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To: Edwarda who wrote (13701)	3/5/2000 5:41:00 PM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 62553

could this be for real Back in 1969 a group of Black Panthers decided that a > > Fellow black named Alex Rackley needed to die. Rackley > > was a fellow Panther suspected of disloyalty. > > Rackley was first tied to a chair. Once safely > > immobilized his 'friends' tortured him for hours by, among > > other things, pouring boiling water on him. When > > they got tired of torturing Rackley, Black Panther member > > Warren Kimbo took Mr. Rackley outside and put a bullet in > > His head. Rackley's body was later found floating in a > > River about 25 miles north of New Haven, Conn. > > > > Perhaps at this point you're curious as to what happened > > To these Black Panthers. In 1977, that's only eight years > > Later, only one of the killers was still in jail. The shooter, > > Warren Kimbro, managed to get a scholarship to Harvard. > > He later became an assistant dean at Eastern Connecticut State > > College. > > > > Isn't that something? As a '60s radical you can pump a > > bullet into someone's head, and a few years later, in the same > > State, you can become an assistant college dean! Only > > In America! > > > > Erica Huggins was the lady who served the Panthers by > > Boiling the water for Mr. Rackley's torture. Some years later > > Ms. Huggins was elected to a California School Board. > > > > How in the world do you think these killers got off so > > Easy? Maybe it was in some part due to the efforts of two > > People who came to the defense of the Panthers. These two > > people actually went so far as to shut down Yale University > > with demonstrations in defense of the accused Black Panthers > > During their trial. > > > > One of these people was none other than Bill Lan Lee. > > Mr. Lee, or Mr. Lan Lee, as the case may be, isn't a college > > dean. He isn't a member of a California School Board. He is > > now head of the US Justice Department's Civil Rights > > Division. > > > > O.K., so who was the other Panther defender? Is this > > Other notable Panther defender now a school board member? > > Is this other Panther apologist now an assistant college dean? > > No, Neither! > > > > The other Panther defender was, like Lee, a radical law > > Student at Yale University at the time. She is now known as > > The "smartest woman in the world." She is none other than the > > unofficial Democratic candidate for the US Senate from > > the State of New York----our lovely First Lady, the incredible > Hillary Rodham Clinton.

To: Edwarda who wrote (13701)	3/5/2000 8:05:00 PM
From: Peter S. Maroulis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 62553

Perhaps a repeat ? This is from a contest in Oxnard, California. The requirements were to use the words Lewinsky and Kaczynski (the Unabomber) in a limerick. Here are the 3 winners: Entry #1: There once was a gal named Lewinsky who played on a flute like Stravinsky 'Twas "Hail to the Chief" On this flute made of beef That stole the front page from Kaczynski. Entry #2: Said Bill Clinton to young Ms. Lewinsky We don't want to leave clues like Kaczynski, Since you look such a mess, Use the hem of your dress And wipe that stuff off your chininsky. Entry #3: Lewinsky and Clinton have shown What Kaczynski must surely have known: That an intern is better Than a bomb in a letter Given the choice of how to be blown