Post by: Manedwolf on March 12, 2008, 10:48:11 PM
All he seems to do is run around being a loud, obnoxious guy with a voice performance ripped off from Malcolm X and minister stereotypes, blathering and demanding about things that are completely mistaken or wrong, with throngs of supporters following him.
Like this quote from today, when Hillary responded about Ferraro's comments on Obama only being where he is because of his race:
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"I want to put that in context. You know I am sorry if anyone was offended. It was certainly not meant in any way to be offensive," Hillary Clinton said. "We can be proud of both Jesse Jackson and Senator Obama."
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jDDT3Q7CS6Gd9WvC4P6qeGsMIHpwD8VC90B00
Where did Jackson come from there? Did she even realize that in fact that's sort of belittling to Obama, tossing him in with Jackson the loudmouth just because both are the same skin color? On second thought...perhaps she did.
But what does Jackson DO for a living, anyway? He seems to do boneheaded things and get money for them? Like last year, when he led a group of protesters to demand the closure of DS Arms (!) in Illinois. Because, you know, restored FALs are the gangsta drive-by gun of choice! (That's all DS produces.)
Post by: Pew pew pew on March 12, 2008, 10:49:17 PM
Post by: Standing Wolf on March 13, 2008, 01:21:50 AM
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He's an extortionist.
Officially speaking, he's a ministerunless, of course, I'm being repetitively redundant and/or redundantly repetitive.
Post by: seeker_two on March 13, 2008, 01:33:43 AM
He's an extortionist.
No.....he's just an indirect beneficiary of corporate welfare.....
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on March 13, 2008, 02:03:44 AM
Post by: Declaration Day on March 13, 2008, 02:05:07 AM
Post by: roo_ster on March 13, 2008, 02:10:58 AM
Neither has had a real job in their lives and have made a living agonizing/speaking/writing about the melanin content of their skin.
JJ was always a "community activist" and graduated to shakedowns of corporations in exchange for not staging demonstrations against the.
Obama started in the same place, "community activist," and has gone on to politics.
Neither one would know how to do an honest day's work to provide something of actual use to another human being.
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on March 13, 2008, 02:31:28 AM
Post by: Bigjake on March 13, 2008, 03:13:53 AM
Post by: Jamisjockey on March 13, 2008, 03:17:31 AM
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In 1965, he participated in the Selma to Montgomery marches organized by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders in Alabama. When Jackson returned from Selma, he threw himself into Kings effort to establish a beachhead of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in Chicago.
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He caused a stir in 1995 when he wrote to the FOX network protesting an episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in which the "White Ranger" said "White Power" as a battle-cry. Jackson later retracted his statement, but FOX nonetheless censored the line in future airings.
Basically he started off good, and then slowly became evil. Much like fistful.
Post by: The Rabbi on March 13, 2008, 07:36:58 AM
All he seems to do is run around being a loud, obnoxious guy with a voice performance ripped off from Malcolm X and minister stereotypes, blathering and demanding about things that are completely mistaken or wrong, with throngs of supporters following him.
Thats about the best summation I've seen anywhere. You've answered your own question.
Post by: seeker_two on March 13, 2008, 12:33:16 PM
Basically he started off
Fixed it for you....
Post by: jrfoxx on March 13, 2008, 03:52:46 PM
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What does Jesse Jackson DO, anyway?
You mean, other than whine, and moan about racism, while being a GIANT,hypocritcal racist himself, and tossing down his laminated, gilded, race card whenever the mood strikes him,regardless of any facts? Well, other than that, I'd say he does.....nothing.
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on March 13, 2008, 04:07:00 PM
Post by: Waitone on March 13, 2008, 04:48:28 PM
Post by: Tecumseh on March 13, 2008, 07:02:05 PM
Lumping JJ & BHO together is appropriate.
Neither has had a real job in their lives and have made a living agonizing/speaking/writing about the melanin content of their skin.
JJ was always a "community activist" and graduated to shakedowns of corporations in exchange for not staging demonstrations against the.
Obama started in the same place, "community activist," and has gone on to politics.
Neither one would know how to do an honest day's work to provide something of actual use to another human being.
Not true at all. Obama is more respectable than JJ in my opinion. He is a politician and not a community activist. I do believe he was a teacher as well.
Neither has had a real job in their lives and have made a living agonizing/speaking/writing about the melanin content of their skin.
JJ was always a "community activist" and graduated to shakedowns of corporations in exchange for not staging demonstrations against the.
Obama started in the same place, "community activist," and has gone on to politics.
Neither one would know how to do an honest day's work to provide something of actual use to another human being.
Post by: De Selby on March 13, 2008, 07:14:16 PM
Mainly what he does is go around "drawing attention to the issues!", ie, making something out of nothing. Just like the rest of the secular clergy.
Post by: christopher on March 13, 2008, 10:01:33 PM
there's alot of intelligent threads here, i'm glad you guys found me.
Post by: MechAg94 on March 14, 2008, 06:17:38 AM
Post by: Balog on March 15, 2008, 01:11:01 PM
Because, you know, restored FALs are the gangsta drive-by gun of choice! (That's all DS produces.)
They do a lot more than just resto FAL's. They make entire new guns, as well as a line of AR's. They also import a knockoff of an old Steyr machine pistol.
Post by: Manedwolf on March 15, 2008, 01:19:06 PM
Because, you know, restored FALs are the gangsta drive-by gun of choice! (That's all DS produces.)
They do a lot more than just resto FAL's. They make entire new guns, as well as a line of AR's. They also import a knockoff of an old Steyr machine pistol.
The point was that they do not supply gangs with drive-by toys, as Jackson was claiming when he demanded they be closed. (Like a typical gangsta could even figure out a FAL?) They do not make things that "kill young people". They make quality stuff for people who know what they're doing with it, I don't think they have a single rifle under $1k. And AFAIK, nothing they've ever sold has ever been used in a crime. That didn't stop Jackson.
Post by: Jamisjockey on March 15, 2008, 01:23:01 PM
. Obama ................................. I do believe he was a teacher as well.
You believe, or you know?
Post by: Silver Bullet on March 15, 2008, 03:56:28 PM
Less than ten years ago JJ met with the CEO of Boeing to shake down the aircraft giant. I remember scratching my head, thinking 1) what the heck does JJ have on Boeing, and 2) even if he has something, how can he leverage it with a threat of a boycott commercial and military aircraft arent bought up by the general public.
As I recall, 1) JJ did get some money out of Boeing, and 2) shortly after that Boeing moved their headquarters from Seattle (headquarters for 85 years) to Chicago, home of JJ.
Interesting coincidence.
Post by: Waitone on March 16, 2008, 10:52:49 AM
http://www.amazon.com/Shakedown-Exposing-Real-Jesse-Jackson/dp/0895261081/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205696974&sr=8-2
Provides chapter and verse on Je$$e's schtik. After reading the book I get the distinct feel he is able to get away with his actions because someone amongst the federales is afraid to pursue him in court. Sorta makes we wonder what other kind of scam he is running.
Post by: LadySmith on March 17, 2008, 02:07:17 AM
http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/0401jackson.htm
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Cypress Semiconductors chief T.J. Rodgers calls Jackson's strategy a "shakedown." Rodgers has been publicly outspoken against Jackson since his company was accused last spring of racist hiring policies, despite the company's diverse workforce. Rodgers says Jackson gives business leaders a simple way to "repent" -- cough up money -- to avoid being labeled racist.
Indeed, when Rodgers rebuffed Jackson's hard-ball tactics and publicly defended the diversity of Silicon Valley's workforce, Jackson announced, "We can now officially describe Cypress Semiconductor as a white-supremacist hate group."
Indeed, when Rodgers rebuffed Jackson's hard-ball tactics and publicly defended the diversity of Silicon Valley's workforce, Jackson announced, "We can now officially describe Cypress Semiconductor as a white-supremacist hate group."
T.J. Rodgers is a legend around where I work because he rebuffed Jacksons efforts. From what I've heard, he basically told Jackson to kiss his @ss and kicked him off his property. His business continued to thrive, perhaps even more so, afterwards.
Post by: keeleon on March 19, 2008, 08:09:00 AM
Post by: Tecumseh on March 20, 2008, 08:19:14 AM
Post by: keeleon on March 20, 2008, 08:25:25 AM
I have a question. why isn't anyone bitching about the head of the KKK or the Aryan Nations? I would think they are far worse for the country, I mean afterall they are an older Christian terrorist organization? The KKK has been here and harmed far more people than Jesse Jackson.
Wow, why am I not surprised that it was Tecumseh with that response. No one is bitching about them, because I'm pretty sure no one here likes them or looks up to them to begin with. They promote themselves as hate organizations right off the bat. They don't try and convince us that they just want what is "fair". They are very open in that they want all people they "disagree" with for whatever reason simply gone, or dead. But JJ LIES to the people, and he connives about what he actually wants. He tries to say that his is a defender of "justice", but he just wants to complain that the "black man is getting a raw deal". You are very correct in that the KKK has harmed more people, but guess what, so has the US Army, and since neither of those has anything to do with the discussion at hand, you are completely out of line for bringing it up.
But of course if you don't, who will, right? For the children, of course.
Post by: Waitone on March 20, 2008, 02:03:16 PM
Post by: MechAg94 on March 21, 2008, 05:07:46 AM
Post by: Scout26 on March 21, 2008, 07:31:01 AM
Post by: Declaration Day on March 21, 2008, 12:32:19 PM
I have a question. why isn't anyone bitching about the head of the KKK or the Aryan Nations? I would think they are far worse for the country, I mean afterall they are an older Christian terrorist organization? The KKK has been here and harmed far more people than Jesse Jackson.
I've been waiting to make this point for a long time, Tecumseh. Almost every time a topic comes up where someone / some group is being criticized, you come in and ask why someone or something else isn't being criticized.
So here's your answer, now and for the rest of the time you manage to remain a member of this board:
BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW!
If you want to start a thread about why we should hate the KKK, Jesus, Christianity, or Mickey Mouse, BY ALL MEANS, START IT!
Good lord, you remind me of a five-year-old, whining that life is not fair because his cup has 1/4 inch less Kool-Aid than his brother, or that he only got 45 Jolly ranchers when the other kids got 46.
Stop trying to subvert the course of threads on this forum. There's a reason why you were given a time out.
Post by: Manedwolf on March 21, 2008, 12:47:49 PM
I'd honestly wanted to start a discussion on why Jackson, who seems to indeed be a shakedown artist with no legitimate income, is not only loved by the media, but never questioned in his actions or his obvious wealth.
The attempt to derail the thread into "but why aren't you complaining about (unrelated subject)" was annoying.
Post by: Barbara on March 21, 2008, 04:42:55 PM
There are a lot of things to dislike about Obama, but I don't see them as the same at all..