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Private Enteprise A Casualty In Ferguson And Beyond
Townhall.com ^ | November 30, 2014 | Austin Hill

Posted on 11/30/2014 4:42:28 AM PST by Kaslin

“Burn this b**** down.”

Some believe those words, shouted by Louis Head, stepfather to the late Michael Brown of Ferguson, Missouri, are what touched-off three days of rioting, violence, and untold property damage across the U.S. and elsewhere.

Head was captured on video with Brown's mother Leslie McSpadden, after a grand jury determined that Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson did not commit a crime when he shot and killed Brown in a confrontation last summer. The grand jury did determine that contrary to "eye witness accounts" Michael Brown had attempted to enter Wilson's police vehicle and take the officer's weapon, that Wilson believed his life was being threatened, and that firing at Brown was justified.

In response to the news that Officer Wilson would not be indicted, Head encouraged other residents of Ferguson to destroy as much private and public property as possible, and thus "burn down" the city.

The illogic of Head and the other "protesters" is astounding. It seems to assume that destroying other people's property will satiate one's desire for "justice," or what may more accurately be described as a quest for "vengeance." It presumes that the city will be better now that many residents have lost their jobs, investments, labor-hours and other resources.

Yet the destruction of the city's infrastructure indeed has made matters worse. In fact, the destruction of one particular business provides a symbolic reminder that no good deed goes un-punished.

Long before the Ferguson grand jury was formed - back last summer, shortly after Michael Brown's death - a particular convenience store was burned-down in Ferguson, a store owned and operated by a company called the QuikTrip Corporation.

Not every American knows the name QuikTrip. Yet the privately held, Tulsa, Oklahoma-based QuikTrip Corporation has for years been consistently rated as one of the top 100 employers to work for in the USA, and one of the world’s most socially responsible companies.

QuikTrip stores are usually larger, more fully staffed, and kept cleaner than other covenience stores. QuikTrip guarantees that the gasoline they sell will not damage a car's engine, while General Motors, BMW, Toyota and Honda have all certified QuikTrip as a retailer of "top tier" fuel.

And while the tragic death of Michael Brown shines a painful but necessary spotlight on the plight of inner-city youth, it is important to note that since 1991, QuikTrip has voluntarily designated its stores to be what are known as youth “Safe Place” zones, in partnership with the national non-profit "Safe Place movement". Troubled youths and runaways can enter a QuikTrip store and announce that they are in trouble, and QuickTrip will provide them with food, shelter, and assist them with contacting local rescue authorities, all at no cost to the youths themselves.

Ferguson's QuikTrip store is only one example of the senseless destruction of private enterprise, but it serves as a powerful example. If an entire community - indeed an entire nation - isn't taught to observe and appreciate the contributions of entreprenuers and business owners, their disappearance is inevitable.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: blackkk; darrenwilson; ferguson; kenyanbornmuzzie; missouri; riots
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To: Ouderkirk

90% of blacks are savages?

I hate when KKK thought seeps into a conservative forum.


21 posted on 11/30/2014 6:06:17 AM PST by sakic
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To: Kaslin

QT is probably the only gas/convenience store that understands what the words, “Customer Service” means.
It is damn near impossible to walk into a QT and not have an employee greet you and equally impossible to walk to the restroom and not have an employee ask, “can I help you”.
Love’s truck stops are darn near up to QT’s level.
GT and Love’s are my go to places when buying gas.


22 posted on 11/30/2014 6:14:19 AM PST by Tupelo (I am feeling more like Phillip Nolan by the day.)
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To: pepsionice

‘Hero’ Steals Ferguson Protesters’ Bull Horn on Shutdown Freeway, Goes on Epic Tirade

When a group of students protesting the Ferguson grand jury decision shut down Interstate 5 during Wednesday morning rush hour, thousands of people became late for work. Some got out of their cars to watch the protesters, while others simply waited for police. But one man angrily confronted them, stealing a protester’s bullhorn to shout back a message of his own.

Now, video of the man’s rant has gone viral, with some calling him a “hero” for standing up to the protesters.

“I gotta go to Ross right now, homie,” Tyree Landrum told ABC 10News San Diego in the video. “If I don’t get there, I’m gonna get fired. I got six f***ing kids to feed, I gotta get this car off the... Day goes on homie. M*****f***ers get shot every f***ing day. Deal with it the right f***ing way, not like this.”

Landrum can then be seen in the video confronting a protester, yelling, “I’m about to lose my f***ing job, and you guys are f***ing out here protesting?”

VIDEO

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-California/2014/11/29/Driver-Confronts-Ferguson-Protesters-for-Making-Him-Late-to-Work-Deal-With-it-the-Right-F-ing-Way


23 posted on 11/30/2014 6:16:53 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: sakic

At this point, I am done with blacks.

I have given them the benefit of the doubt for too long and have zero to show for it.

I might as well go full bore on the idea that the majority of them are incapable of anything beyond the most base of activities.


24 posted on 11/30/2014 6:17:58 AM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Kaslin

the real lesson for me and the Ferguson is that when most the stores on Main Street are burning amidst a riot the police will use their time to ask about security licenses and admonish citizens not to protect themselves and to charitably protect others.


25 posted on 11/30/2014 6:44:01 AM PST by gaijin
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To: gaijin

Doing what is right is an imperative not a form of charity.

You do it because you do what God wants and not because you’re in the mood or feeling charitable.

We have lost sight of that in our society today.


26 posted on 11/30/2014 6:52:09 AM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop
You're talking about an entire subculture -- which has tens of millions of people in it -- that simply don't belong here. And by "here" I mean in a very generic sense ... a civilized place with rules and regulations aimed at ensuring civil order for the benefit of all.

These mutants have no problem burning down their own city and the businesses and jobs that go along with it because the entire concept of "their own city" is completely alien to them.

It makes more sense when you realize that these are the ones who escaped Planned Parenthood's eugenics initiative.

27 posted on 11/30/2014 7:27:23 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("The ship be sinking.")
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To: Alberta's Child
"subculture"

That is the question or problem that many people refuse to contemplate. It has been assumed for over one hundred years that any group of people can assimilate into a particular society and contribute.

In Europe, Roma Gypsies have steadfastly refused to assimilate with any of the main cultures of the countries they inhabit. While not as violent as blacks, they are veritable leeches who feel they the right to rob, steal, and cheat outsiders.

It is patently obvious that a very large pct. of black Americans, maybe half, cannot assimilate with mainstream American culture. The amount of crime they commit is staggering, and millions of them are on welfare and never getting off. But even many conservatives firmly believe with the right conditions and instruction, they, The Black Underclass, can make those people proper Americans.

I sincerely doubt they can. If that is the case, what is to be done with them? We can't go on with a violent subculture that drains the treasury and wrecks whole cities. I'm done with feeling sorry for black Americans. Or that half that refuses to abide by the laws of a civilized society.

28 posted on 11/30/2014 9:17:59 AM PST by driftless2 (For long term happiness, learn how to play the accordion.)
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To: pepsionice

>>Detroit never came back after the 1967 episode, that all started over the cops closing down a unlicensed liquor establishment.<<

Parts of L.A., same deal. Even after wasting millions on RLA, most large retail outfits said “even with your assurance and insurance, it isn’t worth the hassle.”

End result: People who looted and burned down the supermarkets in their own neighborhoods get to pay $1 - $2 for a single banana in the convenience stores that did set up.


29 posted on 11/30/2014 10:05:33 AM PST by freedumb2003 (obozocare: shovel-ready health care)
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To: sakic; Ouderkirk

>>90% of blacks are savages?

I hate when KKK thought seeps into a conservative forum.<<

Agreed.

Blacks have the same intelligence distribution as Whites (or Asians or any other artificial markers). Many are intelligent, some brilliant, most as smart as their White counterparts.

Which is why it is a pity they allow themselves to be enslaved by the democrats and created/sustain an anti-intellectual culture.

Ouder, you are wrong and should be posting in Storm Front. Go far, far away.


30 posted on 11/30/2014 10:11:37 AM PST by freedumb2003 (obozocare: shovel-ready health care)
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To: pepsionice

Riots were the first pang in the birthing of a new black hellhole.


31 posted on 11/30/2014 10:19:08 AM PST by GOPJ (Stephanopoulos is a snake in the grass and a dem operative. Wilson should never have trusted him.)
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To: freedumb2003

Don’t let any pesky facts get in the way of your ideology.


33 posted on 11/30/2014 12:28:06 PM PST by Dagnabitt (Amnesty is Treason. Its agents and supporters are Traitors.)
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To: Ouderkirk; Jim Robinson; Admin Moderator

>>I am not not suggesting it’s genetic. I am saying it is cultural.<<

That isn’t what you said in your post.

And name your source or risk being banned (IMHO).


34 posted on 11/30/2014 2:19:14 PM PST by freedumb2003 (obozocare: shovel-ready health care)
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To: Dagnabitt

>>Don’t let any pesky facts get in the way of your ideology.<<

If you knew how funny that post is you would never have done so.


35 posted on 11/30/2014 2:20:02 PM PST by freedumb2003 (obozocare: shovel-ready health care)
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To: freedumb2003

That’s so cute. Don’t every change.


36 posted on 11/30/2014 3:39:59 PM PST by Dagnabitt (Amnesty is Treason. Its agents and supporters are Traitors.)
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To: Dagnabitt; Admin Moderator

>>That’s so cute. Don’t every change<<

IOW you are just a troll.

You have sat here at FR for a while but your real face is revealed.

You can use the “Oh how cute” meme all you want since you are the one who is doing the racial profiling.

Next up: your banning.

AM: This is what we want to represent FR? Blatant racists? We know there are cultural issues. DGB is just a racist who just makes us all look the same.


37 posted on 11/30/2014 3:46:54 PM PST by freedumb2003 (obozocare: shovel-ready health care)
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To: freedumb2003
Sources are plentiful if you care to look, below are but two of them.

Savage [per Webster's def] (chiefly in historical or literary contexts) a member of a people regarded as primitive and uncivilized.

http://library.flawlesslogic.com/iq.htm

http://www.intelltheory.com/bellcurve.shtml

See Section 3

Not exactly a Storm Front contributor type.

http://occidentalascent.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/carrying-capacity-iq/

This too is from the Occidentalist.

Might want to consider reading this too. He makes some interesting points unless you consider him a Stormfront shill too.

http://www.fredoneverything.net/Ferguson2.shtml

Me... I've simply had enough of the crap that passes as reasoned explanations for why these folks act as they do when the obvious is right in front of us if we have the guts to look at it. Based in statistical fact and evidence not opinion.

38 posted on 11/30/2014 3:48:25 PM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: freedumb2003
These thugs didn’t care — they just wanted free stuff and to do destruction for its own sake.

Good luck shopping and buying food in your own neighborhoods, fools!


I do sympathize with the small business owners. I hope they can rebuild in a better location.

39 posted on 11/30/2014 3:54:22 PM PST by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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To: freedumb2003

Calm down.


40 posted on 11/30/2014 3:58:24 PM PST by Dagnabitt (Amnesty is Treason. Its agents and supporters are Traitors.)
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