New poll/Old poll
Thanks to friend Michael N. for suggesting the new poll question:
Which jury performed worse?
Options are the 1995 O. J. Simpson jury or the 2009 George Tiller jury.
Here are the results of my previous poll. Having no idea whether liberals would take over the question, I’m happy to report 87% of you thought Notre Dame should rescind its invitation to President Abortion to speak at its commencement…
Here were your votes. Click to enlarge to find your own brightly colored flag. Interestingly, our friends from around the globe were in complete agreement…
As always, make comments to either this or last week’s poll here, not on the Vizu website.
Apr.04, 2009 9:10 am |
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Jill Stanek is a nurse turned speaker, columnist and blogger, a national figure in the effort to protect both preborn and postborn innocent human life.
I voted Tiller on the weekly poll. Though I know OJ was guilty, George Tiller has MANY, MANY, MANY murders under his belt… It’s obvious both will not get their just punishment/judgment until after their Earthly deaths.
Jesus come quickly.
Re: QOTD
Bishop Doran is so good! I used to live in his diocese and miss his leadership.
Here is an example of the creative energy that is unleashed in a capitalistic market that enjoys the benefits of freedom of expression.
http://www.chiaobama.com./
This is not just a joke. Some Walgreens stores actual in Tampa, Florida actually had them on display til the complaints reached Walgreen corporate (chia) headquarters.
http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/news/local/chia_obama_walgreens_040309
“Walgreen’s spokesman Michael Polzin explained that local store managers have the ability to purchase and market products — like the Chia Obama — on their own.”
“But now, the corporate office has asked stores to pull the product from their stores because, he said, it is not appropriate for the company’s corporate image.”
[Nor it seems for PBHO’s image.
Look for Sec. of Commerce Geightner to announce the resignation of CEO of Walgreens.
Another stunning example of the law of unintended conseuences in action.
Who would of thought one of those ‘green jobs’ that were going to be created would look like this?
Wait til Jay Leno sees this. I thought it was one of his ‘gag products’ til I read the story and viewed the on line ad.]
yor bro ken
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090403/D97B8KB80.html
NYC fried chicken joints under fire for Obama name
NEW YORK (AP) – Two New York City fried chicken restaurants in predominantly black neighborhoods are under fire for putting President Barack Obama’s name on their signs.
City Councilman Charles Barron said Friday that he will organize a demonstration next week outside Obama Fried Chicken in his Brooklyn district. Organizers said they also may target Obama Fried Chicken & Pizza in Harlem.
“People from the community were calling me and saying they were outraged by this racist connection to Barack Obama and fried chicken,” Barron said. “If you think that free speech gives you the right to insult and degrade us and stereotype us, then you’ve got a battle on your hands.”
[No indication in the balance of the article of the ethnicity of the owner of ‘oBAMa chicken’.
I don’t know I live in the south and I have never made a ‘racial’ connection between fried chicken and any ethic group. Maybe it’s ‘a different world’ in New York City.
If the proprieters of the Fried Chicken and Pizza place had associated Barack Hussein Obama’s name with ‘watermelons’ or ‘falafels’ or ‘Irish potatoes’ then I would take their complaint seriously.
Sorry, fellas, no seegar.
yor bro ken
ps: For a great example of the self aggrandizement and demagoguery of ‘demonstating for dollars’ or ‘protesting for profit’, please see ‘Amos and Andrew’ with Samuel Jackson and Nicholas Cage.
I don’t know I live in the south and I have never made a ‘racial’ connection between fried chicken and any ethic group. Maybe it’s ‘a different world’ in New York City.
It’s not that unheard of. I once worked on a somewhat avant-garde (or wannabe) production of Don Giovanni — not in NYC, but in the South — and the artistic director was from Germany. He wanted Leporello and Don Giovanni to be eating fast food at the “banquet” scene towards the end. The guy playing Don G was black (and honestly one of the best Don G’s I’ve ever seen, btw; he ruined the opera for me because I can’t be enthused about anyone else) and the artistic director was like, “You Americans are uncomfortable with the overused image of black people and fried chicken, right? I like that.” So it was decided that Leporello would eat Burger King, and Don G would eat KFC. True story.
I should add that rather than just wanting to be a total PITA about race relations, the artistic director had worked the race of the Don G character into the plot. Given that the opera is about Don G seducing (or raping) women and everyone considering him a menace to society as a result — and given the fact that he pays dearly for his sins — the emphasis on racial stereotypes became a focal point of the production. And the discomfort of the audience at seeing a black man in that role, especially against the predominantly white costumes of the women (innocence, etc) and the often shadowy lighting design, became something the director decided to work with rather than lamely trying to ignore.
Oddly, I actually don’t think they’d intended to “go there” when they were casting it — it just turned out that the skin color of the singer they liked best added a somewhat uncomfortable dimension to everything else.
The ‘trail’ having gone cold on the golf courses and country clubs, OJ has arranged to have himself incarcerated in a Nevada penitentary in an heroic and self sacrificial effort to re-locate the scent and track down Nicoles killer.
Hint to OJ: Next time you are shaving, take a close look at the face you see in the mirror. If you sniff just a little bit you detect the scent of death.
The reason OJ was acquitted is the LAPD were trying to frame a guilty man.
The reason Tiller was acquitted is the prosecution was more interested in vindicating a serial killer and mass murderer than the administration of justice.
But the answer to the question:
Which jury performed worse?
OJ’s jury was worse. The prosecution was making a serious effort at convincing the jurors.
If both OJ and Tiller jumped off the ‘Tallahatchie Bridge’ at the same time, which one would hit the ground first?
Hopefully, both. But in any event, it is a good start.
yor bro ken
From what I heard about the Tiller jury selection, those people who were pro life stated they were, which disqualified them. They were not asked during the selection but volunteered the information. So its likely that the jury that was chosen was pro abortion.
I voted for OJ’s jury. As someone pointed out, when a prosecutor in a case like Tiller’s is not trying to win the case, you have to wonder if they’re really guilty. If someone didn’t really know about Tiller, and all the prosecutor presented was a witness who said the defendent was not guilty, I would have a hard time convicting.
As for OJ, 97% sure he’s guilty, but again, the prosecution messed up royally. The plaintiff’s legal counsel in the civil case did a much better job.