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Red Lobster Waitress Reportedly Attacked for Refilling Water Glasses Too Often

Aug. 18, 2012 10:30am Madeleine Morgenstern

Red Lobster Waitress Reportedly Attacked for Refilling Water Glasses too Often in Fairview Heights, Illinois Police say a waitress was attacked at a Red Lobster restaurant in Illinois on Friday — the second such customer-on-server assault at the location in seven months.

Two of the three women arrested at an Illinois Red Lobster after police said a waitress was attacked by customers. (Image source: KMOV-TV)

The latest incident at the Fairview Heights, Ill. restaurant happened at about 2:15 p.m. Friday afternoon, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Police said the waitress had water thrown on her and was hit repeatedly by either open hands or menus. Three suspects were taken into custody.

Police told the newspaper the motive for the attack was unknown, but a witness to the incident told KMOV-TV it started when the three female customers were unhappy that the server kept refilling their water glasses.

The witness said that as the waitress walked away, one of the customers threw a water glass at her, striking her in the back of the head. When the victim turned around, the witness said the customer picked up a menu and hit her in the face with it.

According to KMOV, restaurant workers and customers kept the suspects from leaving until police arrived. Paramedics treated the waitress at the scene before she went back to work.

A similar incident occurred at the same restaurant in December when four customers attacked a waitress for bringing the wrong drink order, police said. There was no indication the two incidents were related, the Post-Dispatch reported.

A Red Lobster spokesperson told the newspaper the incident was “unfortunate” and said “the safety of our employees and guests is our highest priority.”

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Uncurable wound
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:07am
Wheres the civilized society?

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wvgirl
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:06am
No. Not as long as the race-baiters such as Al Sharpton, Jessie Jackson, et al are still alive and spewing their vile venom, not to mention the two America-hating, white-hating Communists in the White house who live to stir hatred and cause class warfare in order to bring our Constitutional Republic into Socialism/Marxism/Communism. As long as these types of individuals have a following, the answer will always be “NO”.

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blazingaway
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:05am
They must have been black … no race was mentioned

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- T ParT
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:14am
  Very True
  
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- LetsBeSmartAboutThis
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:36am
  I try not to jump to conclusions like that, BLAZINGAWAY, but more and more it’s true… and you are right.
  
  The media is so predictable and controlling. Don’t know what their main goal is, but reporting the news fairly and accurately is not it.
  
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- cykonas
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:46am
  @LEXINGTON_GREEN
  
  You are absolutely spot on. Another disturbing thing that is happening at the same time. In many places in our society today you would be called a racist or a bigot for simply making a correct observation. So many people just choose to say nothing. Thanks for having the courage to point it out. What’s that old quote? Something like “evil flourishes when good people remain silent”. Peace.
  
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- Kelly Henderson
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 5:06pm
  You aint seen nothing yet. If obama gets voted out of office this country will burn.All i can say is PREPARE.
  
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Uncurable wound
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:04am
No silly,obama is out campaigning !

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NewLife56
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:03am
Obama’s America

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AJAYW
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:03am
Obama’s best supporters at their best job …

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- Oldbutnotsenile
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:42pm
  If we don’t react to this violent behavior, the race problem will only get worse. Because of groups like New Black Panthers, Louis Farrakhan and uneducated black people, their rudeness and violence will get bloody. Granted, white people can be racist, but nobody plays the race card better than the liberal left black people. I pray for all who are trying to live by LOVE THEY NEIGHBOR, and that goes for everybody, no matter what color or ethnic background you are from.
  
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- oldguy77
  Posted on August 19, 2012 at 1:50pm
  I saw a picture of the future a few years back.You might be able to get it on tape somewhere.It was called”Planet of the Apes” I especially enjoyed the ending.
  
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oldasdirt
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:01am
I have to blame the POTUS for this action.He and his wife have called down the thunder on race division and some think it is time to act. OblameO and his administration should be in jail for instituting race wars.

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- RobbieTLHughie
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 7:36pm
  So by that abusrd logic I can blame pretty much whoever I want for whatever I want?
  
  George W. Bush was responsible for some guy getting mugged in L.A.
  Bill Clinton was responsible for Pearl Harbor
  Ronald Reagan is the reason why candy is sweet.
  
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Red Meat
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:59am
Ignorant culture.

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angelcat
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:57am
What if white customers had done this to a black waitress? Sharpon and Jackson would be on the way to Red Lobster already.

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Wango
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:56am
You’re still posting, so apparently not.

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- FREEDOMoverFEAR
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 7:03pm
  what do you do for a living Wango?
  
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- ITSTYRANNY
  Posted on August 19, 2012 at 11:55am
  Collect my paycheck.
  
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Wango
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:54am
Who’s “they”?

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- DoctorRon
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:24am
  Democrats, of course.
  
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- 68Patriot
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 1:27pm
  that would be you WACKO.
  
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- teddyc73
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 3:52pm
  Them.
  
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Wango
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:53am
Hey, funny joke,did you hear the one about the black kid who had been searched twice, handcuffed and put in the back of a police car and he somehow managed to shoot himself in the head?

Is that funny or what. google it. Great stuff. I’m sure you’ll be reading about it here on The Blaze anytime now.

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- Wango
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:32am
  Justification is a conservative’s ploy. I’m talking about misdirection and Blaze Bias.
- progressiveslayer
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:33am
  Sounds like the police need to brush up on their searching of detained suspects.
  
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- lexington_green
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:53am
  “justification is a conservative’s ploy.” BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!
  
  and liberals and folks that commit black on white crimes don’t serve up a list of “justifications” for their words and acts? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
  
  obama hasn’t been using every diversionary rhetorical trick in the book vs romney? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!
  
  sorry, this all too funny. you’re a legend in your own mind buddy. i thought you were a loon. thanks for removing all doubt.
  
  i saw an amazing doc on people who walk on all fours. shocking. someone should do one on you so we can see how someone lives life with his head shoved completely up his keester.
  
  please keep the silliness coming. you’re very entertaining.
  
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- Mary Just
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 1:27pm
  Hey Wango you moron the news story you mention was on the blaze
  
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- grayling646
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 3:28pm
  This story isn’t about the police, Wango. It’s about civilians. You’re always so off the mark.
  
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- FREEDOMoverFEAR
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 6:39pm
  @Wango
  You’re comments once again have nothing to do with the story. This is the basis of all your comments, “hey ignore this current story and look at what this other person is doing wrong.” You can’t justify a wrong by pointing to a wrong someone else commited you moron.
  
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- Wango
  Posted on August 19, 2012 at 11:41am
  FREEDOMFROMREASON . . . Remember you said that, because I’m going to take you on a tour of exactly that from your right wing friends here on The Blaze. The only question you need to think about is why you ever call out such behavior when it comes from your own. Here’s our code word – shoehorn! Stay tuned. It won’t take long.
  
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- Wat Tyler
  Posted on August 19, 2012 at 4:04pm
  Rasputin here thinks he’s going to take on the role as NKVD thought police. After reading his posts, however, it is clearly evident that he lacks the intellect to accomplish such a task.
  
  As for the waitress, “Dat wite sno’ o’s for slafferey, and we’s goin’ to collect. Witey wates on uz now.”
  
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- AmericanWomanFirst
  Posted on August 20, 2012 at 6:43am
  Wango, the young man you speak of wasn’t black.
  
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RamonPreston
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:52am
Me too. “They shall be ****** in your eyes and thorns in your sides.”

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Wango
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:50am
Like they put anything else on The Blaze. Didn’t think about that though did ya? I’ll see your “menu mayhem” and raise you a “senseless killing”

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/adams-368400-balleste-heintz.html

Quit being such a *****.

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:29am
  Wow I’ve never heard of a white man murdering someone before this is earth shattering news,thanks for sharing.
  
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- Tankertony
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 12:50pm
  Back down slayer. The beard means this guy is of profound wisdom and intelligence, don’t you know?
  
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- football lady
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 1:59pm
  Don’t go away made. Just go away!
  
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Wango
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:48am
PRONGPLAYER . . . Never far below the surface with you, is it. And you wonder why people call you a racer. It’s so unfair.

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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:09am
  When a waitress is assaulted the smart waitress doesn’t get mad she gets even and I know quite a few who’ve gotten even,I’ll spare you the details.
  
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- nobull14
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:32am
  You are a person I would not want around me !!!!!. instead of wango it should be WACO
  
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- barber2
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 12:29pm
  NOBULL: Wacko is just a resurrected ( Aug 5 ) version of JUSTIM – or whatever the last go-around name was – with a new name. The smart @ss Lefty Troll comments give him away.
  
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- Wango
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 12:43pm
  BABAR2 . . .Always guessing and accusing. But never right. That makes you a good conservative. Maybe if you hand’t joined The Blaze a mere three days ago you would have room to talk.
  
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- FREEDOMoverFEAR
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 6:45pm
  @Wango
  
  What’s your point with the OCregister story that a white guy shot a black guy. Are you trying to compare white crime to black crime here’s a better link for that. http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/homicide/race.cfm You might not want to look at it because it’s not going to reaffirm your false beliefs. But hell who cares about actual statistics and facts I feel in my heart everyone is equal.
  
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Kupo
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:47am
So I guess saying “no more water, please” was just too difficult.

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- PeachyinGA
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:08am
  Probably looking for any reason to not leave a tip or even complain to management afterwards to get a free meal.
  
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blackyb
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:47am
Some people will push until someone tears them up. Do not take one thing from people like this. Do not give them the benefit of a doubt, because when you do you are encouraging them. Deal with them legally if at all possible, if not do what you gotta do without hesitation.

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Wango
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:47am
Paramedics treated the server? Sounds like we got whiners all around. Man up, people.

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- Wango
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:23am
  Bleeding all over the floor? Really? That what happened?
  
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- 68Patriot
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:32am
  change your name to WACKO if you are going to side with the women that attacked the waitress.
  
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- swimfishy
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:46am
  I do believe it is standard protocol to call the paramedics to avoid the lawyers from attacking next.
  
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- swimfishy
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:51am
  I believe it is standard protocol to call the paramedics to protect themselves form the next attack being the lawyers.
  
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- Wango
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 12:05pm
  SWIMFIAHY . . . Actually, it’s just the opposite. It’s so the lawyers can say, “She was so grievously injured the paramedics had to be called.”
  
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- Wango
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 12:44pm
  69er . . . What makes you think I’m siding with the women?
  
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- 68Patriot
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 1:24pm
  WACKO, why do have an issue with the paramedics coming to check out the waitress?
  
  I could only assume you were siding with the 3 perps by questioning the waitress getting medical attention. The fact that you went there is very bizarre but so are 100% of your posts so no surprise.
  
  68
  
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- Rayblue
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 1:50pm
  Wangos game-o is lame-o.
  
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- RobbieTLHughie
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 7:19pm
  Wango is my hero <3
  
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- Quiata
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 8:18pm
  @WANGO Dumb@ss: 911 was called, and standard procedure with an injury means the paramedics WILL show up.
  
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- Wango
  Posted on August 19, 2012 at 1:08pm
  QUIATA . . . What injury?
  
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- Not_a_lib4sure
  Posted on August 19, 2012 at 7:44pm
  Give me a glass full of water and let me hit you in the head with it from a few feet away, lets see what you think then.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:46am
So they accept food stamps at Red Lobster now?

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- BIgWheeler
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:04am
  HA! Exactly.
  
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- football lady
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:16am
  Oh, Gonzo, you ALWAYS nail it! Good one.
  
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- 68Patriot
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:19am
  only in Illinois. Obama executive order for his peeps.
  
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- HorseCrazy
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:31am
  if obama had daughters this is what they would look like right? where is al and jesse on this? poor black women just didn’t understand you don’t self refill like at mcdonalds. having lived in stl for many years in the italian district I can say the culture has changed big time. its turning into chicago. I don’t even go to visit family in the italian district anymore no matter how much I love them or how cute the nuns are walking around or how much I miss the food. it is now a bright light in the middle of the surrounding slums.
  
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- progressiveslayer
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:36am
  Not very PC of you G,I already got censored on this story using a word and it wasn’t the dreaded ‘N’ word.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:58am
  I know Slayer, I’m pretty PC challenged…thank goodness.
  
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- Mapache
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 12:27pm
  They now accept EBT cards at McDonalds…..no reason the poor cannot get their “Lobsterfest” On!
  
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joe.magarac
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:45am
fairview heights IL is the same thing as EAST ST LOUIS you drive thru there as fast on the highway as possible and dont hit any exits because thats what you get from residents there…..sorry but if it walks and talks like a thug…well what do you think your dealinn
g with

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- Obamujahadeen
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:55am
  Yup… see my ode to ‘wonderful’ E St Louis up above ;)
  
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- donfield
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 7:30pm
  Fairview Hts is up the bluffs from E St Louis. I know, I grew up there and live less than 10 minutes away, I am there every day. It is sliding downhill but not anything like E St. The majority of crime at the stores and restaurants are perpetrated by E. St. citizens who come up. Fairview is a middle class suburb of St. Louis and full of great people. Many current and retired military from the nearby Scott AFB. The sad thing is the Democrat political machine has gained a hold there and is taking the city down a bad path. That is or used to be the busiest Red Lobster in the country, always a crowd.
  
  Many many great dark skinned people live in this area and are wonderful. It is the few hood rats that give the others of there continental origin a bad name.
  
  Semper Fi
  
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trolltrainer
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:43am
Yeah, it would have been a different outcome if the waitress was carrying…

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DoctorRon
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:42am
Violence is the “Chicago way.”

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Uncurable wound
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:41am
hey get this straight-it was three youths,not three black women!
LOL
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- Obamujahadeen
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:56am
  tree yutes? (Joe Pesci;)
- TIME_THE_AVENGER
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:38am
  The Department Of Yute (Alice Cooper)
  
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- RogueCop
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 2:12pm
  Wait, Wait…..Did you say Yutes? Ohhhhhh, youthes.
  
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- Sybille
  Posted on August 19, 2012 at 4:30pm
  It was three black women: 21,22 and 44. Not youths.
  
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Redwood Elf
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:40am
Any bets the “Water whiners” were Liberals?

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- blackyb
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:44am
  They are going to start stuff with the wrong people one of these days and get a lesson none of them will foret for ages. It is time to stop taking crap off these bullies. These are some of those who think it is in to cause trouble. I am assuming the waitress was white. Whether so or not I am glad their sorry selves were held for the police.
  
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- Wango
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:52am
  Don’t you just hate it when liberals blame conservatives before any facts are know? Children I tell ya.
  
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- VanceUppercut
  Posted on August 19, 2012 at 5:36pm
  @Redwood Elf
  
  Any bets the skinhead who shot up the Sikh temple was Conservative?
  
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hersey10
Posted on August 18, 2012 at 10:40am
Wouldn’t this be what you THANK the server for ? Red Lobster servers are clearly racist .

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