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Bloomberg: Colorado Gun Recall Towns So Rural, They Don’t Have Roads
http://thecoloradoobserver.com/2014/07/bloomberg-colorado-gun-recall-towns-so-rural-they-dont-have-r ^ | 7/10/2014 | Valerie Richardson

Posted on 09/23/2014 8:20:18 AM PDT by buffyt

In what may come as a surprise to residents of Colorado Springs and Pueblo, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn’t think those cities have roads.

Bloomberg told Rolling Stone that he was “sorry” about the recalls of two state senators last year over the Democratic state legislature’s gun-control.

“Colorado Springs is the second largest city in Colorado, Mr. Mayor,” said Herpin. “and not only do we have plenty of roads, but we are also home to the United States Air Force Academy, the U.S. Olympic Training Center and Committee Headquarters (which moved here from New York City), major military commands, and many high tech and defense related companies.”


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To: buffyt
In what may come as a surprise to residents of Colorado Springs and Pueblo, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn’t think those cities have roads.

Rush says liberals call it "flyover country"

21 posted on 09/23/2014 8:45:55 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: buffyt

Many years ago I remember seeing a cartoon with a New Yorkers view of the US. The entire nation was not much bigger than their impression of the land mass of New York and the nation got distorted smaller the further past the Hudson it went.


22 posted on 09/23/2014 8:47:14 AM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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To: Vigilanteman
Back in the 1970s when I was a college freshman home for winter break, some friends and I piled into a car and drove straight through to New York City to play test some simulation games (the forerunner of X-Box and all that stuff). We were in a large room with mostly locals doing the same thing and they were astounded to discover we had driven in from Fargo, North Dakota.

These were some of the brightest young adults in New York. Many had never been outside of a 5 or 10 block radius of where they lived. One guy even bragged that he'd been all the way west to Buffalo.

We quickly discovered we had a gold mine of gullibility and started spinning tales about how we had to take the railroad to Minneapolis to rent a car for the rest of the trip. As they started eating things up, it escalated to stories about me no longer being able to earn decent summer money as an Indian scout because the Sioux weren't uprising anymore. Another guy in our group lamented that he'd lost his job driving stage now that the railroad had come through, but we were looking forward to a planned highway connection to Minneapolis-St.Paul so we wouldn't be stuck with the railroad schedule from now on.

ROTFL

23 posted on 09/23/2014 8:47:46 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: Proud2BeRight
View of the World from 9th Avenue


24 posted on 09/23/2014 8:50:15 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
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To: buffyt

To the liberal elite the country actually ends at the Hudson River and doesn’t reappear until you pass over the “Hollywood” sign in La La Land. Asked to draw maps of the USA those in New York could not even begin to determine its size and scope. Places such as Chicago, Kansas City, Phoenix and Minneapolis were mostly unknown to them and if known they had’nt a clue as to where they were located. The “South” did not exist at all...ever.


25 posted on 09/23/2014 8:54:11 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: KarlInOhio

Nice graphic, but it overestimates how many of them have heard of Nebraska, much less the Chimney Rock landmark astride the old Oregon/Mormon Trails.


26 posted on 09/23/2014 8:57:12 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: GraceG

A friend of mine was selling real estate in Austin and had a woman from NY ask him if it was OK to put up a fence to keep the cows out of her yard.

He told her no.


27 posted on 09/23/2014 9:05:06 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: buffyt

28 posted on 09/23/2014 9:06:17 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: MileHi

Looks like voters are going to show the Chickenchoker the door.


29 posted on 09/23/2014 9:14:31 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: V_TWIN
Mrs WBill has a free lifetime subscription - it's an artifact from her time in college.

I read it occasionally. My Dad would call it "The better to know your enemies".

One thing that I've noticed over the past six months or so is that it's become mildly critical of Dems in general, and Obama specifically. Nothing hard-hitting, mind you, but less gushing of praise and more thoughtful in their commentary. Posters here on FR would say "So what", but for a reliably lib rag like RS, extremely mild criticism of BO marks a real sea change in their demagogery

IMO, RS can't decide if Obama and the current crop of Dems are entirely too conservative, or just not liberal enough.

Either is fine with me, since Liberalism is a jealous god, and tolerates no dissent. Pass the popcorn.

30 posted on 09/23/2014 9:22:57 AM PDT by wbill
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To: wbill

“The better to know your enemies”

Agree with that, I’d just have a hard time stomaching the leftist diatribe without power puking.

As far as Liberalism being a jealous god, and tolerates no dissent.........I’ve heard of Another religion like that recently.


31 posted on 09/23/2014 9:56:47 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: V_TWIN
stomaching the leftist diatribe without power puking

'Tisn't easy, but these are the sacrifices I make.... :-)

However...to show you Exhibit 'A'.... I also read "Fortune" magazine (a freebie, but worthless. When it expires, I'm done with it). In 2012, both Fortune and RS were predicting easy victories for BO.

"Nonsense" (or somesuch), I said. "No way THAT will ever happen!"

Lesson Learned. The better to know my enemies......

32 posted on 09/23/2014 10:11:07 AM PDT by wbill
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To: buffyt
Look to a New Yorkers.. anything west or south of the Jersey border is "Deliverance" country
33 posted on 09/23/2014 10:19:20 AM PDT by tophat9000 (An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
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To: buffyt

In Hong Kong the day after the 2010 election Bloomberg said “If you look at the U.S., you look at who we’re electing to Congress, to the Senate—they can’t read.”

Notwithstanding that two of the folks newly elected to Congress in his home state - Hayworth and Gibson - have PhD’s.

He just shoots off his mouth because he can, even if he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.


34 posted on 09/23/2014 10:20:26 AM PDT by lowtaxsmallgov (This Administration has absolutely no idea how to grow an economy)
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To: tophat9000

We all just a pack of pig humper out here


35 posted on 09/23/2014 10:20:49 AM PDT by tophat9000 (An Eye for an Eye, a Word for a Word...nothing more)
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To: KarlInOhio

That’s not the map I saw but it’s even better.


36 posted on 09/23/2014 3:50:52 PM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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To: buffyt

one county one vote when awarding state electors.

This will give an equal voice to all counties and prevent urbanized “free stuff” voters from keep other parts of states from voting.

Bloomy should stick to the hamptons.


37 posted on 09/24/2014 2:45:38 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: mountainlion

he leases Bloomberg terminals to stockbrokers on the myth they are secure. His company was caught snooping with regards to what was being researched and messaged.

His company was data mining.

Any other person doing such acts would be doing insider information time.


38 posted on 09/24/2014 2:50:45 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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