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Old 10-01-2012, 18:47   #1
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Eric Holder participated in ‘armed’ takeover of former Columbia University ROTC offic

Who would have thought Holder may have been a radical...and from Columbia no less.

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As a freshman at Columbia University in 1970, future Attorney General Eric Holder participated in a five-day occupation of an abandoned Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) headquarters with a group of black students later described by the university’s Black Students’ Organization as “armed,” The Daily Caller has learned.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/30/as...#ixzz2868wssDX
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Old 10-01-2012, 20:33   #2
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I dig the 'fro'......that's almost SNL material by itself.
Our AG hasn't really changed much, just decided that the working within the system can achieve more lasting results.
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Old 10-01-2012, 21:19   #3
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Our AG hasn't really changed much, just decided that the working within the system
Given his antics over the past few years, that may be debatable.
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Old 10-01-2012, 21:39   #4
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Neat

I hafta say...
I admire his ability to manipulate his way through the system.
I want to get into government when I retire from active duty. It is quite clear that all of the things a soldier does that will get him stomped on are encouraged in the arena of national politics and I am ready to collect my share of legalized corruption.
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Old 10-02-2012, 05:25   #5
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Holder was then among the leaders of the Student Afro-American Society (SAAS), which demanded that the former ROTC office be renamed the “Malcolm X Lounge.”
So is that like their version of a team house?

He's a thug; run his ass out through the swingin' doors.
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Old 10-02-2012, 06:07   #6
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I dig the 'fro'......that's almost SNL material by itself.
Our AG hasn't really changed much, just decided that the working within the system can achieve more lasting results.
In Living Color and Homie D. Clown crossed my mind...

Nope, it doesn't appear he changed one bit.....and I don't recall it coming up in his confirmation hearing.
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