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Air America Hosts: Farrakhan Not Wrong on Levees
NewsMax.com ^ | Sept. 16, 2005 | Carl Limbacher

Posted on 09/16/2005 8:17:52 AM PDT by Carl/NewsMax

Two hosts at the liberal radio network Air America are defending Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan - saying he's not wrong to suspect that white people deliberately blew up the levees in New Orleans.

"You cannot blame people for coming up with conspiracy theories," Air America host Chuck D. said, after he was asked Thursday about the paranoid pronouncement by MSNBC's Tucker Carlson.

"They look on television and see that the government is four days late in saving people [who are] supposed to be their citizens," Chuck D. explained.

Carlson gave him a second chance to denounce Farrakhan's lunatic declaration, saying, "You're a smart guy. You know that white people didn't blow up the levees to kill black people. You've gotta know that didn't happen."

But the Air America host refused to budge, insisting instead that there was a chance Farrakhan could be right.

"I can't say unless I know for sure what's the actual facts and what's actually false," the rapper-turned-talk host said.

Carlson tried a third time, telling Chuck D.: "Look, I can say for certain that it was not a white conspiracy. White people did not blow up the levee to kill black people."

Still, the radio lefty wouldn't denounce Farrakhan's poisonous rant, saying only, "I don't think it's a person at fault but I think the system needs revamping."

After failing to persuade Chuck D., the MSNBC host turned to panelist Rachel Maddow, who also hosts a show on Air America.

Asked if she believed that white people deliberately destroyed the levees, Maddow declined to render a personal judgment - and instead defended the sentiment behind the toxic hypothesis.

"Conspiracy theories don't necessarily help but you have to understand where they come from," she told Carlson. "They come from people feeling like this disaster had a real racial component. I mean, it was a majority-black city that was absolutely abandoned by the country."

On Monday, Farrakhan uncorked his ugly theory, telling a North Carolina audience: "I heard from a very reliable source who saw a 25 foot deep crater under the levee breach. It may have been blown up to destroy the black part of town and keep the white part dry."


TOPICS: Front Page News
KEYWORDS: airamerica; conspiracy; farrakhan; leveeplot; levees; liberaltalkradio; noi; tinfoil
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1 posted on 09/16/2005 8:17:55 AM PDT by Carl/NewsMax
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To: Carl/NewsMax

We know where the theories come from, but most people simply flush, rather than displaying their work.


3 posted on 09/16/2005 8:20:20 AM PDT by js1138 (Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

How much water would have to flow into the poor neighborhoods in order to drain the lake down to a level that would make the other levees safe?


4 posted on 09/16/2005 8:22:36 AM PDT by js1138 (Great is the power of steady misrepresentation.)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

Hey, as long as we're going to conspiracy theories,
why not try this on (beneath the tinfoil hat)--

it's also possible that gang-elements blew up the levees; we know the jihadis try to enlist gangs--so why not jihadists using gangs to hamper relief efforts--and even blow the levees?

(Oops! That won't be put on Air America. . .)


5 posted on 09/16/2005 8:22:44 AM PDT by CondorFlight
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To: Carl/NewsMax
"They look on television and see that the government is four days late in saving people [who are] supposed to be their citizens," Chuck D. explained.

If I had made such stupid remarks on the public airwaves, I wouldn't want to use my full last name either.

6 posted on 09/16/2005 8:23:26 AM PDT by Maceman (Pro Se Defendant from Hell)
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To: Carl/NewsMax
Tucker Carlson should refer Chuck D's lyrics from his album It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back.

He would realize that he is not dealing with a rational individual.

7 posted on 09/16/2005 8:25:21 AM PDT by wideawake (She)
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To: scottdeus12

I have a better idea:

Let the market destroy the POS station and it's commercial supporters. Boycott ALL products/services advertised on the station.

Promoting these race-baiting conspiracy theories is absolutely irresponsible, and borders on criminal action. It's like yelling "fire" in a theater.


8 posted on 09/16/2005 8:26:05 AM PDT by msf92497 (Oiling my steel...watching and waiting...)
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To: Carl/NewsMax
"Conspiracy theories don't necessarily help but you have to understand where they come from," she told Carlson. "They come from people feeling like this disaster had a real racial component. I mean, it was a majority-black city that was absolutely abandoned by the country."

Listen nimrod! This "majority-black city" wasn't abandoned by the country. It was abandoned by it's elected government. Your mayor didn't bother implementing the evacuation plan. Your governor delayed asking for federal military assistance, and kept relief workers out of the areas that needed them the most.

Mark

9 posted on 09/16/2005 8:26:18 AM PDT by MarkL (It was a shocking cock-up. The mice were furious!)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

What do expect from people who encourage their lemmings to kill the President?


10 posted on 09/16/2005 8:26:26 AM PDT by Fawn (Blank-O Denied---People Died.)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

Buy tinfoil futures. NOW.


11 posted on 09/16/2005 8:26:27 AM PDT by George Smiley (This tagline deliberately targeted journalists.)
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To: js1138

Too much.


12 posted on 09/16/2005 8:27:19 AM PDT by Eagle of Liberty (11, 175, 77, 93 - In Memory Always)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

These people have minds. The problem is it is called: Silly Putty. They are absolutely, screaming, stupid, ignorant, hypocritical idiots. They are not Americans. They do not believe in America. They believe in their own sick, twisted, stupid, absurd agendas. Fart-con and these pukes at Airless Amerika.


13 posted on 09/16/2005 8:27:31 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (All democrats are ENEMIES of the Republic!)
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To: Carl/NewsMax
Air America spreads its usual complete fabrications and incites murder, in between stealing money from poor children and Alzheimer's patients.

Publicity shot of Chuck D. :


14 posted on 09/16/2005 8:28:49 AM PDT by FormerACLUmember
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To: Carl/NewsMax

Okay, okay. I admit it. I blew up the levees. You're on to me, but you'll never catch me, Copper!


15 posted on 09/16/2005 8:28:55 AM PDT by Obadiah
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To: js1138

Who would be out in a hurricane trying to blow up a levee?
Who then also would be around to actually see the event. Who
then would be able see under the water that would be rushing in from the lake to see a 25 foot crater? This whole idea
defies logic as they do most of the time.


17 posted on 09/16/2005 8:29:07 AM PDT by Tspud1
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To: Carl/NewsMax; Admin Moderator

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1485533/posts


18 posted on 09/16/2005 8:29:18 AM PDT by mhking (The world needs a wake up call gentlemen...we're gonna phone it in.)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

Ain't america great? When total lunatics can excrete their intellectual fecal matter onto the air waves.


19 posted on 09/16/2005 8:29:37 AM PDT by rollinginmybuggy (The Electric Amish)
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To: scottdeus12

Yeah, who needs free speech? We should blow the crap out of anyone who disagrees with us!


20 posted on 09/16/2005 8:30:09 AM PDT by Quick1
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