Has Charlie Manson's Helter Skelter Finally Arrived?

[Nasty Jack]

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Charlie Manson talked to his many followers about the racial wars that would come, naming them Helter Skelter. It was at a New Year's Eve gathering of the Family in 1968 that he coined the term. He said blacks without an outlet for their frustrations would lash out in violent crimes against whites resulting in a murderous rampage against blacks by frightened whites, as recorded in Wikipedia. Although Charlie's goal was a Shangri-la for his family and an outlet for his music, what he described as the events leading up to it, Helter Skelter, were very similar to what is going on today between blacks and law enforcement.

Two anonymous Baltimore police officers said, simply, they are "feeling scared." Baltimore PD leaders have put them in a mode of just reacting instead of being proactive, which has allowed the city's streets to run wild, resulting in 42 killings just in May. But in Helter Skelter Charles Manson was considered by his followers as their savior, Jesus Christ, a leader who interpreted for them Chap. 9 from Revelations, which describes, as one biblical professor put it, when "All Hell Breaks Loose." If there is a leader in today's violence it has to be the gun lobby led by the National Rifle Assn. because of their persistence to put more guns on the street, thus, more murders. Racial tension has always been there but the gun rights bunch gave blacks the means to follow through on Helter Skelter.

Nasty Jack

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. Oh for fuck's sake

Oooof.

[FSogol]

2. Unrec.

[snooper2]

3. This goes to show why we need a committee to approve who can "blog"

[ProfessorGAC]

4. Oh Brother!

This made no sense at all. Just like the lyrics to a Charlie Manson song.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. It's about a ride-a roller coaster.../NT

[pinboy3niner]

5. Unrec.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Helter Skelter

BTW, it's all Paul... Written by Paul with Paul doing lead vocals. It always annoyed me when folks said he couldn't rock...

[Brickbat]

7. WTF is wrong with you?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. I was going to make a snarky remark but I don't want a hide.

U 2 version:

[Marrah_G]

10. My mom taught me not to say anything if I couldn't find something nice to say.

[MoonRiver]

11. Trash thread. I will no longer see this garbage.

[Throd]

12. Sorry to disappoint you, but no.

[dembotoz]

13. read the book helter skelter--legitimate question

had or saw similar thought a few days back

the author died a few days back....

is kind of strange isn't it

actually the thought i had was more along the lines of republicans and global warming and at what point will they understand they were duped....like were the last to die at jonestown as convinced as the first???? Has squeaky figured out she pretty damn well threw her life away for charlie????

no in the end i do not wish to endow charlie manson with prophetic powers. folks have predicted a race war before.
Folks who were not as stark raving mad as charlie

[TexasTowelie]

14. Locking thread.

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