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August 12, 2004

It's not just republicans who can wrap themselves in the flagPolitics

My favorite image from the DNC in Boston:

star spangled turban.jpg

This is delegate Harjit Singh from Hershey, PA. There's actually been a Sikh delegate at the DNC for at least 12 years. When I was younger, I remember watching an older gentleman from the South in the televised coverage; he always got at least one closeup.

Sadly, there is no guaranteed patriotic prophylaxis against hate crime. Post 9/11, Surinder Singh Siddhu was badly beaten in his L.A. liquor store by hoodlums who accused him of being Bin Laden and hit him with metal poles. Siddhu was also similarly attired.

ennis on August 12, 2004 10:37 PM in Politics · T·r·a·c·k·b·a·c·k address · Direct link · Email post



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 1 · Gurpreet on December 27, 2004 01:18 AM · Direct link · “Quote”(?)

Make that at least 16 years... The older gentleman from the South is Dr. Balwant Singh from Pascagoula, Mississippi. He has been active in the Democratic Party in his region for quite a while now.

Read more at:

http://www.newamerica.net/index.cfm?pg=article&DocID=116

The article is pre-9/11. I wonder if Dr. Singh is still politically active down there in jesusland.


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