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Iconic Dukes of Hazzard Car 'General Lee' Stripped Of Confederate Flag: "This Is A New Level Of P.C. Idiocy"

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They’ve been pushing for it for over 150 years and this year the politically correct anti-Confederate flag movement may have finally achieved its ultimate goal. Following a racially driven shooting spree that left nine people dead at a church in Charleston, the governor of South Carolina is pushing legislation to have the flag removed at any government buildings where it currently flies. In Alabama, the governor has ordered Confederate flag “paraphernalia” removed from the Confederate Memorial Monument.

Major retailers like Amazon, Ebay, and Walmart immediately jumped on board and have now removed confederate flags from their listings. Paul Joseph Watson highlights the sheer ridiculousness of the move, noting that while Amazon has removed memorabilia featuring the flag of the Confederacy, they continue to allow the sale of items featuring Nazi emblems and Swastikas.

But the idiocy, based on absolutely no logical reasoning except that this is the perfect crisis to not let go to waste, doesn’t stop there.

Warner Bros. has announced that it has halted production of toys and replicas of the iconic Dukes of Hazzard sports car known as the General Lee.

Dukes of Hazzard, a staple TV show of the early 1980’s, featured what may possibly be the most popular and most recognizable car in American history.

As of today, that car will no longer feature the confederate flag on its roof.

The Confederate flag may or may not be removed from government buildings in South Carolina, but the relic is definitely being removed from at least one southern icon. Warner Bros. today announced that it was halting production of toys and replicas of the General Lee, the car from the Dukes of Hazzard, which famously bore the flag on its roof.

 

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As recently as 2012 Warner Bros. quashed rumors that it was planning to remove the Confederate flag from toy versions of the General Lee. “We were not and are not planning to change design of the General Lee on merchandise,” the company said at the time, after a Tomy sales representative reportedly indicated production would cease in 2013.

Ben Jones, who played good ‘ol boy Cooter on the show and had a crush on leading lady Daisy Duke, responded to the removal of the flag, echoing the general sentiment of many Americans who find the move by major retailers and political leaders to be overkill:

Some unnamed genius at the company feels that the flag is ‘offensive to some’ and therefore it has no business on a classic TV comedy about a bunch of good ol’ boys and girls in the Southern mountains

 

This is a new level of ‘P.C.’ idiocy. I don’t know about you, but I am tired of being insulted by morons.

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Cooter (far right) poses with Bo Duke, Luke Duke and The General Lee

We’re sure that the next crisis will lead to the complete removal of any references to the South’s involvement in the Civil War, including the removal of the very name of the vehicle, The General Lee, named after the man who led the South’s armies against the north.

No proposed names have yet been put forth, but some politically correct replacements may include:

  • The General Grant
  • The General Sharpton
  • The General Obama
  • and, since the iconic car may now openly identify as being more feminine than masculine, The General Pelosi has kind of a ring to it.

Listen to The General Lee’s racially divisive Dixie Horn before it gets removed from the internet forever:

 

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Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:03 | 6232033 disabledvet
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"The Boss Hog."

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:07 | 6232049 Clint Liquor
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Blacks are 13% of the population and are more than 50% of all homicide victims and banning the Stars and Bars is going help, somehow?

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 03:17 | 6232521 Karaio
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Black people are humans with excess melanin in the blood, that's all!

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 06:22 | 6232641 FredFlintstone
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I once watched a black academic on PBS being interviewed and she cruelly claimed that white people were genetic defects.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 06:50 | 6232664 thamnosma
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You went wrong at pbs

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 07:38 | 6232761 duo
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If you've been following the research on "human photosynthesis" it is now believed that Melanin can convert sunlight into energy for use by our cells.  Tanning is the body's reaction to being able to create this energy, since it improves survival.

Ever wonder how people floating in rafts with no food in the tropics last longer than people trapped underground with no food?  If you think about it, we should still be covered with hair, but the benefits of sun-derived energy (500 kcal a day, maybe) seems to have been more important than keeping warm for early humanoids.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 07:33 | 6232748 duo
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It will make people feel good.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:08 | 6232052 Eireann go Brach
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Obama will rename the White House the Black House, because Chewbacca says it racist.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:39 | 6232159 Fukushima Fricassee
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Chewbacca is a stinking man who had dick removed..

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 06:48 | 6232658 Husk-Erzulie
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Actually, Chewie's package seems still intact.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 06:50 | 6232661 Husk-Erzulie
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Dupped (every time)

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:13 | 6232205 villainvomit
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One of the battle flags of the CSA is in question.   It stands for personal god given rights as well as states rights which supercede the fed govt.  It is flown in honor of these principles and out of respect of all that hold true these principles as well as those  fallen family members that have given their lives in the war of nothern aggression, defending said rights.

To say otherwise is extremely offensive.

Nothing to do vith slavery or racism. 

Govt schools and a paid for media and a paid off wh, senate and congress are the problem....not a flag !

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:36 | 6232413 Zero guest
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The ;N word: is probably nithing more than the bastardization of the word Nigerian too. No harm, no foul.

But it has taken on a negative connotation due to nothing more than the hatred with which it was

used by the slaveholders and following generations.

Let me give y'all a hypothetical:

Supose one of the Colonies sided with the British and fought against the rest and to this day flew the Union Jack over their state capital using the same "But it's our history!"line.

Thats not so bad but how 'bout an area in Germany still flying the Nazi swastica? It's part of thier heritage too.

The Southern Cross should have been taken down right after the civil war. They lost, period.

If they had had the sense to take the thing of their state capitol building this would not be happening!

 

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 02:09 | 6232451 Arnold
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Ummm... big parts of South Carolina despite Mr Greene.

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Nathanael_Greene

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 03:43 | 6232559 ebear
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"Supose one of the Colonies sided with the British and fought against the rest and to this day flew the Union Jack over their state capital using the same "But it's our history!"line."

Now suppose a sovereign kingdom and former protectorate of Great Britian were overthrown by American colonists then subsequently annexed by the USA.

Would their flag look something like this?

http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flags/hi_flag.htm

After all, it is their history, no?

For more fun with flags, check out the state flag of Maryland.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Maryland

So, do we change the Maryland flag because it contains Confederate imagery, or do we leave it alone, given that it's design was meant to be conciliatory?  There are other state flags with similar issues - I'll leave it to the curious to find them.

Oh, and how about this.  Anyone who watched the recent Victory Day parade in Moscow must surely have noticed the flag of the former Soviet Union, along with Russian flags of Soviet vintage.  Now, why do you suppose that was?

Speaking of controverial flags, here's one that will set some Americans teeth on edge:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rising_Sun_Flag#/media/File:Naval_Ensign_o...

I don't hear anyone arguing about changing it though.  maybe that's because it's not a good idea to mess with people's flags.

 

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 08:13 | 6232834 Clarabell
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"Suppose one of the Colonies sided with the British and fought against the rest and to this day flew the Union Jack over their state capital using the same "But it's our history!"line."

Actually there is such a state; it's called Canada.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Ontario.svg

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 08:36 | 6232884 Oldwood
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When I was undergoing my progressive indoctrination in college in the seventies, I could have sworn it was all about tolerance. They never explained that tolerance only goes one way. I guess progressives have "progressed".

I have lived a long life with lots of insults and its not getting any better. I always believed in tolerance, and I think as a society most of us have done the same. But now we come to realize that tolerance is basically about being passive, non confrontational, all of which allow not opinions or beliefs, but the loudest screaming voices to rule. we see our society being transformed, not by real democracy, but by very small groups of very loud voices DEMANDING recognition, respect and CHANGE.

As we have been conditioned to yield to such voices, to capitulate maintaining our non confrontational, passive, peaceful mode, and all of it being salved with imposed guilt. Guilt derived if from nothing else from our success.

To resist, to argue, to defy this capitulation is socially unacceptable. It is hateful and potentially illegal. But you can scream racist or hater or bigot or teabagger at someone all day long and no one seems to care.

It has become painfully obvious to me that I have contributed to this disaster by my non confrontational passivity. And our supposedly conservative representatives are the most obvious and painful symbol of this capitulation, bending and yielding to each and every accusation of racism or hate for ANY group, race, sexuality, nationality, religion, EXCEPT THOSE THAT REPRESENT THE CONSERVATIVE WHITE MALE.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:50 | 6232432 atomicwasted
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Just like a swastika!  Why, it symbolizes God and country and the good German volk and their heritage.  People fly it in honor of those who gave their lives for the German homeland and volk, right?

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 04:14 | 6232570 ebear
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Disingenuous, to say the least.

 

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:07 | 6232345 Tall Tom
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This is nothing new, folks...

 

Hot Wheels Mattel caved in in the 1980s when they removed the Confederate Battle Flag from the Dixie Challenger...

 

From 1981

 

http://hotwheels.wikia.com/wiki/File:Dixie_Challenger_Flag.JPG

 

In 1982 Mattel removed the Flag

 

http://hotwheels.wikia.com/wiki/File:1982_Dixie_Stripes_flat_mala_Fcolors.jpg

 

In 2008 the toy with the Flag tampo was reissued...with the Flag...for Wal Mart...for the 40th Anniversary of Hot Wheels (yes they are still making them)...except not orange but in Chome...

 

http://hotwheels.wikia.com/wiki/File:100_6777.JPG

 

But you can still purchase this discontinued toy on eBay for the moment.

 

I suggest that if you want one then you had best bid before eBay bans it and makes it a prohibited item...

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Die-Cast-Hot-Wheels-15-Piece-Lot-Featuring-no-3364-1981-Dixie-Challenger-/171830168604?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2801e04c1c

 

Because of the poor presentation the current bid on this auction is $32.13 with 12 Hours to go.

 

It is the BEST DEAL in my opinion. You are not only buying the Dixie Challenger but you are purchasing FOURTEEN OTHER CARS. 

 

This Lot includes a sleeper...a Designed for Collector replica Tom "the Mongoo$e" McEwen English Leather Funny Car.

 

This is a replica of the car in which he defeated the National Champion at the time, Don "the Snake" Prudhomme, at the NHRA US Nationals at Indianpolis in 1978, all while his son was dying of Leukemia...It was a bittersweet victory for long time rival McEwen. (McEwen also is the owner of Mongoo$e Bicycles for you riding enthusiasts.)

 

NEXT I FOUND THIS AUCTION, better presented and not as cluttered.

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOT-WHEELS-3364-1981-DIXIE-CHALLENGER-/141694147853?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item20fda11d0d

 

However on this auction the current bid is $37.01

 

I found JUST TWO...

 

DISCLOSURE...THEY ARE NOT MY AUCTIONS. I have both versions of the Dixie Challenger pictured here on the card and I intend to keep both of them.

 

I am not spamming you. But I do want to have you aware that these exist and that this bullshit has been going on for a long, long time.

 

 

 

 

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 08:30 | 6232876 SethDealer
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why dont they just cut Uncle Jessie's balls off?

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 10:39 | 6233298 large_wooden_badger
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And just call him Uncle Jenner

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 09:11 | 6232982 Grinder74
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As long as we're onto cars now, the kid drove a black Nissan Elentra to the murder site.  BAN ALL NISSAN'S NOW!!

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:04 | 6232034 Arnold
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Thanks Cooter, ya' all aren't the only ones growing good old boys.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:04 | 6232035 Boomberg
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Jeezus, isn't there at least one pic of Daisy Duke with the car?

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 06:56 | 6232668 Husk-Erzulie
Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:04 | 6232036 ConManipulation
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Fuck...EVERYONE!!!

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:29 | 6232276 Ward no. 6
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most ppl just plain suck

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:06 | 6232044 The Merovingian
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The guns will be next. There is no stopping the stupidity.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:09 | 6232056 Arnold
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tiananmen tank guy did it for a couple of minutes.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:11 | 6232065 The Merovingian
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And was promptly sent to prison. Yahoo ... Freedom!

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:13 | 6232370 Tall Tom
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And Tiannamen Square was the biggest bullshit PROPAGANDA slam piece that the BBC ever perpetrated onto the Western World up until that date some 25 Years ago.

 

And you buy it.

 

If the MSM reports it then it is probably scripted to fit a narrative which they are selling...to MANIPULATE YOU.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:08 | 6232223 falconflight
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Yes there is

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:06 | 6232046 Teknopagan
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Further cultural bolshevism

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:12 | 6232050 One And Only
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All Americans of African descent with an English last name should be removed from the country as well.

It's a shame on this country to have these legacies here in the United States in this day and age. It's wrong that their ancestors were brought to this continent by whites and they should be returned to their native countries of origin.

The fact that they are still here sullies the dignity and reputation of our country. We should not have them here as reminders of our history.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:17 | 6232090 dirty dolphin
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Indeed you are correct. The sooner they are returned to their homeland, the sooner they can elevate their quality of living by finally escaping the confines of all the awful, oppressive white privilege.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:20 | 6232102 One And Only
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They should be removed or placed in a museum.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 03:36 | 6232190 Supernova Born
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Dr. Zaius, I presume?

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 08:53 | 6232933 SethDealer
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removed or replaced in a zoo

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:21 | 6232104 falconflight
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Really, I mean Washington as a surname is overwhelmingly black.  Rayciss kneegrows.  GTFO!

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:09 | 6232055 847328_3527
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<< Warner Bros. has announced that it has halted production of toys and replicas of the iconic Dukes of Hazzard sports car known as the General Lee. >

 

They're going to start carrying replicas of Al's purple Escalde instead. It's more politically correct these days.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:14 | 6232071 Yen Cross
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 It looks like "Boss Hog" won't be hittin the two legged help any time soon.

 It's okay if you watch Dinosaurs eat people though.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:13 | 6232073 cherry picker
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How about General Bruce Jenner? :)

He is right.  It is OK to sell swastikas but not the confederate flag.

When I look at a flag, it doesn't mean anything to me, just a piece of fabric with a design on it. 

I look at how people treat each other, that is important.

Like today some dying woman has 10days to change her yard or she faces 10 days in jail.  For a fucking yard she owns?

Now that is something to get excited about.  Taking the confederate flag away is not going to bring those who were murdered back to life.  Flags don't kill people, people kill people.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:14 | 6232075 Wilcox1
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The '69 Charger will always be around. warner bros, amazon, ebay, and walmart I'm not so sure about

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:15 | 6232079 silverer
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If confederate flags cause white kids to go kill black people, is it welfare checks that cause blacks to kill each other?  Maybe we should ban those, too.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 05:39 | 6232615 e_goldstein
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I agree, although I think Jamie Dimon should go first to set the example.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:19 | 6232097 falconflight
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Hopefully reruns will now reflect a pixelated epilepsy kausin kkk killin emblem from my very impressionable BrainStem.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:20 | 6232098 Laddie
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In San Jose they replaced the Liberty Bell with a statue of Montezuma, the Aztec emperor. History teaches us that in wars the conquerors start changing the street names and tearing down the reputation of the conquered people’s founders. This has been happening in South Africa since the whites voted for suicide in the elections of 1992 and 1994. You must realize that you are seeing this happen in your own country.

Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced .gov will “fast track” $29 million to victim families of the June 17 shooting at the Emmanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston South Carolina, Reuters reports. This amounts to over $3.2 million per family.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-3131972/U-S-fast-track-...

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:23 | 6232107 The Merovingian
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Does that mean they will no longer be eligible for SNAP?

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:08 | 6232362 RichardParker
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Laddie:

Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.

-George Orwell, 1984

 

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:22 | 6232105 Azwethinkweiz
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With this and the Jefferson Memorial, Confederate statues enter national race debate what are they going to do next? Replace Jefferson's face on Mount Rushmore with painted rock sculpture of a black and white cookie to show we're all equal?

I miss the world as it was only 30 years ago. This is the demise of American society as we know it. Enjoy it while it lasts.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:11 | 6232368 RichardParker
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Be grateful they don't replace Jefferson with this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/barackobama/2979378/Bold-sculp...

 

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:24 | 6232106 Yen Cross
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 Tis country is going to cave into a giant vortex long before the Confederate flag is forgotten.

 You see democracies are like children, in that they are easily corrupted from inside and really never mature.

 People that want to destroy democracies eat them apart from the very foundations they were founded on.

 They use the freedoms that democracies provide to challenge freedom itself.

 Socialists/Communists, use other peoples money until it's ALL used up. Then they become Facist "genocidal" Dictators.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:25 | 6232113 The Merovingian
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Indeed. We are wholly and truly fucked.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:47 | 6232161 One And Only
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Wouldn't it be great if there was a country where almost any issue can be put up to vote in a referendum by the citizens and whichever issue gets the majority it becomes law? That country probably would never have wars, financial problems, social insecurity, or foreign affair problems. I would imagine that country would have a high standard of living and high quality of life. Because of this way of life there would be 0 acts of terrorism and there would be no reason to fear terrorism as most people would vote not to meddle in the affairs of other soverign nations. You'd probably tell me to keep dreaming because such a place on planet Earth in this day and age could never exist.

...Switzerland

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:02 | 6232194 Yen Cross
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You're probably right. The SNB absconded copious amounts of "old money", and banking with the Swiss isn't the same.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:17 | 6232249 One And Only
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Everything I said is right.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:29 | 6232275 Seek_Truth
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No it isn't.

You described mob rule.

If everyone were allowed to vote on every issue, the mouth breathers would rule.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:34 | 6232283 One And Only
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How does it work in Switzerland then?

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:52 | 6232316 Seek_Truth
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Switzerland hasn't been targeted for dumbing down by the Anglo-Zionists, using the most up to date methods of Edward Bernays.

The U.S. has.

-dumb down the school curriculum.
-dumb down the media.
-promote consumerism
-promote sports hero, LEO hero, war hero worship and movie star worship
-attack all conspiracy "theories"

The U.S. Is toast, stick a fork in it.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:00 | 6232343 One And Only
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I wasn't asking you how it didn't work.

I was telling you how it did work.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 04:29 | 6232575 ebear
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"How does it work in Switzerland then?"

Switzerland, land of nosy neighbors, where you get fined for not washing your car.

Fuckers can't even pick up their own trash - they import Turks to do it for them.

As for their so-called democracy:

It was necessary to wait for the 1960s for eight cantons to introduce women's suffrage at the canton level. Twenty more years were necessary for this right to be generalized for all the cantons. In a judgment of November 27, 1990 in the case of Theresa Rohner et consorts contre Appenzell Rhodes-Intérieures(ATF 116 Ia 359), the Swiss federal court declared unconstitutional the exclusive male suffrage as had been practiced in the half canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden; the principle of equality between men and women as was guaranteed by the federal constitution ordered, in effect, an interpretation of the Appenzell constitution such that women's suffrage should be equally possible. The voters of the canton had stood against women's suffrage in 1959 by 2050 votes to 105.  (wikipedia)

Fuck that shit.  They can keep it.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 13:28 | 6232709 Gavrikon
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It works in a country of homogenous, i.e., white people who have an avergae IQ of over 100.  The French/German/Italian/Romisch people there are more similar than they are different, and can live where they wish, though most choose to stay with those who speak their own language.

That said, last time I visited Basel, it looked litke little Africa/Pakistan.  The more third world trash they allow in, the more poorly the referendum system will work.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:32 | 6232279 Yen Cross
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 You might have several angry clockmakers to answer to?

 The SNB destroyed many small businesses and homeowners(mortgages) when they pulled the eur/chf peg.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:35 | 6232285 One And Only
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Name one.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:43 | 6232293 Yen Cross
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 Breitling.

 Shall I continue into the private banking sector?

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:46 | 6232306 One And Only
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Breigtling was harmed because the peg was pulled?

I don't think so. If you can show me proof then I will concede.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:02 | 6232350 Yen Cross
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 Yes, many fine artisans were harmed though lack of private financing.

 That's NOT the point I'm making. Where and WHEN does it stop?

 Shouldn't you be able to insure your legacy, for your Son or Daughter?

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:59 | 6232446 One And Only
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No proof Breitling was hurt.

I asked for proof.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 02:07 | 6232454 Yen Cross
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 Can you please, show me , yer Mama's check book?

 Can you feel the wind?

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 02:11 | 6232460 One And Only
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You made a declarative statement.

"The SNB destroyed many small businesses and homeowners(mortgages) when they pulled the eur/chf peg."

I never made a statement about my "moms checkbook"

Can you backup what you said?

....so far NO

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:54 | 6232330 falconflight
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Didn't that action vaporize 25% of value overnight for the Swiss?

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:25 | 6232395 Tall Tom
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Of course taking a 25% haircut did not hurt those saving capital...Not at all.

 

The SNB is the same bunch of crooks as anywhere else in the Western World. They just operate with a different Rag flying overhead, representing those who are protecting their ability to steal from the masses.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:19 | 6232384 RichardParker
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Swiss civilian population is armed to the teeth (comparatively speaking).  Undermining their country/sovereignty etc. is not their government's top priority.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:36 | 6232414 falconflight
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Actually not.  Those arms are assigned by the State, and maintained at armories.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 04:36 | 6232579 ebear
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They also have conscription.

Again, fuck that shit.

Honestly, you gotta be brain dead to hold Switzerland up as an example of anything worth emulating.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 07:18 | 6232715 Gavrikon
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My neighbor kept his at home.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 13:02 | 6234109 fallout11
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Kept being the operative word.
Where were the spare parts, spare magazines, and almost all of the ammunition housed? (Hint: state armories)

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:53 | 6232325 falconflight
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Governance by referedum in the US?!  How long before failing to swear an oath to Obama et al gets you unemployed, police harassed, or most likely protesters at your front door threatening your property and/or you and your loved ones?  Insane. 

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 03:24 | 6232534 pgroup
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This country could not have suffered the fate of democracies if it had remained a republic like it was designed. But no-o-o-o-o .. they had to have people vote for Senators.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:26 | 6232116 Laddie
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" while Amazon has removed memorabilia featuring the flag of the Confederacy, they continue to allow the sale of items featuring Nazi emblems and Swastikas."

Mr Slavo have you ever tried to buy a copy of Mein Kampf from a retailer that did not have a hundred page "foreward" by the ADL????

Don't worry all National Socialist flags, books, etc will be banned. Just be a little patient.

“When men’s hearts are breaking and their souls are plunged into the depths of despair, their great forebears turn their eyes towards them from the dim shadows of the past – those forebears who knew how to triumph over anxiety and affliction, mental servitude and physical bondage – and extend their eternal hands in a gesture of encouragement to despairing souls. Woe to the nation that is ashamed to clasp those hands.”
– Chapter 12, Book I, Mein Kampf

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:27 | 6232120 Monetas
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ISIS trashing Palmyra .... PC Leftists trashing Jefferson monument .... same shit .... same idiots !

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:29 | 6232125 Laddie
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With regard to the interrelationship between the Supreme Court and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, we find that the late Felix Frankfurter admitted he had served for more than ten years as adviser to the said Association before his appointment as a Supreme Court Justice. Naturally, the NAACP is not a Negro brain-child, nor is it directed by Negroes. Nor, of course, is it the least concerned with Negro 'advancement' as such.
White man, think again! by Anthony Jacob, Johannesburg 1965

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:30 | 6232127 i_call_you_my_base
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I loved that show as a kid and even had a dukes big wheel, but I've watched it in recent years and it's fucking terrible.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:37 | 6232152 Arnold
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http://www.amazon.com/The-Dukes-Hazzard-Complete-Series/dp/B000HLDFA4

 

You have to watch it from the beginning to really get the plotline.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:39 | 6232158 i_call_you_my_base
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"38 Disc Version" LOL

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 13:26 | 6234234 ebear
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You can buy the soundtrack too, but it's only available on 8-track cassette.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:32 | 6232130 p00k1e
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Lee Greenwood tunes next. 

 

 

Download it while you can -

 

I Wish I Was In Dixie Land ( Confederate Anthem ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQmO-WfEkk4
Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:31 | 6232132 Monetas
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They'll have to cut the flag .... out of the Master Tapes .... and recall and refund all extant copies of the episodes .... every trace must be removed .... then criminalize possession of any original episodes !

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:44 | 6232168 falconflight
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Just need to pixelate the offending pornographically violent symbol.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 08:59 | 6232947 Arnold
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Colorize the classics.

 

--Ted Turner

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:31 | 6232133 Ms No
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Another attempt to prod America into race conflict. Now they attempt to kick the south's identity in the nuts and funnel their anger towards.... I wonder who? 

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 08:47 | 6232914 Clarabell
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This is exactly what they are trying to do. When the economy implodes, the last thing they want is a united population (the 99%) coming after them. A race war would serve the purposes of the oligarchs very well. Divide and conquer. Same as always.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:31 | 6232135 CoolBeans
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Mildy off topic but I'm totally aggravated with the following occurences at a public event a few days ago -

Location: Virginia

Event:  High school graduation (large public school with large Muslim population)

Announcement at event:  Break for Ramadam prayers for the approx 20% population of Muslims students (of course, no prayer allowed for Christians or others at these events)

Next Accouncment:  Acknowledgment for those students who are entering military academies or military service

Results:  Non-Muslims clapped.  Muslim population either sat in silence or booed loudly.

Shock and surprise ("Did that just happen?") from participants.  I was not there but family member was. If I were there I would've responded to the boos. Guaranteed.

What is happening is bad....very bad.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:48 | 6232176 kedi
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First. The Muslims have specific times and method for prayer. Christians can pray whenever they want. Could have probably gone and prayed then too.

Second. How did you or anyone else know that it was the Muslims who booed or sat silently? A great variety of folks have negative opinions of military actions that have been, and are being undertaken. Though those same people useually do not specifically denegrate military personnel.

Third. I am an atheist. I do not like religion. I do not like a lot of things other people do. But I make allowances, as many also do for what I do.

Also. Be specific about the timing. They announced break for Ramadam prayer. I don't think there is a different time just because of Ramadam. I work right beside a devout Muslim. No difference in prayer times now.

Then they acknowledged the military and got boos? But didn't the Muslims all go to pray? Or did everyone just sit and wait?

The post is bullshit. There are many more important conflicts of religions of all sorts, military actions of all sorts, than this probably made up piece of BS.

 

 

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:12 | 6232236 Arnold
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You don't have enough yak to say what you just posted.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 09:49 | 6233003 CoolBeans
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Kedi:  

So, you're an Atheist who is an expert on Muslim prayer routines because you work beside a Muslim.  Where? McDonald's? 

YOUR post is bullshit.  I don't have to be specific on "timing" for you - I'm not filling out a police report, I'm sharing what happened.

It was an evening event.  If YOU need HELP with this - why not Google prayer times posted for the June-July period. Otherwise, don't come to Fight Club and expect others to help you to understand topics discussed.

Muslims at the event sat in groups and it was obvious to all who were booing the grads going into the military or military academies.  

The graduation speaker announced Ramaden prayers and didn't state, "If others wish to use this time to pray....".  The fact of the matter is, schools and other entities are all too ready to acknowledge Muslims, etc. but do not include others (they know who they are) when it comes to making or announcing accommodations. 

Get back to work...someone just pulled up to your drive-up window.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:35 | 6232142 Monetas
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An "Iron Curtain" is falling over Western Civilization !

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:36 | 6232149 p00k1e
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We're down to weeks.  Jade Helm. 

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:51 | 6232165 Rusty Shorts
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I have a vivid recollection of watching the Dukes of Hazzard back in the day, and then the program was interrupted by this...

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc7i0wCFf8g

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:22 | 6232262 Ms No
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Yep and the latest politicians continue this.  At first I thought this was fake but apparently it wasn't.  Even if you discard the audio when the camera pans away it's pretty bad.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=+new+world+order+in+speeches&ia=videos&iai=10VKkQUwnio

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 09:10 | 6232957 Clarabell
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The Bush family is still at it. The Bushs are one of the great multi-generational crime families, enriching themselves and working relentlessly to destroy America and turn it over to the New World Order. Next step: Jeb Bush as president. We all know that the ignorant American sheeple will line up to vote him in!

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 13:13 | 6234171 fallout11
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Of course. When the next election "choices" are Jeb vs Hillary, its a lose-lose (win-win for the oligarchs), and could not be any more obvious. They're not even trying to hide behind the curtain anymore.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:43 | 6232166 Fukushima Fricassee
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I want to see Mike Obama eat that southern flag after it is shoved up its ass.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:46 | 6232171 Surging Chaos
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These fucktards don't realize that by removing the Confederate flag they are admitting it is far more relevant than they want it to be. Anytime anybody says "don't look up X" or "get rid of Y" it causes the exact opposite effect to occur. Which explains why Confederate flag stuff exploded in popularity ever since the push to ban it.

Streisand effect, bitchez.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 07:19 | 6232716 Gavrikon
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I'm sick to death of Negrophilia.  Almost as sick as I am of Negros.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:48 | 6232177 pocomotion
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PLEASE ERASE THE twin towers from every corner of your mind.  They fell regardless of the speed, they fell down.  It's the fuel that caused the support structure to buckle and caused the buildings to collapse on it-selves.  Them 19 terrorists were clever.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:40 | 6232420 GoldenDonuts
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Those two planes actually brought down three towers.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:49 | 6232180 dogismycopilot
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I think Stalin did these sorts of things as well.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:52 | 6232187 pocomotion
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Every American needs to remove their underwear to know who is real and who is impersonating a thang...

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:53 | 6232191 dsty
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The Confederate flag lives at ZH

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:09 | 6232230 Soul Glow
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It's anyone's fight here.  A last bastion of the 1st Amendment.

Wed, 06/24/2015 - 23:57 | 6232196 swmnguy
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I love that this week "The Dukes of Hazzard" and the rebel battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia are being held up as the biggest threats to, and conversely the best examples of, American culture. It's no longer possible to be cynical enough, or show truly bad taste.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:02 | 6232207 falconflight
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‘Have A Better Day’ A White Wednesday Tale: Daniel and the Hoodrats, with Ivory Surrounded by Ebony Survival Tips



© 2015 James LaFond

It’s a rough area. We have drug dealers but they aren’t shooting each other. It is not a black neighborhood. The only predators I have to worry about at night are the pigs. Cops pull me up and give me shit when I’m out sitting on my steps, when I’m going to work, when I’m coming home from work. Fucking pigs will be pigs. What else can you say? They pull me over, thinking I’m up to no good because I’m white and unafraid. So I show them my car keys and go inside. They think I‘m an ethnic guy so the pigs pull me over and flex on me, sit me on the curb, yell at me, threaten me, accuse me—fucking pigs!”

Some Korean kid totaled my mother’s parked car, so I’m at the precinct with her, and this cop who always cruises the neighborhood—this one particular pig in his MC [military contractor] ray-bans who harasses you for being a man—is eye-balling me the entire time. I had to get the fuck out of there. They were fucking with my mother and making her wait because I was there. I guess—even though I’m a working stiff that’s never even been locked up—that they see me as an unconquered commodity, a restive nail that needs hammered down. Fucking pigs!

Mean while the blacks from outside the area are doing home invasions and the pigs don’t give a shit. They are dialing in on the ethnic whites, like the pigs and the nigs are on the same team.

The neighborhood deli is run by Jim, an immigrant, a good dude that doesn’t take any shit. I walked in at eight, just as the sun went down. I came right up to the counter and said to Jim, “I’m getting an iced coffee.”

Twilight is my favorite time to relax.

A guy comes in, like a six foot tall black dude, tall, skinny. All of a sudden this other guy comes in slamming the door and hooting like a fucking ape. He’s got a work belt with the corded utility knife on it, making loud noises. The guys behind the counter were spooked but Jimmy stayed cool. All of a sudden I hear, “What the fuck!” out loud—real loud.

I turn and look and the guy is looking right at me, scanning the place. We lock eyes—just one of those moments. He looks at me again and I’m still looking at him and he says, “Yo, what are you lookin’ at—why you fuckin’ grillin’ me?”

A classic invitation into The Boned Zone.

I said, “I’m lookin’ at you ‘cause you’re makin’ noise for no fuckin’reason.”

This eye lock goes for another three seconds. I knew right away I shouldn’t have verbalized. I know he’s pissing on his territory—might as well be lifting his leg and sniffing asses—just an animal. But its bullshit, bullshit I didn’t have time for. He backs up a little bit and I notice his box cutter on his work belt in plain sight, so I look at it.

He goes, with his head swaying, “Oh, so you a construction worker. You should be used to loud noises.”

An olive branch of respect extended by the employed hoodrat, in whose world “real white boys” are seen as construction workers. The fact that he has gotten a job means that he has aspirations that his fellows regard derisively as “white.” This fool could be cultivated as an ally by an astute survivalist. Daniel does not pick up on this until I point it out in the interview.

Jimmy comes over and says, “Here’s your coffee.”

Good security management.

Now I’ve got two guys looking at me. I remember I’m wearing my tank top and its hot—he’s not stepping to me, and maybe looking for a way out. So as I’m walkin’ out past him and the light skinny dude—who both act like their waiting for something—he’s looking at me and I’m looking at him and I say, “Have a nice day.”

The skinny dude says, “It’s already a nice day!”

The moment he says that a much larger dude, like a three hundred pound monster, who was obviously parking the car, walks through the door and I’m like, Oh shit!

So I say, “Alright then, have a better day!”

Then I stayed outside, kind of hot over this, for about twenty seconds, standing by the trash can, not relaxing, not enjoying the twilight, but wanting to wring some fucking necks. These guys were in their twenties, obviously employed, not criminals. But still, why do blacks have to bring so much aggression wherever they go? There is no living with them.

You seem like the only dude in Baltimore who has figured this out, can interact with these animals like some ape-whisperer. In fact I’d like to go to some of those bars with you that you wrote about checking out on your hunt for Crazy Mark. But I’d probably end up putting you in danger. You’re probably better off alone, since avoidance is the whole key to dealing with blacks. I mean, even if you kick their ass, even if you’re a fucking pig, you’re the bad guy—end of life, end of job, club Zimmerman here I come.

So what should I have done differently?

Ivory Surrounded By Ebony Survival Tips

When walking, walk briskly and confidently with chin down and eyes scanning a half ellipse five to ten feet from your feet from just off your front deltoid. Walk like you are wearing a hoody with a gun in the pocket pouch and the cop you are going to execute is getting close.

If you make eye contact nod respectfully without speaking and let the eye contact slide into a hand and belt scan as you resume your head swivel walk. [I will go into more detail on this in an upcoming post.]

Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever—in a month of Sundays on your sacred ancestors tribal battle mound—ever, ever say a single word to a black person that has not politely and respectfully opened a dialogue with you—ever! Black males are raised by aggressive women to behave like aggressive women. They therefore feed off of verbal expression and conflict, use it to build aggression and pack cohesion, and also achieve alienation of potential victims.

Cultivate the discipline of silence, without making eye contact, with blacks and they will fear you. The mental construct I use is to walk the streets of my town as a murderer. Every man I have seen for the past thirty years on the streets of Baltimore, I have emotionlessly slain in my mind. By constantly glancing at people and then running their murder scenario through your mind as you relegate their image to your peripheral vision and scan for other threats, you will eventually project the same obscure and chilling body language that the drug gang hitters employ when they murder corner boys, mules, snitches, stash house guards, muscle and kingpins. Even in church I’m murdering people in my mind—strangling the usher at the door, beating the priest to death with his goblet, smashing the altar boy’s head into the altar, scalping the rich guy next to me and stuffing his scalp down the throat of the tenor in the choir gallery.

Once they have threatened you, however, achieve eye-contact with the most dangerous player, not the mouth, but the muscle, and maintain that eye contact as you either distance yourself or close in for the kill, never, ever, saying a word, confident of the remorseless savage course you have set in your mind.

 

If you are not up to dispassionately cultivating this internal discipline, then you are meat, so you might want to flee to the suburbs and stay the hell off of Iniquity’s banquet table.

Local blogger from Baltimore

http://www.jameslafond.com/article.php?id=2559

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:20 | 6232387 Vooter
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<<Never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever—in a month of Sundays on your sacred ancestors tribal battle mound—ever, ever say a single word to a black person that has not politely and respectfully opened a dialogue with you—ever! Black males are raised by aggressive women to behave like aggressive women. They therefore feed off of verbal expression and conflict, use it to build aggression and pack cohesion, and also achieve alienation of potential victims.>>

What the fuck is this crap...LOL! I'm a white guy who's lived around and with black people in black neighborhoods for about 30 years, and I've never had a problem talking with them, no matter who started the conversation. They're just people...what do you think they're going to do to you? LOL...they don't give a shit about you. Why would they? They're just shopping and commuting to work and going home like everyone else...who gives a fuck? This is just so fucking retarded, and over the top, and pathetic--get a fucking grip...

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:29 | 6232400 falconflight
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You live in the hood? Lying sack of shit, Pooper.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 07:29 | 6232733 Gavrikon
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Especially the part about them being "people."

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 11:35 | 6233674 Vooter
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I sure do, unlike most of the people commenting on this site, apparently. And the fact of the matter is, it's A hood, not THE hood--in other words, it's just a neighborhood. There are black people and white people and Hispanics and Asians and Russians and Indians, and it's FINE. Nobody cares! Nobody's out to bother anyone else. Maybe you should try it sometime. It's funny--I work on my car in the driveway, and I get people from all of those so-called "dangerous" races stopping by all the time to check out the car and talk about their own cars. Everyone's pleasant--everyone just likes cars! That doesn't mean there aren't wiseass teenagers and faux gang-bangers and other assholes around--EVERY neighborhood has its idiots--but the fact of the matter is, the normal black people are more embarrassed by it than I ever would be. What pisses me off more than anything is that the author is obviously a decent writer and intelligent, but he still allows himself to live under this unnecessary cloud of fear and suspicion and ignorance. His loss, I guess...

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 09:10 | 6232980 swmnguy
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Yeah, you're right.  I don't know what the hell has happened to this site over the past year or so.  Some of these stories attract comments that Stormfront and Chimpout would moderate.

I've lived in an inner city for about 30 years myself.  Actually, when I was very small (1968-1969) I lived in a truly dangerous inner city.  The only daycare available was run by the Black Panthers.  My mom took me there.  The Panthers were perfectly happy to have a blond, blue-eyed toddler running around with the other 30 black toddlers.  They were just trying to get shit done, in a place that had been completely looted, gutted, and left to bleed out by TPTB.  We never had a single problem with black people.

What you do in the inner city is not make gratuitous eye contact and hold it too long, because that sends the message that you're up to something.  Just walking along confidently, with a pleasant look on your face, like you know where you are and what you're doing and where you're going, and you're not going to cause anybody any trouble; that's what works.  The goal is to avoid being panhandled.  That's the actual danger to a white person in a black part of town.  And you might get teased a little, to which you respond like anyone would; with a quick smile.

These people seem to have read "The Turner Diaries" in PDF form online and are nurturing some sick fantasies in their suburban apartments.  They obviously don't have any idea what life is like in the inner city.

Hell, my kids just finished their Junior and Freshman years in high school, respectively.  They've been the only white kid in a class of 35.  Certainly the only middle-class kid of any ethnicity.  They've never given it a second thought.  Nor have they ever been in a fight, or bullied, or victimized in any way.  They can actually tell a story and describe the people in it, without thinking to assign racial labels unless it's relevant to the story or the language or the accent to tell the story.  They can ride their bikes past the dope dealers on the corner, smile, say "s'up," and move on; neither has any business with the other nor any problem.  They can get along with the "aggressive women," and get past "aggression and pack cohesion" without falling into the state of "alienation of potential victims."  My kids have learned firsthand, all their lives, it's not hard to avoid a completely imaginary scenario.

It's not that there aren't racial tensions and animosities.  There most certainly are.  It's as you said, "They don't give a shit about you."  These "Unique Snowflakes" need to get over themselves, quit flattering themselves, and realize that almost everybody in the world is just trying to get shit done with the least hassle possible.  What a bunch of narcissistic chickenshits.

Do us all a favor and stay out of non-lily-white neighborhoods.  You're abviously looking  to start a fight so you can play the victim when somebody responds to your hostile bullshit.  We really don't need the hassle.  We've got shit to get done, and life isn't getting easier these days; the last thing we need is a bunch of attitude and bullshit from you.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:04 | 6232214 Duc888
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Hey, didn't Bill Cosby buy up the rights to "The Little Rascals" never to be seen again because he said it was "Racist"?

 

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:08 | 6232218 Soul Glow
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I applaud anyone who flies Old Dixie because it takes balls to represent a losing team.

:)

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 04:52 | 6232585 ebear
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Go Cubbies!

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:10 | 6232232 bozoklown
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No one has been pushing anything like this for the last 150 years. The confederate batttle flag did not come into mainstream use in the south until the 1950's in response to the civil rights movement. It was meant as a direct rebuke to desegregation. Doesn't any one around here know how to use Google or do you just swallow whatever screed is pushed here hook line and sinker?

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:32 | 6232257 Arnold
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Push those boys a little harder clowney.

Maybe not regular readers of ZH, but smart enough to find where you live now that the Obama administration has released all the deep background checks of all Federal employees.

Gettysburg is coming up this week fuckhead . You better be doing more than googlin' bitch.

Go back to your hole, I gotta find me some shoes.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 05:21 | 6232589 ebear
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"Doesn't any one around here know how to use Google..."

Apparently not....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Mississippi

 

1894 flag[edit]

Flag of Mississippi in use from 1894 to present

On April 23, 1894 a new flag was adopted by the Mississippi Legislature in a Special Session. In 1906, Mississippi adopted a revised legal code that repealed all general laws that were not reenacted by the legislature or brought forward in the new code. [13] The 1906 legal code did not bring forward the law that created an official state flag and a coat of arms. Because of this oversight, likely inadvertent, the state of Mississippi did not have an official state flag from 1906-2001. Nonetheless, the 1894 flag continued to be used as the de facto state flag until it was officially readopted on February 7, 2001

 

So, basically 120 years.

Nice try though.

 

P.S.

The referendum for a new flag was defeated in a vote of 64% (488,630 votes) to 36% (267,812) and the old flag was retained.[18]

I guess they must like their flag.

And AFAIC, anyone not from there has fuck all to say about it.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:12 | 6232237 BeerMe
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This whole thing is odd.  Most likely cover for giving away more American sovereignty and jobs.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:23 | 6232265 Arnold
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Bingo, we'll never know what hit us.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:31 | 6232278 runswithscissors
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 obama & sharpton- the "Spooks of Hazzard"

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:42 | 6232300 Yen Cross
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  I love it!

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:58 | 6232322 Demogorgon
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The US is spiraling increasingly quickly down the drain due to this excessive politically correct, privileged, everyone is special, hurt no ones feeling agenda that is being thrust upon the sheeple. And sadly, most people seem all too happy to listen to the "we know what's best for you" bullshit spewed forth by the gov and the mainstream media. Fucking lemmings, left and right, following each other off the cliff.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 05:25 | 6232603 ebear
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Exactly.  Truly a pathetic bunch of flag wavers, and I'm not talking about the Bars and Stars.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:52 | 6232323 Counterpunch
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they know the flag doesnt affect murder, or hate.


But they can defile defiance, magickally, so to speak.

A simple approach would be to fly the rebel flag.


A more clever approach would be to fly the scottish flag or the betsy ross flag


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betsy_Ross_flag


what if all of a sudden, hudreds of people at the NY times comment section, on huff po, tshirts on the beach... suddenly were wearing the Ross Flag?


Looks different, but in many ways its more powerful, and not south-specific.


Just  a thought.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 05:29 | 6232607 ebear
Thu, 06/25/2015 - 09:14 | 6232988 swmnguy
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That's one's already been appropriated by Know-Nothings.  I like the Betsy Ross flag idea better.  More subtle.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 00:53 | 6232329 kedi
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Symbols evolve, devolve. They are used by different people, for different reasons, to represent different things. A flag is an inanimate object. People infuse it with various things. People can take it up as a logo for what they want it to represent. Good or bad. Personally, I see the Confederate flag negatively. For more than one reason. I would guess that the people who created that flag, did not have as it's main intent, to represent that we want slavery. It was inherent in the system that the flag was for. But I don't think it was the main intent. The current U.S. flag can be seen as a symbol of some negative things. Even in it's static state for many decades, it has been seen at different times and places, to represent positive and negative. Even in the U.S. itself.

In some ways, I see that the Confederate flag has been softened from many of the things it represented. Not really positively ( in my sober opinion ). It has gained a following of the "YeeeHaww!!!!!" A sizable portion of the YeeHaw do not consciously associate the flag with racism, slavery, etc. They relate it more to, well, YeeHaw!!! ( In my less sober opinion ). It is often a flag of the party, party. It is flown in times and places of our life that are YeeHaw, that are completely apart from it's portion of original intent. It can be, and more often as time goes by, be just the rebel flag. A symbol of small personal rebellion against who knows what. The civil war was not all about slavery, racism. Though it was a big part of the society that took up that flag. Going forward, we saw that racism was not the monopoly of those that were under that flag. The current U.S. flag flies as a symbol over a country that still has racial problems, as do many countries.

I do not automatically assume a person with a confederate flag displayed somewhere, in some way, is racist. I am a Canadian, living in Canada. I had a Canadian room mate who had a Confederate flag as a doorway curtain. This guy was not at all racist. The flag was all about him being a rebel. Well, he wasn't, isn't, much of a rebel either. It was flown/hung, with the desire to express his inner rebel. It is on the General Lee, for the same reason. It is displayed many places, for that same reason. Maybe even at the State government buildings for that reason. Macho, rebel, don't tread on me. I hope that there is an ever decreasing number of people in government, and electing government, that sees it as a wink, wink, to racism.

There are very intended symbols for racism. They too evolve. They are the worst ones. They are constantly modified secret signals. The real, hardcore racists know them. Modify them over time. But keep the meaning very much on point and alive. These are the ones that need to be out front in the news. These symbols represent an ever concentrated and vicious evil. Variations on Nazi symbols. Ones with no discernible roots, but represent the worst racial war cries. These symbols are hardly reported in the media. It would be good for us all to know them, for what they are. Maybe tattooed on a neck near you.

All in all, I think the Confederate flag, is devolving, evolving more to the YeeHaww, this time in my life, rebel flag. It should be taken down from official buildings, as a gesture of maturity, at least. State governments can demonstrate their independence by legislative action. Remove it as a simple act of officially distancing themselves from the other negative racial historical issues.

On a hat with a pair of beer cans with straws? On a kick ass Dodge Charger that never was leaped through the air with racist intent? On a belt buckle that cannot be seen under the beer gut? I think it is worn with just wistful rebel pride. Less than white pride. It is those other less known symbols that need to be watched and one day, permanently removed, along with the reasons for them.

Take the flag down officially. But let the people and history, past and evolving, do with it, what they will.

 

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:45 | 6232426 Arnold
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Never been in battle Bitch?

Now that our battle field pennants have been reduced to our sleeves and chests, Lee's Army Of Northern Virginia Battle flag stands pretty proud.

Spoken as as a bred Yankee.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags_of_the_Confederate_States_of_America

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 05:32 | 6232611 ebear
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"Take the flag down officially."

Mississippi already voted on that, and the answer was NO.

Nobody else's business IMO.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 05:51 | 6232624 overmedicatedun...
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kedi, nice long winded rant..could of said it quicker with "can't we all just get along?"

I liked that flag for my own moronic reason.. cause the MSM DC elite hate it. and use it seperate us more.

for me it represents the resistance to reptile central in DC, and i think the elite see it as a threat as some folks get it - lincoln was a mass murder and dictator who enabled the fed gov take over of freedoms.

maybe some day blacks will evolve and fly the stars and bars on their BMW's..

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:10 | 6232364 PGR88
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I'm going to dust off my 1970's reflective Lynard Skynard Confederate Flag belt-buckle.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:19 | 6232385 Choose Sanity
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For me the battle flag of the Confederate Army is a memorial to the bare foot bravery of those Southern men and children who were sucked into the vortex of a monstrous war which initially was all about taxation levied by northern industrial states against southern farmers rather than the issue of slavery.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 04:53 | 6232582 Ckierst1
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 I agree that that was part of it, but I think that it was more insidious than what you suggest.  I think that it was about reinstating Whiggish Hamiltonian government intervention on the nation at the point of a bayonet - a coup against Jefferson's and Jackson's defeat of the elitists and their desire to enable government "internal improvements" (choose winners and losers in commerce for their own power and control).

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 08:41 | 6232892 F em all but 6
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And if I may add on the issue of taxation and the cause of the civil war. At that time the majority of federal revenue came from imposts and duties from ports. And where were 80 percent of the ports in the nation? Yup. the south. Secession would have killed the feds revenue stream. As always. Follow the money.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 10:33 | 6233261 large_wooden_badger
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The trouble with the Southern strategy of seccession, was that when the Southern representatives left DC for Richmond, they left the lunatics in charge of the asylym. Still running things like lunatics.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:27 | 6232398 q99x2
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The recompense necessary to right the banksters destruction of a civilized culture as technologically advanced as western civilization was will requre the end of banking forever. The price of maturity is huge.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 01:48 | 6232430 Arnold
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Bit out of it in this thread Mr q99x2.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 03:08 | 6232510 Panic Mode
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Welcome to the new age of fucktards, their standard of values can easily swing depending on the wind or their moods. When SHTF, either they won't be able to survive or they put themselves back to slavery without realising it.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 03:23 | 6232531 Ckierst1
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I think that if they name it the General Jenner, it should have a lot more recognition "ownership" than other possibilities with a lot of here to fore under represented identity segments.  Shit, did I just say that?

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 03:25 | 6232537 NordikAvenger
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Confederate flag - commemorating the right honored tradition and profound sacrifice for the enterprise of slavery.  What's so wrong with that?

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 03:36 | 6232554 jack stephan
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im from the the west coast, i dont know really much else..... 30 years in, fuckin the cholas, the rockabillys, saved by the bell black chicks.

 

this regime has evil written all over it, stuck on textbooks no life experience, like staiin all textbook idealism.  I fucked a marxist girl in a ballerina outfit, because her roomate wouldnt. yeah ill do that.  save religon.  even met her parents

 

you guys are slow, weak, misinformed, challenged, and cant handle resistance, me im whatever dick you like, ill never listen, im deus machina to a pussy.

 

watch great escape "were all over 21 footloose and fancy free"  ill fuck your girl leaders til eventually they think like me, im gutter james bond

 

i smack you like sedgewick on his way to spain.  you interfere, well as long as im gone, its close enough.

Thu, 06/25/2015 - 05:06 | 6232591 Eahudimac
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Lay off the LSD. Seriously.

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