Posted on 08/04/2006 11:36:14 AM PDT by dead
IT appears no one can persuade City Councilman Charles Barron to honor his country, not even his own spiritual leaders or constituents.
Barron was one of a number of elected officials on stage at the St. Paul Community Baptist Church in East New York yesterday during a celebratory groundbreaking for a major, 227-acre affordable housing development, when the Rev. Johnny Youngblood announced that he had wanted everyone to join in singing "America the Beautiful."
Youngblood was so intent to have everyone join in - and there were about 1,000 people on hand - that he distributed fliers with the lyrics. But as Youngblood, Mayor Bloomberg, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and most everyone in the audience sang, Barron stood mute. At the end of the rendition, when applause erupted spontaneously, Barron kept his hands at his sides...
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Yes, the TRUE PATRIOTS are those who hate America and wish to see her destroyed.
But he supports the troops.
This guy hates America and makes no bones about it.
All these shitbirds need a one way ticket to North Korea. Bastards!
Fine, he hates America. Send him to Somalia or Sudan and see how successful he is.
I don't question his patriotism. I state outright that he's a racist, anti-semitic, unpatriotic traitor. He's a disgrace to this country and so are the people who continue to elect him.
In either case, it's polite to stand and applaud its conclusion.
There's no law either way, though.
Not only do I question his patriotism i also questioned murtha and skerrys
He's also one of the leaders in the slavery reparations movement.
If my lot in life was to be an elected official representing some sh!t-hole district in Brooklyn, then I might be a miserable bastard, too.
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