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To: jenk
Jenk,

Curtis Sliwa is a living legend. He founded the Guardian Angels a few decades ago to clean up crime on the streets and in the subways of New York City using Nonviolence. Curtis is a great organizer and a strong personality.

He has turned out to be a pretty good talk radio host as well. What you hear is a thick Bronx accent, real street smarts and a sense of humor.

And by the way Curtis is family to many of us.

Mr Sol.
4 posted on 02/04/2009 6:55:41 PM PST by Solar Wind
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To: Solar Wind; jenk
What you hear is a thick Bronx accent...

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The Bronx? Not even close. Canarsie.

There are very identifiable traits of a working class (White) Bronx accent, Sliwa has none of them.

The pronunciation of 'comfortable' is a dead Bronx give-away, it comes out...kahmf-te-bull.

6 posted on 02/04/2009 7:04:58 PM PST by wtc911 ("How you gonna get back down that hill?")
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To: Solar Wind; jenk
ugh, i'm sorry. my mom said if you can't say anything nice about someone, don't say anything.

sliwa is slime. the guardian angels were a gang just like any other. they just had better PR. sliwa himself was a rather large drug addict who liked to fight cops and commit crime as a youngin.

simply because he has found a way to capitalize on his PR and make money does not change what he is. you will find no fans of his in my department.

22 posted on 02/04/2009 7:39:54 PM PST by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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