Mach8's Comments (311)

“It has nothing to do with convenience. It has to do with the officer protecting himself. It appears than Clemmons may have set the circumstances up as a trap to kill another cop. The police wanted this guy captured. That is why they did not just rush into the house they thought he was in, guns a blazin, but instead waited outside for hours trying to establish communcation with him.”

“WTF?!”

“This was not vigilantism, it was self-defense. The officer, during a traffic stop, was approached by a suspect in a quad homicide. The suspect knew the police were looking for him, had been actively avoiding police, yet in this case he deliberately chose to approach a clearly marked police officer. You really have to ask yourself why the suspect would do that when by all logic he should have high tailed it out of the area as soon as he saw the cop. One very possible reason is that the car in the road was a trap and that the suspect planned on shooting this lone officer. Then, when the cop gets out of the vehicle and orders t the suspect to stop and show his hands, the suspect continues to approach. This does not bode well. A second time, the officer orders the suspect to stop and show his hands. This time, the suspect makes a furtive movement like he is reaching for a weapon. The officer is now in fear for his life. He is faced with an approaching person considered armed and very dangerous who is not obeying commands and appears to be reaching for a weapon. The officer has a fraction of a second to react. The suspect is already in action. An examination after the incident shows teh suspect indeed had a weapon, a sidearm he had removed from one of the officers he murdered previously.

This was not vigilatism. This was self-defense.”

“As a cop, we understand that our lives can be threatened any time. We are taught to be alert to anyone approaching us especially during a traffic stop (this is where most of the shootings of police occur). We do not take justice into our own hands and we support the legal system. But when someone poses a threat to us, we are also trained in the use of force model/continuum and the circumstances when the use of lethal force is justified.”

“Sometimes there is overwhelming evidence for all to see. The guy was "suspected" of killing four cops, then ignored an order to stop. The order to stop was the perps chance to get his day in court. He ignored it. He's dead now. I'm glad they killed him. Spare me the tears that the animal didn't get his day in court.”

“Um...like the author said, put yourself in the officer's shoes. The suspect was clearly insane and dangerous and specifically had killed other police officers..­.this was self defense and was very reasonable. Sure, officers should try to take people alive if they can, but they have to protect their own lives. The behavior you demand from the officer goes against any common sense. If you have ever been a cop standing in a street facing a murderer who has killed other police officers for no reason and you have only seconds to make a decision whether or not to shoot...th­en maybe you might understand.”

“He was looking for children tol kill as well as an intersection of people to kill. Apparently, He was just like a rabid dog.”

“Last time I checked, most of the negative attention from gays over Prop 8 was directed at Mormons.”

“We're blaming homophobes, in all races. We blame religious fools more than anyone, because they are the ones behind this campaigne against our civil rights.”

“Gay marriage is not in retreat. If it advances at the same pace it has been advancing for the past twenty years, it is a foregone conclusion.”

“Actually, I think Blacks have far more problems than gays blaming them for defeating gay marriage. There is, after all, some irony in the fact that Blacks have by far the lowest marriage rate of any demographic, with something like 2/3 of Black children born out of wedlock. And yet Blacks are so committed to the "sanctity" of marriage that they attack same-sex marriage in their Churches all the time.”

“No I don't but white homophobes couldn't have succeeded in CA without help from a large portion of black homophobes.”

“Hey, you're the one who thinks equality is a joke; you laugh about it. We listen all right and your post would have some meaning for us if it made any sense.”

“That's not true and certainly wasn't true in regard to Prop Hate in CA. It would have been defeated if blacks overall voted against it.”

“Not in California. The vote was very close. The African-American vote was 70-80% in favor of Prop8 and they voted heavily in that election. They could have made the difference.”

“We are the victim. We're constantly denied or revoked of our rights from the majority. How is that not victimization?

In regards to Prop 8, if you go back and read the election coverage reports, a record number of Latinos and Blacks have shown up for that election -- though not primarily to promote Prop 8. According to the exit poll, they have contributed significantly to the passing of Prop 8.

http://www.pollster.com/blogs/the_exit_poll_and_prop_8.php”

“It seems you just don't get it. Blacks may not make it a priority in certain states to turn out and vote against Gay rights but the issue of priorities in regard to blacks vis-a-vis Gay rights was not something I even included in my post. You read what you wanted to read.”

“"Vilifying a group because your message failed is cheap and guarantees future failure. "

Ha! That's the pot calling the kettle black.”

“With friends like you, who needs enemies? I mean, really, where do you get off saying "but if the notion is to get people to accept that homosexuality is EQUAL as a practice to heterosexuality, good luck with that". As you can see in my post above, I agree that calling the thing marriage is the wrong tack to take on this issue. But not once, NOT EVER, should you or any other heterosexual think that you are better or more normal than us. Sexuality defines who you have sex with, not who you are as a person and most of all does nothing to indicate your worth as an individual. You need to step back and think about what you are saying when you make statements like the one above. If you truly believe in equality (marriage or otherwise) than you can not make statements like that. It just doesn't jibe.”

“If you saw us as human beings and part of this fabric of American democracy and stopped seeing us only in the clinical sense of some THING sexual (homosexuality is a clinical term defining the sexual ONLY; we don't screw 24 hours a day) maybe, just maybe you might have a clue. I don't give a sh*t what heteros think. I don't want their love and I don't care if they like me or not but I demand equality. It's not for heteros either to tell us what fight we should fight and what fight we should. We know what's best for us even if you don't.”

“OK man you've said it all!!! people have been dumb down into thinking they are free! but they leave in a modern Serfdom!!! they don't get the entire implications of Globalization and the rise of emerging markets/nations. Americans are fixated on Al qaida and Afganistan!!! nonsense ! How do we get back to the innovative, high tech mindset of last century is the MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE! we need to get back to basics, work hard and innovate that's how we keep up or soon China would face illegal aliens coming from the US...



BRAVO MY FRIEND YOU SUMMED UP MY THINKING”

“Maine closes the book on the Black people scapegoat strategy. They have nothing.”

“Definitely agree. Most of the a$$ kissers get promoted and the people who actually know something are side-lined. Corporatocracy, welfare for the rich.”

“Actually, conservitive is based on resisting change (look up what conserve means). Liberal is based on freedom (look up what liberty means). English is nice in that for the most part words with similar roots mean the same things, unless modified by a prefix that reverses the word (e.g. unfair is the opposite for fair).”

“I don't disagree that the Dems are part of the problem, but how have they given too much power to the state?”

“Great post”

“I agree. He has spent too long in the classroom. He should get out more , maybe spend some time looking at the cable news shows the rest of us are subjected to. and visit DC perhaps.”

“Instead they will prefer to get sick and live a pathetic, unhealthy, uncomfortable life......”

“BBC is your best bet for real news. Luckily I live in Canada and have access to CBC(Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) which covers real news also. CNN turned out to be such a disappointment, I imagine Ted Turner now regrets selling it though he made a bundle on the sale. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are both more informative re. real news that all the pseduo news networks. What a shame. Rachel Maddow, Dylan Ratinger are the best commentators, they at least research their topics and give us the facts.
Thanks Rachel and Dylan”

“Buying fresh fruits and vegetables can be cost effective, it's just a matter of where you shop. If you're buying your produce at Whole Foods, yeah, that's expensive, but if you look for local produce markets you will find that fruits and veggies aren't as expensive as you think. I know, I live in Nowhere, PA and I have local produce. Look harder, shop smarter.”

“Thanks for this post. You are on the right track. Meat is not the problem, although I I am appalled by the conditions at factory farms and would prefer to eat free-range, grass-fed, organic meat.”

“It's hard to chose another brand of meat when the media needs those advertising dollars--or when you are dead and paralyzed. Very few people have heard of Ms. Smith's ordeal. Not to mention, when there are no nannies things are bad for the kids.”

“I hear one more time that eating healthy is expensive and impractical (?) I am going to sream. Every supermarket has an area where they sell ripe fruit and vetegables, which should be eaten the same day or the day after. You can buy bags of apples for 99 cent. Or vetegables for a dollar or so.
Maybe we should bring back cooking classes in school. Also most people have a little probem with portion control.”

“I think eating healthy is expensive is a myth. How could a plate of vegetables, legumes, & rice for instance cost more than a steak dinner?”

“Yes, insulin is a large part (so to speak) of the obesity problem this country is facing. The more FDA/CDC told people to eat low-fat, high carb diets, the fatter they got.

Not only that, these high carb, low-fat diets are woefully devoid of live enzymes and nutrients needed for health. So people get lots of hollow calories which raise insulin levels, making you fat, and robbing you of nutrients.

One of the healthiest foods comes from a chicken running around a farm, in the sunshine, eating bugs, worms, and all the things they find in a healthy farm environment. The proof is in the quality of the yolk. It's plainly visible to see a rich, orange yolk that you've got a nutrient dense food. Commercially raised chickens will have pale yellow yolks.”