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To: Neocon who wrote (164813)	7/26/2001 4:32:27 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

I am amazed at the Buckwheat of past that is coming to light. Sharpton's spokeswoman told NewsMax.com that he wouldn't comment on the Rather controversy. Singer-songwriter Garland Jeffries, for instance, memorialized the racially offensive aspects of the "Little Rascals" character in a 1992 album he titled "Don't Call Me Buckwheat." The title track of this new collection called "Don't Call Me Buckwheat" comes from the memory of a happy day at the ballpark, ruined by a vicious ethnic slur shouted at him by a crowd of drunks. JEFFRIES: And one of the guys says from behind me, "Hey, Buckwheat. Buckwheat, get the F out of here, you're blocking our view." ... I froze at that moment and I really, you know, turned around. I was - it wasn't anger, it was hurt. Even when "Buckwheat" is used by someone who, like Rather, may intend no offense, the reaction is usually sharp and swift. In 1994, The Urban League slammed Rhode Island's Department of Education for not firing a Central Falls Junior-Senior High School teacher who suggested that an African-American student play Buckwheat in a black history celebration. A year later, when a Texas teacher was merely accused of calling a student "Buckwheat" (a charge the teacher denied), she was suspended. Not satisfied with the punishment, the NAACP marched on her school when she returned to work. "The NAACP-organized march outside the Adams Middle School ... was the second since the teacher's reinstatement two weeks ago," reported the Dallas Morning News. The student's mother told the Dallas paper that her daughter was "shocked" when the teacher called her "Buckwheat." "She couldn't believe the teacher told her that. ... Buckwheat is a racial slur." Even the most innocuous on-air references to Buckwheat have landed several of Dan Rather's TV news colleagues in hot water. Jet magazine reported on one 1993 incident. "Chicago's FOX-TV station WFLD-Channel 32 came under fire for referring to one of its black anchors as 'Buckwheat' "After a story aired on casting for an upcoming movie version of the Little Rascals, 'Good Day Chicago' anchors David Rose and Marianne Murciano said they wondered which of their fellow colleagues might be cast in the film. They mentioned anchor Darryl Dennard for the role of Buckwheat. ... Some employees were immediately offended." So far, CBS News, the Urban League, the NAACP and Jesse Jackson's Rainbow/PUSH Coalition have not returned calls requesting comment on Dan Rather's "Buckwheat" outburst. ..........http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2001/7/26/93933 tom watson tosiwmee

To: Neocon who wrote (164813)	7/26/2001 4:54:39 PM
From: ColtonGang	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

better yet was "Once upon a time in the west" with Bronson, Fonda,Robards etc......the music was fabulous.

To: Neocon who wrote (164813)	7/26/2001 5:03:04 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

My two favorite mob movies are Good Fellas and Pritzi's Honor.

To: Neocon who wrote (164813)	7/26/2001 5:41:39 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

<<Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction", and many others.....>> To see Travolta in a really good gangster movie check out the Elmore Leonard work Get Shorty. Great cast.

To: Neocon who wrote (164813)	7/26/2001 6:02:35 PM
From: Ish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Have you ever seen one of Tarentino's earlier works called Reservior Dogs? Lesson for today- The Path of the righteous man is beset on all sides, by the inequities of the selfish, and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed are those, who in the name of charity and justice, shepard the weak, through the valley of darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper, and the finder of lost children. And I will STRIKE down upon thee with GREAT vengeance and FURIOUS anger, THOSE, who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers! And you will know, my name is the LORD, when I lay my vengeance upon thee! - Eziekel 25:17.