Speaking of bloody justice, I got an email. Say it with me, kids: “predatory federal government.” There’s still time to act:

Even though Kenneth Foster killed no one, Texas plans to execute him.

Please call on the Governor and the Board of Pardons and Parole to spare Kennenth Fosters life.

Dear Texas ColorOfChange.org member,

Thursday, the state of Texas plans to execute a man who it knows without a doubt did not commit murder. This is not justice—it’s insanity. Newspapers all over the state agree that this would be a serious mistake and have called on the Governor and the Board of Pardons and Paroles to spare Kenneth Foster’s life.

Can you take a few minutes to make two phone calls to do the same?

Please call the Governor at 512-463-2000 and the Pardons and Paroles Board at 512-406-5852 and ask them to spare Foster’s life. Then email calls@colorofchange.org to let us know that you did.

On August 15, 1996, Maurecio Brown got out of Kenneth Foster’s car and killed Michael LaHood. When the shots were fired, 19-year-old Foster was in the driver’s seat, over 80 feet away, and had no idea that that LaHood was about to commit murder. Foster was no angel that night. Earlier, he had drunk beer, smoked marijuana, and waited while Brown and other friends got out of his car to rob people at gunpoint, twice.

Brown was executed on July 19, 2006 for LaHood’s murder. If Foster didn’t kill LaHood, why is Texas trying to execute him? It’s the “law of parties,” which states that a person can be held responsible for a crime committed by someone else. Texas is the only state where the law of parties applies to capital cases, where someone can be executed because of someone else’s actions. In this case, the prosecution claimed that Foster was guilty because he “should have anticipated” the murder.

In 2005, a U.S. District Judge ruled that the Law of Parties had been misapplied, violating Foster’s Eighth and 14th Amendment rights, and overturned his death sentence. But a federal circuit court overruled that decision, so now Foster’s fate is in the hands of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. Unless the Pardons Board acts, Foster will be killed by the state for failing to read Maurecio Brown’s mind.

The Pardons Board rules today.  Read more 

We just lost another one. So, I haven’t been in much of mood to write. Mary Mitchell naively asks what is happening? It’s the canary in the mine syndrome. They are coming to kill us Mary – Genocide.  Read more 

Tony Blair issued a statement blaming so called “Black Culture” for increases in gun and knife violence.  Read more 

You’ve probably never heard of the people in this post. But you should read it anyway. Shockingly, one needn’t go to Cambridge or speak Latin to argue about matters religious and philosophical with the best of them. A sample (Baker is the white guy):

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