Tawana Brawley Resurfaces in Virginia
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tawana Brawley is living in Virginia under a new name, still owing money to a New York lawyer she accused of raping her 25 years ago, the New York Post reports.
The Post reported Sunday that the 40-year-old Brawley lives in Hopewell, Va., has a young daughter and works as a nurse in Richmond, Va.
Brawley was 15 and living in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. when she said six white law enforcement officials abducted and raped her. Brawley is black.
The allegations spurred a national racial controversy before a grand jury decided they were false.
The Post says Brawley never paid a $190,000 defamation judgment owed to one man she accused.
She told the newspaper she doesn’t want to talk to anyone about the episode.
There was no answer Sunday at a possible phone number for her.
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Comments (209)
MisterSarcastic
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:18amIf I may quote Don Rickles. “WHO!”?
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pavepaws
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:13amTime to dock her wages.
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strawberry411a
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:35pmGee…what a surprise.
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mercenary4freedom
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:40pmIs that fatass with the boofy **** there Al Sharpton? The same guy that was recorded on tape during a cocaine sting?
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Fecal_Matters
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:49pmWhat a cutie pie…I could see like that guy…No I can’t. I’d slam it in a door before I gave that a poke
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chingachgook
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 8:33am@PAVEPAWS what wages you mean her welfare!
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Fitzzz
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:16amIf I remember Al Sharpten was also sued, and lost, but he never paid up, and has he ever paid he taxes ???
Wy don’t we put the two of them in jail where they belong
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piper60
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:00amBecause they are good black liberals.
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chitstirrer
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:49amOh come on now….everyone here in lovely NY knows that when the heat is on The Reverend just sets his office on fire.
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wayner4162
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 6:53amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KejIHMyYhI
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Harley Grit
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 7:17amYears ago, Sharpten incited a riot that ultimately resulted in someone dying! He should still be in prison!
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turkey13
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:52amThe Rev. al Sharpton still owes1.2 million in back taxes. Al the denotations he got he declared against his church which is his home and he only preaches there to his family. Warren Buffet owes over a billion bucks. I never heard if Charlie Rangel paid the almost $800,000 on he foreign investments. One day we will get a new president that has no friends and an Attourney General that goes after Tax evaders.
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Trigus
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:56amWhy is this news and on blaze?
VanceUppercut
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:08amRepublican senator Michael Crapo of Idaho arrested on DUI charge in DC.
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SLAPTHELEFT
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:02amTrigus
Its here because everyday we need to be reminded that the good rev is a lying POS that will do anything to retain his self appointed position as the elected leader of black people. When was that election anyway and how many votes did al get?
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Thevoice
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:31amLooks like she needs to go on the new Mrs. Moose government school lunch program. Government bananas, carrots, lettuce…And stay off the grape soda, KFC, and buttered cornbread for awhile. And second thought she must be a Obama care nurse only walks to check on patients if its on the way to the candy machine. Most nurses walk so much every day they don’t have a problem with their weight.
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RedHarley
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:37amLooking at the first picture…………………I don’t remember Oprah having a mustache
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Maji
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:18pmNow!
She looks more al sharpton than al sharton.
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RedHarley
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:42pm@ Maji
“She looks more al sharpton than al sharton.”
hahahaha I just spit coffee all over my keyboard……..your fault !
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TAXEVERYONE
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:58pmWow, she is fat, black and ugly.Oops, sorry that was Al Sharpton.
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226crimsontrace
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:04pmWho is the fat ugly guy standing behind her in the top photo??
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oldbullfrog
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:49pmDon’t you know that “victims” have special rights? And people like Al Sharpton have special rights too because if you come right out and say that they are chiselers and that would make you a “racist”.
And that whole bag is known as “a hustle”.
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GrayPanther
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 9:33amYou must be a racist. Ugly black people can play their get out of trouble card while whites are ineligible to fight back. Do you think this stops or adds to racial prejudice?
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Walkabout
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:15amForget the jokes. I am angry all over again to see Al Sharpton’s picture & remember the sh/t he put us through.
I can’t believe that Al Sharpton is still around. I can’t believe that MSNBC hired him. I can’t believe that the Democrat party does not keep Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson Leonard Jeffries, Louis FarahKhan & Reverend Wright at arms length if not further.
But if the ends justify the means, then I believe that the Democrat party loves these people.
Forget the fat jokes.
“the one who does not remember history is bound to live through it again” – George Santayana
Vol. I, Reason in Common Sense
History repeats itself with variation.
Rome just did not go from Kingship to Republic to Empire. the Empire phase had its’ own phases. One was called the Dominate. Inflation, sons had to follow their father’s profession by penalty of law.Talk about no social mobility.
This is what happens when mis-educated liberal idi0ts run government.
Al Sharpton is a member of the Democrat party without portfolio. He is an unelected community organizer, but nonetheless he is part of the Democrat Party and they are fine with it.
A party that is fine with using chain CPI so they can whisper sweetly into your ear that there is no inflation. Soon they will pick winners & losers for college admission & graduation.
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ILUVJESUS
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:46amBravo!
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nzkiwi
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:57amThanks, Monicne, for the gratuitous vitriol and complete absence of reason in your response. That was all very illuminating.
Are you in any way surprised at the level of contempt in which you are held?
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MONICNE
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:25amNZKIWI,
You never pretend to be an American and therefore we actually DO respect you, whereas some unscrupulous pretenders litter this site with fabrications, yet call any independent thinker here or anyone successful or anyone able to cope with our political landscape without freaking out, a TROLL.
Fake murdoctorined AussHat posers are the most dangerous troll there is, and they helped cost us the election.
Anyway, Merry Christmas, NZKIWI
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Augydoggy
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:52amWell said.
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willbedone
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:14amhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0AfwJhIkRg
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65Mustang
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:52amwalkabout: Sharpton and his ignorant kind are needed to help spew the filth that comes from Obama and his communist buddies….I hope they all go to hell.
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grimmster
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:13am@NZkiwi.
Any idea what moncine aka encinom said, or like me, does it appear to be his usual psyco-babble?
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Fitzzz
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:00pmI seriously doubt, that Al Sharpten will be with us much longer
Have you seen him lately?
He now weighs less than 100 lbs, face all sunken in, **** loss
I think all that nastiness he caused in his life, just caught up with him,
before Al checks out, he still has a lot of dues he has left unpaid, and he needs to settle his tab
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nzkiwi
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:05pm@ Grimmster
His first post has been pulled.
I really wish the Blaze would stop doing that. It wasn’t bad enough to be pulled and it is a dangerous precedent. Even though I was sharply critical of his comment, he most certainly has the right to make it.
Come on, Blaze. Principles really do matter…
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mcmeador
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:13amShe doesn’t deserve to live in anonymity at least until she pays the defamation judgment to the person whose life she tried to ruin. I’m glad the newspaper published her aliases.
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QuincySmith
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:05amtawana brawley and hillary clinton don’t want to talk about their and current episodes. I wonder why.
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MrKnowItAll
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 11:59pmAl Sharpton should be Forced to pay her bill. Al Sharpton should have been charged with trying to incite a RIOT! Why is Al Sharpton able to Live his life and NOT be called out everywhere he is present? Al Sharpton in my View is a Racist, Lying, Phony, Tax Cheat. Who uses his own people to Profit and Degrade. I Grew up in Detroit. I very well know his type without having to read it.
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WATER-THE-TREE
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:16pmThis is Satan’s world and Al serves him well, that is why, he protects his own.
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nesmond
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 11:39pmYou know what’s weird? I pictured her looking just like she does in her recent photo. Wow! I must be psychic or something.
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Fishmanone
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:50amShe da obama phone lady!!!
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JEANNIEMAC
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 11:32pmTawanna Brawley was 15 years old when she sneaked out of the house to visit with friends. Then, being afraid of her mother’s boyfriend, she made up a story of being attacked by six white police officers. she then threw in an ADA. Al Sharpton showed up, along with three lawyers. they made a big national issue out of it. However, they would not allow anyone, including doctors, the district attorney, the prosecutor, etc. to speak with Tawanna. A witness was found saying they had seen the girl smearing feces on herself and putting herself into a black garbage bag in the courtyard of the place where she used to live. Because the accused could not question the accuser, and only Sharpton or the lawyers would say anything, along with the witness testimony, they were found guilty of defamation of character. The 3 lawyers were disbarred, while Sharpton and Tawanna were fined thousands of dollars. Tawanna still has not paid. Sharpton had his fine paid by group of politicians so that he could go forward in politics, seeing as how he had achieved a measure of fame.
Apparently Sharpton and the lawyers quickly found out Tawanna had lied, and kept her from speaking to anyone, because they did not want to lose the limelight and attention from prominent black athletes and politicians. Sharpton has never had the guts to admit he lied.
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listeninginVT
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:36amI pray for people like these. As Stephen said while being stoned, ‘don’t hold this sin against them, they don’t know what they are doing’. Later, a young man, Saul, who had been there holding the coats of the ‘stoners’, and a fierce prosecutor of God’s new nation of Israel, was shown the truth, the way, and became known as Paul, a focused, determined and ever loyal follower, preaching God’s kingdom among the nations for them to know Jehovah God, and his Son Jesus Christ.
Most people are all wrong with our God, may they have the heart to be drawn to find the truth, repent and turn around, so as to have their sins blotted out. We would welcome you as a brother or a sister. Amen.
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psadie
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 11:26pmWhat is interesting here is that Brawley is an LPN (licensed practical nurse) who must have background checks done on her to be in nursing in any healthcare facility. HOW did she accomplish hiding her identity? WHO helped her with that? What about her Social Security number? Something smells here.
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Chuck Stein
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:24amProfessional licensing usually asks about outstanding judgments. A malicious tort like defamation is nondischargable in bankruptcy, too.
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psadie
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:36amYes, but a full and complete background check must be done by the healthcare facility that hires you. This includes a state fingerprint check, child background check for abuse, and a check from the state on any criminal charges filed against you. Some facilities may do a bankruptcy check also. So what name did she use and how did she do it?
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AmericanBelle
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:39amShe got away with it because she was a minor and because she changed her name. Sharpton and the rest got away with it because they’re Democrats.
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Mustanger
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 11:19amI agree, she was a minor. So all of this went under the rug when she hit 18. Given that, shouldn’t the parents have been responsible for that debt? And still be responsible. When she turned 18 could the lawyers have a judge re-assign the debt to her and attach her wages?
I’m just askin.
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Taquoshi
Posted on December 25, 2012 at 9:32pmI wondered about that, too. I’d be very scared because Tawana is just as toxic as Crystal Mangum, now serving time for manslaughter, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Mangum) and Tanya McDowell
(http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Tanya-McDowell-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-3437974.php). After thinking about it, I realized that Tawana actually wrote the book and led the way on this kind of thing. My bad!
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Acena
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 11:15pmThankfully i don’t live near her. Imagine getting her as a nurse.
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Salamander
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 11:30pmWell, I DO live near her! Blech! On the other hand, it’s just amazing that Al Sharpton is such a current hit and left her in the dust! I would hope that she come forward and clear the air as to whether it was just her who cooked up the whole accuzation thing or if there was a more organized support team, led by Uncle Al, of course! Maybe SHE should have been the commencement speaker at Virginia Union University this past year and NOT Al Sharpton?
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crackerone
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:57pmShe love bedpans.
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ares338
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:51pmLook it’s my pal fat Al looking suety. What a maroon.
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DesertRose1960
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:47pmMs. Brawley was 15 when she did something stupid. It caused a big stink and the White lawyer sued her and won a judgement she couldn’t afford to pay. I’ve read your comments here. They are quite racist and sexist and generally disgusting. There is no such thing as an “Obama Phone”. The legislation for the free phone predates Obama’s Presidency and it’s paid for by a fee on phone bills. It’s to protect poor old people and to help the enemployed to have a number so they can get job interviews. Of course, you don’t care how incorrect the information is, you folks just can’t resist repeating it, no matter how stupid it makes you look. Tawana was 15 and trying to avoid punishment, she was manipulated by adult men for their political advantage. Who’s manipulating you guys, and what is their advantage? She was 15, aren’t you guys supposed to be adults?
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TurboCat
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:09amObama phone! Obama phone! Obama phone!
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hillbillyinny
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 2:09amSmarty, “enemployed” spells nothing! Did you mean unemployed?
Yes, the “free phones” are there for safety for those who cannot afford a phone, however, with StraightTalk and other prepaid plans costing as little as $30 per month for 1000 minutes with non-smart phone free in the deal, even I can pay for my own phone, and I’m well below the poverty line!
Doesn’t matter who “instituted” the program, it’s being abused by many, of many colors, and of many intellectual and non-intellectual abilities.
Get a job!
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andrew36
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:30amso she was 15, she lied her arse off and made life hell for the 6 policeman, she was old enough not to let it go that far, she has also been more then old enough to come out since and apologise and tell how sharpton etc use and took advantage of her, why hasnt she. She deserves no sympathy whatsoever, as she has shown none herself.
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Fishmanone
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:53amRose,dont get your panties in a wad!!!
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dissentnow
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 8:11am“Ms. Brawley was 15 when she did something stupid”
Accusing 6 innocent people of rape isn’t “stupid”, its evil. It was a selfish, deliberate act done to defame, destroy, and extort money from completely innocent people. It was also an act of racism because her victims were all white.
The fact that you are making excuses for this kind of evil speaks volumes about your character, or lack thereof.
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jeffile
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:29amWhy? Why does someone need a cell phone? What possible justification warrants the need for a cell phone? Why should I have to pay taxes to provide anyone a cell phone? One can justify a decrease in monthly fees for a home phone; but, a cell phone?
And the term Obamaphone was coined because a woman talked about getting her free guvment phone.
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crackerone
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 3:02pmDidn’t she write vugarities on her her body with feces? Oh my bad Rose, that was Rev. Al.
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airfredd22
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:02pmI do agree with you that some of the postings are very rude and I would ask the readers to make an effort to respond politely and with facts. Having said that, please keep in mind that Ms. Brawley was 15 years old, not a child and was manipulated by Al Sharpton and his cohorts.
However, she is no longer 15 and has shown no desire to apologize for the fraud she participated in all those years ago. She was instrumental in ruining the lives af several people by her false accusations. the fact that al Sharpton was a party to this fraud was certainly no surprise then nor is it a surprise now when he makes false accusations on a daily basis on CNN.
Al Sharpton has continued to display his racism and it is a sad situation when a once proud news network such as CNN has someone like Al Sharpton host a news/opinion show. CNN could sink no lower than it has during the last 20 years.
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WATER-THE-TREE
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:22pmThey are called Obama phones and everyone has them, get out from under that rock and look around.
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crackerone
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:44pmO.K. Fred/Rose Who smeared the feces on her body and wrote the vulgarities? I remember this when it happened, and it damaged race relations in this country, too this day! And Fred, Al is on MSLSD.
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dissentnow
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:50pm@Air
Sharpton is on MSNBC, not CNN.
MSNBC is the poor man’s CNN
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elderbat
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:44pman’ yah dem obamafones is paid fo’ by any ol’ body dat gots a fone an’ a bill ever’ month…all dem durn fees us is got ta pay! bee all right ifn dey wud jus’ give ‘m to dem dat truely needs em but obamalady an her kinds don’ needs no free fones, now!! c’mon, fool, wake up n smell da coffee!
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denkat56
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:40pmWhy is sharpton there, he owes as much in back taxes as she does in her lawsuit. I wonder if this could misconstrued as a racial thing. Oh wait it was, where’s the press, better yet where’s Chris Mathews. I know he’ll come up with a tingling and a reason to blame anybody white.
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Back To Reality
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:39pmSoooo, what’s the new name? I looked up licenses (publically available), and found a “Catharine T. Brawley” in the Virginia area working as an RN, but the original license date is 1987..which means she would’ve had to finish nursing school when she was 15…I doubt it’s her, and I seriously doubt this loser works as a “nurse.”
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nesmond
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 11:46pmShe now goes by the name of Tawana Gutierrez.
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TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:09amFunny thing….
Brawley ended up in one of the stankin’nest towns you can possibly live in.
Hopewell, Va has a paper mill that produces the foulest of odors and the town stinks to high Heaven for the better of any day. Been through there on business a number of times when I lived in Virginia and couldn’t get out of there quick enough. It’s a pretty depressing looking town and the people look none too happy… but does have a lot of history that surrounds it.
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mrpips
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:38pmMy gawd she’s fat.
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mrunner
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:46pmMicheal Moore should be tapping that.
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RepubliCorp
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 11:06pmthere isn’t enough money or pills to make things work for that fugly thing
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Fishmanone
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 5:00amHer forks made her that way!!!
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dadsrootbeer
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:33pmNo more do you have to shake down people or companies you just go get some of that taxpayer Obammy money.
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ricckky
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:32pmpiece of fecal
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RepubliCorp
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 11:08pmCisco
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potica69
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:32pmThe name “Tawana” says it all.
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CHROME_PLATED_HEART
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:01amToo bad she didn’t go the same way as Crystal Mangum, the Duke Lacrosse Team ‘rape victim’…in prison for life after stabbing someone to death.
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Schteveo
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 4:18pmYears ago, back when Oprah used to do a Jerry Springer style show, she had a group of AA women on there defending naming the children with what they themselves termed “African Names”. And these were reasonably well spoken, educated women, many with professional jobs.
She also had an AA woman who was a sociologist who had done her doctoral thesis on African-American families using names they said or thought were of African origin. She told them she’d collected over 500 of the Afrocentric names, and she’d gone to Africa and could not find even on of the Tawana, Shaquanda, DonDree, Moleka, type names. She spent a YEAR looking, in 5 or 6 Central and South African countries, the very ones the namers claimed the names originated in.
There was a decent, well positioned discussion until the good Doctor had the nerve to tell those women that , “…regardless of your intentions, you are hamstringing your children by giving them these “N” names…”. Any semblance to civility was GONE then! And the Doctor was outnumbered with 5 or 6 women trying to punch her lights out.
Now I’m no trained sociologist, but I have on good authority, that IF you see names like that in the paper, it’s a fair bet that the person mentioned, is NOT a Caucasian.
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yiska8
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 9:35pm@schteveo
I think I remember that show. The other day I heard a real doozy. A woman named “Shaqualla” on one of those Judge Joe Brown shows. She must have been named after Shaq!
Black women are pretty much screwing their kid’s futures when they try to get all creative and unique. Their kid won’t get a job 20 years down the road because of their weird names. What’s wrong with the name Marcus, Gerald, Thomas, or Louis?
Still,don’t know how the heck this Tawana creature, got a job caring for people with her lying and publically deceitful personality.
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Mess23
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:26pmWho is the racist behind her?
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taintso
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:25pmWhen is her daughter going to pull the same stunt?
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The-Monk
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:17pmPut this in reverse and un-resurface it.
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mrunner
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:52pmI second that motion!
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I SPY
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:15pmLOL, is that a bloated Al Sharpton behind her? Too funny. Sad that he can lose a few pounds of chicken grease, but not in mental incompetence he’s plagued with since birth…. Nah, it’s still funny!
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dealer@678
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:19pmThats him alright, the pos
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CHROME_PLATED_HEART
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 10:17amThey need Don King to round out that threesome.
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700P
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:15pmBet the number was for an Obama phone…..
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TimM
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:08pmIf Obama had a daughter she’d be just like … oh wait, he has two daughters.
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gyro
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:13pm3? he was a wild child ?
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Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 1:43amThey are just rented. Bath-house Barry has to keep up appearances as a straight, married guy. That’s why Moochelle always has a frown.
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AzThunder
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:06pm‘”There was no answer Sunday at a possible phone number for her.”‘
How can that be, Her obama phone not working?
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gyro
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:13pmyup you got it
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dealer@678
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 10:17pmGood one !!!
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Glennda
Posted on December 24, 2012 at 12:54amShe was out hiking the Appalachian Trail.
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