News May 07 - May 13
While I am sure there was something interesting happening this past week, I totally forgot I made the claim that I was going to write a weekly "News Opinion" report. For that I am sorry...to the 3 people that read this...
As for this week, I want to start off with a story that quite frankly has me wondering what my stance on Capital Punishment really is.
Wednesday May 9th
CNN Article on Workman's "Last Meal"
CNN has been intermittently reporting, for the last week or so, about a death row inmate named Philip Workman. His story is an interesting one, to me at least because I couldn't figure out how in the hell he was on death row. He had killed a cop, or at least that's what is said about him. He had just robbed a Wendy's to get some drug money and while outside of the restaurant a scuffle ensued and an officer was killed. When I asked my brother how the hell Workman ended up on death row he said it might have had something to do with the fact that you can be charged with first degree murder if someone dies when you are committing a felony...like armed robbery. Even if the person just randomly has a heart attack, if there is any inkling that it had to do with the felony, you can be charged with first degree. I didn't look that up but it seems like the reason he is on death row. Either that or the whole "cop killer" stigma. Nonetheless, I could not help but think that his case was sort of ridiculous. Here we have a case with some interesting facts surrounding the actual shooting. I am not going to go into any detail because it would have to be exhaustive to be worth anything. However, I can't help but think that killing Mr. Workman is a useless and ridiculous act. And a perversion of the justice system. Those who know me already know my thoughts on the justice system and the government in general. I don't think they work even 50% of the time. And this is just another case that proves that, in my opinion.
Be sure you read some of the earlier articles on him, and make sure you absolutely watch the video on the left hand side of the article. The one that is 9:35 is especially good.
I'll be back for more....
Ok, back.......
I watched part one of a two part series on Mormons yesterday. To be honest, I never knew too much about their faith, which wasn't on purpose. I tend to pride myself on my knowledge of religion and history, but for whatever reason the Mormon religion/faith/history never fell into my head. However, yesterday when I watched the special, appropriately called The Mormons, on (one of my favorite sites) PBS' Frontline, I saw an incredibly rich American history that most likely never gets taught outside of the Mormon circle. Theirs is a story of evangelism, pure faith, American ingenuity and more often than not, misery and death. After Joseph Smith amassed a worthy amount of people that followed him (which is starting later than I should in the history of the Mormons) the pre 1900 American people, faced with something they didn't know, punished the Mormon's with death. It was almost a recreation of what originally happened tot he Jews over 3500 years ago. There were Mormon exodus', diaspora and mass killings. The Latter Day Saints (Joseph Smith named his followers the "Latter Day Saints") were hated and feared. Even when they were accepted, they eventually were cast out again, a cycle that seems to be stirring up again.
Never were the Mormons actually accepted in our society, but eventually they were tolerated. Persecution of Mormons has never ceased and now a Presidential candidate is being shouted down because of his faith.
Al Sharpton is a Bigoted Asshole
I have been saying for the longest time that Al Sharpton does more to hurt the Black Community than he has EVER done to help it. He makes the Black Community look foolish and weak. He is a true showman for personal gains and is one of my least favorite political/social figures of the last 250 years (I rank Hitler lower on my hate list because he was at least smart and honest). Sharpton calmly and comically remarked, "As for the one Mormon running for office, those that really believe in God will defeat him anyway, so don't worry about that." Who does this prick think he is? He must think and really believe that he has truly pulled the wool over the eyes of Americans with his frequent lashing out at anyone who speaks their mind. The fact is, with these remarks, Sharpton is just as guilty as Imus was. Yet he won't get fired for what he said because as this society thinks, "He was just making fun of another crazy Christian." I honestly despise everything that Sharpton stands for and every tactic he uses on anyone who is willing to exercise their right to free speech. He is a terrible person and an even WORSE CHRISTIAN. I feel truly bad for whatever church has taken him in as a Reverend, cause in my eyes he is one of the farthest models of a man from it. He is a smear on the face of every aspoect of what being a Christian means. I hope something really terrible happens from this and he is finally put in his place.
This should be a wake-up call for anyone who ever had any stock in Sharpton. Those who thought he stood for what was right and generally fair. He is no better than the Sanhedrin who spit in the face of Christ as he humbly stood before them. What an asshole.
Read about Sharpton's Christian-like Deeds
And for the record:
I am in no way a Mormon Apologist, but at the same time I do not think that their persecution is in any way warranted or honorable. I do not agree with what they believe in, but their's is a story of why America is so controversial. Even though we have freedom of Religion, freedom of thought is sometimes not always recognized.
As for this week, I want to start off with a story that quite frankly has me wondering what my stance on Capital Punishment really is.
Wednesday May 9th
CNN Article on Workman's "Last Meal"
CNN has been intermittently reporting, for the last week or so, about a death row inmate named Philip Workman. His story is an interesting one, to me at least because I couldn't figure out how in the hell he was on death row. He had killed a cop, or at least that's what is said about him. He had just robbed a Wendy's to get some drug money and while outside of the restaurant a scuffle ensued and an officer was killed. When I asked my brother how the hell Workman ended up on death row he said it might have had something to do with the fact that you can be charged with first degree murder if someone dies when you are committing a felony...like armed robbery. Even if the person just randomly has a heart attack, if there is any inkling that it had to do with the felony, you can be charged with first degree. I didn't look that up but it seems like the reason he is on death row. Either that or the whole "cop killer" stigma. Nonetheless, I could not help but think that his case was sort of ridiculous. Here we have a case with some interesting facts surrounding the actual shooting. I am not going to go into any detail because it would have to be exhaustive to be worth anything. However, I can't help but think that killing Mr. Workman is a useless and ridiculous act. And a perversion of the justice system. Those who know me already know my thoughts on the justice system and the government in general. I don't think they work even 50% of the time. And this is just another case that proves that, in my opinion.
Be sure you read some of the earlier articles on him, and make sure you absolutely watch the video on the left hand side of the article. The one that is 9:35 is especially good.
I'll be back for more....
Ok, back.......
I watched part one of a two part series on Mormons yesterday. To be honest, I never knew too much about their faith, which wasn't on purpose. I tend to pride myself on my knowledge of religion and history, but for whatever reason the Mormon religion/faith/history never fell into my head. However, yesterday when I watched the special, appropriately called The Mormons, on (one of my favorite sites) PBS' Frontline, I saw an incredibly rich American history that most likely never gets taught outside of the Mormon circle. Theirs is a story of evangelism, pure faith, American ingenuity and more often than not, misery and death. After Joseph Smith amassed a worthy amount of people that followed him (which is starting later than I should in the history of the Mormons) the pre 1900 American people, faced with something they didn't know, punished the Mormon's with death. It was almost a recreation of what originally happened tot he Jews over 3500 years ago. There were Mormon exodus', diaspora and mass killings. The Latter Day Saints (Joseph Smith named his followers the "Latter Day Saints") were hated and feared. Even when they were accepted, they eventually were cast out again, a cycle that seems to be stirring up again.
Never were the Mormons actually accepted in our society, but eventually they were tolerated. Persecution of Mormons has never ceased and now a Presidential candidate is being shouted down because of his faith.
Al Sharpton is a Bigoted Asshole
I have been saying for the longest time that Al Sharpton does more to hurt the Black Community than he has EVER done to help it. He makes the Black Community look foolish and weak. He is a true showman for personal gains and is one of my least favorite political/social figures of the last 250 years (I rank Hitler lower on my hate list because he was at least smart and honest). Sharpton calmly and comically remarked, "As for the one Mormon running for office, those that really believe in God will defeat him anyway, so don't worry about that." Who does this prick think he is? He must think and really believe that he has truly pulled the wool over the eyes of Americans with his frequent lashing out at anyone who speaks their mind. The fact is, with these remarks, Sharpton is just as guilty as Imus was. Yet he won't get fired for what he said because as this society thinks, "He was just making fun of another crazy Christian." I honestly despise everything that Sharpton stands for and every tactic he uses on anyone who is willing to exercise their right to free speech. He is a terrible person and an even WORSE CHRISTIAN. I feel truly bad for whatever church has taken him in as a Reverend, cause in my eyes he is one of the farthest models of a man from it. He is a smear on the face of every aspoect of what being a Christian means. I hope something really terrible happens from this and he is finally put in his place.
This should be a wake-up call for anyone who ever had any stock in Sharpton. Those who thought he stood for what was right and generally fair. He is no better than the Sanhedrin who spit in the face of Christ as he humbly stood before them. What an asshole.
Read about Sharpton's Christian-like Deeds
And for the record:
I am in no way a Mormon Apologist, but at the same time I do not think that their persecution is in any way warranted or honorable. I do not agree with what they believe in, but their's is a story of why America is so controversial. Even though we have freedom of Religion, freedom of thought is sometimes not always recognized.
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