The sixties and early seventies was a high water
mark for the civil rights movement in the United States. Leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Medger
Evers paid the ultimate price for equal rights and protection under the law. This was, and continues to be, a noble
cause. However, there are always shysters
who will try to exploit decency for dubious and nefarious purposes.
I watched a fascinating documentary a couple of days
ago. In 1970, mob boss, Joe Colombo of
the Colombo crime family, had a brilliant idea.
The best defense is a good offense.
Why not form a civil rights organization himself? What better way to get the FBI off of his
back? He and his crime family were under
constant surveillance. His son was
arrested for melting down coins for silver content. Aren’t his civil rights being violated? Isn’t he an American like everyone else? What is a mob boss to do? Why picket the FBI of course!
Within months Joe Colombo had 45,000 dues-paying
members. Luminaries like Frank Sinatra,
Dean Martin and Governor Nelson Rockefeller attended fundraisers, and became
members, for what became the Italian- American Civil Rights League. This organization had enough clout to cower
the FBI into what can be considered the first government sanctioned political
correctness program.
Joe Colombo had accomplished a milestone. He was able to have the FBI expunge all derogatory
language and references to the mob in their memos and press conferences. He even shutdown the filming of the Godfather
in New York City until the producers met his demands. Now that takes some balls!
The “religion of peace” has paid homage to Joe
Colombo. They have followed the mob boss’s
blueprint for cowering the FBI and other law enforcement agencies. Just recently, 75 Islamic organizations sent
a letter to the FBI taking umbrage at governmental instructions and “inappropriate
teachings” about Islam and their followers.
Many of these organizations are unindicted co-conspirators to terrorist
organizations such as Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood.
So hats off to Joe Colombo for providing a
politically correct guide for muzzling the federal government. Too bad it doesn’t work for the Tea Party.
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