Huff Po) Sean Hannity has landed the first interview with George Zimmerman.    Hannity interviewed both Zimmerman and his attorney, Mark O’Mara, for an episode that will air on Wednesday night. A press release said that “Zimmerman will open up about what happened the night of Trayvon Martin’s death and his experience in the aftermath of the fatal shooting.” (more…)

Clarifying the Defense Fund Issues  – Defenders of  George Zimmerman and his family (Team Freedom) have split based on their opinion of Mark O’Mara.

On one side it seems there are folks holding strong regard for the job O’Mara is doing.  And yes, I will concede their refusal to at least admit the mistakes under the auspices of infallible belief in O’Mara’s skill set has been considerably annoying to me personally.   It just seems intellectually dishonest at the most absurd levels.
On the other side people are not feeling so good about O’Mara, because they view the input/outcome equation as the primary tool for evaluating performance.   Does his representation, and the actual known actions he has taken, help or hurt George Zimmerman?
In my opinion O’Mara has substantively hurt his client, so I guess you would consider me in group #2.    Consequently I turned my personal research into “why” has he compromised his client, and why does he continue to do so?   I wanted to know his “motivation” for compromise per se’ and in doing so can that help identify intent.
I guess if you hold opinion that O’Mara has not compromised his client, then this research is not valuable to you and you just might as well quit reading right here. (more…)