the vehemence of the cops' response is one measure of the arrogance with which they have come to abuse their power under sturmbahnfuhrer giuliani--not to mention reagan, bush, clinton/reno...
-----Original Message----- From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Doug Henwood Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 12:35 PM To: lbo-talk Subject: whaddya expect from a guy named Bruce?
[Thanks to Jim Naureckas of FAIR.]
"He's turned into some kind of dirtbag.... He goes on the boycott list.... He has all these good songs and everything, American flag songs and all that stuff, and now he's a floating fag."
--New York Fraternal Order of Police president Bob Lucente on Bruce Springsteen, whose song "41 Shots" refers to the killing of Amadou Diallo (in an interview with SonicNet, quoted in the New York Post, 6/11/00)