Posted on 01/28/2008 8:37:12 PM PST by Sir Hailstone
A brilliant sight indeed. Indianapolis City-County Council member and 7th District Congressional Candidate Andre Carson dancing around an issue like only Gregory Hines could, and attempted to counter with the race card.
After an Indianapolis City-County Council meeting, A known Republican activist (no it wasn't me) asked Andre a simple question.
"Will you renounce the support of Louis Farakkhan? Yes or No"
Andre went into this spin of "supporting all people of all religions and colors" but would not directly answer the question. The activist then asked the Screwy Louie question again, and Andre Carson refused to give an answer and kept spinning the issue and attempted to grab the race card. The MSM is covering up the fact that Farakkhan directly endorsed and supports muslim Andre Carson for Congress.
Well, that gives me all the answers I need. What about you? If you want someone who is sympathetic to the causes of NoI and Louis Farakkhan then support Andre Carson.
7th District PING!
Calypso Louie’s relevance alarm went off years ago, he just keeps hitting the snooze button for just a little more time..just a little more...jus a.... SNORE......
Thats reason enough not to have him in congress, his family owes too much to too many, you can't be your own man then.
All I can say is that I don’t live in Indy and I’m glad. The place has been in bad shape for a long time. I only go to Indy when I have to and then get out before dark.
After one great epiphany (involving the former L. S. Ayres parking garage on South Meridian Street), Mrs. Lucky came home and announced something to the effect of: I'm carrying the 1911 in my handbag from now on, do what you have to to make it legal.
Good! I’m glad that Mrs. Lucky found her calling without any harm coming to her.
I’ve told Mrs. caver that those downtown parking garages are dangerous even during daylight hours.
Louis Farrakhan ordered to court
BY JOE CARLSON
jcarlson@nwitimes.com
219.662.5339 | Thursday, December 27, 2007
HAMMOND | Minister Louis Farrakhan, the spiritual leader of the Chicago-based Nation of Islam, has been ordered to appear in Hammond federal court next month to explain why weekly cash stipends given to his 48-year-old son are not considered income.
It’s an issue because the son, Nasir Farrakhan, was ordered by a federal jury in Hammond last year to pay a Gary couple $350,000 in punitive damages for crashing his father’s Hummer into their car in 2003 on the Indiana Toll Road and then fleeing the scene.
Nasir Farrakhan has said he can’t pay the debt because he has no income, has never been employed and has no checking account or savings.
He argues the $1,400 in cash he receives from his father each month is legally considered “charity,” even though Nasir Farrakhan has acted as head of the minister’s 20-man security force for many years over the past several decades.
Attorneys for the Gary couple, Charles and Gladys Peterson, now are going after minister Farrakhan and the Nation itself for the money, arguing that Nasir Farrakhan is receiving income that can be garnished.
Earlier this month, U.S. District Magistrate Andrew Rodovich ordered Louis Farrakhan and a financial representative of the Nation of Islam to appear in court in Hammond on Jan. 24 to answer why they should not have to pay the judgment against Nasir Farrakhan.
“We will continue to pursue this through every avenue possible to ensure the Petersons are paid every penny they are owed,” attorney Michael Back said Friday.
An attorney for the Nation of Islam did not return a request for comment. No one from the organization has ever publicly commented to The Times on the jury verdict.
The Petersons were paid $100,000 in actual medical damages by an insurance company. But insurers do not have to cover punitive damages.
Back has said the issue of whether Nasir Farrakhan’s payments are charity or income could prove critical to the Nation of Islam because evidence indicates that other Nation workers are paid in the same arrangement.
If the money is deemed income, that could mean federal income taxes are owed by Nasir Farrakhan and the other workers.
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