Category: Twitter Messages

By all accounts, Martin had gotten away. That’s corroborated by Zimmerman’s and Rachel Jeantel’s testimony. Per Zimmerman’s account, Trayvon had run down the path behind the townhomes and was out of sight. Jeantel testified that Trayvon had made it to his father’s backyard – well out of sight from Zimmerman, we now know – when she was on the phone with him that night. If we’re going to have an honest discussion about race, we need to have an honest discussion about why Trayvon Martin chose to go and confront Zimmerman after he had gotten away. I have yet to see one commentator on the subject ask why Martin didn’t call 911. We’re not having an honest discussion about this situation so how can we possibly have an honest dialogue about the broader issue?

https://twitter.com/#!/keder/status/186268048511082496

Amen, brother. A.M.E.N.

https://twitter.com/#!/divadoll123/status/181012317897637888

Because as you get older you realize, the real world doesn’t work that way. You can’t appease your enemies for they will lose respect for you and take advantage of your weakness. You have to *GASP* pay for things you want. And money? Can’t simply be printed without losing it’s overall value.

Yep. Reality sucks.

But it’s called life.

Deal with it.

https://twitter.com/#!/ExJon/status/186221602726346752

Earth Hour ………………….. *snort* HAHAHAHHAHAHA …

How about this – how about retraining yourself to conserve energy every day of the year? I know that Earth Hour is a day to remind people of that fact, but geez louise, people – sit in the dark for an hour?

Consider these …

Light brings safety. There are safer ways to make a statement and raise awareness than to create a controlled time when thieves and rapists know they will be harder to spot.

The energy spent raising awareness about Earth Hour just might cancel out the energy saved that hour.

It is perversely amusing to see thousands of Earth Hour adherents generate illumination during Earth Hour by lighting candles and making bonfires. Isn’t the very premise behind Earth Hour to REDUCE carbon emissions? Where is the logic in eschewing clean-burning electricity – and by the way, 96% of the electricity in the province of Ontario IS clean-generated – in favour of illumination obtained from a power source (i.e., open fire) that generates completely unfiltered CO2 emissions?

Indeed, most of the candles sold in Canada are made from paraffin, a petroleum byproduct. Thus, illuminating one’s house with paraffin candles is equivalent to letting a diesel engine idle.

Oh, and how’s this for an inconvenient goof? Turning off the lights in a skyscraper only to reactivate those lights an hour later actually consumes MORE power than letting those lights remain on for the duration of that hour. Oh sure, it makes for a nifty photo op – but what, pray tell, is the point? Is Earth Hour simply about feel-good optics rather than tangible solutions?
Source: Huffington Post of all things

But hey, if participating makes you feel good, knock yourself out.

https://twitter.com/#!/kesgardner/status/181078284346474497

https://twitter.com/#!/writefromkaren/status/178874836712570880

Do YOU believe everything you hear/read?

I sincerely hope not. Because you’re being lied to every day.

Take everything with a grain of salt – everything.

Find out for yourself if what you hear/read is true.

Separate yourself from the “sheeple.”