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Re: racketting
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06/17/02 11:34 PM
06/17/02 11:34 PM
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Goodfella 69
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yes please can somebody be specific and give a simple understandable definition of what the rackets are or what racketeering is?
"Murders came with smiles, shooting people was no big deal for us Goodfellas..."
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Re: racketting
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06/18/02 12:13 AM
06/18/02 12:13 AM
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Turnbull
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Originally posted by annt: Paul & Goodfella69,
I just asked for clarification on that the other day. Short answer: Illegal betting/gambling, etc. I am sure one of the guys on the board will go into more detail, but that's the short answer. Hope it helped!!!  Ok, here's "one of the guys on the board" who's gonna go into it in more detail: A "racket" is any illegal enterprise, or even a legal one that makes easy money. The name derives from the early part of the last century, when small-time gangsters, to show that they had "arrived," threw themselves parties at which local business people, politicos and subordinate gang members were supposed to show up and pay X amount of dollars per plate, buy pages in a tribute journal, etc. These affairs often were noisy and rowdy, hence they made a "racket." The name stuck to any shady undertaking. A very good depiction of a "racket" dinner is found about halfway through the Edward G. Robinson classic, "Little Caeser," after he supplants Sam Vettore to become boss of the Club Palermo gang.
Ntra la porta tua lu sangu � sparsu,
E nun me mporta si ce muoru accisu...
E s'iddu muoru e vaju mparadisu
Si nun ce truovo a ttia, mancu ce trasu.
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Re: racketting
#194656
06/18/02 02:43 AM
06/18/02 02:43 AM
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The Iceman
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Originally posted by Turnbull: [quote]Originally posted by annt:
[b]Paul & Goodfella69,
I just asked for clarification on that the other day. Short answer: Illegal betting/gambling, etc. I am sure one of the guys on the board will go into more detail, but that's the short answer. Hope it helped!!! Ok, here's "one of the guys on the board" who's gonna go into it in more detail: A "racket" is any illegal enterprise, or even a legal one that makes easy money. The name derives from the early part of the last century, when small-time gangsters, to show that they had "arrived," threw themselves parties at which local business people, politicos and subordinate gang members were supposed to show up and pay X amount of dollars per plate, buy pages in a tribute journal, etc. These affairs often were noisy and rowdy, hence they made a "racket." The name stuck to any shady undertaking. A very good depiction of a "racket" dinner is found about halfway through the Edward G. Robinson classic, "Little Caeser," after he supplants Sam Vettore to become boss of the Club Palermo gang.[/b][/quote]Well sheesh Turnbull you beat me to it. 
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Re: racketting
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06/19/02 10:36 AM
06/19/02 10:36 AM
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Upstate, New York
CamillusDon
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Originally posted by Turnbull:
[quote]Originally posted by CamillusDon:
[b]Turnbull will have his own family some day...just watch... ...instead of being stuck in this two-meal town with Frankie's brother.  Thanks, guys! [/b][/quote]Just remember the five basic food groups Turnbull!
"Well, old friend, are you ready to do me this service?"
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