Another week, another email from “Al Absecon,” who’s still on his “one man quest” to have the statue of Lenin outside the AC Tropicana’s Red Square restaurant removed. Here it is, in its entirety, minus the obligatory Lenin photo:
Via email:
“TAKE DOWN THAT (WALL)”
16 FOOT STATUE OF[LENIN PHOTO HERE]
LENIN
THE FATHER AND FOUNDER OF
“SOVIET COMMUNISM” IN THE
TROPICAN QUARTER
IN ATLANTIC CITY,NJ150,000 AMERICAN SOLDIERS,
INCLUDING NON-COMBATANTS & MIAs,
DIED FIGHTING AGAINST COMMUNISM
IN THE VIETNAM WAR AND THE KOREAN CONFLICT.IT’S AN INSULT TO OUR ACTIVE AMERICAN TROOPS
OUR VETERANS, OUR DEMOCRACY AND
OUR FREE MARKET SYSTEM.> WOULD YOU PUT A STATUE OF HITLER
NEXT A JEWISH DELI AS PART OF JEWISH HISTORY?> HOW MANY GERMANY RESTAURANTS WOULD HAVE A STATUE OF
HITLER OUTSIDE THEIR BUSINESSES?> HOW MANY ITALIAN RESTAURANTS WOULD HAVE A
STATUE OF MUSSOLINI?> IS THERE A STATUE OF STALIN OUTSIDE
NEW YORK’S RUSSIAN TEA ROOM,
SOLICITING VODKA & TEA?At this very moment there is an unstable Communist Dictator in North Korea just waiting for the opportunity to send a nuclear bomb over the Atlantic Ocean to the USA.
SEND LETTERS TO:
TROPICANA CASINO RESORT,
S BRIGHTON AVE & THE BOARDWALK,
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ 08401—
ATTN: COMMUNITY RELATIONSEmail comments can be sent to: onemanquest@aol.com
My first question is, why does Hitler get two eateries? If he’s on the Jewish deli, he might as well be in front of Red Square, too, because he’s directly responsible for the deaths of millions of Soviets as well. If you’re trying to win an argument, it’s a good idea to use Hitler references as sparingly as possible. If I was sending these emails, I’d turn up an ethnically-diverse list of dictators who could have their statues placed in front of restaurants.
Second, if North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il really does decide to lob a nuke at the US, I imagine that he’d probably aim for the West Coast. I’m no rocket scientist, but I’m guessing that sending a missile to hit California via the polar route is more feasible than sending it across the Eurasian landmass and the Atlantic Ocean to take out a statue of Lenin in an unexceptional Atlantic City casino. And out of the many perceived injustices that no doubt torment Kim, I’ll hazard a guess that the statue of Lenin is pretty low on the list.