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Liberals Won't Admit Rodney King is a Loser (David Horowitz)
Los Angeles Daily News ^
| 9/4/03
| David Horowitz
Posted on 09/06/2003 11:27:59 PM PDT by Mark
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To: FlyVet
She asked Ann, "Do you think we did anything wrong?" Yes, Martha, there are some really, really stupid people out there.
She should of written to the local liberal paper and the answer would be "If you didn't pick up one with the Energy Star label, yes"
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posted on
09/07/2003 1:43:06 AM PDT
by
lelio
To: Mark
Can't we all just get along?NOPE
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posted on
09/07/2003 2:03:14 AM PDT
by
ThreePuttinDude
(Why do we have to "Embrace" every damn thing??......)
To: TheSpottedOwl
Reminds me of Mike Tyson who burned through a mega fortune and is now dead broke. Both guys contrast with George Foreman who is not only a preacher, but sells famous grills and wants to become a major novelist. Trust me, the liberals won't embrace Foreman because it would show minorities you don't need them to get ahead and have a fulfilling life.
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posted on
09/07/2003 2:06:30 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Mr. Mojo
"..I was too busy defending my house at the time"
I used to have over 12 hours of live taped video of the LA riots, but only now have a few short segments on one video.
Your post reminds me of one segment that ran on CNN a few times which I still have; a group of heavily armed "white" citizens quietly patrolling their neighborhood at night, whispering to the CNN cameraman as they spot a group of potential looters. Spotting the cameraman the "potential looters" retreat into the night. Need to dig that up, have never seen that segment rebroadcast anywhere since.
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posted on
09/07/2003 2:11:54 AM PDT
by
wolficatZ
(___><))))*>_____\0/________)
To: Mark
There is another side to this and focusing on Rodney King the loser distracts from what caused LA to explode. The loser Rodney King and video of his beating was just the random catylst. Critical mass for the LA riots had been building for at least 30 years.
The corruption of LAPD and government failure to rein in the department is well documented. The rampart division was involved in drug dealing, murder for hire, planting drugs on innocent suspects, excessive force without provocation, and numerous other crimes. A a result of the FBI investigation the state had to release hundereds from prison.
I rode through there in the early 1970's and a group of bikers I ran into told me I should carry a small amount of marijuana on me when in LA county, so the police would not plant something worse on me. I laughed at them and thought they were joking, being a newbie to CA.
It was no joke. People that have not lived in CA can never understand that attitude that the police are not the good guys. Yes, CA has rampant crime and the highest prison population in the world but when you live there you learn to fear the police as much as the criminals. If it weren't for badges and uniforms it would be hard to tell the difference.
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posted on
09/07/2003 2:14:56 AM PDT
by
SSN558
(Be on the lookout for Black White-Supremacists)
To: Mark
I guess I'll be the only one to say a few kind words for Rodney in this thread. Truth is after I learned some about him I felt sorry for the guy.
Rodney is an addict. I doubt he will ever be more until the day he wipes himself ( and hopefully no innocent bystanders ) out in a final car crash. We all know examples of his type. On drugs or booze but regardless of their skin color, the same kind. Just in his case he was so big he could shrug off taser stun guns.
Rodney didn't incite the riot. He was used as an excuse by political and criminal ( and sometimes both ) opportunists. His " Can't we all just get along? " line has become so widerly parodied maybe we forget it likely kept the situation from getting worse then it did.
Whatever his weaknesses, failings, and faults, he personally tried so settle the rioters down at the time it counted. That wins him points from me at least.
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posted on
09/07/2003 2:18:54 AM PDT
by
tlb
To: Duramaximus
I know of one National Guardsman who's company was sent out to stand guard in a neighborhood shopping center without ammunition. They had empty magazines! The very idea of this sends chills down my spine.
To: Mark
mean-spirited and lacking compassion BUMP
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posted on
09/07/2003 5:02:56 AM PDT
by
Drango
(McClintock is my first choice, but given the numbers I'm voting for Arnold.)
To: SSN558
They didn't beat this guy bad enough.
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posted on
09/07/2003 5:08:19 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: tlb
His " Can't we all just get along? " line has become so widerly parodied maybe we forget it likely kept the situation from getting worse then it did.What he should have said was "stop looting and stop setting things on fire you morons." Instead I took his "can we all just get along" as "why can't you let these people riot in peace?" Like I said, the only problem is that the police didn't beat this turd bad enough.
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posted on
09/07/2003 5:10:53 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Mark
I did hear of Rodney's latest conviction, a brief soundbite in a newscast.
I recall reading many years ago that Rodney was "working on becoming a producer for rappers" or some such crap.
What ever become of the "Rebuild L.A" committee headed by Peter Ueberroth?
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posted on
09/07/2003 5:24:12 AM PDT
by
csvset
To: Mark
David Horowitz is THE BEST. He really tells it like it is!
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posted on
09/07/2003 5:53:02 AM PDT
by
veronica
(http://www.majorityleader.gov/news.asp?FormMode=Detail&ID=123)
To: tlb
Truth is after I learned some about him I felt sorry for the guy.I had just to opposite reaction. When I first saw the video, I kind of felt sorry for the guy. The more I learned about the events that led up to it, the more I wondered why the other drivers out there didn't want to stop and take a whack at him themselves.
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posted on
09/07/2003 6:06:54 AM PDT
by
tacticalogic
(Controlled application of force is the sincerest form of communication.)
To: TheSpottedOwl
I believe his first investment in anything was to use his money become a rap producer.
Do I need to say anymore about where the money went?
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posted on
09/07/2003 6:09:33 AM PDT
by
Benrand
To: dfwgator
They didn't beat this guy bad enough.
or maybe they should not have let him out of jail so many times. Anyway, that's not the point I was trying to make. The point is Horowitz is a shill to the LAPD's coruption if he blames the LA riots on Rodney King.
We have a 1st ammendment that allows anyone to write anything it seems, but journalist's have some kind of lisense that allows them to abuse and misuse the power of the press. You and I do not have an audience of millions, many of whom believe everything in print is fact.
Consider what they are allowed to get away with. Praising Enron right up to the collapse. Covering for eight years of Clinton misdeeds. Persecuting Richard Jewell as the Olympic bomber. Constant distorting of perception in crime waves caused by white males. Blaming Bush for 9-11 and the situtation in Iraq. Or how about the NY times fisaco ? add your own to the list it is nearly infinite.
Some think that the WOD is the greatest threat to Liberty, others think it is the gun contol lobby. I beg to differ it is the media and the majority of what they print and broadcast. It would not be so bad if they all wrote under the title of "National Enquirer" or included a disclaimer that stated, "for adult entertainment only" but they don't.
Horowitz would make Joseph Goebels proud. Got to gogh get my asbestos underwear now. C-ya.
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posted on
09/07/2003 6:11:23 AM PDT
by
SSN558
(Be on the lookout for Black White-Supremacists)
To: Mark
Can't we all just get along? Bump.
To: Mark
Yes, but then, Mr. Horowitz refuses to believe that McCarthy was right.
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posted on
09/07/2003 6:24:04 AM PDT
by
William Terrell
(Individuals can exist without government but government can't exist without individuals.)
To: SSN558
"Horowitz would make Joseph Goebels proud"
Heh. There are times that I would agree with you.
But yeah, that probably is going to get you flamed ; )
J
To: SSN558
LAPD was at one time considered the premier police agency in the world, well respected and indeed foreign countries sent their representatives there to study and emulate LAPD.
What do you suppose happened? "Community Activists" like to point fingers at the police, but I'm smart enough to realize that the citizens of LA are not angels.
To: Duramaximus
eedless to say, when his hitch was up he left the National Guard with a few pointed words. I can't say that I blame him.M
I didn't enlist in the military when I was younger (wish I did, I wouldn't have had such a missspent youth! ;) ) but stories like this are why I would *never* join the National Guard or Reserves. I've hard too many times about them being deployed, particularly after events like 11 Sept 11, being sent to guardbuilding,s infrastructure, or people... without ammunition and without body armor. No than you! I will not join an organization that puts the lives of it's members at risk and purposefully denies them the ability to defend themselves and what they have been assigned to defend.
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posted on
09/07/2003 7:45:28 AM PDT
by
adam_az
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