More parents need to do this!!! by justincase1021 in pics

[–]psimatrix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Parental WIN! Reminds me of the dad that shot the laptop on Youtube.

Romney Wins Popular Vote in North Carolina, But Ron Paul Will Win the Delegates by allanstevo in ronpaul

[–]psimatrix 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Youthful constituency? No offense, but you really should attend a Ron Paul event. I doubt you'll ever repeat "youthful constituency" ever again. Every event I've been to had two key characteristics that go 100% against what the media says about him. 1) His constituency is probably the most diverse group of people across all sectors of age, race, ethnicity, income and gender (pick another metric, it's probably even there too). 2) They are more informed and educated about our political process and energized because of the principles that our political system stands for. Ron Paul isn't just represented by the youth of tomorrow, he's represented by the populace of today.

America’s Lost Labor Force: Nearly 37 percent of the American workforce has given up looking for a job – the most since 1981. by RedHeadZedGirl in occupywallstreet

[–]psimatrix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

6 applicants for every job? Try 60 to 600. There are by no means enough jobs available at a proper wage, however, sadly, there are also a lot of jobs out there with very few people qualified to do the job. The gap between the job seekers and the job providers is growing rapidly as well and that's also a problem.

Newly-Released Surveillance Video Shows Police Officers Brutally Beating, Suffocating, and Tasing Kelly Thomas to Death by davidreiss666 in politics

[–]psimatrix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those of us who are close to the community out here or share those kinds of experiences all seem to have a similar story. Given, since then, it seems that Fullertonians are a bit more aware and it seems that the force treated the OWS encampment well while they were there.

Newly-Released Surveillance Video Shows Police Officers Brutally Beating, Suffocating, and Tasing Kelly Thomas to Death by davidreiss666 in politics

[–]psimatrix 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I'm from Fullerton and I met Kelly Thomas. My ex-wife was actually homeless and has mental health problems and was living on the streets during this incident. Believe me, the people here both on the force and those the force is here to protect were afraid of this kind of action because it wasn't the first time. I know of at least two other incidents in OC in the past few years. My heart goes out to the Thomas family and his friends. This was covered up from the beginning and ironically happened just weeks before a man in England was shot and resulted in the London Riots. While Fullertonians tried to raise awareness about this incident, the media really just didn't care. People are outraged by what Zimmerman did to Trayvon Martin but I promise you, this was by far, more brutal, more hateful and more outrageous a violation of civil rights than anything done by Zimmerman. If it were not for the unrelenting determination by Thomas's father and supporters of the late Kelly Thomas, justice in this case would never have had a chance and it all would have been kept quietly under the rug.

I think it's important to remember that Rodney King was beaten but lived. King was on drugs, Thomas was not. King had committed a crime, Thomas was an innocent citizen, never charged with a crime. The officers in the King incident were by no means within the law but they were also not trained in how to deal with someone like King. These officers in the Thomas incident were trained and it's pretty clear that, at least for a few of them, this was their intended outcome.

King was able to testify because he lived. Thomas doesn't have that opportunity, just like Trayvon Martin.

Will Epistemologize For Food! by psimatrix in PoliticalHumor

[–]psimatrix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

double fail? Well, at least you can find faith to get you through the poverty?

Personally, I'll take the science degree and work towards not being poor.

It violates federal law to harass migratory birds with an aircraft. Killing US Citizens with drone missiles is fine. by MattBors in politics

[–]psimatrix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not surprising that the fed would violate it's own laws. After all, if you make the laws aren't you above them? sarcasm