A Day In The Life Of A Talk Radio Blogger - Online Magazine: June 2013

Saturday, June 29, 2013

These reality idol type shows

are dreck. Processed, reprocessed regurgitated pap.

Friday, June 28, 2013

This lady is an Idiot UPDATED - MAJOR UPDATE!! at bottom of post

See bottom of post for latest update. All New Updates at bottom of post

"My hands are shaking; my adrenaline is surging.

No, it’s not from the latte I just inhaled or because this is the first time in two years I’ve been in a Starbucks since declaring a boycott on its open-carry gun policy.

What’s got me jittery this morning is the 9mm Glock that’s holstered on my hip. Me, lead gun policy protester at the 2010 Starbuck’s shareholder meeting. Me, a board member of the Brady Campaign. Me, the author of a book about the impact of gun violence, Beyond the Bullet."

My Comment on the story is below. Let's see if they approve it.

Mark says:
June 17, 2013 at 2:29 pm

Your comment is awaiting moderation.

Ms. Yewman,

I am going to be impolite, so I ask your forgiveness beforehand.

You are an Idiot.

You do not purchase an implement that has the ability to cause severe bodily harm or death without getting at least minimal training. To do so is stupid, selfish and highly irresponsible. Can you just buy a firearm and carry it on your hip in an open carry state? Yes. Should you? No. If you don’t know what you are doing do not do it. your first writing on this is a bright example of that reasoning.

You don’t know a thing about firearms and yet you are willing to go out and about carrying one on your person. For that you are both an idiot and a fool.

And I hope you are aware that you can be held both civilly and criminally liable if you have a AD/ND or someone manages to take your firearm away from you and uses it in a criminal act. You are liable in addition to them.

Please if you are going to carry a firearm, get proper training. And please get a better holster that emphasizes proper weapons retention if you intend on carrying.

We shall see if they #1 approve my comment and #2see if what I wrote makes any difference in her next article.

And as of 6 hours after I posted that it STILL has not been approved by a moderator. I think that when the posting starting getting multiple comments about how the writer of the article (Ms. Yewman) is being an idiot the just started circular filing comments unless they are in line with the beliefs of Ms. Magazine and Ms. Yewman.

It's now TWELVE HOURS and my comment STILL hasn't been approved. It makes me think that maybe Ms.Magazine doesn't like it when knowledgeable people call out one of their writers for stupidity and idiocy.

I think it's time to contact the editor to ask why differing opinions are not being published.

If you are interested in contacting them yourself here is the e-mail address of of the Senior Editor Michele Kort:

mkort@msmagazine.com

The content of my e-mail to Ms. Kort;

To: mkort@msmagazine.com
Reply \| Reply to all \| Forward \| Print \| Delete \| Show original
Ms. Kort Is there any particular reason why comments are not being approved on Ms. Yewman's article? I know many people who have written comments that have not been approved as of the time of this e-mail. I am including my comment below so you may see that I was in anyway being derogatory or confrontational, however after 12 hours since I wrote it, it still has not been approved. "Mark says: June 17, 2013 at 2:29 pm Your comment is awaiting moderation. Ms. Yewman, I am going to be impolite, so I ask your forgiveness beforehand. You are an Idiot. You do not purchase an implement that has the ability to cause severe bodily harm or death without getting at least minimal training. To do so is stupid, selfish and highly irresponsible. Can you just buy a firearm and carry it on your hip in an open carry state? Yes. Should you? No. If you don’t know what you are doing do not do it. your first writing on this is a bright example of that reasoning. You don’t know a thing about firearms and yet you are willing to go out and about carrying one on your person. For that you are both an idiot and a fool. And I hope you are aware that you can be held both civilly and criminally liable if you have a AD/ND or someone manages to take your firearm away from you and uses it in a criminal act. You are liable in addition to them. Please if you are going to carry a firearm, get proper training. And please get a better holster that emphasizes proper weapons retention if you intend on carrying." I await your answer which will be posted on my blog as an addition to the post I have written on this subject. And the title of my posting is an accurate assessment of Ms. Yewman's current actions as the relate to firearms and firearms safety. http://txfellowship.blogspot.com/2013/06/this-lady-is-idiot.html I await your reply. Mark Anderson Well it's 7:30 pm CDT Tuesday June 18th. I am still waiting for Michele Kort from Ms. Magazine to return my e-mail about why dozens of comment on the original story haven't been published, and are still in "Moderation" I sent the e-mail at 3:03 am this morning. So that she has had more than than 27 hours to approve the comment I had left and it still hasn't been approved, and my e-mail hasn't been replied to when I specifically asked for a reply and gave them a link to my blog posting. And here is a new link About Ms. Yewman's posting. Ms. Magazine‘s ‘My Month with a Gun’ Story Shooting Blanks? So what is it Ms. Yewman and Ms. Kort? Update as of 6/19/2013 @2:16 PM CDT I have not as yet received a reply to my first e-mail to Ms. Kort. So I sent a Second. The text of which is below. To: mkort@msmagazine.com Reply \| Reply to all \| Forward \| Print \| Delete \| Show original As per my previous e-mail of June 18th at 3:03 am. I see that my comment still has not been approved for publication I see that one further comment has been approved, however I know of at least 12 other comments not including my own that have not been published as of 2:00 pm CDT. So it has been over 34 hours since my previous e-mail to you about this and almost 48 hours since my original posting. I have a few questions for you as the Senior Editor of Ms. Magazine. When will my and others', comments be approved for publishing? What are the criteria you are using for approving or denying the publication of comments? Who is/are the person/s responsible for the moderation of comments for this article? Who directed/conceived the basis or the content of the article by Ms. Yewman? Is Ms. Yewman a Staff writer or a Stringer? I am enclosing the text of my previous e-mail to you for your information just in case my previous message was inadvertently deleted or over looked. "Ms. Kort Is there any particular reason why comments are not being approved on Ms. Yewman's article? I know many people who have written comments that have not been approved as of the time of this e-mail. I am including my comment below so you may see that I was in anyway being derogatory or confrontational, however after 12 hours since I wrote it, it still has not been approved. "Mark says: June 17, 2013 at 2:29 pm Your comment is awaiting moderation. Ms. Yewman, I am going to be impolite, so I ask your forgiveness beforehand. You are an Idiot. You do not purchase an implement that has the ability to cause severe bodily harm or death without getting at least minimal training. To do so is stupid, selfish and highly irresponsible. Can you just buy a firearm and carry it on your hip in an open carry state? Yes. Should you? No. If you don’t know what you are doing do not do it. your first writing on this is a bright example of that reasoning. You don’t know a thing about firearms and yet you are willing to go out and about carrying one on your person. For that you are both an idiot and a fool. And I hope you are aware that you can be held both civilly and criminally liable if you have a AD/ND or someone manages to take your firearm away from you and uses it in a criminal act. You are liable in addition to them. Please if you are going to carry a firearm, get proper training. And please get a better holster that emphasizes proper weapons retention if you intend on carrying." I await your answer which will be posted on my blog as an addition to the post I have written on this subject. And the title of my posting is an accurate assessment of Ms. Yewman's current actions as the relate to firearms and firearms safety. http://txfellowship.blogspot.com/2013/06/this-lady-is-idiot.html I await your reply. Mark Anderson" I will be updating my posting about this situation to reflect the lack of clarity your non response is bringing to the discussion. I await your reply Mark Anderson

We'll see if if I get an answer to my e-mails, and the questions I ask.

UPDATE 6/20/2013 @8:41 am
I still have not received any reply from Ms. Kort. I will be directing a few tweets to @msmagazine and Michele Kort the Senior Editor for Ms Magazine today. If you have a Twitter account please send your own tweets to them to ask why the comments haven't been approved.

UPDATE 6/21/2013 @4:15 pm
Well 2 more comments have appeared, both of them somewhat "Approving" of Ms. Yewman's article. My comment and dozens of others I know of still have NOT been published and Ms. Kort nor anyone else from MS. Magazine have not responded to my e-mails. I guess I'll send another one and we'll see if I get a response this time.

New E-mail just sent text as follows.

"To: mkort
Reply | Reply to all | Forward | Print | Delete | Show original
This is my third e-mail message to you requesting a response as to why
the comments on Ms. Yewman's article have not been approved or
selectively approved. To date I have still not received any response
from you or any other representative of your magazine.

Please be aware that all of my messages to you are being documented on
my blog in the posting at the following link.

http://txfellowship.blogspot.com/2013/06/this-lady-is-idiot-updated-updated.html

I really would like to hear your reasoning for the delaying of comment
approval or the denying of approval for the comments. I personally
know of over a dozens comments that were submitted but not approved as
of yet. And I would like to know the reason behind it.

Mark Anderson"

UPDATE 6/21/2013 @6:20 pm

Well they got my link off of twitter nd looked at my page today to match the look they gave it 2 days ago. Want proof?

Here is a screen shot of them looking at my page Wednesday the 19th.

And here is them looking at my page today.

When are you going to answer my e-mails? Or approve ALL of the comment on Ms. Yewman's article?

Here this might be you as well, you spent an awful long time on my blog.

While checking to see if i could find some contact info for Ms. Yewman I came upon her website where she offers her books for sale with a e-mail for contacting her.

I have just sent her an e-mail the text of which is below:

"To: heidi@toomanygundeaths.com

Ms. Yewman are you aware the comments in response to your article in
Ms. Magazines website are not being published?

I have a full writeup of it on my blog posting in addition to
commentary about your choice to carry a firearm without proper
training or a safe holster.

I am rather strong in my post, however if you truly wish to be a safe
responsible firearms owner you will get proper training from a
certified instructor, ans you will hopefully get a better holster that
emphasizes proper weapon retention.

http://t.co/ZvJLrUlI3V

Once again, you may find my choice of language rather strong, however
it is to emphasize the need for proper training.

I await your reply

Mark Anderson"

We will see if Someone, Anyone answers their e-mail.

And they're Baaaaack

And they check out my page AGAIN. When are you people going to either POST the comments or answer my e-mail? I can keep up the twitter mentions and posting the log screen shots as long as I want.

So what is it going to be?

UPDATE 6/24/2013 @5:00 PM

"To: heidi , mkort , MicheleKort@aol.com
Reply \| Reply to all \| Forward \| Print \| Delete \| Show original
Instead of opening the debate you claim to want, you shut it down. This shows great moral cowardice on your part. Publish all of the comments redacting only those that use personally identifiable information. To do otherwise shows that your claim of wanting to examine and have a discussion of the issue is farcical. However that is they way many persons who believe that Citizens should be disarmed and defenseless. Shut down debate when the contrary opinion is presented. You don't want to open debate. You want to be patted on the back and told that your right and special for doing something. This is not a popularity contest. Since you wish to restrict my and others rights, are voices need to be heard as well. Not just your cheering section. I will update my post on this subject yet again. And I STILL await your reply. Mark Anderson" It is my understanding that Ms.Yewman other two parts of her story are not going to be published. I still want my comment and the other comments published. Ms. Kort and Ms. Magazine are shutting down the debate and censoring those who dissent from their point of view. Publish the comments Ms. Kort. And I am still waiting for a reply to my several e-mails, not to two of your e-mail addresses and 1 to Ms. Yewman's available e-mail address. I will keep this up until I get a proper reply. UPDATE 6/26/2013 @6:27 PM Well Ms. Kort and her Staffer have approved some more comments for Ms. Yewman's article. However all of them are what you could say "Supportive" of their position. A screen grab of my latest comment with the text of it afterward. And the Text of it: "Mark says: June 26, 2013 at 4:25 pm Your comment is awaiting moderation. And yet you still refuse to publish all of the comments here on this posting. You also refuse to answer e-mail messages asking for clarification. In my case multiple e-mail messages asking for that clarification. You only publish comments that fit “your” needs, and refuse to publish comments that don’t fit that criteria and then you call those who are Pro Second Amendment as hypocrites or other demeaning terms. You cannot have it both ways. If you truly wished to have an open and honest communication about the Second Amendment and firearms law in general you would not seek to restrict the free exchange of information by refusing to publish those who disagree with you. It is the same a putting your hands over your ears and saying “Na Na Na I can’t hear you” and then turning around and claiming that no one offered any differing points of view to your own. I still await an answer to my multiple e-mails to multiple e-mail address of you Ms. Kort and multiple E-mails to Ms. Yewman. I will continue to update my posting on my blog showing how you refuse to answer and yet you are only approving those comments that fit your narrow criteria. I await seeing this posting being published, but with your current track record I doubt it." And along the lines of my newest comment, I've had some new visitors to my little blog. Screen shots below.

Hemmm, Ms. Magazine and Ms. Kort are in Los Angeles and Ms. Yewman is in Seattle. Methinks they might be trying to get certain "Official" persons to try to either shut me up or keep me from attempting to contact Ms. Magazine, Ms. Kort or Ms. Yewman for comment any more.

If they would simply ANSWER the multiple e-mail I've sent requesting clarification as to when the redacted/unapproved comments will be published. Or explain why those comments have either been deleted or not approved, and do so "On The Record" as in their response will be posted here.

And for all the idiots messing with my comments, read the rules for posting a comment. Follow them and your comment will be posted. Any profanity and it might not get approved. Any personal attacks that are intentionally mean, will not get approved. If you follow my comment guidelines your comment WILL be approved as soon as I get the notification e-mail.

UPDATE 6/28/2013 @8:55am

Text below:

"Mark says:

June 28, 2013 at 6:49 am

Your comment is awaiting moderation.

Ms. Kort you still have not published either of my comments. Nor have you or Ms. Yewman returned any of the e-mails I have sent to the e-mail addresses you have publicly available on the net. I have been asking for a statement about this article and the comment section “On the record” and you have not as of yet deigned to show me the common courtesy to respond. If you in your capacity of media ask someone for a comment and that person does not respond I have seen instances where certain things are inferred.

I am not inferring anything as of yet, it’s still only over a week and half since I sent my first request for comment e-mail. This is my THIRD comment I will have made here, which will be screen shotted and posted on my blog with the screenshots from my visitor logs showing the visits to my blog by the City of Los Angeles and the City of Seattle. Those two visits quite possibly visits from the officaldom of both of those cities. As since my comment here on this posting have not been published, how else would they know about my blog, especially since there is no search data in my logs. The information could only have come from someone with Ms. Magazine and Ms. Yewman. I have been polite and courteous and it seems that you so badly want this situation to go away you and Ms. Yewman have attempted to enlist City officials in a possible attempt to shut me up.

To that I will only say, “Please, go ahead and try.” I’m quite sure I can get Ken at Popehat to take a look at the various screen shots of my logs, sent e-mails and my actual comments in my possession to put a quick stop to that and leave you and anyone you might choose to aim at me open to possible litigation.

All I ask is for a return e-mail explaining what the criteria you used for not publishing comments and the reasons you have not approved them.

And again, I await your reply."

SO I posted another comment on the article posted written by Ms. Yewman underneath a comment by the MS. Magazine Senior Editor Ms. Michele Kort. Let's see if this one get approved, or if I finally get a response to my e-mails.

And you really know what I find interesting? EVERYTIME I call out MS. Magazine and Ms. Michele Kort the Senior Editor for Ms. Magazine on twitter I get a hit from the folowing.

EVERYTIME Without fail.

Paula Deen and a possible conspiracy theory

Paula Deen said the N word 30 years ago. And now she is being fired and dropped by all of the various companies she had contracts with.

It's all happening a little too quickly to just be random in my opinion.

Is it possible Ms. Deen has been targeted and held out as an example to stiffen the backs of President Obama's flagging poll numbers?

"Look we routed another white racist out and are punishing her" or "Look support me or this will happen to you"

Or possibly a little bit of both.

Like I said over 10 companies have dropped her over something that happened 30 years ago.

30 years ago the democrats were ALL racist Jim Crows, but they aren't being held responsible for it now.

So something here stinks to me. This is all too directed and happening too fast for it to be pure chance.

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Ben Sqann Full Disclosure - What the Media isn't telling you.

Bill Whittle

Good Question

Beats me

When DID our police departments suddenly become these masked men bursting into our residences?

And I also agree with Colonel Coppers assessment. "A masked man with a gun is a target."

On the new immigration bill

This songs lyrics fit the current debate perfectly

You may find yourself living in a shotgun shack
You may find yourself in another part of the world
You may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile
You may find yourself in a beautiful house with a beautiful wife
You may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground
You may ask yourself, how do I work this?
You may ask yourself, where is that large automobile?
You may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful house
You may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful wife
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was

Water dissolving and water removing
There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Remove the water, carry the water
Remove the water from the bottom of the ocean
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, into silent water
Under the rocks and stones, there is water underground
Letting the days go by, into silent water
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground
You may ask yourself, what is that beautiful house?
You may ask yourself, where does that highway lead to?
You may ask yourself, am I right, am I wrong?
You may say to yourself, my god, what have I done?
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, after the money's gone
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, into silent water
Under the rocks and stones, there is water underground
Letting the days go by, into silent water
Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was
Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was

Time isn't holding us, time isn't after us
Time isn't holding us, time doesn't hold you back
Time isn't holding us, time isn't after us
Time isn't holding us...
Letting the days go by, letting the days go by, letting the days go by, once in a lifetime (?)
Letting the days go by, letting the days go by, letting the days go by, once in a lifetime

AYFKM

"Hypothetically going beyond the legal boundaries of church and state, it's awfully presumptuous and ignorant of the Cardinals to draw any religious symbol on the mound. It's not really their mound, or anybody's mound, after all. Jews use that mound. Muslims (might) use that mound. Hindus and Sikhs. Hypothetically, Zoroastrians would use that mound. Diests use that mound. People with no god use that mound. Should the Cardinals really have to be reminded that not everyone is their religion?"

REALLY? SERIOUSLY? Some person finds this offensive? Are they one of the team owners? I doubt it.

Repeat after me. You do NOT have a right to NOT be offended.

Ban Football

27 Players arrested since the Superbowl

Because per capita football players are more criminally inclined than the national average.

BAN IT!!

Water safety at your local beaches.

Is the water at your local beach safe for you and your family to swim in? Use the link below to find out if it meet the safety standards.

Testing The Waters 2013

I checked the beaches local to me and the kids, and all of them fall into the safe category. Good thing to know.

Get Busy - What I'm listening to

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Pillow Puppies

They have taken over my pillows. It's Occupy the Pillow organization.

Yup, We men ain't that complicated

Your Funny for the day: Husband and Wife

Really ladies it's that simple. there is no major thing going on, no catastrophic relationship disaster.

When we are trying to figure something out, we get lost in a fugue of thought, and almost nothing will get through until we figure it out.

It's not you.

We're just very concentrated at times.

No Secure Border - No Immigration Reform

How hard is that? Seriously, just how hard is that equation?

No secure border = No immigration reform.

Until such time that the border is truly secure, from illegal immigration, drugs and weapons smuggling and possible terrorists, there will be NO immigration reform.

Why are they even talking about immigration reform?

They should be talking about securing the border.

If they want to get technical, the US should use the SAME immigration rules of Mexico. And why is the President of Mexico even IN the immigration discussion?

When the U.S. tries to tighten border security the Mexican President calls us racist. What?

Look at his laws at the above link, and then tell me who's racist or protectionist.

Until such time as the United States of America's border are SECURE, the politico's in D.C. don't need to be talking about immigration reform.

On Ms. Magazine and Heidi Yewman

Nicki over at The Liberty Zone has a few posts which nail the issue right in the head.

Click the following link to read all of her posts about Ms. Yewman's intellectual dishonsty.

Heidi Yewman @The Liberty Zone

Ms. Magazine, Ms. Kort and Ms. Yewman

@msmagazine @MicheleKort #HeidiYewman BTW, are you having the local Prosecutors checking me out? New screen shots http://t.co/a6kcGoTjeg
— GreyLocke/Mark (@txfellowship) June 26, 2013

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

.GOV Spending

I swiped these from IZISmiles who swiped the from Ebaums.

Monday, June 24, 2013

Real Customer Service

REAL Customer service…

OldNFO has some examples Real Customer Service

Sunday, June 23, 2013

To build a world

You must first build it's technology.

To built the technology you must first build it's educational system.

To build the educational system, you must first build it's society.

To build it's society, you must first build it's world.

In an never ending cycle.

But I'm slowly building a world's technology. How well I'm doing that remains to be seen.

If you have any suggestions, comments or criticisms please you the post a comment button.

http://journey-to-hyperion.blogspot.com/p/technology-of-hyperion.html

http://journey-to-hyperion.blogspot.com/p/help-wanted.html

A quote from Dianne Feinstein (!)-from the inbox

The quote from the Los Angeles paper is telling.

A quote from Dianne (frankenstein) Feinstein

"All vets are mentally ill and government should prevent them from owning firearms"

~ Dianne Feinstein

She really said it on Thursday in a meeting in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee. And the quote below from the LA Times is priceless.

Sometimes even the L.A. Times gets it right.

"Senator Feinstein insults all U.S. Veterans as she flays about in a vain attempt to save her bill."

~ Kurt Nimmo

Quote of the Day from the Los Angeles Times:

"Frankly, I don't know what it is about California , but we seem to have a strange urge to elect really obnoxious women to high office. I'm not bragging, you understand, but no other state, including Maine , even comes close. When it comes to sending left-wing dingbats to Washington , we're Number One. There's no getting around the fact that the last time anyone saw the likes of Barbara Boxer, Dianne Feinstein, Maxine Waters, and Nancy Pelosi, they were stirring a cauldron when the curtain went up on 'Macbeth'. The four of them are like jackasses who happen to possess the gift of blab. You don't know if you should condemn them for their stupidity or simply marvel at their ability to form words."

~Columnist Burt Prelutsky, Los Angeles Times

What makes a Dad.

Click the below link to see some of what makes a Dad.

In Honor of All The Terrific Dads in the World

Saturday, June 22, 2013

I could post links

but it would just be easier for you to go over to The Gateway Pundit and read his first 3 pages at least, every day.

Seriously, click the link, bookmark it, check it several times a day every day.

Friday, June 21, 2013

Customs and Border PAtrol searching private planes without warrant

sometimes hundreds of miles from any border, and the private aircraft never even approached any border.

The CBP Agents have been removing FAA Required Data Plates from some aircraft, and their searches may be making the aircraft "Unflyable" through possible damage to the avionics by untrained uncertified inspectors.

"other pilots have been stopped and detained more than once by CBP agents operating well inland of the borders, targeting for invasive searches aircraft that never came close to crossing a border. AOPA is aware of some searches that could have compromised airworthiness, with uncertified personnel removing inspection plates, for example, not to mention the possible compromise of the pilot’s ability to safely fly given the stress induced by the demands made by armed federal agents"

Is there going to have to be a crash with the resulting possible death of the occupants of the plane and persons on the ground to stop this?

Or is this the start of a .GOV directive to force private pilots to restrict their flying, so as to further enforce unlegislated restrictions on the freedom of travel?

Since private pilots don't have to go through any security check points, aren't required to tell government agencies where they are going as they can change a flightplan while in the air if they even file one. Is this the governments response to the freedom of people who can pick and choose when and where they want to go without having to deal with the intrusive searches and pawing of the TSA?

The CBP says it will be 6 months or more before they will answer the AOPA's FOIA request, if it all.

Do you feel safer now because of this?

Speech Suppression -This make me so mad I could spit.

Please just clcik the link and read.

Sens. Tester & Murphy’s Constitutional Amendment Would Strip Rights from Corporate-Owned Newspapers, Advocacy Groups, Etc.

NY Times admitting it erred in Zimmerman case

"A New York Times story about jury selection in George Zimmerman's trial says the case is "spotlighting Florida's Stand Your Ground law." In the very next sentence, however, the Times concedes "that law has not been invoked in this case."

Possibly the Times is walking back it's reporting as they look at just how weak the prosecutions case actually is, and just how easily Zimmerman can win an appeal if by some chance he is found guilty. An appeal that if it does come to pass could open not just the prosecutors office but the various media whose inflammatory reporting might have damaged Zimmerman's ability to get a fair trial, to a MAJOR lawsuit.