Where Are All The Gun Nuts For John White?

John White was a hardworking father, pressed into protecting his family and home by an angry, white lynch mob who showed up at his doorstep bent on vengeance regarding a hoax that one of their own friends set up against Mr. White's son Aaron. Lynch mob leader Daniel Cicciaro was killed when Mr. White's gun off (accidentally according to Mr. White) after he went outside to confront the angry teens who used racial epithets in calling out White's son. And for this "crime" (instead of self-defense) Mr. White was recently convicted of manslaughter while the teens who started this whole mess, trespassed on White's home and threatened him and his family, were never charged with anything.

Pending an appeal (which in part, depends on the fact that two jurors were pressured by the judge in the case to come up with a verdict), Mr. White faces 5 to 15 years for the 2nd-degree manslaughter conviction. And my question is: if the roles had been reversed and was about a white man who shot a black teenager who was part of an angry mob that showed up on his doorsteps, would he have been convicted of any crime? Much less received support from all the NRA-loving, right-to-bear-arms gun nuts who consistently advocate for their gun rights supposedly protected by the 2nd Amendment?

Probably not.

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Sean Penn Is Getting A Divorce

Can't help but wonder if Penn's recent endorsement of UFO-believer Dennis Kucinich is when his wife finally decided that she'd had enough:

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Another Hollywood marriage is ending -- but this one was no flash in the pan.

Sean Penn and Robin Wright Penn are divorcing, according to their representative, Mara Buxbaum. People magazine first reported the split Thursday night.

The actors began dating after they met making the 1990 movie "State of Grace." They married in 1996, and have two children, Dylan Frances, 16, and Hopper Jack, 14.

Previously, Penn was married to Madonna for four years, while Wright was married to actor Dane Witherspoon for two years.

Paris Hilton To Lose Bulk Of Inheritance To Charity

Good.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. hotel heiress Paris Hilton's potential inheritance dramatically diminished after her grandfather Barron Hilton announced plans on Wednesday to donate 97 percent of his $2.3 billion (1.16 billion pounds) fortune to charity.

That wealth includes $1.2 billion Barron Hilton stands to earn from both the recent sale of Hilton Hotels Corp. -- started by his father Conrad in 1919 when he bought a small hotel in Cisco, Texas -- and pending sale of the world's biggest casino company, Harrah's Entertainment Inc.

That money will be placed in a charitable trust that will eventually benefit the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, raising its total value to about $4.5 billion, the foundation said in a statement.

Barron Hilton, chairman of the foundation, intends "to contribute 97 percent of his entire net worth, estimated today at $2.3 billion, including the created trusts, at whatever value it is at the time of his passing," the foundation said.

Paris Hilton was not immediately available for comment on her grandfather's plans for his fortune.

By the way, any word yet on whether or not Paris has fulfilled her promise to do more charity work and visit Rwanda following her release from jail back in June? Probably not.

Michelle Malkin Is An Ignoramus

Here's what the anti-illegal immigration yahoos like Michelle Malkin just don't get: your brand of fiery rhetoric concerning illegal immigration is ignorant and doing more harm then good for the cause. Just ask Tom Tancredo, who just tried running for President on anti-immigration platform and was recently forced to drop out because his approach was both bullish and unrealistic.

For starters, carrying the burden for decades of lax immigration laws in today's world when millions upon millions of legal and illegal immigrants have helped build this country is both unfair and a waste of time. And it only caters to extremists on the right side of the aisle absorbed by their own paranoia rather then working on any sort of compromise that can still lead to better border security as well as enforcement of immigration laws that are already in place.

Plus, when it comes to dealing with illegal immigration the Malkin's of the world refuse to look in the mirror. After all, to understand illegal immigration is to understand the existence of a massive wage and standard-of-living gap between the United States and its immediate and most populous neighbor. And then there is the increasing demand for cheap labor in the United States (due in part to the fact that they really will do the jobs that many Americans won't do).

Then too, refusing to listen to any sort of compromise on the issue while consistently pointing out cases of illegal immigrants breaking laws is just the sort of evidence needed for the "summary removal" mentality that the Malkin's of the world have if you were to place them under a lie detector. Or perhaps more notably, it wouldn't be possible without creating mass detention facilities capable of processing them all for deportation. After all, even illegal immigrants are given due process under our system of laws even though the Malkin's and her ilk of course, would prefer it if we thought otherwise.

Politiks As Usual: In The News 12/24/07

Condoleezza Rice Rejects Mike Huckabee Criticism On U.S. Foreign Policy

ABC's "World News" Uses Scare Tactics To Push Socialized Medicine

The Unbelievable Tenacity Of George W. Bush

Illegal Immigrants Leaving Arizona

Grinch-O-Meter Update

Hundreds Of Scientists Reject Global Warming

Liberal High School Teacher Draws Protests Over Anti-Christian Comments

Atheists Erect "Tree Of Knowledge" Besides Christmas Tree