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Bill Cosby tells New Orleans blacks to reject crime
Reuters ^
| 01 Apr 06
| Russell McCulley
Posted on 04/02/2006 6:28:05 AM PDT by rellimpank
NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Entertainer Bill Cosby urged New Orleans' black population on Saturday to cleanse itself of a culture of crime as it rebuilds from the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina last year.
Cosby, whose criticism of some aspects of modern African-American culture has stirred controversy in recent years, told a rally headed by black leaders that the city needed to look at the "wound" it had before Katrina struck.
"It's painful, but we can't cleanse ourselves unless we look at the wound," Cosby told the rally of about 2,000 people in front of the city's convention center.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Louisiana
KEYWORDS: bill; billcosby; blanco; corruption; cosby; fema; gangs; hurriance; katrina; nagin; neworleans; ray; raynagin; rita; saints; welfare
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To: rellimpank
Which issue will explode first? Illegal invaders or NO?
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posted on
04/02/2006 6:29:27 AM PDT
by
stopem
(Call any co you deal with and insist they not let any illegal work on or near your property, we did!)
To: rellimpank
The poverty pimps beside Bill Cosby must have been seething. They want to hear it was ALL BUSH'S FAULT! Cosby shocked them by addressing black problems blacks had to address to get their lives back in order again.
(Denny Crane: "I Don't Want To Socialize With A Pinko Liberal Democrat Commie. Say What You Like About Republicans. We Stick To Our Convictions. Even When We Know We're Dead Wrong.")
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posted on
04/02/2006 6:30:13 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: rellimpank
Bill Cosby has become a new "John the Baptist".
Let's see who follows.
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posted on
04/02/2006 6:30:26 AM PDT
by
CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
(Toon Town, Iran...........where reality is the real fantasy.)
To: rellimpank
I wish Cosby would come to Houston and have a little talk with the New Orleans transplanted blacks about cleansing themselves of a culture of crime since our crime rate has risen 20% since their arrival.
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posted on
04/02/2006 6:32:16 AM PDT
by
demkicker
(democrats and terrorists are familiar bedfellows)
To: rellimpank
Got to hand it to the Coz on this one. A voice of reason was needed --- but will it be heeded? Geez, I'm rhyming like Jesse Jackson ... need more coffee!
To: CROSSHIGHWAYMAN
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posted on
04/02/2006 6:34:18 AM PDT
by
sammyt7
To: stopem
"New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who is black and faces 21 challengers in his re-election campaign, said not enough was being done to guarantee a fair vote."
Translation: If I don't win, it wasn't fair..
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posted on
04/02/2006 6:34:49 AM PDT
by
GeorgiaDawg32
(Islam is a religion of peace and they'll behead 13 year old girls to prove it...)
To: goldstategop
Bill Cosby is right. And everybody knows he's right. Staying away from politics makes him bulletproof.
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posted on
04/02/2006 6:37:04 AM PDT
by
BobS
To: rellimpank
I would like, to talk to yooohooo...
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posted on
04/02/2006 6:37:05 AM PDT
by
TeddyCon
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To: rellimpank
Entertainer Bill Cosby urged New Orleans' black population on Saturday to cleanse itself of a culture of crime He might want to deliver the same message to the Louisiana politicians.
To: rellimpank
"Ladies and gentlemen, you had the highest murder rate, unto each other. You were dealing drugs to each other. You were impregnating our 13-, 12-, 11-year-old children," he said.
"What kind of a village is that?" (Cosby)
(snip)
"If we in fact can use this technology for Mexican-Americans and Mexico, then we ought to," Jackson said. "If we can use this technology for Iraqi-Americans in America to Baghdad, then we ought to. We can use the same technology for New Orleanians, wherever they are in America."
(snip)
"We deserve to be treated like Americans," (Nagin) said.
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posted on
04/02/2006 6:44:31 AM PDT
by
maggief
(and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
To: rellimpank
I almost did not reply to this story. I have just one comment. Why is it news worthy when a Black Personality says something which an ordinary white person could not without being called a racist?
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posted on
04/02/2006 6:49:45 AM PDT
by
wmileo
To: maggief
A village of idiots, Mr. Cosby, A village of idiots led by Idiots.
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posted on
04/02/2006 6:53:01 AM PDT
by
usmcobra
(I always sing Karaoke the way it is meant to be sung, drunk, badly, and in Japanese)
To: rellimpank
"Entertainer Bill Cosby urged New Orleans' black population on Saturday to cleanse itself of a culture of crime"
Nice to hear such truth for a change. Unfortunately if Bill was white he'd be labeld a racist and a bigot.
To: cougar_mccxxi
Don't worry. The welfare pimps have their investigators out and about to find more damaging info about Cosby. You don't think these stories about sexual harassment or out of wedlock kids appear by accident?
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posted on
04/02/2006 7:20:12 AM PDT
by
xkaydet65
(Peace, Love, Brotherhood, and Firepower. And the greatest of these is Firepower!)
To: cougar_mccxxi
Nice to hear such truth for a change. Unfortunately if Bill was white he'd be labeld a racist and a bigot.Fortunately, Bill Cosby isn't white. I'll applaud whoever speaks the truth, whatever their color.
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posted on
04/02/2006 7:24:48 AM PDT
by
Terabitten
(The only time you can have too much ammunition is when you're swimming.)
To: cougar_mccxxi
There are tons of jobs available in the NO area and Biloxi.
They pay $100 a day, plus $35 for food, plus free hotel.
That comes out to about $40K a yr.
How come these hurricane "refugees" aren't down there working?
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posted on
04/02/2006 7:30:03 AM PDT
by
Sometimes A River
(America can do nothing for the Muslim world)
To: Acts 2:38
They pay $100 a day, plus $35 for food, plus free hotel.
That comes out to about $40K a yr.
How come these hurricane "refugees" aren't down there working?"">
Because they're getting more that without working from the govt for being "victims"? (sad but true)
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posted on
04/02/2006 7:51:57 AM PDT
by
DirtyHarryY2K
("Ye shall know them by their fruits" ;-))
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