Now the story about the ol'man getting beaten up by the NO Police department is rather disgusting and I will leave it at that--this is not the forum. BUT, in the last part of the story I saw this:

"On Friday, state authorities said they were investigating allegations that New Orleans police broke into a dealership and made off with nearly 200 cars - including 41 new Cadillacs - as the storm closed in."

Them NO "cops" stole 41 Cadillacs??? These people don't deserve Cadillacs, they should be riding donkeys...:annoyed:

Story here... (http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/10/09/taped.beatings.ap/index.html?section=cnn_topstories)

I didn't know that Cadillacs could float.

I also heard to be aware of used cars coming from that area because they are trying to pass off cars damaged by the floods as quality cars.....Off topic, but NBT, what kind of camera do you use? Your pics look like they came straight out of an auto magazine.

Classic

I also heard to be aware of used cars coming from that area because they are trying to pass off cars damaged by the floods as quality cars.....Off topic, but NBT, what kind of camera do you use? Your pics look like they came straight out of an auto magazine.

Well... it appears that there are a lot of corruption in that police department... if it can be called as such.

I use a Canon PowerShot A80--it is way too much of a camera and I probably only use about 4% of its features. I used to be a photographer back in another life--On sale here (http://www.digitalsaver.com/stores.asp?productid=9026A001)

I used to use regular cameras which were much less complicated than these thingamajigs they sell these days. Thanks!!! :)

Ah, the things people do when they're the only ones with guns in the area... bad to hear these kinds of stories.

"On Friday, state authorities said they were investigating allegations that New Orleans police broke into a dealership and made off with nearly 200 cars (http://www.cadillacforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=54606#) - including 41 new Cadillacs - as the storm closed in."

Them NO "cops" stole 41 Cadillacs??? These people don't deserve Cadillacs, they should be riding donkeys...:annoyed:
:yup:Well, you can't say the "no class" New Orleans police officers don't have "some" class.

I didn't know that Cadillacs could float.

The Devilles can!!! I had to take one of those as a loaner and it is a freakin boat. When you park it you had to drop anchor.

The Looters seemed to have a good taste in beer!:yup:

I hate to beat up on those down there but I cannot tell how many times I have heard talking heads of the tube say all those people had no way to leave there. But all the scenes I see are nothing but cars and trucks sitting all over the place. One story I saw on MSNBC was showing what they said was the poorest part of NO and right in the middle of the view was a Cadillac. LOL

That's why them folks are simple folks. If they knew better they would not be looting convenient stores for food, money and beer, rather they would join the NO police department and would be looting Cadillacs.

See, the problem with them poor folks is that they don't set their goals high enough...

That's why them folks are simple folks. If they knew better they would not be looting convenient stores for food, money and beer, rather they would join the NO police department and would be looting Cadillacs.

See, the problem with them poor folks is that they don't set their goals high enough...

It appears their goal was to fill up their grocery cart.

Since someone already broke the ice....
http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/MessageTopic.asp?p=1166195&Pg=1

i hate to laugh...but some if not most of those were pretty damn funny. i can't agree more with you guys...bad situation down there, but you can't say the people made it any better. whether they were black, white, mexican, chinese, rich, poor, whatever. come on people...

Since someone already broke the ice....
http://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/MessageTopic.asp?p=1166195&Pg=1

I am sorry but these photoshops and their titles and captions are completely racist. Not funny at all. :annoyed:

I am sorry but these photoshops and their titles and captions are completely racist. Not funny at all. :annoyed:

Never the less it is real. It did happen. A f***ed up mind set and poor values IMO.

I am sorry but these photoshops and their titles and captions are completely racist. Not funny at all. :annoyed:

When will the commie pinko leftists realize that simply exposing FACTS does not make one racist???!!!

:farting::fan:nbtesq

When will the commie pinko leftists realize that simply exposing FACTS does not make one racist???!!!

:farting::fan:nbtesq

I love how those two icons work together!:lildevil:

seems to me only one of the photos represented "facts". the rest are just a way of poking fun at someone caught red-handed. they'd be funny regardless of the color of the looter.

seems to me only one of the photos represented "facts". the rest are just a way of poking fun at someone caught red-handed. they'd be funny regardless of the color of the looter.

Oh there are way to many pics to post. To think we live in a civilized society:hmm: .
I imagine this will get locked down or tranfered soon.

i don't see a problem with talking about this. it's just conversation...yeah, it's not directly related to the cadillac cts, but it's ok to talk about other things once in a while, right? granted people don't get out of hand and be respectful.

I am sorry, my bad. I didn't realize that referring to the the African American folks as "spooks" was an acceptable term in any place other than the back rooms of the KKK... Perhaps we should dust off the "N" word and call it "real" and "out there"...

The real funny thing is the institutionalized racism and those who are simply oblivious to it. This thread was about cops stealing Cadillacs yet it got hijacked by some racist(s) who is/are too ready to fall back on stereo types and easy laughs in order to make no point at all or to deliberately obfuscate the original point.

Obviously it would be a waste to show photographs showing white folks "taking" food and bread from a convenient store and black folks "looting" the same... the reasoning would be lost on some and really this is not a classroom.
So to the racist(s) polluting this forum I say: :farting:

I am sorry, my bad. I didn't realize that referring to the the African American folks as "spooks" was an acceptable term in any place other than the back rooms of the KKK... Perhaps we should dust off the "N" word and call it "real" and "out there"...

The real funny thing is the institutionalized racism and those who are simply oblivious to it. This thread was about cops stealing Cadillacs yet it got hijacked by some racist(s) who is/are too ready to fall back on stereo types and easy laughs in order to make no point at all or to deliberately obfuscate the original point.

Obviously it would be a waste to show photographs showing white folks "taking" food and bread from a convenient store and black folks "looting" the same... the reasoning would be lost on some and really this is not a classroom.
So to the racist(s) polluting this forum I say: :farting:
Go to Google images. Input Katrina Looters. I'll send you a Happy Meal for each Caucasian you find. I imagine you'll tell us the media and anyone with a camera were also caucasian racists. And the thread is not hi-jacked as the material is related.

Where in the Heck did come up with the "Spook" & "African American" words in this thread? They simply are not there! You're an alarmist. You need to soak your head in ice water and :chill:

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Where in the Heck did come up with the "Spook" & "African American" words in this thread? You need to soak your head in ice water and :chill:

Just look at the link I referred to as racist... The link that is being defended by some as "funny"... Just look at the photoshops and tell me that they are not racist... on some of the phots the word SPOOK appear in bold letters. There is funny and there is funny; and that is what I refer to.

I am all relaxed dude but I will call it as I see it. :ill:

Just look at the link I referred to as racist... The link that is being defended by some as "funny"... Just look at the photoshops and tell me that they are not racist... on some of the phots the word SPOOK appear in bold letters. There is funny and there is funny; and that is what I refer to.

I am all relaxed dude but I will call it as I see it. :ill:

None of our Forum posters used the words "Spooks" or "******". You don't have to be a racist to discuss what you see happening in the Gulf Coast Regions. You can't defend the behavior that took place in the aftermath of Katrina and Rita. I think those actions set the minorities back 50 years

You didn't soak your head long enough.:annoyed:

And you did not read well enough. Perhaps English is hard for you.
I ciriticzed the photographs and not any forum memeber. I called the photographs not funny and racists. Those photos were amnipulated.

Some came back here with personal attacks.
I responded.

Looks like you need to soak your head a little--try to follow will ya?

lol... :thepan:


Oh and BTW: I was not the one who brought up the looters... All I was talking about was them coppers looting Cadillacs...

:bonkers:

And you did not read well enough. Perhaps English is hard for you.
I ciriticzed the photographs and not any forum memeber. I called the photographs not funny and racists. Those photos were amnipulated.
Some came back here with personal attacks.
I responded.

You're the one crying here. Still haven't found this in my dictionary. So beat up the Photochoppers and leave us alone. So what would you recommend to make sure Gulf Shore criminal behavior doesn't happen again. I would find your comments interesting nbtesq.:hmm:

I am not crying at all. You seem to be stressing out here.
I am calling racist behavior well...racist. You don't like it? Tough.

Now you want to post pictures of African Americans with a big bold title referring to them as "spooks"? Be my guest. You want to find it funny? be my guest. But then I will call you a racist and you will have to live with it. Same thing with anyone else.

I don't give two bits about the Gulf Shore criminal behavior (at least for the purposes of this forum)--what I do care about is the whereabouts of them 41 Cadillacs. :bigroll:

And that is that.

You're the one crying here. Still haven't found this in my dictionary. So beat up the Photochoppers and leave us alone. So what would you recommend to make sure Gulf Shore criminal behavior doesn't happen again. I would find your comments interesting nbtesq.:hmm:
maybe airlift in food and supplies, which is what i'm sure would have happened
had there been thousands of caucasians standing on freeway overpasses or packed into stadiums.

...maybe airlift in food and supplies, which is what i'm sure would have happened had there been thousands of caucasians standing on freeway overpasses or packed into stadiums...

Now come on, anybody running off with plasma tvs or 30 pairs of jeans from a store before setting it on fire isnt concerned about food.

The fact of the matter is as a country, we have brought this problem on ourselves. Our welfare system, originally developed as a "hand-up" for those who had run up on hard times, is now nothing more than a "handout" that is expected by those too lazy to go out and get a job. Think I'm exagerating, go work for the Post Office like I have. See who gets most of those checks, and better yet see if you have as much fun as I did getting chased around by some crackhead who wants thier damn check so they can go get high. We have furthered this problem by fostering a culture where nothing is ever "your fault". If someone rapes a kid, its because their parents abused them, not because they're a sick f***. If they become a career criminal, its not because they have no regard for morals, instead its because "this is what society expects from them and therefore they were somehow forced to comply with society's expectations". Nobody can care for themselves anymore and they expect the goverment to do everything for them. When the government is suddenly not there to wipe their a**, they dont know what to do. This doesnt have a thing to do with skin color or country of origin, its society as a whole.

If it was me in that situation, I would have been smart enough to get the heck out of town before the storm even hit. If that wasnt possible, then when the waters started flowing in, you can bet I would have grabbed my camp stove, a couple cans of gas, food and water and started walking. Those people just sat there and waited to be rescued.

...on some of the phots the word SPOOK appear in bold letters...

The closest thing I saw to "spook" was "spooky" which was part of the original text on a photochoped froot loops box. I think I speak for most of the members of this forum when I say I never would have made a racist connection to that word if you hadnt made such a big deal out of it. There is something the PC-mongers of this country have to realize. You are never going to get anyone to give a damn about actual cases of racism or discrimination if you spend so much time complaining about ONE word, taken out of context, in an EIGHT PAGE thread. Especially when the topic of the thread you are complaining about is people making fun of some fool who got caught red-handed doing something he knew was wrong.

I don't give a f*** about your opinion about this at all. I called it as I saw it. You may agree or you may not. You can make a thread about it or you may not. I will keep telling you what I see and that's that. Agree with it or not. Those photoshoped photographs are racist. You don't agree... fine. Print them and put them around your neck and parade them all you want. I don't give a crap. I never complained--I simply said it is not funny and it is racist. It is you and your flock who are complaining about my comment.

Deal with it. ;)

BTW: the topic of this thread was 41 Cadillacs allegedly stolen by the NO Police Department... It was started by me. I did not bring them looters into this. :halo:

That's why them folks are simple folks. If they knew better they would not be looting convenient stores for food, money and beer, rather they would join the NO police department and would be looting Cadillacs.

See, the problem with them poor folks is that they don't set their goals high enough...

:tisk:

What good is a caddy if your ass is starving. Its really hard for us to fully understand their condition- but I am sure that transportation is not very high on the list.

I don't give a f*** about your opinion about this at all. I called it as I saw it. You may agree or you may not. You can make a thread about it or you may not. I will keep telling you what I see and that's that. Agree with it or not. Those photoshoped photographs are racist. You don't agree... fine. Print them and put them around your neck and parade them all you want. I don't give a crap. I never complained--I simply said it is not funny and it is racist. It is you and your flock who are complaining about my comment.

Deal with it. ;)

BTW: the topic of this thread was 41 Cadillacs allegedly stolen by the NO Police Department... It was started by me. I did not bring them looters into this. :halo:

Sound like a case of "I've made up my mind so don't try confusing me with the facts" if I've ever heard one!

There is something the PC-mongers of this country have to realize. You are never going to get anyone to give a damn about actual cases of racism or discrimination if you spend so much time complaining about ONE word, taken out of context, in an EIGHT PAGE thread. Especially when the topic of the thread you are complaining about is people making fun of some fool who got caught red-handed doing something he knew was wrong.

If you would have thought about these words of wisdom in the first place, you and your thread would have sank into oblivion long ago. Instead you had to highlight your ignorance by complaining about a funny link, thus turning this thread into a flame war. Therefore you hijacked your own thread, not anyone else.

"On Friday, state authorities said they were investigating allegations that New Orleans police broke into a dealership and made off with nearly 200 cars - including 41 new Cadillacs - as the storm closed in."

Them NO "cops" stole 41 Cadillacs??? These people don't deserve Cadillacs, they should be riding donkeys...:annoyed:

I too am disgusted by the actions of some members of the New Orleans police department in respect to their conduct before and after the storm. They are supposed to serve as an example to the community of how to act, especially in a disaster situation. However I find the last sentance in your original post kind of ironic. Such a blanket statement is just as narrow-minded as your assumption that we think "white people collecting supplies" and "black people looting" was in reference to the same things. Collecting of food, water, and other basic necessities is completely different from going into an electronics store and stealing a tv when theres no electricity and your house is under water. There are stories of people who stole cars in order to flee the area because they either didnt own one or theirs had already been destroyed. These cars were probably not all stolen by cops, and even if they were they may not have all been assigned to remain in the area. They may even have been taking the vehicles to replace police cruisers that had been destroyed by the storm or flooding. We dont know because we werent there but nobody can go and make a blanket statement such as this without knowing the facts.

I don't give a f*** about your opinion! Deal with it.

Yep, we know where you're coming from man:helpless:

wow this thread blew up while i was busy last night. god, i love reading all this excellent commentary. i must honestly say, DDS, the post you made at 10:52 was perfect. i could have wrote it myself as it's the same way i feel about stuff going on today. anyways, i'm probably the least racist person around, but i'd like to call what i have being racially frustrated. as we all know, sometimes the most racist and or ignorant people are the ones actually telling other people to stop being racist. i don't know, seriously, i would have thought those photoshops were just as amusing if some white suburban kid was in them who got nothing more than CAUGHT breaking the law.

i hate to insight this little snarl, and i'm in no way implicating anyone as being racist, but for some reason i feel like i need to defend myself here and i don't know why...

Sound like a case of "I've made up my mind so don't try confusing me with the facts" if I've ever heard one!


Right back at ya... :)


If you would have thought about these words of wisdom in the first place, you and your thread would have sank into oblivion long ago. Instead you had to highlight your ignorance by complaining about a funny link, thus turning this thread into a flame war. Therefore you hijacked your own thread, not anyone else.


I was going to deconstruct this... but whhy bother? This only became a flame war because you didn't like my opinion about the manipulated photos. I simply said that they are racist and not funny--nothing more. Some of you guys took it personal and began crying about it and coming up with all sorts of justifications...



I too am disgusted by the actions of some members of the New Orleans police department in respect to their conduct before and after the storm. They are supposed to serve as an example to the community of how to act, especially in a disaster situation. However I find the last sentance in your original post kind of ironic. Such a blanket statement is just as narrow-minded as your assumption that we think "white people collecting supplies" and "black people looting" was in reference to the same things. Collecting of food, water, and other basic necessities is completely different from going into an electronics store and stealing a tv when theres no electricity and your house is under water. There are stories of people who stole cars in order to flee the area because they either didnt own one or theirs had already been destroyed. These cars were probably not all stolen by cops, and even if they were they may not have all been assigned to remain in the area. They may even have been taking the vehicles to replace police cruisers that had been destroyed by the storm or flooding. We dont know because we werent there but nobody can go and make a blanket statement such as this without knowing the facts.

See how you fall on your face? I never passed judgment on anything regarding the looters or the conditions in NO. I did say that those manipulated photographs are racist in nature. I will say it again. If it bothers you... nothing I can do about it.

Yeah, perhaps those who took the 41 Cadillacs were Caddy lovers and wanted to "serve and protect" them Cadillacs by removing them from exposure to the elements of nature... And I am sure they will come forward, identify themeselves and tell us all where them Caddies are... :histeric:

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but for some reason i feel like i need to defend myself here and i don't know why...

I don't either... :D