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SOUTH PHILADELPHIA – After days of grueling work protecting a statue of Christopher Columbus that stands at Marconi Plaza, the local Italian-American community are taking a much needed vacation to the Jersey Shore, and they\u2019re taking the statue with them. Tony Ampione, a self-proclaimed Italian heritage defender and representative of those standing guard, detailed, \u201cit\u2019s been a hard few days hanging out, drinking, and threatening people that don\u2019t look like me but it\u2019s been great to see all of my cop buddies and talk about who\u2019s bringing what down Wildwood this weekend.\u201d When asked about the decision to bring the statue with them on the beach trip Ampione answered, \u201cwell how else are we gonna keep these liberal gabagools from messin\u2019 wit it?  Plus, I just found out dis Chris guy\u2019s Italian, so he\u2019s part of the family, paesano! Why wouldn\u2019t he come down the shore wit us?\u201d As the statue of Christopher Columbus was loaded into a car headed for The Wildwoods, the so-called \u201cliberal gabagools\u201d in the area could be seen congratulating each other for successfully removing another symbol of colonization in America; those defending the statue mistook the cheering for resentful cries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UPDATE: After a long weekend of heavy drinking it has been reported that the statue of Christopher Columbus stumbled off the boardwalk into the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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