"Finally, a WASP riot ..."

[kpete]

Monday, December 12, 2005

"Finally, a WASP riot ..."

That's what Lucianne Goldberg says about the rioting in Sydney, Australia -- Goldberg or whoever ghostwrites the little blurbs at Lucianne.com in her name. The full blurb is

Finally, a WASP riot as beer soaked beefy Aussies bash Muslims at beach

There's lawlessness in Sydney -- and she's digging it.

Here's some of what she's cheering on:

...Drunken mobs within the crowd yelled racist chants and chased down and bashed people of Middle Eastern appearance at the beach in an extended show of violence.

Police and an ambulance crew were also assaulted as racial tensions peaked.

A total of 25 people, including two ambulance officers, were injured and about 40 cars were vandalised at Maroubra as the unrest spread to other beachside communities....
http://atrios.blogspot.com/
http://nomoremister.blogspot.com/2005/12/finally-wasp-riot.html

[Canuckistanian]

1. There was this WASP riot...

From the Washington Post:

Some of those pictured have gone on to other things, including stints at the White House. For example, Matt Schlapp, No. 6, a former House aide and then a Bush campaign aide, has risen to be White House political director. Garry Malphrus, No. 2 in the photo, a former staff director of the Senate Judiciary subcommittee on criminal justice, is now deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council. And Rory Cooper, No. 3, who was at the National Republican Congressional Committee, later worked at the White House Homeland Security Council and was seen last week working for the Presidential Inaugural Committee.

Here's what some of the others went on to do:

No. 1. Tom Pyle, who had worked for Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), went private sector a few months later, getting a job as director of federal affairs for Koch Industries.

No. 7. Roger Morse, another House aide, moved on to the law and lobbying firm Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds. "I was also privileged to lead a team of Republicans to Florida to help in the recount fight," he told a legal trade magazine in a 2003 interview.

No. 8. Duane Gibson, an aide on the House Resources Committee, was a solo lobbyist and formerly with the Greenberg Traurig lobby operation. He is now with the Livingston Group as a consultant.

No. 9. Chuck Royal was and still is a legislative assistant to Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), a former House member.

No. 10. Layna McConkey Peltier, who had been a Senate and House aide and was at Steelman Health Strategies during the effort, is now at Capital Health Group.

(We couldn't find No. 4, Kevin Smith, a former GOP House aide who later worked with Voter.com, or No. 5, Steven Brophy, a former GOP Senate aide and then at consulting firm KPMG. If you know what they are doing these days, please e-mail [e-mail] we can update our records.)

[cantstandbush]

6. I love your post! It should be sent to the cable outlets. n/t

[Canuckistanian]

10. I think they've seen it

They ignore it. Like a thousand and one other things that make these idiots look bad.

[Bluebear]

2. She's looking very hard lately....

[DBoon]

3. So was this

[JVS]

5. Germans aren't Anglo-saxon! Some are Saxons, many not...

and many are not Protestants

[Celeborn Skywalker]

7. WASP

is generally used a catch all term for people of Northern European Descent. Southern Europeans, Eastern Europeans, and Jewish people don't fall under the WASP umbrella

[JVS]

8. I can't believe they let non-native English speakers in!

Cancel my countryclub membership immediately :sarcasm:

[DBoon]

12. According to Tacitus, the Anglii were a Germanic tribe

400 years later they invaded Britain and conquered the native Celts.

so there.

[Brotherjohn]

4. I'd say a NAZI riot.

Apologies to the post above, but I was thinking the same thing (I'm guessing that picture's from Kristallnacht?).

[Loonman]

9. A White Riot?

- Clash reference

[annabanana]

11. "self actualized" thuggery

nothing special Lucianne.