Trayvon Martin

[Exterminator]

I can't really argue with anything he has to say here except this is not who Trayvon Martin was.

[Henry Hawk]

I thought that was Austin.  That's the only consistently liberal area of Texas.  I have friends from there. 

Oh you would be referring to the "People's Republic of Austin"....at least that is the buzz on the street.

[Locutus]

I can't speak to the politics in Houston, but Austin is absolutely the most liberal area of Texas. 

[Henry Hawk]

I can't speak to the politics in Houston, but Austin is absolutely the most liberal area of Texas. 

Yeah, I have heard that too, and they ARE politically democrat, at least the city is.

[me]

I can't really argue with anything he has to say here except this is not who Trayvon Martin was.

Travon Martin had little to do with what he was saying other than to describe how he looked that night and why he look suspicious.

[Bo D]

I can't speak to the politics in Houston, but Austin is absolutely the most liberal area of Texas.

OK. So Texas has two islands of sanity. 

[Locutus]

OK. So Texas has two islands of sanity. 

Exactly.  In all honesty though, I was completely unaware of Houston being that way.  Harris County, TX (Houston) led the nation in death penalty convictions and sentences as of a couple of years ago.   

[Exterminator]

Travon Martin had little to do with what he was saying other than to describe how he looked that night and why he look suspicious.

And that remark was completely off base.  Really?  He was dressed the way some thugs dress?  Why, because he was wearing pants and a hoodie?  I dress like that too sometimes!

[Henry Hawk]

And that remark was completely off base.  Really?  He was dressed the way some thugs dress?  Why, because he was wearing pants and a hoodie?  I dress like that too sometimes!

Sanford police investigator Christopher Serino said he believes Zimmerman pursued Martin because he was wearing a hoodie, not because Martin was black. Serino "told the FBI that gangs in Sanford, referred to in the community as 'goons,' typically dressed in black and wore hoodies. Serino described Zimmerman as overzealous and having a 'little hero complex,' but not a racist."

couple that in with Eight of the last eight breakins in that neighborhood were by young teen-aged black kids.

Right or wrong profiling is what most people do when they are trying to figure out if someone is suspicious or not.

[Palehorse]

I thought that was Austin.  That's the only consistently liberal area of Texas.  I have friends from there.

Yep. And I have family in Houston. . . 

Houston is considered to be a politically divided city whose balance of power often sways between Republicans and Democrats. The affluent western-central portions of Houston—such as River Oaks and the Memorial/Spring Branch area, as well as master planned communities of Kingwood and Clear Lake City—consistently vote Republican, while many of the inner city areas, Neartown, and Alief—are heavily Democratic.

Yet despite this stacked deck, and helped by the fact that in the 2009 election garnered just a 16.9% turnout, Annise Danette Parker capped an unorthodox election season that lacked a strong conservative mayoral contender and saw her coalition of inside-the-Loop Democrats and moderate conservatives, backed by an army of ardent volunteers, win the day over Locke, a former civil rights activist who attempted to unite African-American voters and Republicans.

Parker is the first openly gay elected official to lead a city in this nation.

That being said, it still doesn't mean squat when it comes to the conservative spawn that consistently lean republican not just in Harris county, but throughout the state of Texas. (As does its media outlets as well.)

And I know. I have done a TON of research on Houston and the surrounding areas / counties, as well as spoken to legions of Texans about the economy and politics of that area. And I did so not just because I have family there, but because I have had some very real and potentially lucrative job offers to relocate to that area; some of which remain on the table.

I just cannot see myself living in a sea of conservative religious zealots and hypocrites. . . .  Oh wait. . . I live in Indiana . . . 

[Palehorse]

Sanford police investigator Christopher Serino said he believes Zimmerman pursued Martin because he was wearing a hoodie, not because Martin was black. Serino "told the FBI that gangs in Sanford, referred to in the community as 'goons,' typically dressed in black and wore hoodies. Serino described Zimmerman as overzealous and having a 'little hero complex,' but not a racist."

couple that in with Eight of the last eight breakins in that neighborhood were by young teen-aged black kids.

Right or wrong profiling is what most people do when they are trying to figure out if someone is suspicious or not.

Serino himself stated under oath, that he was biased by his affinity with Zimmy. . . 

[me]

And that remark was completely off base.  Really?  He was dressed the way some thugs dress?  Why, because he was wearing pants and a hoodie?  I dress like that too sometimes!

Had you been a stranger in that neighborhood wearing that same type of apparel and acting suspicious Zimmerman would have questioned you too.  When my better half was young teens with long hair were marked as being bad news and he was "profiled" many times for that because they, the cops, figured he was a druggie.   

[Henry Hawk]

Serino himself stated under oath, that he was biased by his affinity with Zimmy. . . 

What does that have to do with what I stated about the gangs and hoods? Seriously.

[Palehorse]

What does that have to do with what I stated about the gangs and hoods? Seriously.

I'm done explaining anything to you. . .

And another thing; that "description" pretty much is me, dead on, on weekends and days off in the spring and fall periods. Not to mention a lot of Goths . . .

[me]

I'm done explaining anything to you. . .

And another thing; that "description" pretty much is me, dead on, on weekends and days off in the spring and fall periods. Not to mention a lot of Goths . . .

Like I told Ex.

Had you been a stranger in that neighborhood wearing that same type of apparel and acting suspicious Zimmerman would have questioned you too.  When my better half was young teens with long hair were marked as being bad news and he was "profiled" many times for that because they, the cops, figured he was a druggie.