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2004-10-06 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Woman sold rocks to rioters, used cash to pay cable bill
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Posted by tu3031 2004-10-06 12:34:22 PM|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Hmmm - She is obviously an advocate of free enterprise!

Taylor told police she collected about $70 selling rocks, but quit when she got hit by one herself.

However ther are "hidden costs" to any entreprenurial effort...
Posted by BigEd 2004-10-06 12:46:22 PM||   2004-10-06 12:46:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 Taylor told police she collected about $70 selling rocks, but quit when she got hit by one herself.

Dammit! I was drinking coffee while reading that line. She can spend the next several years making $1 rocks from $5 rocks.
Posted by ed 2004-10-06 12:50:22 PM||   2004-10-06 12:50:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Very entrepreneurial, indeed. She might find a nice arbitrage opportunity in little vs big rocks when she gets to the Big House.
Posted by lex 2004-10-06 12:58:12 PM||   2004-10-06 12:58:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 this is too funny!
Posted by anon 2004-10-06 1:02:13 PM||   2004-10-06 1:02:13 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 this can't be real.
Posted by anon 2004-10-06 1:02:40 PM||   2004-10-06 1:02:40 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Big media corporations are aligned with Islamic terrorists, so I don't see why this kind of business relationship cannot operate on a smaller scale.
Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2004-10-06 1:16:20 PM||   2004-10-06 1:16:20 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 This woman's got juche.
Posted by Shipman 2004-10-06 2:10:29 PM||   2004-10-06 2:10:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Ms. Taylor's behavior is outrageous. So is the behavior of the entire community of Benton Harbor--St. Joseph, both black and white. These two cities still look like the Jim Crow days. Benton Harbor is black ghetto and St. Joseph is determinedly white. Racism runs rampant on both sides.

From listening to the comments of my relatives who lived there, I gather that Benton Harbor got the short end of the stick; when black families moved in the blockbuster realtors ("You better get out! The n---s are coming!") followed, the schools were allowed to rot, and white businesses fled, taking jobs with them.

I cringed whenever I heard my great aunt's sincerely expressed fears of "those black people." And it appears that the folks in Benton Harbor are determined to live down to the worst expectations of their white neighbors in St. Joe.

When my cousin in St. Joe died last year, a middle class black family tried to buy his house at the auction. They were the high bid. Instead of accepting the bid, the realtor called a recess, and when they started the bidding again, suprise surprise, the realtor came up with $5000 more to buy the house himself. He then sold it to a white family.

When my elderly cousin from MIlwaukee, who had handled the estate on behalf of the family, told me this, I told her it was outrageous. She looked at me blankly and said, "Well, we have to think of the neighbors."

No, anon et al, nothing in Benton Harbor-St. Joe is funny.
Posted by mom 2004-10-06 2:13:16 PM||   2004-10-06 2:13:16 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 a middle class black family tried to buy his house at the auction. They were the high bid. Instead of accepting the bid, the realtor called a recess, and when they started the bidding again, suprise surprise, the realtor came up with $5000 more to buy the house himself. He then sold it to a white family.

HUD, DOJ, do I have a case for you.
Posted by lex 2004-10-06 2:25:59 PM||   2004-10-06 2:25:59 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Heyzeus... look at the ads to the right.
Posted by Shipman 2004-10-06 4:00:18 PM||   2004-10-06 4:00:18 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Never been to Benton Harbour, but I have positive vibes because of HeathKit and yes! Benton Harbour Basic!
Posted by Shipman 2004-10-06 4:01:24 PM||   2004-10-06 4:01:24 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 Where's the ad for Benton Harbor rock(s)?
Posted by lex 2004-10-06 4:05:27 PM||   2004-10-06 4:05:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Benton Harbor Attorneys 1$. Somebody call Yuolanda and let her know.
Posted by tu3031 2004-10-06 4:10:36 PM||   2004-10-06 4:10:36 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 When Rocks Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have Rocks!
Posted by Chase Unaiger1556 2004-10-06 5:53:21 PM||   2004-10-06 5:53:21 PM|| Front Page Top

#15 You're missing the point of the incident. We need to know whether she had basic service or anotehr package. $70 is an outrageous charge - unless she needed to pay a surcharge to restart the service.... maybe there was a late fee involved
Posted by Super Hose 2004-10-07 12:37:24 AM||   2004-10-07 12:37:24 AM|| Front Page Top

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