It Was Selma All Over Again
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[Jesse] Jackson sharply criticized presidential hopeful and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama for “acting like he’s white” in what Jackson said has been a tepid response to six black juveniles’ arrest on attempted-murder charges in Jena, La. Jackson, who also lives in Illinois, endorsed Obama in March, according to The Associated Press.
“If I were a candidate, I’d be all over Jena,” Jackson said after an hour-long speech at Columbia’s historically black Benedict College.
“Jena is a defining moment, just like Selma was a defining moment,” said the iconic civil rights figure, who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1965 Selma civil rights movement and was with King at his 1968 assassination.
This from The State.
One hardly knows where to start.
First, the rather senseless assault on a white teen by six black teens is not Selma. Rather it is more of a Crown Heights. Secondly, Jesse Jackson is a liar as well as race pimp because we all know if there was any political or monetary gain to be made in him going to Jena, he would already be there. Third, in the eyes of Jesse Jackson, an presumably in the eyes of those he was speaking to, not being a race pimp means you are "acting white."
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SEW
Jesse stated he would be all over this if he were running for office! Jesse, what office were you running for when you were being a racist against the Duke lacrosse players? Guilty until proven innocent. And what is the status of the scholarship you offered to the actual guilty party. Where is your outrage over how these white guys were treated? By you and the MSM. Oh yea, I forgot, it can't be racism because whites aren't a minority? You and Sharpton are clearly the racists, and profiteering in the process. Reverend, read the Bible!
Peg
First lets not fall for the opposite side of the mime that Jessie is selling so quick.
"First, the rather senseless assault on a white teen by six black teens is not Selma."
The white kids involved in this had been engaging in some pretty racist stuff before the incident, like nooses in a tree under what was a contested area of the school where the white kids mostly hung out. The assault by the black kids on the white kid was bad, and was not called for, but there was a bit more history there than one day a black kid woke up and decided to jump some other kid. "Senseless assault" tends to convey some sort of purity to the victim in this crime that is probably not exactly the case here.
Before you go a jumping, you might want to talk about:
Talk about the disproportional nature of the punishment sought by perhaps a DA who is a son of Nifong.
Then talk about the history of race relations in the town of Jena in a general sense.
While Jessie and Al Sharpton like to jump in and break open the deck of race cards to be dealt around, jumping in on the other side in some ways is just as bad. The good people of Jena, and the state of Louisiana seem to have done a pretty good job of figuring things out and righting the scales of justice and that's a pretty good outcome.
One other thing, speaking as someone who grew up about 30 miles from Jena and who is looking hard at a candidate who is into Federalism, I'd ask where the role of the Federal government is in this whole Greek tragedy?
It's sure has heck not another dose of Federal hate law legislation.
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I used to have a beef jerky rout that took me through Jena, the only thing I can remember was that the girl at the grocery store had the best posterior I have ever seen.
"Nothing works like freedom, Nothing succeeds like liberty"
Kyle
the kid who got his head beaten agrees that the "history of race relations" in Jenna is enough punishment.
btw, can anyone link to an unbiased source for the chain of events?
Molon Labe!
1. As a legal matter, I don't see where the past acts were proven to have been committed by the white kid who was beaten and as a society we've moved beyond vendetta. Regardless of what was said or done, name calling is not grounds for a gang beating. YMMV.
2. The whole idea behind the concept of hate crimes laws is to "enhance" the punishment when the victim's race is the cause of the assault. I'm 100% down with the DA on this. Charge them as adults. Sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander.
3. I wasn't aware the law was applied based on the history of a particular town. My bad.
"A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition." -- Rudyard Kipling
to the black community. This is directly relevant to the diary from a few days ago that proposed that the GOP should consider selecting a black VP candidate to try to capture more of the black vote. My position was that rather than selecting a black for the sake of their skin color, we might consider trying to understand and address some of the issues important to blacks. One supposedly black poster (albeit a troll) mentioned Jena.
A quick Google News search on "Jena" finds hundreds of articles on the topic. This WaPo (yeah, I know) article alludes to how the Dem candidates have at least addressed the Jena situation, but the GOP candidates are nowhere to be found. If Rudy/Fred/Mitt, etc. were to at least voice concern about this situation, would it matter? Perhaps not - maybe they'd just be met with insults. But simply ignoring this kind of issue that seems important to that constituency is not going to help.
...when they see me they'll say, "There goes Loren Wallace,
the greatest thing to ever climb into a race car."
bs
Nope Jena is just another wide spot in the road in Central Louisiana, nothing special there, nothing special about the town. It's mostly a rural town with little industry.
If anything, this is a chance for Al and Jessie to get back in the spot light after the Duke fiasco and to steal some of the lime light a new generation of African American leaders like Obama are gaining.
Jessie and Al are the modern version of ambulance chasers (apologies in advance to any lawyers reading this), except their trade is in race baiting. They will protest, shout and rail in Jena this week, the best thing is to smile, wish them well and have a nice day!
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long before the Revs got involved. This goes back over a year. This article from the Chicago Tribune is a good overview.
By continuing to display a "who gives a rip?" attitude as you have here, we appear to tell the black community "we really don't care about issues that concern you." I've not seen an article yet that refutes the position of the black community that this is a case of racism. They may exist - but I haven't found 'em.
Don't let the presence of Jackson and Sharpton cloud your opinion. Yeah, they're race-baiters. But the situation was a problem a year ago, before they stuck their noses in.
...when they see me they'll say, "There goes Loren Wallace,
the greatest thing to ever climb into a race car."
bs
The "who gives a rip" attitude...say what?
Maybe I'm all wet here, but the best way to treat a racist of ether color is to ether ignore them or laugh in their face. Getting worked up about what Jessie or Al says is just silly in my book, they are clowns.
You have a better plan, bring it on, tell me what would be the better course of action.
I await your enlightenment.
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Or at least they did. The Jena situation appears to be a clear-cut example of double standards on treatment of whites and blacks. All it takes is for one or more of the GOP candidates to (honestly) denounce the unfair treatment of the black students. As I pointed out, and you must have missed, this has been going on since long before the Revs barged in. But did you stop to think that perhaps Jackson/Sharpton might actually (gasp) be right? I know it's unlikely that Sharpton would get two right in the same year (he was dead on target with Paris Hilton), but it is mathematically possible.
The "plan" should be for the GOP to display interest and concern about issues that are important to the black community and that are unique to them (at least unique in their view). Conservatives/Republicans are fond of claiming that issues are color-blind, but they are not all that way...if they were, then we wouldn't have 90% of blacks voting for the Dems all the time.
And I don't totally write off this problem as the MSM making us look like bad guys. Racism appears to be one issue where the GOP does little more than accuse the poverty pimps of "reverse" racism. The black community has latched onto Jena as a stunning example that there is still a racism problem in the USA. The GOP candidates should acknowledge that Republicans are concerned about it. This is not a denial of conservative values...it's simply having some empathy for a particular group of fellow Americans.
...when they see me they'll say, "There goes Loren Wallace,
the greatest thing to ever climb into a race car."
bs
Fair enough on you plan, but please explain to me where this is a Federal issue, and why politicians running for a Federal office need to stick their noises into what is still in a local and state court.
From a Federalist point of view, the only thing that can or should be done is that perhaps calling on the DOJ Civil rights division being called on to monitor the case to insure civil rights are being observed.
Liberals would have the Federal government involved in everything, Republicans (especially in that part of the South) understand that getting the Federal government involved in everything is bad and an overreach.
From a historical point of view in Rapides Parish, Jena and Alexandria there is a long history of the Federal judiciary getting their noses into school business dating back to the early 70's that still does not set well. Any Republican calling for overt pro-active Federal court intervention in the Jena case is not doing Republicans in CENLA a bit of good.
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The prior violence and legal responses described in Chicago Tribune story, referred to by bs above, suggest that blacks are not receiving equal protection under the law against violence in Jena. That's an appropriate issue for federal intervention.
It may turn out that the story is inaccurate, but there's too much there to just shrug off without at least taking a look to debunk the story.
As usual with any apparently legitimate grievance, the race pimps will latch onto it and make it worse in pursuit of their own personal agendas. Attempting to portray various lowlifes in this story as innocent victims, much less heroes, is a distraction from the legitimate issues of concern.
In a backwater pimple on America's posterior, many if not most of the white residents were bypassed by the last half century's advances of American culture and Southern whites' subculture. Just 16 years ago, most of them voted for KKK Grand Wizard David Duke for Governor.
The white victim of the assault was apparently part of this retrograde culture, engaging in racial taunts, and possibly involved in the lynch nooses episode. At least one of the black assailants has a history of being part of violent confrontations with white racists whether as victim or assailant. I don't know whether he's motivated by racism of his own, personal feuds, or vigilantiism; but it's too coincidental to always be wrong place at the wrong time.
I don't have sympathy for the characters on either side of this farce, and would like to just leave it to the Jerry Springer show to sort out. However the rule of law has to prevail even (or maybe especially) among the cavemen of that town.
A serious assault took place, where the black assailants kept kicking the white victim while he was unconscious on the ground. IANAL, but this clearly sounds worthy of serious felony years in the pen. The victim being racist trash is legally irrelevant.
However the DA's initial decision (recently changed) to charge the assailants with attempted murder*, up to 100 year sentence, does not seem consistent with just a tough prosecuter's behavior. It looks like he was much more lenient in the charges (or lack of charges) he filed against whites assaulting blacks.
From a Federalist point of view, the only thing that can or should be done is that perhaps calling on the DOJ Civil rights division being called on to monitor the case
It isn't only this case. It would also be a federal issue if there's a pattern of wrist slaps for whites assaulting blacks.
I have to wonder if the DA is intentionally using the law to keep blacks in an intimidated state, fearful of assault by whites that will not be seriously punished, while coming down hard against blacks driven to vigilantiism by their lack of legal protection. I don't know if that's the case here, but it's the kind of social order that used be routine in the south, and it's the federal government's job to investigate whether that's going on and dismantle such a social order if it finds it.
* A factual question for somebody competent to check the LA statutes: In some states the legal definition of "Attempted Murder" differs from what plain English would suggest. Instead of requiring actual intent to kill, it might be something like a "actions a reasonable person knows has a high possiblility of killing." In this case, there was more than a "0%" chance of killing their victim by kicking him while he was unconscious, but is Louisiana's defintion of "Attempted Murder" broad enough to reasonably include that?
From what I read, the white students hung up nooses on a tree as a message to some black student(s) to stay away. They got in some relatively minor trouble at school over it. So a group of black kids decided to respond by beating the crap out of some white kid.
The DA said he could find no LA statue to charge the white kids under. I haven't seen the Revs or any of the cabal of lawyers I'm sure they've flown in point to some LA statue that the DA should have used. Until that happens, I have to accept what he stated as fact. If they find something he can use, then I hope he uses it and files charges.
On the other hand, there are statutes to deal with ganging up on and beating the crap out of someone. It appears those are being enforced.
It doesn't matter legally whether the white kids are a bunch of racist white trash or not - apparently they broke no criminal law. Maybe they can come up with some civil law that they broke and sue them, but they won't end up in jail in any case. I wish the school had come down harder on the white kids, but it wouldn't have mattered what the school did - it wouldn't have been good enough for the Revs unless the white kids were in jail and the black kids were not.
I believe the problem is that there were other violent confrontations in the time between the two events. There was a fight at a party and outside of a convenience store. In the latter, a white student pulled out a shotgun to threaten some black students. Those students disarmed him and stole the weapon. The white student, as far as I can discover, faced no charges.
In the other incident, it's my understanding some white adults fought some black teenagers outside a party, one side or the other instigating for retribution relating to the nooses incident. Those adults were also given relative slaps on the wrist. So the question of whether there has been an unequal application of the law, or at least unequal sentencing, seems to be valid.
That being said, the intervention of the "reverends" can only make things worse, by a lot.
absentee
Yeah I can see where there are some problems then. The whole thing is a mess and is going to get worse I'm afraid.
I actually went looking for the "other side" as a knee-jerk reaction when Sharpton and Jackson got involved, and couldn't find one. While I'm not ready to call this case "Selma" we should be wary of dismissing these stories just because we don't like some of the people supporting the "Jena 6" (Nation of Islam for example).
Conservatives have a proud tradition of supporting equal justice, which shouldn't just be used as an argument against affirmative action. The case deserves some investigation by our side, and if there is an actual injustice here, we ought to speak out. If not, shame on Rev Al and Jessie, again.
"The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions."
with many of the comments. The worst part about it in my opinion was that the black kids had to ask the school permission to sit under a tree that was traditionally for white kids, and in response these white kids hung nooses from that tree. Can you imagine having to ask if it is okay for black kids to sit under the "white tree?"
straight
It's not that unusual, heck my kids tell me all the time about various "turfs" around their school. I'm not sure how the administration reacted to the nooses, and that might have been the start of the trip down the slope.
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The principal reacted pretty decisively to the nooses (either expulsion or a lengthy suspension, I don't recall which), but the school board/superintendent reduced the punishment to a two-day in school suspension.
"The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions."
Theres a difference b/w turfs and the "white" table and "black" table where its mainly one race at a table or area and having to ASK PERMISSION from the principle for black kids to sit under a tree that white kids usually do.
My understanding was that the individual who asked the principal if he could sit under the white tree asked as a joke (off hand I don't recall where this came from). Regardless, the response from the white students was still repugnant.
"The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions."
I don't believe that allegation for a moment. But even stipulating it did happen, it does nothing to justify a gang beating and it does nothing to make a case for treating that particular violent assault in the way it was treated.
You guys seem to be making the case that any action by a person of a particular race, well, let's not sugar coat it let's just spell it out. You, collectively, not just this poster, are saying that if a gang of black kids feels offended over something that it is completely understandable that they conduct a beating of a random white kid and that when local law enforcement calls them to account that law enforcement is to blame.
Count me out of this bizzaro world.
"A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition." -- Rudyard Kipling
laws changed, etc. The only thing I said, and I believe a couple of the others, is that the GOP candidates could display some empathy for the black community by at least addressing the subject. They don't have to call for changes to laws, firing prosecutors, etc. All they need to do is say something like "I understand there is a lot of concern in the black community about what went on in Jena. I am also concerned about racism in the United States, and the (fill-in-candidate) administration will do our best to ensure that this kind of thing is minimized and hopefully eliminated in the future" (Political speechwriters are much better at this kind of thing than I am...). It doesn't take a lot to simply acknowledge that there is an issue out there and that we (Republicans) are not simply ignoring it.
Do you (collectively - not you personally, streiff - I just chose your posting to respond to, rather than individual responses) believe that there is no racism problem in the United States? That every corner of the country is completely color-blind in how people behave? If so, I suppose you could follow the tact that the current candidates have, and just ignore it. But gamecock accurately described in his diary (about a black VP candidate) the problem of blacks voting so solidly Democrat. Actions can be taken by Republicans that do not compromise conservative principles. As I said before, a good first step would be to try to relate to the community - simply recognize that they do have concerns that might differ from non-blacks.
Or, we can just continue on the same course we're on now and completely write off a huge block of voters.
...when they see me they'll say, "There goes Loren Wallace,
the greatest thing to ever climb into a race car."
After the Republican candidates get in their lip biting and the "I feel your pain" platitudes, they'll want to know what kind of legislation we are going to author. We aren't going to win over anybody by being Democrat-lite.
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Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman
...when they see me they'll say, "There goes Loren Wallace,
the greatest thing to ever climb into a race car."
There's nothing Federal about the issue. I know it's not on my radar screen. Why would I care about some assault that happened over a thousand miles from my home? There are a heck of a lot of assaults - and worse - that happen every day all over the country. I also didn't pay any attention to Natalie Holloway or Lacy Peterson and people actually died there. The fact that race is injected into this doesn't make it any more important.
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Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman
Everyone's entitled to their opinion. I didn't really expect a groundswell of support, given the tepid response of the GOP candidates in the first place. Like I said, I didn't expect someone to start passing laws and calling for heads to roll. But, this is a classic "reap what you sow" scenario, except we're sowing nothing, and we're reaping the same. There is no down side - none to verbally acknowledging the situation and letting that community know that the candidates are aware of what's going on and are supportive of their concerns. It's not like we're gonna lose black votes - they aren't there now. Would we lose GOP votes for addressing it? Maybe, but I'll refrain from commenting on that.
...when they see me they'll say, "There goes Loren Wallace,
the greatest thing to ever climb into a race car."
I have no interest in using race to pander and try to win some votes. That makes us no better than the other side.
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Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself. - Milton Friedman
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Reality: Thompson/Romney Dream: Santorum/Watts.
Well, other than Duke being completely repudiated by the party he claims membership in, and Jackson being a kingmaker for Democrats.
They both seem pretty blatantly racist to me. But Jesse's kind of racism is one that keeps alive a lot of ideas that force people to depend on the government instead of on hard work.
Granted, it's hard to find any proof that Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton worked a day in their lives.
But still, the people supporting the thugs in Jena show how idiotic and blind they are to reality.
Here's a tough one: If you had to pick ONE noun or adjective to describe Jesse, what would it be?
A few that come to mind, in no particular order:
Extortionist
Opportunist
Rabble-rouser
Racist
Sleaze-bag
Leach
User / Exploiter
False-accuser
Any help?
I wonder what stern words MLK would have for JJ if MLK was resurrected today.
Ask not what you can do for your country, ask what your country can do for you. Washington Elected Elite
Well, in my fantasy MLK would first remind Jesse of the dream that one day people would be judged not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. Then he'd look around at an African-American underclass that has 70% out-of-wedlock births, a 50% high school dropout rate, an insane percentage of young black males in some phase of the criminal justice system, music and other cultural elements that promote thuggery, misogyny/disrespect of women, avoiding good grades lest one be accused of "acting white, a bastardization of the English language that renders many almost unemployable, a victim-mentality, etc., etc., and he (perhaps with Bill Cosby at his side) would shout, "Wake up and look at yourselves and your community and stop blaming others and looking to government for favorable treatment and handouts!"
But that's just my fantasy.
bloody shirt routine on the Today show the day after his death.
Mike Gamecock DeVine @ The Charlotte Observer
www.race42008.com
www.hinzsightreport.com
www.theminorityreportblog.com
"One man with courage makes a majority" - Andrew Jackson
"N" word aside, that was GREAT for the first 2/3, then there's this huge disconnect: getting angry and screaming at government for a solution when the problem was obviously cultural. If someone can explain to me how that makes sense they've got a free beer comin'*
* Free beer only valid in Manhattan. One winner only. Offer expires 9/22/07. Cannot be combined with other offers. Stimulating conversation not included.
racist
Mike Gamecock DeVine @ The Charlotte Observer
www.race42008.com
www.hinzsightreport.com
www.theminorityreportblog.com
"One man with courage makes a majority" - Andrew Jackson
Party that causes me to be so hostile to it and modern day liberalism, and to be so fervent in my advocacy of conservative principles, policies and the judeo-christian values underlying same, as well as the only vehicle to kill the morally and intellectually bankrupt DEM party, and that is the too often spineless GOP.
I would say that I was in college in 1984 and that bringing the races together was my main reason for being a DEM then.
One anecdote on Jesse. When he shakes your hand, he is looking for the hand of someone more important to shake, and their is doubt in my mind that he hates white people.
Mike Gamecock DeVine @ The Charlotte Observer
www.race42008.com
www.hinzsightreport.com
www.theminorityreportblog.com
"One man with courage makes a majority" - Andrew Jackson
but then I listened this morning to an interview of School Board Member Billy Fowler on the Frank Beckmann Show.
Now, I don't know if everything this guy says is correct, but I was unaware that the FBI has already studied the Jenna situation and issued a report that there were no civil rights charges that could be made.
The other day, as this was being reported on Fox News, they showed a huge tree in front of a school building. apparently, that was NOT the tree. The tree in question is only about 10 feet tall, and doesn't provide ANY shade at all.
He claims that the kid who asked the question about sitting under the tree knew that he could sit there. Apparently the "noose" incident was a very STUPID and juvenile joke -- both white kids and black kids were sticking their necks through the nooses -- or so he says.
He also says that the black kids and the white kids who did the nooses were friends, who were hanging out and driving around drinking together the week before the incident.
It is a MOST interesting interview, you need to listen to the entire interview. I am sure he is trying to paint as rosy a picture as possible, but he does provide some food for thought.
Um, yyyyyeah, Hinzy. You have no idea who she is. er, yup. And suddnely forgot how to use Google, too.
Ick.
"No compromise with the main purpose, no peace till victory, no pact with unrepentant wrong." - Winston Churchill
How naive.
"No compromise with the main purpose, no peace till victory, no pact with unrepentant wrong." - Winston Churchill
lol. Geez, man, you might be giving people the wrong impression about emails from me. For all to see: Any emails I've sent to Hinzy, to the best of my recollection, were just attempts to pimp...er...to promote some new post on my diary (which some may find "unsavory" but in a different way)
...where an injustice is being played out on the residents of New Orleans on a daily basis. The blacks bear the brunt of the violence, but all the residents pay in terms of quality of life.
162 in 2006, after a relatively non-violent first half of the year. A couple hundred so far in 2007, for all intents and purposes the victims are all black.
Injustice is meted out by the teaspoon in Jena. In New Orleans it comes in dump trucks.
Could it be that there is no remaining white power structure to scapegoat in New Orleans? Could it be that all your pontificating could do is embarrass the overmatched mayor, the incompetent D.A. and the incompetent chief of police?
It's a shame, a crying, f'ing shame, that the God-given talents and abilities that you do have are wasted being a race pimp and shakedown artist when you could actually save lives.
It's such a fine line between stupid and clever. - David St. Hubbins
administration that often had dealings with Jesse. They all just laughed at him ecause he was such a buffoon. A well dressed, pimp buffoon with limos and women, but a buffoon none-the-less.
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.
...when they see me they'll say, "There goes Loren Wallace,
the greatest thing to ever climb into a race car."
I don't know enough about the case yet to have a well-informed opinion on whether or not there is racism involved that warrants the reaction, but I do know this: IF IF IF that is the case, every African-American should be super-pis*ed at Jesse, Al, and their followers for crying wolf so many times that people just assume whatever they or other African-Americans are raising he*l about is some bullcrap accusation of racism.
Mike Gamecock DeVine @ The Charlotte Observer
www.race42008.com
www.hinzsightreport.com
www.theminorityreportblog.com
"One man with courage makes a majority" - Andrew Jackson
by any adults. I will have a lot to say about this later, but I have a date tonight and so must bathe soon. I will leave you with this:
The true heros of the civil rights movement like MLK and John Lewis were beaten by gangs of whites.
The criminal definition of lynching is where 2 or more people conspire and do assault another.
A white boy was beaten unto unconsciousness by 6 black boys.
Unconsciousness.
Jesse and Al are trying make heros out of the 6.
more later
Mike Gamecock DeVine @ The Charlotte Observer
www.race42008.com
www.hinzsightreport.com
www.theminorityreportblog.com
"One man with courage makes a majority" - Andrew Jackson
in this discussion and having it spin to places Moe wouldn't like us to go. (Although Moe is very tolerant of Franz... having been usurped and all...)
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CongressCritter™: Never have so few felt like they were owed so much by so many for so little.
Mike Gamecock DeVine @ The Charlotte Observer
www.race42008.com
www.hinzsightreport.com
www.theminorityreportblog.com
"One man with courage makes a majority" - Andrew Jackson
game
I realize this is a "date" and not a trolling for babes session, but have you considered the pickup lines associated with this bathing activity?
Lines involving lufas and back rubs?
I'll scrub your back if you scrub mine?
Before green pea soup is spewed, think I will stop there.
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past my favorite"
"Hey"
Mike Gamecock DeVine @ The Charlotte Observer
www.race42008.com
www.hinzsightreport.com
www.theminorityreportblog.com
"One man with courage makes a majority" - Andrew Jackson
How about this one, to be said in a sleazy, lounge-lizard voice: "Hey baby, I'm glad I have my library card, 'cause I'm checkin' you out." Works 95% of the time. 100% if, just as you say the "you" part, you point at the chick with both your hands in gun shape and wink. And it works 105% of the time if you're also wearing a lot of gold chains visible because your imitation silk shirt is unbuttoned above the belly button and if you're holding a bottle of the most pretentious brand of beer available at that bar.
Mike Gamecock DeVine @ The Charlotte Observer
www.race42008.com
www.hinzsightreport.com
www.theminorityreportblog.com
"One man with courage makes a majority" - Andrew Jackson
How 'bout "Hey", but still with a sleazy wink and fingers pointing with hands in gun shape. Ya' know, throw a little "class" the lucky lady's way.
My first reaction to this story was that the charge seemed quite excessive for the crime.
My second reaction was that the race-baiting reverends have been wrong so many times before that perhaps the charge was just.
It's a shame that Rev SharpJacktonson has/have lowered the bar so far for outrage.
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"We want great men who, when fortune frowns, will not be discouraged." - Colonel Henry Knox
Actually he is no more than a common thief.
He goes to big corporations and tells them to make a big donation to his Rainbow Coalition, or Operations breadbasket which actually goes to him.
If they do not, he threatens them with a nationwide boycott.
If you ask the average black american they have no use for him.
The media is what props him up and the non informed public believe it.
of the Rev. Babydaddy's well-oiled extortion machine, check out Kenneth Timmerman's "Shakedown". You'll get chapter and verse of Jessis's M.O.
As far as the Jena six, give me a break. The media distorts events to such an extent no one outside of the main players will ever really know what happened.
But you can bet that if the Sharpton/Jackson circus comes to town, the media will report it just like the Rev's want it.
"If the Rev's throw a fit, you must aquit."
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." --- John Adams
if Jesse Jackson is the best person to take campaign advice from.