> From In These Times
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>Barr the Door 6.9
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>Congressman Bob Barr, representative of suburban Atlanta, is a man not
>afraid to speak his mind. Sure, at times he's had trouble making deed
>conform to word, especially where the precious right of unborn life is
>concerned. But like many of his Republican colleagues from the South, he
>will not back down where principle is at stake. Consider the stand he took
>at Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport in late May, as reported on
>the Web site of WXIA, a local television station.
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>It seems Barr got angry when airport guards refused to let a shuttle van
>drive him to his car in a private parking lot. Barr got out of the van,
>flashed his congressional credentials and insisted that the vehicle be let
>in. The guards agreed to let the van in, but asked the driver to fill out a
>form for a temporary pass.
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>After a few minutes of waiting for the driver to complete the form,
>according to a complaint filed by security supervisor Alicia Gordon, Barr
>jumped out of the van again and shouted, "When are you going to open the
>damn gate, you stupid black idiot?"
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>When a guard tried to explain that the form had to be filled out, Barr
>continued, "Look you idiot little n-word, just open the motherfucking gate."
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>Barr admits to having a heated argument with security guards, but denies
>using foul language or racial epithets.
Leo Casey United Federation of Teachers 260 Park Avenue South New York, New York 10010-7272 212-98-6869
Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has, and it never will. If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation are men who want crops without plowing the ground. They want rain without thunder and lightning. They want the ocean without the awful roar of its waters. -- Frederick Douglass --
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