Al Sharpton: Looters Were Angry Taxpayers

NewsMax ^ | 9/3/05 | NewsMax

[wagglebee]

Rev. Al Sharpton said Thursday that looters who terrorized flood-ravaged New Orleans this week acted out of anger that the services paid for with their taxes were not available.

"The ones that are looting are people there that work paycheck to paycheck, [who] paid their taxes for an infrastructure that collapsed on them," Sharpton told MSNBC's "Countdown." "People in that kind of environment are responding in all kinds of insane ways," he explained. "It doesn`t justify TVs being stolen, but clearly to get water and to get food and to get milk for babies, even though it is not refrigerated, certainly, you could [not] call that looting."

The firebrand agitator blamed President Bush for the looting, saying much of the unrest took place while the "pharaoh diddled in his suburban Rome in Crawford, Texas."

"The president stays on vacation, comes back a day late and a dollar short? I mean, this is an outright . . . " he complained, without finishing the sentence.

[trustandobey]

Eric Rudolph was an angry taxpayer too, and I didn't see Al defending him.

[hardworking]

For Pete's sake. If Kerry and Edwards were in office those corpses would be walking by now!

[Rosemont]

"Reverend" White interloper still has to answer for Tawana Brawley and Freddy's.

[NickatNite2003]

Al Sharpton, proving yet again, when
it comes right down to it, is a
lying criminal.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Another "SHARP" Black leader shows true leadership, he is a true sicko.

[NY Attitude]

No problem, they will get to vote in the next election.

[WasDougsLamb]

Just plain sickening. I am an angry taxpayer and I don't use that as an excuse to steal.Tell those freaks of nature to pull out thier wad of money for airline tickets to fly them out of there or use his jet and help the people instead of opening thier mouths and sounding ignorant . I agree that things could have gone a little smoother but there are people of ALL colors who have waited and suffered down there and not just one. Haven't heard any other race complaining that Busch forgot about them and only them. No one could have forseen this type of devistation. No one. And as far as the law being told to shoot people, they were told to use force when and if the law wasn't obeyed. In other words, DON'T break the law (loot,kill, rape or car jack) and you won't get shot. Can you comprehend that, fools? And yes, I sent in my donation to ALL the people

[Alright_on_the_LeftCoast]

Taxpayers my @ss - most of them were welfare recipients, that were STAYING in town by choice so they could collect their WELFARE checks on the first of the month prior to leaving town!!!!

[weegee]

That's PC despotism for you. You are a "traitor" to your race if you don't subscribe to the correct politics.

[hardworking]

No problem, they will get to vote in the next election.

LOL - good one! Guess we need to keep our sense of humor, what?

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

And now we hear the NO levee board used federal dollars from the fund to build a casino. Dem's rat race to afix blame and avoid shame. (whoops, forgot, they have none)

[anonymoussierra]

"The firebrand agitator blamed President Bush for the looting, saying much of the unrest took place while the "pharaoh diddled in his suburban Rome in Crawford, Texas."

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"This man of fore knows everything ha, et fore I need to remind him I know great black people in Europe they don’t want to have anything to do with American black people; in it of except few. He will not survive one minute in African nations. We have many Africans in my nation and they are very intellectual and very lovely; in fore I spoke with them they don’t want to deal with anything of black population of America, they called them “morons” is exact words, and they don’t want to have anything to do with them in of fore I believe there are still good ones left whom have suffered enough; o et they are human beings and I look at person as human being, not color, of it this man word is ridicules. Maybe this idiot should listen what other great black people think from around world. Many great black people live in England and they love England and will never disrespect others, they are very lovely people this idiot should know this and they don’t care about him. You need to unite not divide love love love again love. In of fore now your great nation military is helping your people; where is he? Where is General Powell? Where are those great leaders of great black people of in of United States of America? Where is spiritual and physical help of them? He is hypocrite."

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thank you all be strong great persons!!!!!!

[hardworking]

Taxpayers my @ss - most of them were welfare recipients, that were STAYING in town by choice so they could collect their WELFARE checks on the first of the month prior to leaving town!!!!

Don't forget the overwhelming need to not miss the latest Oprah airing. BTW, where IS Miss Black Rich Money Bags in all this? She could send her private jet to airdrop some bags of money to her brethren.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Ditto for all you said.

[lastchance]

Umm. Could it be cause the administration of N.O. is Democrat? If ever there was an Incestuous relationship it is the one between the Democratic Party and the press.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

65 years of the war on poverty by the liberal lefies, and this is what we get.

[F105-D ThunderChief]

You know "Irreverent Al" don't wants to be mixin facts in with the rhetoric! It could expose him for the fraud he really is!

[Cobra64]

They don't pay tazes. They're on welfare.

[Capt. Tom]

I'm now an angry taxpayer. Let's all go to Wal Mart and have ours too.

If your not into stealing you have other choices like raping and murdering. -Tom

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Not a bad idea, they put away Al Copone for income tax evasion from his sales of booze and whores.

Tack on another 20 years of thoughtful insight for every dope dealer convicted of profiting from it.