N-Word Used in Anti-Health Reform Sign

"N**** Rig It." That's the sign outside the Georgia Peach Oyster Bar in Paulding County, Georgia. It's been put up by restaurant owner Patrick Lanzo to protest health insurance reform.

As CBS Atlanta reported:

When you walk into the Georgia Peach Oyster Bar in Paulding County, you feel like you've walked into a different era.

First, the restaurant has a mannequin in a Klu Klux Klan costume standing behind the pool tables, but the sign outside is the real shocker. It says: "Obama's plan for health-care: N***** rig it."

According to the Urban Dictionary, that term means either:

• To put something together in a very poor manner, or
• To temporarily "fix" something using whatever materials are at hand. Perfectly acceptable in an emergency, but not as a general rule.

Hey, it says "perfectly acceptable in an emergency," which is what our health care system is in right now, is it not?

At any rate, Patrick Lasko claims he is not a racist, but that instead, he has simply "used that term all his life." He also says the sign is about a "substandard health care plan."

Now, if he means that in terms of a lack of a public option, I agree with him. If he means that in terms of any change at all, that's something different. At any rate, Lasko said “I stand by my president, but I also stand by my First Amendment right to criticize him if I feel he’s wrong."

It's not the first time Lasko has put up these sorts of seemingly racist signs. And that prompted the The West Metro NAACP to issue this statement:

"This latest ploy for attention by Mr. Lanzo is not surprising. What is of concern however, is the total lack of leadership and action from the elected officials of Paulding County, who repeatedly have allowed this type of toxic public display."

Watch a video report from CBS Atlanta, via Raw Replay:

911 Caller Charged in Deaths in Mobile Home Massacre

A man who called 911 after reportedly finding his relatives dead in their mobile home in the Brunswick, GA New Hope Plantation mobile home park has been charged in their deaths. Seven were dead at the scene, and Michael Toler died later at the hospital.

Guy Heinze, Jr., 22, called 911 early Aug. 29, saying it appeared the victims had been beaten to death. He screamed to operators, "My whole family's dead!"

While not originally a murder suspect, hours after the call, Heinze was charged with evidence tampering, lying to police and drug possession. The dead include his father, Guy Heinze Sr., 45; his uncle, Rusty Toler Sr., 44; and his aunt, Brenda Gail Falagan, 49. Also slain were Toler Sr.'s four children — Chrissy Toler, 22; Russell D. Toler Jr., 20; Michael Toler, 19; Michelle Toler, 15, and Joseph L. West, 30.

The sole survivor is 3-year-old Byron Jimmerson Jr., the son of Chrissy Toler. West was her boyfriend.

Glynn County Police Chief Matt Doering said two new pieces of information caused authorities to charge Heinze with the murders late Friday. He declined to say whether police believe Heinze acted alone.

"Right now, I don't know. I do know he's involved... I would have not allowed him to be arrested if I was not comfortable with that. It's the most heinous crime we've ever had in this community."

Chrissy Toler's boyfriend, Joseph L. West, 30, was also killed. Byron is her son.