Brooklyn Pol Dumps Portrait of 'Old White Man' George Washington

Fox News ^ | Wednesday, January 16, 2002

[rightwingextremist1776]

Brooklyn Beep Marty Markowitz said he will probably hang a portrait of a black person or a woman in his office in place of the country's first president, while moving the Father of Our Country elsewhere in Borough Hall.

"I respect history . . . but there has to be a recognition that this is 2002," Markowitz said. "There's not one picture of a person of color, not one kid, not one Latin. Borough Hall should reflect the richness of our diversity."

[foreshadowed at waco]

Hey...I live about 1 mile from Boro Hall myself...Fort Greene/ Clinton Hill to be exact...too bad Markowitz doesn't seem to realize that the Battle of Long Island (fondly called the Battle of Brooklyn by Brooklynites) was fought not too far from where Boro Hall is currently standing...right on the Promenade in Brooklyn Heights is a rock commemorating where George Washington and his troops stayed as they plotted to take out the British across the river in Manhattan...BTW I'm Irish and I think that green bagels are a bit disgustingly suck-uppish...Markowitz sounds like a real loser.

[muawiyah]

It's clear that the only portrait proper for this guy in this modern age is one of Louis XIV.

Maybe he could get one with the French army in the background carrying out a Dragonettes Order - one where an old white Protestant guy has all his personal property and his business seized and sold to the King's friends cheap, while the guy's wife and daughters are raped repeatedly by gangs of soldiers until they all agree to attend a church service approved by the government - that is, until they become "politically correct".

[B4Ranch]

PC alive and well?

With a unanimous 12-0 vote, the Boston City Council banned city use of a very naughty word -- "minority" -- calling the term "outdated" and "offensive" in describing people or ethnic groups. (City Councilor Charles Yancey suggests substituting "people of color" instead.)

[aomagrat]

This to be on "The O'reilly Factor" tonight.

[Snow Bunny]

Too bad George Washington can't rise up from the grave and haunt this idiot PC'er. !!!!!

I am so sick of PC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rmlew]

No, you are whats known as a Christ killing anti-American subversive fellow traveler.
Christ-killer?
Given your moniker, the fact that the Romans killed Jesus and thousands of other threats to Roman rule of Judea is irrelevent.

Who was a better Jew killer Trajan or Hitler?

[aculeus]

O'Reilly opening with this story.

[ilgipper]

O'Reilly spanked that racist bastard. The guy compared Washington to Hitler. O called him out. Said Washington's achievements allowed him to speak out, and abled him to run for office. Told him if he doesn't like the history of the country to get out.

[JohnPaulJones]

Just watched a racist councilman on the O'Reilly factor...Boy what a racist/marxist....We are in big trouble with people like this in power.....

[Morgan's Raider]

This bastard on O'Reilly is no better than the nutcases running the madrasas(sp?) in the Middle East teaching kids nothing but hatred of Western culture and of any religion but Islam. He's setting up these kids to eventually do some really stupid things which will get a bunch of 'em killed.

People like this are the ones who are going to incite a race war in this country, and if they haven't looked, they're seriously outnumbered.

[Eternal_Bear]

Time for another Revolution before it's too late.

[MississippiMan]

I'm not a defeatist, but a realist. I vote in every election. I pray for our leaders and our country. I point out the errs of liberalism whenever I have an opportunity to make a difference. And I'll keep doing just that and doing it passionately. I won't quit fighting, but to "go down fighting" as you advocated in your first post and to have a realistic chance of winning are two entirely separate things.

Liberals control our public school systems and control our institutions of higher learning. And they're SO entrenched that unseating them is simply all but impossible. They control our media, and while we've made gains on cable channels, that's still a TINY sliver of the media pie; this country still gets its news on ABC, CBS, and NBC, unfortunately. Between education and media, the liberals have the infrastructure in place to brainwash nearly from cradle to grave.

I agree wholeheartedly that politics follows culture. I've been saying for years that the most disturbing thing about the Clintons is not what they caused, but rather the sad fact that they are a REFLECTION of this society.

To use your football mentality, we're late in the 4th and losing 62-7. We can get as fired up as we like and fight as hard as we want, but it's extremely unlikely to change the outcome of the game.

I applaud your enthusiasm and am fighting right beside you but my belief as to the direction we'll continue to go is my belief and no amount of childish insults like "be a friggin' man" will cause me to ignore the evidence that surrounds us on a daily basis. Twenty years from now, as compared to today...

• Will homosexuality be accepted as "normal" by more or fewer Americans?
• Will the history being taught in our schools be more or less accurate?
• Will the mainstream media still be saying "pro-choice vs. anti-abortion" or not?
• Will the Washington Redskins still be called the Redskins or will they be known by some PC name?

Study those questions and see how you really feel they'll turn out. Answer if you like; I'm about done on this thread myself. Plenty of real work to go do.

MM

[Coleus]

If it weren't for that "Old White Man" that Limosine Liberal wouldn't be where he is now.

How ridiculous. Let's have a ripper some time.

gotta go it's time for Mohammed Ali's Birthday celeberation on channel 2, LOL***BARF****

[Diva Betsy Ross]

The clear choice for a replacement portrait is Benedict Arnold.

[I_be_tc]

Clarence Thomas comes to mind.

[okie_tech]

"I'm not going to do this alone."

Hehehem...let me paraphrase that as "I stand for nothing and have no ideas of my own so tell me what to put up that would be P.C."

[wattsmag2]

"I'm not going to do this alone."

Meaning he is too cowardly to wade through the sh!tstorm on his own.

[Paulus Invictus]

And what does the miserable Senator from Arkansas/NY have to say about the issue? Will we ever know?

[aculeus]

Just watched a racist councilman on the O'Reilly factor...Boy what a racist/marxist....We are in big trouble with people like this in power.....

Watch for the street/subway crime rate to soar. Rudy had the guts to ridicule these fools/charlatans. Bloomie will never get over the 'Look Mommie I'm the Mayor' phase.

[Pharmboy]

Thanks for the phone number Yehuda--I will call. You are a good man--you understand.