How long will we put up with this VILENESS?

Sorry, I didn't quite catch up on everything I meant to cover on Monday.  Will try to get myself sorted out today, Tuesday....


Did you hear (or see?) Amy Goodman's "Democracy Now" this morning? (It's so easy to get on the Web!)

This country just becomes more foul all the time, under our "liberal", "progressive", "socialist", President.  I know it's not all Obama's fault, but he does, so to speak, "Preside" over it - the least he could do is speak out!

Vileness #1:  the State of Mississippi plans today to execute Willie Jerome Manning, 44,  (Black, of course) for murder.  The excellent (and cautious in its reporting) Innocence Project reports that the FBI themselves has stated that the guy's conviction is unsafe, that DNA testing would resolve the question, and they, the FBI, have offered to do the necessary testing.

But no, Mississippi insists on going ahead with this cold-blooded killing.

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Vileness #2:  US Border Patrol Agents are shooting across the border into Mexico, killing innocent Mexican citizens as they go about their business.

A 16-year-old Mexican boy was gunned down by one of these creeps when he stepped out of his girlfriend's family's house to buy a hot dog.

The father of a family was shot dead while enjoying a birthday picnic for his two young daughters.

This has been reported by John Carlos Frey in the May/June issue of the Washington Monthly, in a joint effort with the Nation Institute.

On the southern bank: Ernestina Santillan stands on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, where her son, Juan Pablo, was shot and killed by U.S. Border Patrol agents last July. (John Carlos Frey)

The full report is here. To my eye, it leans way too far toward giving the Border Patrol the benefit of the "doubt". Shooting across the Border is an act of war. It's also specifically against the protocol agreed between the US and Mexican Governments.

In Amy Goodman's interview with John Carlos Frey, he is more forthright.  He says the Border Patrol and the US Government have failed to provide him with any response to his questions, or to say whether there is any investigation or punishment of the Border Patrol "officers" involved in these insane acts.