Jesse Jackson: Steve Jobs Would‘ve Supported ’Occupy Wall Street’
- Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:15am by
Dave Urbanski
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Only one day after Steve Jobs’ death, Jesse Jackson managed to align the Apple founder with the growing Occupy Wall Street movement.
Jackson began an interview on MSNBC’s “Jansing & Co.” yesterday by offering condolences to the Jobs family, saying he “knew Steve over a period of time, not as a technical computer genius, but also he had an acute sense of social justice and a peace warrior. So he was a well-rounded guy, not just a computer genius we talk about today.”
When host Chris Jansing asked if Jobs would have supported the Wall Street protesters, Jackson said “no doubt about it” and then used his airtime to promote the movement.
“[Jobs] had the sense, this idea of making computers available for the common people. He was kind of the people’s people. As for the Wall Street protests, you are looking at the reaction of the abuses of Wall Street power extremes.”
“Student loan debt is bigger than credit card debt, so many youth cannot afford to go to school or they cannot stay in school. They graduate, they are without a guaranteed job and a low credit score…If we were to forgive student loan debt, it would be a big stimulus to take the economy forward….Secondly…the banks…are not lending and the home market continues to fall.”
(Although Jackson forgets that “the common people,” especially in this economy, aren’t likely to shell out the extra dough Macs command for their aesthetics and eye-catching designs, etc.—to say nothing of the fact that Apple offers financing, too…so now you can add computer debt to your student loan debt.)
And here’s an odd twist: Jesse Jackson Jr. doesn’t seem to share Dad’s tender sentiments about Jobs being for the “people.”
The U.S. representative from Illinois ranted on the House floor last April that the iPad was “probably responsible for eliminating thousands of American jobs” and that it’s caused diminished revenue for bookstores and publishing houses, leading to store closures and payroll cutbacks:
“Why do you need to go to Barnes and Noble?” Jackson asked. “Just buy an iPad and download your book, download your newspaper, download you magazine.” Jackson also implied that the Apple creator wasn’t feeling the financial pinch: “Steve Jobs is doing pretty well.”
The Jackson Thanksgiving dinner chat ought to be a hoot.
(h/t: The Daily Caller)
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Comments (191)
DanWesson455
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:47amArse hole Jackson….Jobs was a Buddhist. I do not believe they favor violence or disruptions as such.
Report Post »motonutt
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:45pmWell……. I believe this to be true…..Jobs was a lib. He may have invented some great things, and was a good human being, but he was a big time lib and I think he would be supportive of these protesters, why wouldn’t he be? Him also being a buddist would support that.
Report Post »I was wondering and hoping that in private in his last moments that he had a last minute conversion to the one true God…I think it happens more often than we all think it does.
mils
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:58pmHonestly leave it to a BPOS to put words in a dead man’s mouth
It’s like all the crap of “well jesus would say”…blahblablah..
TOTALLY DISGUSTING.
I have no idea how to put a lid on the disruption of these people…of course we allhave free speech…BUT these people want to destroy our country, tear us down and rebuild as socialists, without realizing where the money will come from in this nation.
I sincerely believe we are in big big bi trouble , Obama and his associates are behind it. IF WE HAVE HONEST ELECTION…MUCH LESS HAVE ELECTIONS..NEXT YEAR WE WILL BE LUCKY
Report Post »A type of Cloward–Piven strategy??
Obama_Sham
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:59pmHow in Zeus’s ******** can you claim that Steve Jobs was a lib? I have never seen nor heard anything about him that would promote lib/conserv/libertar/marxist/commun./etc.
Stop talking out your azz…
Report Post »Pujols
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:01pmBULL CRAP! He would have said GET A DAMN JOB! Make a job, do something.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:24pmYeah, and MLK would have told them to go home and not return until they had an actual cause to fight for …and not just selfishness and laziness.
See dumba$$ Jackson…we can all make claims about what the dead would say.
Report Post »motonutt
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:28pm@OBAMASHAM…..Just because Jobs invented your beloved iphone you’re thinking he was a saint.
Report Post »Yes he was a capitalist, and a lib. I know that’s an oxymoron. Rush did half of his first hour yesterday on this subject. I’ll give you that, he may have been telling these protesters to suck it up and get out there and get a job, but he was still a lib. As Rush said yesterday it would have been interesting to see where he stood. He was also a huge Algore supporter. After all the years of praise Rush gave him on the air, he would not speak to Rush because of their polarized positions. I said he may have been a good man, but he was bent toward liberalism.
mwhaley
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:31pmJesse needs to have a talk with junior. Jackson Jr. is saying the I-Phones are the cause of the economy down turn. This why blacks cannot get work. Like father, like son. They are both talking out the anus.
Report Post »johnannegalt
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:34pmThese protesters are all insane. Their demands are nuts.. –> http://markamerica.com/2011/10/03/their-demands-demonstrate-their-insanity/
Report Post »realjohn
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:44pmSteve Jobs was the greatest monopolistic capitalist of our generation. He puts Carnegie, Rockefeller and the others that made their billions by overcharging for proprietary “innovation” in the back seat. Don’t get me wrong, he is up there on my idol list as are all good capitalists. He did what Gates tried to do. Gates copied him and because Jobs was too proprietary, Gates got the most toys. Like Gates original O/S, Steve might have borrowed some talent to make it at Atari.
Jesse lives on the backs of the legend of others like any other parasite. Any legend or any back will do as long as JJ gets another 3 minutes of microphone. He has no reality except the fame of others he can try to pass off as his own – him and his rainbow coalition are a waste of good air.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:37pmI have an acute sense of social justice too. I want all progressives exterminated. Now THAT’S social justice we can live by.
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:59pm@jlgunrunner..As a young man he was a waiter at the Poinsett Club in Greenville SC. He is supposed to have told someone he enjoyed spitting in the white peoples plates before seving them. He has been asked about it and never denied it.
Report Post »agameofthrones
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 4:38pmSorry, Mr. Jackson but Steve Jobs was an entrepreneur, a capitalist, and CEO of a very large FOR PROFIT corporation. That also means he employed many thousands of people. Maybe if some of your ignorant followers would put more effort into getting an education than they do in getting a hand-out, they too might enjoy great success.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 5:18pmJobs was a capitalist whether he wanted to be or not – if it wasn’t about profit he would have given his products away. Jesse Jackson is a moron and Steve Jobs probably wouldn’t have given him the time of day. Easy to make these statements when the poor man is barely in his grave – what a jerk to politicize his death.
Report Post »waggie
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 7:43pmSteve Jobs would NOT have supported the violence on Wall St. That would have been like attacking himself and Apple you idiot, Jackson! Hello…is there anybody in there??? Just nod if you can hear me! Is there anybody home??? idiot.
Report Post »RabidPatriot
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 10:19pmSteve Jobs was still alive when these protests started. If he wanted to support them he would have. This is Jackson’s MO. Make BS claims that can’t possibly be refuted because of the obvious. The only way he can win a debate is by waiting until after the subject is dead.
Report Post »robert
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 11:39amQuite frankly I’m sick and tired of this Jobs character being placed on a god-like status. He was an avowed leftist radical that would have devoted more time to activism if he werem’t fanatically preoccupioed with making money above all things.
Report Post »NewMOe
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 11:53amJ.J. and J.J. Jr. Doosch and Jr. Doosch
Report Post »desertspeaks
Posted on October 8, 2011 at 2:44pmis jesse trying to tell us that he’s a psychic now?? well he should hook up with ms cleo!!
Report Post »geo01
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:47am.
Report Post »MR JACKSON…..GO CRAWL BACK IN A HOLE…..in this day, you cannot possibly be influential IN ANY WAY AT ALL.
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IT DOESN‘T SURPRISE ME THAT YOU WOULD TRY TO PUT WORDS INTO A DEAD MAN’S MOUTH
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Just GO AWAY…….
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just the facts
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:26pmAgreed. Mr. Jackson is no longer relevent. He doesn’t speak facts, and from all stand points, is a progressive anti-american. I also find it disgusting, but not past him to put words in a very respectable mans mouth. Too bad Mr. Jobs wasn’t/isn’t here to defend himself.
Report Post »BDan6248
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:45amHey Jessie, can’t you wait until the body is cold?…
Report Post »IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:44amAre any of the protestors protesting the high cost that the Universities are charging? It is their educations so their responsibility to find a good, truthful school and find one with reasonable cost. When we sign a contract to borrow it is our personal responsibly to pay back not for someone else to pay.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:43amNever let an opportunity go to waste I guess!
Report Post »Meyvn
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:40amSo what hair-lip? What’s your point?
Report Post »walkyrie
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:43amJesse Jackson is the worst sort of parasite, gloaming onto ANYTHING to get his sorry black ass in the news. Take a hike and leave the dead and their families in peace, JACK*SS!
Report Post »lionslayer44
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:46pmthis is the same POS who got his personal secretary pregnant while he was in D.C. counseling Clinton regarding his, “non-relationship,” with Monica Lewinski. birds of a feather flock together. BE PREPARED COLLECT FOOD, WATER (FILTERS), AMMO!!!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!
Report Post »IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:36amYou cannot think or know what another person would think or do without having talked to him or read a book he may have written. Had you talked to him or read an article or book that Mr. Jobs had written? If so, give us the facts so we can check out your statements. I pray for the Jobs family for God’s comfort at their time of sorrow.
Report Post »BigFoot
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:09pmKFalcon
You said, “Jackson is just another dishonest leader or just plain stupid.”
I vote stupid.
Report Post »Nlitend1
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:44pmI think Jackson claims to have been a friend of Jobs, and I suppose he knew him well…so I don’t think your complaint applies properly here. Nevertheless, I don’t think being a friend (no matter how close) or reading all the books a person has read entitles you to make these types of assessments. The guy is dead, don’t put words or ideas into his mouth/head.
Report Post »Nlitend1
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:53pmOn a separate note…Here’s an interesting article about ows:
Report Post »http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-lessig/occupywallst-v2-what-cros_b_1000227.html
rather than diffusing the protest, this author suggests that it could be used to ‘kick the bums out’ and get rid of corruption in congress…
As a tea party member, I share this sentiment…although the 2 sides may disagree, justifiably, where the corruption stems from, and while the tea party does not conduct themselves in the same way as this ‘group’, I nevertheless find myself wanting to support people who have had enough of the corruption. Even lazy ignorant dirty hippies have a right to hate this government and if they are chanting ‘no more bailouts’, I’m all for it.
kfalcon22000
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:35amJackson is just another dishonest leader or just plain stupid. I keep hearing the argument that the rich want the middle class and the poor to get poorer. Now just think for a second. If the rich want to get richer, what do they need? They need more customers with more money. If the people get poorer, there is less money to spend at all the businesses. Thus, the rich lose money.
Wealth is not finite. It is not true that if someone becomes wealthier, that its because they took from someone else’s wealth. Whether the monetary supply remains the same or not, has no bearing on this. It has to do with the amount of times that money is transferred between people and businesses. Our GDP is nearly $15T. Our monetary supply is $11.6. Since the GDP is always increasing (except in a depression: which we havent been in for nearly 70 years) while the money supply remains constant, our country is always increasing in its wealth. We just need to get out there and do our part to obtain our share.
By the way, when the government takes our wealth with taxes, there is less money to create wealth. They create nothing. The government contributes almost nothing to the GDP. Being in a recession means that the GDP is not increasing at the rate of the previous quarter. Raising taxes on anyone is removing money that would add to the GDP. Thus making it harder to get out of this recession.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:35am.
Report Post »The man was a Capitalist, you idiot!!! He is the kind of guy you want to takeaway what he worked for
hauschild
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:35amJust because a man has extreme vision and wealth does not mean he has good judgment.
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:34amOnly the good die young. Via con Dios, Steve.
Jesse, looks like we’re stuck with you for another century or so.
Report Post »BigFoot
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:33amJesseeeeeeee……please put the crack pipe down. Seriously dude, it’s for your own good. I say it out of love.
Report Post »rcrosby66
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:32amWho in the hell does this guy think he is speaking for Steve Jobs? This guy is true to form…….insitagor……..I think MLK would’ve kicked him out of the Civil Rights Movement
Report Post »hi
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:31amThe definition of social justice is thT society causes people to be poor. Therefore the poor have a right to take it from the rich. My son learned that at his school.
Jobs was generous. Generous is different from oppression of government forcing it’s will on people. Even if Jobs was not generous, he created so many jobs for folks.
Report Post »hi
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:38amSorry for typos! I should have reread. (ex iPhone turned its to it’s )
Report Post »Rechercar
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:23amWow…no, sorry, Mr. Jackson, Jobs would most likely have been out inventing a product that employs another some hundred thousand people. Nice try.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:22ameven J Christ would support occupy Wall Street
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:28amamazing stupidity…let me guess you must be a democrat!! easily led and uneducated…
I guess Jesus just forgot to tell pilate to set up a social security and medicare system…
Report Post »hi
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:36amJesus loves a cheerful giver and only asks for ten percent. The students protesting believe government is their god. They believe in One Nation Under Man. Scary.
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:37amYou have got to be kidding!!!! When he was here before, things were worst than they are now. Taxes (tribute) to the Romans was 80% of peoples crops, salt, livestock etc……….and he didn’t get involved in correcting “social” conditions. He cares about people’s hearts and minds…not what is going on momentarily in a corrupt worldly system.
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:44amYou are an idiot.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:00pmno I‘m sure Christ would have stood with the people who’s money is being stolen by the rich and greedy manipulators on Wall Street
Report Post »MrMark
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:05pmSteelhead – you obviously don’t know Jesus. If you did you would not say something so incredibly idiotic. There is nothing in any of His recorded teachings which would indicate such support. In fact, there is a preponderance of teaching to the opposite.
I encourage you to research what you publish rather than accepting what others have told you is true. Don’t even accept what His followers say, because they often miss the mark. That’s why Jesus said “Follow me…”, not “Follow my followers…”
Report Post »vennoye
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:17pmIf you are sure then, I SUGGEST you go back and spend some more time READING your Bible!! All earthly systems have and will have corruption in them. Take down this one….the next in line is usually worse!! Historically you go from soft tyranny to dictatorship.
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:17pmMrMark I stand corrected. So Jesus would be on the side of Wall Street and the bankers stealing money from anyone they can in this corrupt system
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:32pmI know you are just trolling but are you really that stupid?
Jesus would be on His own side. He would tell both sides to turn to Him. Then there would be no problem to start with.
I love the bumper sticker, “Jesus is my co-pilot.” Brother, you are in the wrong seat!
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:41pm@pothead….wall street isn’t stealing anything from anyone…you ‘sir’ are a liar.
the government is stealing you blind, and wasting giving your money to fat-cat union thugs and other democrat supporters….oh but you’re not paying taxes, obviously.
Jesus was all for private property…He never asked His followers to live in a communion like some dope smoking lice infected liberal losers…
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:45pmall you ‘Chistians’ crack me up.Call me an idiot and stupid it fits the narrative here. But would Jesus support the thieves on Wall Street or the ones being robbed.
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:46pmoh and pothead…the system isn’t corrupt…its people like obama and his union thug fascist supporters that are corrupt.
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:53pmyeah you atheist wackos crack me up too…you’re not nearly as clever as you think you are…
all you can do is spout the same old left-wing talking points…polly wanna *******?? loser.
again gomer, wall street is robbing anyone….and you’re too stupid to post any proof of your lies…LOL
Report Post »Steelhead
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:56pmJoe1234 it must make you feel like a big man to insult people, have fun kicking your dog
Report Post »Obama_Sham
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:02pmSteelhead is the product of a marriage where his dad is also his uncle…
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:03pm@pothead, I just insult obvious trolls and liars….guess the truth hurts.
no surprise you can’t back up your lies….you’re a good democrat….
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:04pm“all you ‘Chistians’ crack me up.Call me an idiot and stupid it fits the narrative here. But would Jesus support the thieves on Wall Street or the ones being robbed.”
Asked and answered. Let me talk a little more slowly for you;
neither.
He would love all of them. He would tell the Wall Street fat cats to quit being so dishonest and to put HIS money to better use.
He would tell the lazy entitlement bums sitting in the streets to do something productive and EARN their livelihood.
Want to pay off your student loan? Sell the ipad, the iphone, and the Beamer.
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:25pm“He would tell the Wall Street fat cats to quit being so dishonest and to put HIS money to better use.”
I’m sorry, I don‘t see where the ’wall street fat cats’ have been dishonest about anything.
the banks were forced to make bad loans to people they knew couldn’t repay them by the government…then the government forced the banks to take bailout money.
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:37pmthe ‘wall street fat cats’ don’t force you to give them your money. if you don‘t like what they’re doing, don’t invest on wall street.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:44pmlol Joe, dont invest your money?
It is not that simple my friend. Wall Street does not have clean hands, but they are also not entirely guilty of the whole thing either. They did manipulate the system to increase profits and it came back to bite them.
This is a good, fair article on some of the influences to the system that caused the collapse.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704698004576104500524998280.html
Of course this will all be argued for the next 3 centuries, but if you think Wall Street is innocent of no wrong doing I have some prime real-estate here in Fl to sell you.
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 1:54pmfrom your article…
n a November 2009 article, Brookings Institution economists Martin Baily and Douglas Elliott describe the three common narratives about the financial crisis. The first argues that the primary cause was government intervention in the housing market. This intervention, principally through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, inflated a housing bubble that triggered the …
it doesn’t support you…I am not a subscriber and can’t read the rest….
if you are referring to CDS, those were created because they had to do something to try to stay in business given what the government was forcing them to do.
so no I don’t blame wall street at all. what did they do SPECIFICALLY that was illegal, or unethical? and who forced anyone to invest with them?
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:02pmhmmm, dont know why it wont link. Here are the relevant paragraphs.
The second narrative blames Wall Street and its influence in Washington. According to this narrative, greedy bankers knowingly manipulated the financial system and politicians in Washington to take advantage of homeowners and mortgage investors alike, intentionally jeopardizing the financial system while enjoying huge personal gains. That’s the view of the six majority commissioners.”
They postulate a third scenario that includes multiple factors. They conclude:
“We agree with our colleagues that individuals across the financial sector pursued their self-interest first, sometimes to the detriment of borrowers, investors, taxpayers and even their own firms. We also agree that the mountain of government programs supporting the housing market produced distorted investment incentives, and that the government’s implicit support of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was a ticking time bomb.
But it is dangerous to conclude that the crisis would have been avoided if only we had regulated everything a lot more, had fewer housing subsidies, and had more responsible bankers. Simple narratives like these ignore the global nature of this crisis, and promote a simplistic explanation of a complex problem. Though tempting politically, they will ultimately lead to mistaken policies.”
I am not going to war with you on this. If you are a Rupublican good, democrat bad type person then have at it.
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:13pmI’m not going to war…I’m just really curious exactly what they did that illegal or unethical…so far I have found nothing. and just calling them ‘fat cats’ is buying into the left-wing narrative…
if wall street loses money for their investors, then sooner or later, they’re out of business….it doesn’t make sense they would do that.
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 2:14pmand most of the wall street guys are democrats.
Report Post »Rick300
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:22amBoth father and son are demented! Free Enterprise does not equal Social Justice!! Steve Jobs added value to people’s lives…all the Jacksons do is breed hate and distrust! God rest your soul Steve.
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:22amJackson is right, Jobs would have supported it. It is funny to me that the granola eating, brikenstock wearing Buddhist hippie sold the top of the line, designer electronics at super-inflated prices and still manages to be “for the people.”
Linux tears mac up. But I do like my ipod classic so it is all good I guess…
Report Post »joe1234
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:28amI don’t think so, he would be too busy WORKING….
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:38amsupporting and protesting are two different things. Of course Jobs would not be out in the street.
And I do respect Jobs for who he was and what he did. He had a ruthless side but he was most definitely a generous and good man. I also like all Apple products, they are indeed well built and top of the line.
I simply point out that in his death people are turning Jobs into what he was not. He was a liberal, believed in social justice, and always fancied himself a common man. That is all well and fine but there is a disconnect with his capitalistic business side.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:52amI don’t think Jobs was a computer genius, either. He was just a good, ruthless, businessman. Wozniak was the true genius behind the Apple II. Jobs left the design and inventing to other people, he just marketed well. I agree that Apple products are super-inflated.
Report Post »momprayn
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:12pmTROLL – Yeah, pretty much correct. I didn’t know anything about him until his death and then researched. Was shocked he was a Buddhist until his death. He was a “liberal” when it came to social justice, love/“world peace”, etc. but also a “capitalist”. Reminds me of many Catholics and those taught prolife at church but also taught social justice and think the social justice/entititement stuff is more important than the prolife issue. There’s an irrational disconnect in their thinking. My first thoughts were it just shows how much your “spiritual” beliefs are quite a different area than your “intelligence”. Intelligence does not = wisdom/belief in God, etc.
Report Post »Kitsune
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 12:26pmNo, he’s right. Jobs was a freaking BERKELEY hippie. He would have supported the protests. He might have backed off if they got violent, though. Key word being _might_.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:21amSTFU Jesse…you race baiting fool.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:20amSteve Jobs would have rather gone to jackson’s funeral than his own…as would most rational, decent human beings.
Report Post »USAF2003
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:20amHey Jesse isn’t that “peoples people” one of those rich, evil, old white guys you hate so much?
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:19amWow, once again, Jesse “the irrelevant” Jackson thinks he’s an authority on something again….
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:19amHey Jesse…spit in any white folks food lately? Greenville SC will never forget….
Report Post »JLGunner
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:25amCan you elaborate on this one, just curiouse.
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:18amOh, shut up Jesse Jackson. You are nothing more than a COMMUNIST RACIST!
Report Post »Legal Immigrant
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 11:18amJesse?
Get your MOFO $ocial ju$tice a$$ down to http://www.theblaze.com/stories/shock-vid-bus-aide-driver-beat-autistic-child-with-a-fly-swatter/ and do the right thing for once in your miserable life.
Report Post »AOL_REFUGEE
Posted on October 7, 2011 at 3:31pmJesse Jacksquat is a mind reader now (again)?
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