tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post1731064658047063966..comments2024-03-27T05:22:27.604-05:00Comments on Eddie Campbell: Eddie Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-91858362783199268822008-03-18T16:12:00.000-05:002008-03-18T16:12:00.000-05:00Charlotte's not quite so bad on the murder rate la...Charlotte's not quite so bad on the murder rate lately. It reached its peak about the time I was delivering mail off of Statesville Avenue. Gunfire was an everyday thing in the neighborhoods I delivered. I'm sure you'll be living in better circumstances than the poor folk to whom I was delivering mail.James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-59848484643767443742008-03-18T10:50:00.000-05:002008-03-18T10:50:00.000-05:00I'm about to move to Charlotte. Hemlockman, thank...I'm about to move to Charlotte. Hemlockman, thanks for the dreary heads-up.<BR/><BR/>Here in Birmingham (aka Bombingham, aka Murderham) there is a murder about every four days, although I'm pretty insulated from it. <BR/><BR/>My friend Kim Riegel has been doing a photo series of roadside shrines: <BR/><BR/>http://www.kimriegel.com/current.htm<BR/><BR/>Hereabout roadside shrines typically involve a cross, maybe a ribbon bow and/or stuffed animal.Aaron Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02565494196338043466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-30865024953952097712008-03-18T07:01:00.000-05:002008-03-18T07:01:00.000-05:00Whitey, what the fuck are you on aboot? Go to bed....Whitey, what the fuck are you on aboot? Go to bed.Hayley Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493916787628212228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-8280155607825685332008-03-18T05:23:00.000-05:002008-03-18T05:23:00.000-05:00Hayley Campbell in conjugated verb shocker!America...Hayley Campbell in conjugated verb shocker!<BR/><BR/>Americans in "right to take arms" shocker!<BR/><BR/>Eddie Campbell in "I was right about the drivers license" shocker!<BR/><BR/>Daren White in "shallow smart-arse" shocker!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-21489339498712447872008-03-18T04:18:00.000-05:002008-03-18T04:18:00.000-05:00He should come to Brixton. Marcus Garvey Way is co...He should come to Brixton. Marcus Garvey Way is covered in mildewed teddybears and spray-paint portraits.Hayley Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493916787628212228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-74044064508954368722008-03-18T01:17:00.000-05:002008-03-18T01:17:00.000-05:00A common site in Italy as well. Most of the memori...A common site in Italy as well. Most of the memorials are for traffic accidents but there are a few that are not (thank goodness not so many).spacedlawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12462723005560128474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-88676169913030905332008-03-17T19:17:00.000-05:002008-03-17T19:17:00.000-05:00As you'd know, Eddie, we have a lot of roadside po...As you'd know, Eddie, we have a lot of roadside post-tied memorials like that here in Ausralia. There's even on in the City Centre... but they're for road accidents, not shootings. It's heartbreaking.drjonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14351916590417179786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-40554683599323118102008-03-17T18:23:00.000-05:002008-03-17T18:23:00.000-05:00that is truly horriblethat is truly horribleEddie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02492020671613766729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1752841194995687278.post-45932517432465641042008-03-17T18:14:00.000-05:002008-03-17T18:14:00.000-05:00The USA meets the definition, as far as I'm concer...The USA meets the definition, as far as I'm concerned, of a Third World nation. The response to Hurricane Katrina proved that, if I had any doubts.<BR/><BR/>I used to deliver the mail in very poor neighborhoods. The murder rates there were hideous. Hardly a few days would pass between murders where I delivered mail. One street, Kohler Avenue, had so many murders that the city of Charlotte finally condemned the duplex community there, moved everyone out, demolished them, and planted grass where the houses once stood. The last week it was inhabited, there were two murders and three shooting that resulted in critical injuries.<BR/><BR/>One day I was delivering the mail near Julia Avenue when I heard a succession of three very loud gunshots. By the time I got to the area where the shots had sounded, the police had it cordoned off. It was a drive-by shooting. The only person shot was a nine-year-old boy trying to cover his toddler sister with his own body. They had been sitting on the front step eating hamburgers their mom had bought them from Burger King. I never heard if he lived or died.<BR/><BR/>I got caught in crossfire a number of times. Once a gun was fired directly behind me by a woman firing a warning shot at another woman. The bullet missed my leg, but not by much, entering the ground just in front of me (this was on Kohler Avenue). Another time two groups of drug dealers were shooting it out in front of me. A total of eight shots between the two groups--it was a classic running gun battle with three guys versus two guys. No one got hit. I turned around and fled the area.<BR/><BR/>The USA is a largely pathetic place.James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.com