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James "Kimo" Rosen is a retired professional photographer
and amongst other things lived in a tent outdoors for 7 years.
Rosen currently resides on the tropical island of Kaua'i
with his best friend and spiritual adviser Ivanka-Obama Da Dog!
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| The political hate must stop. People need to be able to joke again. What's wrong with finding the good with both Obama and Trump? I voted for both men. Both men have their strengths and weakness. G-d bless America. |
The continued hate needs to stop!
Donald Trump has changed America. He has changed my life. My core friends I had before he took office are no longer my friends. This was not my choice.
Some of the most awesome folks I know voted for “The Donald.”Some of the most awesome folks I know voted Hillary. The folks I know that voted Trump are not racist, misogynistic or hateful. The folks who voted Hillary are not intolerable or hateful either. I will never think any less of any person who has
different views than me.
I have Atheist, Christian, Jewish and many other denominations of religions as friends, as well as vegan, vegetarian and carnivore friends.I have many different colors of friends. Some of the most beautiful inspirational people will disagree with me, but at the end of the day they are still that, beautiful and inspirational. Don’t think less of people because some of their beliefs may not line up with yours and don’t lose quality people in your life because you choose hate over love.
There is so much political hate in America. The Democrats blame the Republicans, the Republicans blame the Democrats, in Hawai'i the locals blame the "haoles" and the National news media likes to blame Trump.
How can the US ever expect peace with North Korea or other dictatorships or communist countries when most of us are in constant battles with "friends" on social media?
The worst thing that ever happened in my opinion were newspapers and other periodicals implementing comment sections. Comment sections have become the vitriol of most publications. There is very little praise, if any, and a lot of hate criticisms and major contempt. Writers now need to have thick skin because every thing they write is under a microscope and is critiqued by anyone who has access to a smartphone, iPad or computer.
Social media has made things worse, many people will misinterpret what you say, or you might say something you didn't mean and before you know it goes viral and your answering to Dr. Phil. How I long for the old days where a
It’s time to quit pointing fingers, stop the hate now!Hopefully too, we can joke again without everyone being so sensitive and politically correct about everything. It can begin now with you and me.
To quote two great statesman,
"Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country!" “Let’s make America great again!”
Publishers note,
A portion of this blog appeared as a letter to the editor in Honolulu's Civil beat on March 5, 2018, titled, "Comments Equal Vitriol."
http://www.civilbeat.org/2018/03/letters-the-fundamental-right-to-end-ones-life/
The best editorial and truth I have heard on the Florida shootings
Judge Jeanine Pirro's opening statement-02-17-18
https://www.facebook.com/judgejeaninepirro/videos/10156261014263760/
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Read CNN's article about the Florida shooter...
"I hate jews, ni**ers, immigrants"
quote by Nikolas Cruz, Florida shooter
Wednesday, 19-year-old Cruz opened fire at the school that expelled him, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Authorities say he killed 17 with his legally purchased AR-15.
CNN, investigating comments the shooter may have left on a now-deleted YouTube channel, was added to the private Instagram group by one of the active members in it. The responding group members, who appear to be younger than 18, have refused to confirm their identities to CNN on or off the record.
When asked for comment or whether they knew about the private chat group, the FBI directed CNN to the Broward County Sheriff's Office.
Most of the conversation in the group since Cruz joined around August 2017 is between six people -- including Cruz.
"I hate jews, ni**ers, immigrants"
Racism was a constant theme in the chat group, which was called "Murica, great" -- a name it was given by Cruz.
The hatred he and others in the group espoused met little resistance from its active members. In one part of the group chat, Cruz wrote that he hated, "jews, ni**ers, immigrants."
He talked about killing Mexicans, keeping black people in chains and cutting their necks. The statements were not made in jest.
There are hundreds of racist messages, racist memes and racist Instagram videos posted in the group.
One member even joked about Cruz's particular venomousness, saying that although he hated black people, too, he didn't "to a point I wanna kill the (sic) like nick."
Cruz said he hated black people simply because they were black; Cruz hated Jews because he believed they wanted to destroy the world.
After one member expressed hatred for gay people, Cruz agreed, saying, "Shoot them in the back of head."
White women drew Cruz's hatred as well, specifically those in interracial relationships, whom he referred to repeatedly as traitors.
There are no indications in the group chat that any member, including Cruz, is or was part of a white nationalist or white supremacist group.
Cruz used paycheck for body armor
Cruz purchased an AR-15 rifle in Florida approximately a year ago, legally. A law enforcement source told CNN's Evan Perez that Cruz purchased at least five guns in the past year.
In a public post on his Instagram page, Cruz showed what he called an "arsenal" on a bed -- seven guns and body armor. Another post on the page is a view down the barrel of a gun with a holographic sight out a window onto the street.
His AR-15 and other guns were a frequent topic of conversation in the group chat.
They even critiqued Cruz's rifle grip. He posted a short video of himself shooting a rifle outside a window at night. The video cuts out shortly after the round is fired.
A screenshot from a video showing Nikolas Cruz firing a gun out of a window.
A screenshot from a video showing Nikolas Cruz firing a gun out of a window.
They discussed which guns they liked better: M16s or AKs.
At one point, one member told Cruz, "Nick get this for your AR." He directed Nick to a website offering an after-market accessory that would turn his AR-15 into a fully automatic weapon.
A law enforcement source speaking to CNN's Evan Perez said that the gun used in the school shooting was not automatic, and there's no indication he bought the accessory, or a similar type of accessory.
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"Guys I got paid 330. I am buying body armor," he wrote.When it was payday, Cruz let the group know where the money was going to be spent.
Nikolas Cruz modeling his body armor.
Nikolas Cruz modeling his body armor.
Cruz did purchase the body armor, according to receipts he posted in the chat -- with a $30 discount and free shipping.
Then he asked the group whether it was legal to wear body armor to school.
"School shooters," he replied, when someone asked why he wanted to know.
"I think I am going to kill people"
The bio on one of his Instagram accounts read, "annihilator."
At one point in the chat, he wrote, "I think I am going to kill people." After a member told him not to say things like that, he said he was just playing.
During one of the anti-Semitic rants in the chat, Cruz spoke of his birth mother, saying, "My real mom was a Jew. I am glad I never met her."
Roger and Lynda Cruz adopted Cruz when he was a child. Roger died in 2004, and Lynda died last fall after an illness.
In his first message to the chat group, Cruz bragged about writing a letter to President Donald Trump -- and receiving a response. CNN reached out to the White House for comment about any correspondence to and from Cruz but has not heard back.
Jim Gard, his former math teacher, told CNN's Brian Todd that although he never had problems with Cruz, he did receive an email from a school administrator around November 2016 asking to be notified if Cruz came on campus with a backpack.
Nikolas Cruz's JROTC yearbook photo.
Nikolas Cruz's JROTC yearbook photo.
In two instances, Cruz also discussed killing small animals.
He posted a photo on his Instagram account of a disemboweled frog, saying he had killed it because one had killed his dog. In the Instagram chat, he describes killing a number of birds with his gun.
Some members of the chat were worried he might have killed endangered animals.
"He seemed nice but also had some mental issues," one member told CNN. "All (I know) is that he likes guns and really hates liberals."
CNN's David Shortell, Rosa Flores, Evan Perez and Kevin Liptak contributed to this report.
P.S.S.
Natalie Lifson's blog about the Florida shooter, a must read!
The Florida Douglas High School Shooting Was an Anti-Semitic Hate Crime And Nobody’s Talking About It
Personal accounts of students who attended high school with Cruz have pegged him as an anti-Semite. According to an individual who knew him*, he was actively hostile towards Jews, black people, and Muslims in particular throughout high school. In fact, multiple of the violent incidents he was expelled for were attacks against Jews. Read more;
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