Meet your NRA Board of Directors Nominees!

[skippythwndrdog]

Sanford Abrams Owings Mills, Maryland
Thomas P. Arvas Albuquerque NM
David E. Bennett Albuquerque
J. Wm. Carter Fredricksburg TX
Patricia A. Clark. Newtown CT
Allan D Cors. Mclean VA
Charles L. Cotton. Friendswood TX
David G. Coy. Adrian MI
John L Cushman. Patchogue NY
William H. Dailey. Moline IL
Joel Friedman. Pasadena CA
James S. Gilmore III. Richmond VA
Harvey G Hollandsworth. Brady MT
Roy Innis. New York City
David C. Jones Ellisville MO
Herbert A Lanford. Columiba SC
John F. Milius Los Angeles (Isn't this guy a hollywood director?)
Zell Miller. Young Harris GA (Hmmm, where do we know this guy from)
Ernie Padgette. Bealeton VA
Peter J. Printz. Hamilton MT
Todd J. Rathner. Tucson AZ
Kayne B. Robinson Des Moines, IA (Current NRA President)
Carl T. Rowan Jr. Washington DC (I know this name, can't place it)
Harold W. Schroeder. Lancaster NY
Tom Selleck. Thousand Oaks CA (Magnum P.I.)
Bruce E. Stern. Trumbull CT
Jack R. Tishue Jr. Ferndale Maryland
Don Turner. Las Vegas NV
Todd A. Walker. Alexandria VA
Howard J. Walter. Flat Rock NC
Dennis L. Willing Sunfield MI

Looks like 31 of them. Have at it.

on edit: There are 25 open slots on the 76 member Board.

[Jon8503]

1. Carl T. Rowan

Is'nt he the conservative black syndicated columinst?

[Wickerman]

2. Not a lot of changes, huh?

Is it 7 new names?

[Burma Jones]

3. James Gilmore III was a 'puke Gov of Virginia

and Carl Rowan is a DC area Columnist that shot some teenager that was trespassing (in his underwear), basically sneaking into Rowan's pool in the middle of the night, so Carl shot him, although he posed no threat. The kid lived.........

[benEzra]

6. Carl Rowan, Sr. passed away recently....

I think Carl T. Rowan, Jr. is his son.

[Burma Jones]

8. Ahh, thanks.........n/t

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11. His explanation..

..."he had the right to use any means needed to protect himself and his family".

Link

Ironically, Carl Rowan Sr. also wrote many anti-gun editorials.

Glad to see that in this case, the apple has fallen far away from the tree.

[Wickerman]

4. Milius - responsible for Red Dawn

:puke:

[skippythwndrdog]

7. Also had a part in Apocalypse now, directed Conan the Barbarian.

[benEzra]

5. I recognize a couple...

Roy Innis, chairman, Congress of Racial Equality (bio at http://www.core-online.org/staff/roy_innis.htm)

Carl T. Rowan, Jr.--son of well-known journalist Carl Rowan? http%3A//www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=3625

John Milius is indeed a Hollywood director: http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0587518/

[iverglas]

9. ah yes, Roy Innis

He and his outfit are being discussed at DU this week (I did the search). Seems that they selected Karl Rove as annual honoree, and he didn't show up for the dinner.

He was also mentioned in passing here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=258&topic_id=623
(thanks to undergroundrailroad for making the job easy)

Issue Number 20 December12, 2002
<of the Black Commentator>

The show's most compelling on-air presence is Armstrong Williams, possibly the most noxious Black personality in broadcasting. He lovingly embraces arch-racist Senator Strom Thurmond, who decades ago gave the servile yet ambitious young Armstrong an internship, as both "friend" and "mentor." Williams has served the interests of apartheid South Africa, wallowed in the largess of every Hard Right foundation and think tank in the land, and reveled in long weekends with white supremacists. Williams' broadcast deals entangle him with the Christian Right's unholiest electronic pulpits. He is the premiere Black political whore in America, and the central fixture on America's Black Forum.

Armstrong Williams' protégé is Niger Innis, rising son of gangster "civil rights" caricature Roy Innis, head of the family business criminally referred to as the Congress of Racial Equality. CORE is a tin cup outstretched to every Hard Right political campaign or cause that finds it convenient - or a sick joke - to hire Black cheerleaders for their cross burning events. As the bearer of such lineage, Niger Innis is a prince among Black political scavengers - he even fancies himself an interpreter of what he believes to be Hip Hop culture's conservative characteristics. Niger Innis advertises his political "consultant" wares on America's Black Forum, in the shadow of Strom Thurmond's protégé, Armstrong Williams.

And amazingly, some people still use old Roy to show what a good thing the NRA is ...

[Romulus]

20. Roy Innis c.1988

appeared on the old Morton Downey Jr. show in the NYC area (WWOR channel 9).

I remember the episode: Downey had a bunch of neo-nazi types on the show that day for a "face of hate" episode or something, including Tom Metzger's son (who seemed to be in his mid-20's). In the era of Geraldo Rivera getting his nose broken on TV by other neo-nazis, Downey's show was the "real hometown deal" shout fest that 16 y/o boys ate up.

Anyway, Downey had Innis come out to "confront" Metzger's son and his neo-nazi buddies. Innis walked out onto the stage, straight up to the Metzger kid and started choking him out with a crazed look on his face. Of course, a riot ensued with the audience (working-class New Yorkers) jumping up and down, yelling and cheering Innis on.

I actually found a picture of the event:



What a rush!!! :headbang:

Whenever I hear about Innis, I remember that episode. Anyone who chokes out avowed Neo-Nazis can't be all bad . . .

(edited to fix date - I wish it was 1998. I would have gained back 10 years! LOL)

(Edited to add: Uh, oh - the "Skinheadz.com" website says that the choke-out happened on the infamous Geraldo Rivera episode, a statement corroborated by several other websites. I remembered it differently - but that's old age for you! :evilgrin: )

[iverglas]

21. if only that were all it took

to establish one's bona fides as a progressive, eh?

Here's one from much longer ago:

http://www.google.ca/search?q=cache:b4naBPuh2vAJ:www3.cbc.ca/sections/newsitem.asp%3FID%3D1786+%22this+hour+has%22+-22+kkk&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
http://209.47.161.50/articles/NewYorkTimes/nyt021013.htm
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/T/htmlT/thishourhas/thishourhas.htm

THIS HOUR HAS SEVEN DAYS

Canadian Public Affairs Series

This Hour Has Seven Days has repeatedly been cited as the most exciting and innovative public affairs television series in the history of Canadian broadcasting. It was certainly the most popular, drawing more than three million viewers at the time of its controversial cancellation by CBC management, which was unable to withstand the cries of outrage from offended guardians of public morality and the growing insurgence of the Seven Days production team. The creation of two young producers, Patrick Watson and Douglas Leiterman, the series debuted on 4 October 1964 and came to its well-publicized end after 50 episodes on 8 May 1966. ...


... The episode for 24 October 1965 opened with a satirical and irreverent song by Christie about the Ku Klux Klan, followed by preview cuts of later show segments, credits and a welcome of the live studio audience by LaPierre. (Live audiences were a staple of the program, contributing to its actuality impact.) ... Running almost 22 and a half minutes was the final story on the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). After an introduction by Christie, a satire of the KKK appearance before the U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee, and a short film of the civil rights struggle in the United States, two members of the Klan were invited into the "hot seat" to be interviewed in full costume. About halfway through the interview and after a question as to whether the Klansmen would shake hands with a black man, a black civil rights leader from the United States was invited to join the interview. There was some exchange of views until the interviewer tried to get the KKK members to shake hands with the black leader, at which time they stood up and left the set. ...

The civil rights leader in question was a young clergyperson from the US. He apparently didn't think it necessary or advisable to throttle the KKK types, but I didn't doubt his bona fides.

I saw this episode recently. (I was unfortunately just a smidgen too young to have appreciated 7 Days at the time it ran. It was modeled on the British That Was The Week That Was, and it's the reason the current show that used to feature Talking to Americans is called This Hour Has 22 Minutes.) ... Well, I've been searching in vain ... I thought that one of the ghouls on the episode was the then-grand wizard, but none of the sites about 7 Days identifies him, and I can't find anywhere on the net that says who the grand wizard was in 1965. Given recent developments, I'm curious who was under those hoods on the stage.


Anyhow, as to CORE: it certainly was a progressive organization in the 1960s, when it was involved in organizing 1964's Freedom Summer, for instance. This is simply no longer the case.

http://www.africanaonline.com/orga_core.htm

By 1963 CORE had already shifted attention to segregation in the North and West, where two-thirds of the organization's chapters were located. In an effort to build CORE's credibility as a black protest organization, leadership in these Northern chapters had become almost entirely black. CORE's ideology and strategies were increasingly challenged by its changing membership. Many new members advocated militancy and believed nonviolent methods of protest were to be used only if they proved successful.

As the tactics were being questioned so was the role of white members. In 1966 CORE endorsed the term Black Power, and by 1967 the word multiracial was no longer in the CORE constitution (see Black Power in the United States). Finally, in 1968, Roy Innis replaced Farmer as the national director, and Innis soon denied whites active membership in CORE and advocated black separatism.

Under Innis's leadership CORE took a conservative turn, lending its support to black capitalism and nationalism. In the 1970s Innis joined Southern whites in promoting separate schools rather than desegregation. Farmer cut his ties to CORE in 1976, returning in the 1980s in a bid to remake CORE into a multiracial organization. Innis, however, remained firmly in leadership. In the 1990s CORE chapters engaged in little direct organization, but Innis remained one of the most prominent black conservatives in the United States.

We are of course absolutely clear that I (and all credible critics) criticize the Innises and CORE not because of the shift to exclusively African-American membership/leadership, although that was certainly not in line with its origins and its founders' intentions, but because of their utter disregard for the interests of the community they pretend to represent and on whose behalf they pretend to act, and their use of the organization for no purpose but to further their own personal interests.

Of course, how many times do we have to do this ...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=118&topic_id=33922#33995
(and posts following)

[Paladin]

10. Well, Would'ja Look At That!

Here I've been laughing at you Gun Huggers' claims that the NRA isn't a Republican Party subsidiary, that the NRA supposedly doesn't hate all Democrats---and there on the nominees' list is....a Democrat. Of course, it's Zell "Ya'll Pardon Me While I Drool" Miller, who delivered a viciously anti-Democratic rant at the Republican convention, to the orgiastic delight of the delegates and every right-wing talking head in the country. Shortly thereafter, he publicly announced his opinion that George W. Bush was as great a statesman as Winston Churchill.

Nice to see the NRA is so even-handed......

[Retired AF Dem]

12. Paladin, every time I see that I remember

have gun will travel. Poor name for a anti gun nut.

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13. Paladin Press.

http://www.paladin-press.com

Where do I start :evilgrin:

It's all about perceptions.

FWIW, long before there was an Internet, I used to order books.... yes, books from them when I was in high school (1970-1974).

Loompanics came later; http://www.loompanics.com

Just one more confession from the days of my mispent youth. B-)

[Retired AF Dem]

14. Perhaps he only likes the big guns

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m109a6.htm

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17. Now you're just justifying the small penis theory.

B-)

[Paladin]

15. Your "Anti Gun Nut" Description Of Me......

...is inaccurate, but considering the source, I'll regard it as a badge of honor.

Given the nature of your posts, I think the fact that you have "Dem" in your name is rather inappropriate......

[Retired AF Dem]

16. I'm open minded

I beleive that people have the right to live the life they want without interference from anybody else (I don't think you do) I support gay marriage, abortion, I hate Bush but you won't see me knocking the U.S.A, I spent to much time defending her. I support and defend the right of all good people to own firearms and I don't lose any sleep because you don't approve of it. And I don't hug my guns, hugging is reserved for my wife.

[Lefty48197]

19. Yup. They're bi-partisan. The Zell Miller thing proves it.

How could I have ever suspected that the NRA was a Republican organization?

[Lefty48197]

18. Zell Miller? You mean Nugent isn't the nuttiest one in the NRA anymore?

I'll bet he's pissed off at being dethroned.