Comments on: TX Governor Rick Perry, Tod Willingham, Justice & Politics http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2009/admin/governor-rick-perry-tod-willingham/ street news, views and stories of justice and injustice Tue, 22 May 2012 19:12:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gava Joe http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2009/admin/governor-rick-perry-tod-willingham/comment-page-1/#comment-174671 Gava Joe Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:36:43 +0000 http://witnessla.com/?p=9910#comment-174671 Even the old vaquero from Norwalk continues to call the immigrants "illegals".. Can't we refer to them as what they truly are - settlers? Even the old vaquero from Norwalk continues to call the immigrants “illegals”.. Can’t we refer to them as what they truly are – settlers?

]]> By: Woody http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2009/admin/governor-rick-perry-tod-willingham/comment-page-1/#comment-174658 Woody Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:19:24 +0000 http://witnessla.com/?p=9910#comment-174658 N., Yes, yes I did do a check. N., Yes, yes I did do a check.

]]> By: Norwalquero http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2009/admin/governor-rick-perry-tod-willingham/comment-page-1/#comment-174610 Norwalquero Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:54:07 +0000 http://witnessla.com/?p=9910#comment-174610 Woody, did you do an immigration check at Chavez Ravine when the residents were kicked out? How do you know they were illegals? Poplockerone, sounds like you've got an ax to grind with Rodriguez. Sorry to hear that. He's doing very well, helping a lot of at risk youth. And I mean a lot. He's well respected. Sorry you have the hard feelings. Because he had a drug problem? Wow. That's pretty closed minded. But it takes all kinds. Alrato. Woody, did you do an immigration check at Chavez Ravine when the residents were kicked out? How do you know they were illegals?

Poplockerone, sounds like you’ve got an ax to grind with Rodriguez. Sorry to hear that. He’s doing very well, helping a lot of at risk youth. And I mean a lot. He’s well respected. Sorry you have the hard feelings. Because he had a drug problem? Wow. That’s pretty closed minded. But it takes all kinds. Alrato.

]]> By: Woody http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2009/admin/governor-rick-perry-tod-willingham/comment-page-1/#comment-174592 Woody Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:56:16 +0000 http://witnessla.com/?p=9910#comment-174592 Raze Dodger Stadium and turn the land back over to the illegal immigrants who were run off when it was constructed! Raze Dodger Stadium and turn the land back over to the illegal immigrants who were run off when it was constructed!

]]> By: Wilfredo Whinner http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2009/admin/governor-rick-perry-tod-willingham/comment-page-1/#comment-174590 Wilfredo Whinner Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:21:08 +0000 http://witnessla.com/?p=9910#comment-174590 Why isn't anybody discussing the injustice of this sales flyer? This sales flyer is absolutely vile, racist and xenophobic !!!!! The whites are calling us uncultured heathens !!!! <b> "It’s very simple to envision and locate the LA Eastside, hundreds of thousands of people for generations have done so, despite being quasi-invisible and denigrated by other citizens from West of the Eastside as Mexican gangsters, illegal aliens, and uncultured heathens to be feared and avoided except as a pool for cheap labor or easy marks when their homes and land were needed for some forced urban renewal public works project like freeway building or gov’t building projects."</b> http://laeastside.com/2009/10/silver-lake-is-not-the-eastside-and-consumerism-isn%e2%80%99t-green/ Why isn’t anybody discussing the injustice of this sales flyer? This sales flyer is absolutely vile, racist and xenophobic !!!!! The whites are calling us uncultured heathens !!!!


“It’s very simple to envision and locate the LA Eastside, hundreds of thousands of people for generations have done so, despite being quasi-invisible and denigrated by other citizens from West of the Eastside as Mexican gangsters, illegal aliens, and uncultured heathens to be feared and avoided except as a pool for cheap labor or easy marks when their homes and land were needed for some forced urban renewal public works project like freeway building or gov’t building projects.”

http://laeastside.com/2009/10/silver-lake-is-not-the-eastside-and-consumerism-isn%e2%80%99t-green/

]]> By: Woody http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2009/admin/governor-rick-perry-tod-willingham/comment-page-1/#comment-174587 Woody Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:23:52 +0000 http://witnessla.com/?p=9910#comment-174587 Celeste, I asked that you remove my comment that was addressed to "reg only" and apologized for it, even though the clip, intended to be humorous, was made by a black man. So, there was only one on which you had to make a decision, the first one in the previous post. I disagree with your analysis and removal of it, which you did after repeated prompting by one "offended" commenter. That's not exactly "blowing through the fence," especially when you consider the language and personal attacks that you historically have permitted and the fact that I was making a point with a nonoffensive word and explained why I used it in the comparison. Nah, Celeste, it was selective censorship, no matter how you want to explain it. Celeste, I asked that you remove my comment that was addressed to “reg only” and apologized for it, even though the clip, intended to be humorous, was made by a black man. So, there was only one on which you had to make a decision, the first one in the previous post.

I disagree with your analysis and removal of it, which you did after repeated prompting by one “offended” commenter. That’s not exactly “blowing through the fence,” especially when you consider the language and personal attacks that you historically have permitted and the fact that I was making a point with a nonoffensive word and explained why I used it in the comparison.

Nah, Celeste, it was selective censorship, no matter how you want to explain it.

]]> By: poplockerone http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2009/admin/governor-rick-perry-tod-willingham/comment-page-1/#comment-174586 poplockerone Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:42:44 +0000 http://witnessla.com/?p=9910#comment-174586 One thing that I can honestly tell you - I dont lie. When I was a kid, I crossed paths with Luis Rodriguez - he was sniffing paint under a street bridge of the 710 FWY, sitting on graffiti covered concrete pavement, drooling saliva from his freckled face painted mouth within the LA Riverbed. As I rode my bike passed him, I remember vividly thinking that it was a very cloudy day and not really thinking anything special about the idiot cholo professional paint sniffers. The only reason I took noticed was because my reject cousin from Colonia Watts was sitting there, not to far from him - doing the same old bullshit. I just shook my head in disbelief and ignored all of them - again, just cholos acting like pendejos. My compadre's father worked at Bethlehem Steel prior to the company going under. His family still lives in Maywood and personally knew the foreman that killed himself - in Rodriguez's story. I also tried completing my catechism classes at Saint Emidius church in Lynwood but got kicked out for being a shithead. So guess how The Lynwood Paragons got started? Just remember one thing, that the experiences that Luis writes about - were not only his. The stories of growing up in LA belongs to endless people....specifically me. I am a nobody....right One thing that I can honestly tell you – I dont lie.
When I was a kid, I crossed paths with Luis Rodriguez – he was sniffing paint under a street bridge of the 710 FWY, sitting on graffiti covered concrete pavement, drooling saliva from his freckled face painted mouth within the LA Riverbed. As I rode my bike passed him, I remember vividly thinking that it was a very cloudy day and not really thinking anything special about the idiot cholo professional paint sniffers. The only reason I took noticed was because my reject cousin from Colonia Watts was sitting there, not to far from him – doing the same old bullshit. I just shook my head in disbelief and ignored all of them – again, just cholos acting like pendejos.
My compadre’s father worked at Bethlehem Steel prior to the company going under. His family still lives in Maywood and personally knew the foreman that killed himself – in Rodriguez’s story.
I also tried completing my catechism classes at Saint Emidius church in Lynwood but got kicked out for being a shithead. So guess how The Lynwood Paragons got started?
Just remember one thing, that the experiences that Luis writes about – were not only his. The stories of growing up in LA belongs to endless people….specifically me.
I am a nobody….right

]]> By: OK... http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2009/admin/governor-rick-perry-tod-willingham/comment-page-1/#comment-174575 OK... Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:49:30 +0000 http://witnessla.com/?p=9910#comment-174575 You know, pop dancer, junior high kids make a lot of shit up, too, like you did about Luis Rodriguez. I said paramount or Lynwood. I was guessing. I forgot what city you used to make up your story. Rodriguez is an accomplished writer, artist, and gang counselor. You're nobody. That means you have to have proof of your claim that some homies said he was a fraud. Got to kill a king with one shot, Ozone. Now go poplock to your next tall tale. You know, pop dancer, junior high kids make a lot of shit up, too, like you did about Luis Rodriguez. I said paramount or Lynwood. I was guessing. I forgot what city you used to make up your story. Rodriguez is an accomplished writer, artist, and gang counselor. You’re nobody. That means you have to have proof of your claim that some homies said he was a fraud. Got to kill a king with one shot, Ozone. Now go poplock to your next tall tale.

]]> By: OK... http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2009/admin/governor-rick-perry-tod-willingham/comment-page-1/#comment-174573 OK... Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:41:35 +0000 http://witnessla.com/?p=9910#comment-174573 BTW, Drew street's a shit hole again. They kept it nice just long enough for Sam Quinones to do his piece where he rides a skateboard down the hill and says that kids can finally play in peace, again. What a fucking moron. BTW, Drew street’s a shit hole again. They kept it nice just long enough for Sam Quinones to do his piece where he rides a skateboard down the hill and says that kids can finally play in peace, again. What a fucking moron.

]]> By: poplockerone http://witnessla.com/crime-and-punishment/2009/admin/governor-rick-perry-tod-willingham/comment-page-1/#comment-174572 poplockerone Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:38:17 +0000 http://witnessla.com/?p=9910#comment-174572 OK - you sound like a Jr. High School snot nosed kid. BTW- I never mentioned Paramount. Get your facts straight. OK – you sound like a Jr. High School snot nosed kid. BTW- I never mentioned Paramount. Get your facts straight.

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