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Article #137Re: NYC's Racist Councilman...
From: ratchet
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:58
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 21:58
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NYC is a mongrel hellhole and simply deserves persons like Barron. Rick <Brite Ideea> wrote in message news:a104ouo98im82tdo52k46coim349hgb0tv@4ko.com... > Op/Ed - New York Post > > POL PLAYS HOST AT RACIST MONSTER'S BALL > > Fri Sep 13, 3:06 AM ET > > By ANDREA PEYSER > > AT LEAST City Councilman Charles Barron only said he wants to slap a > white person. > > Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe, doesn't share Barron's delight > in white-bashing banter. He prefers action. > > Under Mugabe's orders, land belonging to white farmers in the African > nation has been seized and redistributed to Mugabe's unskilled black > supporters - promising starvation to citizens of all races. > > Last March, amid copious reports of the torture of Mugabe's opponents > - and the systematic rape of their daughters - the United States > refused to recognize his re-election. > > So where does an international pariah go if he needs a hug? > > Why, into the arms of Councilman Barron and other members of the City > Council's Black and Latino Caucus, of course! > > Yesterday, the caucus threw a reception, inside your City Hall, in > Mugabe's honor. Apparently, some councilmen believe that this > unapologetic racist, who's drawn power by blaming whites for his own > failings, can teach New York valuable lessons in good government. > > The caucus has planned a "fact-finding" trip to Zimbabwe, paid for by > the impoverished nation. > > You might say Barron, an ex-Black Panther with a knack for a quick > quip, is Mugabe's ideological brother. > > Barron has studied the playbook of Al Sharpton: He uses everything > he's got, however offensive, to win attention. He knows he'll never be > taken to task for his words, because responsible people tend to > underestimate him. > > But Barron is turning into a potentially dangerous presence in city > government. > > Chairman of the council's higher-education committee, he's vowed to do > away with City University's tougher standards - standards that make a > degree meaningful. He says they're "racist." > > During a speech at last month's rally in Washington for slavery > reparations, Barron went over the top, even for him: > > "I want to go up to the closest white person and say, 'You can't > understand this, it's a black thing,' and then slap him just for my > mental health." > > He dismissed his words as "black hyperbole." Imagine the uproar if a > white man said he'd like to slap Barron. > > New York has come a long way since the Crown Heights race riots of > 1991. Scapegoating whites is not just hurtful. It is plain lazy. > Councilman Barron, there's no room in this city for a racist despot. > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10e1e4,6ab05dc95d4df9cc,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10e1e4,public X-Google-Thread: 10675b,1305a404bad79f1a X-Google-Attributes: gid10675b,public X-Google-Thread: 1042ac,6ab05dc95d4df9cc,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1042ac,public X-Google-Thread: feb97,6ab05dc95d4df9cc,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfeb97,public X-Google-Thread: 10a12a,6ab05dc95d4df9cc,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10a12a,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-09-13 15:09:52 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.uchicago.edu!newsfeed.cs.wisc.edu!nnxp1.twtelecom.net!spool1.twtelecom.net!207.250.5.9.MISMATCH!nnrp1.twtelecom.net!not-for-mail From: "ratchet" <ratchett88@hotmail.com> Newsgroups: nyc.general,nyc.politics,ny.general,soc.culture.usa,atl.general References: <a104ouo98im82tdo52k46coim349hgb0tv@4ko.com> Subject: Re: NYC's Racist Councilman... Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2002 16:58:55 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Lines: 74 Message-ID: <3d825fea$0$308$39cecf19@nnrp1.twtelecom.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.54.156.113 X-Trace: 1031954411 nnrp1.twtelecom.net 308 216.54.156.113