Those JACKASSES with the Banner

[RugerNiner]

Now the Black Caucus wants a Criminal Investigation into those responsible for making and holding up the Banner.
That was a Damn Foolish Act on their part!


http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/...ghts-Rally.php

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pitt.../s_504344.html

Here's more;

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ie...ncl=1115701417

[SGTUSArmy]

The sign was "over the top," Cruz said, but he said attendees had a right to express their opinions. He said people outside of Philadelphia don't understand what it's like in a city where "five or six killings" happen a day.
In the rest of Pennsylvania, "they don't hunt human beings like they do in Philadelphia," said Cruz, whose bill is before the House Judiciary Committee

That's interesting read there. He basically made himself look more like a jackass. Philly has like 128 murders thus far this year (the first article). That is not even 2 a day. Yet he claims they have 5 or 6 a day.

Plus by him saying in Philadelphia, wouldn't that be a city issue and not a state? He is misguided and I have never seen or met him.

[SigForLife]

Nothing is going to happen. The banner represents the fundamental purpose of the 1st Amendment, which the US Supreme Court has consistently backed. The Court views the fundamental purpose of the 1st Amendment, before any other, as the right of the people to speak out against the Government. The language used, clearly shows that it was political speech.

[LastManOut]

I haven't seen the banner but the cynic in me wants to wonder if it was an anti 2ndA that wanted to show the rally supporters in a bad light.

[Frenchy]

You know, when People start to play the race card, there should be a law that dictates just how far they can go. There where many white people who where lynched as well in American history. Was not all about Mexican and Blacks.
Im am sure when T. Jefferson wrote "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." he did not intend it to mean only certain races as the Patriots where mainly whites.

For any one to take a quote like that and twist it into a racial thing claiming terrorism, they have to be a few fries short of a happy meal.

[KeithPA]

They are calling for the lynching of a Latino. If that ins't racial equality then I don't know what is.

Which reminds me a good joke. I've been called racist many times, and I always respond "I'm not racist, I hate everyone equally"

[mauser]

There's a picture of the sign on WGAL, click the link to see it.
http://www.wgal.com/2007/0424/13016076_240X180.jpg

[BearTitan]

When it was time for the group photo, those jackasses got up on the steps with the sign. They deliberately waited until it was picture time. More than half of the people, like me, stayed out of the picture.

I would not doubt if the guys with the sign work for Cruz.

[TrybalRage]

I dunno fellas, I see nothing to apologize for. It is clearly a take on Jefferson's quote - if he doesn't like it, go screw.

Perhaps he needs to take a refresher course on the founding fathers, maybe see that pesky second amendment thingy in the constitution.

[Koli01]

I just happen to think that the "sign guys" were a little mis-guided and looking to get on tv or their photos in the paper so they could go home and say. "Hey, that was me, look what I did."

Same with those people who take the signs to sporting events. It's not for the players. They want the cameras on them.

With that said. I think they could have put a lot more thought into what they said on their sign. Personal attacks are never good or productive. That is the "Liberal" way to do things. Just listen to Air America some time. A positive or general statement of the trueth of the 2nd Amendment would have been a much better way to go. But, hind site is always 20/20.

my .02