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Bloomberg Diverts Food, Generators from Devastated Staten Island to NYC Marathon
breitbart.com ^

Posted on 11/02/2012 1:52:39 AM PDT by tsowellfan

Fresh off his "climate disruption"-driven endorsement of President Obama, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has chosen to divert critical food supplies and power generators from desperate residents of Staten Island to Sunday's New York City Marathon...

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2012; bloomberg; corruption; democrats; marathon; newyork; newyorkcity; nyc; obama; sandy
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To: tsowellfan

He has to keep up the facade of normalcy in NY after obama stepped in and miraculously saved the city. Showing how the people in Staten Island are suffering would tarnish that image. Also heard last night that the Red Cross is ignoring Staten Island and is focusing most of it’s help for wealthy neighborhoods.


61 posted on 11/02/2012 5:26:34 AM PDT by chessplayer
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To: tsowellfan

I can’t believe it!!??


62 posted on 11/02/2012 5:29:34 AM PDT by GonzoII (Quia tu es, Deus, fortitudo mea...Quare tristis es anima mea?)
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To: tsowellfan

What’s the big deal? Plenty of dumpsters on Staten Island.


63 posted on 11/02/2012 5:31:39 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: MacMattico

“And just FYI in 2008 Staten Island went for McCain/Palin and has a Republican Borough President.”

Which is why Bloomberg is diong this. For people like Nurse Bloomberg and The Won, it is not enough to reward those that support you. You must also punish those who do not.


64 posted on 11/02/2012 5:32:36 AM PDT by No Truce With Kings (Ten years on FreeRepublic and counting.)
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To: tsowellfan
His Honor The Mayor sure has his priorities straight! $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!!!
65 posted on 11/02/2012 5:32:36 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (No matter who you elect,the government eventually gets in.)
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To: mikey_hates_everything

“Nice...the marathon starts on the Staten Island side of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.”

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This is really unbelievable. I was watching the U.S. stations last night; people in Staten Island seemed absolutely desperate.

How is it they can clear the streets for a 26+ mile race but can’t seem to do it to get help to people in dire straights?


66 posted on 11/02/2012 5:33:48 AM PDT by proud American in Canada
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To: Catsrus

NJ is turning away utility workers from Alabama cause they are non union.

http://www.waff.com/story/19981857/some-nonunion-ala-crews-turned-away-from-sandy-recovery

Yep...I am quickly running out of sympathy for these northeast coast progs.


67 posted on 11/02/2012 5:39:13 AM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR OBAMA TO ANSWER FOR BENGHAZI UNDER OATH!!)
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To: proud American in Canada

Why should NYC, an island, care about Staten Island, an island?


68 posted on 11/02/2012 5:50:20 AM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop
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To: Catsrus

From what I’ve been reading Staten Island is a GOP stronghold. Probably the only one in NYC. You may want to rethink your smugness. Conservatives get in trouble,too.

Do those of us who did NOT vote for Obama get what we deserved?


69 posted on 11/02/2012 6:38:07 AM PDT by madison10 (I love it when a plan comes together ~~God)
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To: tsowellfan

Bloomberg is an unmitigated a******.

This is why we need to develop conservative ‘rats. Only a ‘rat has a chance of winning against him and of all of the politicians I can think of besides hussein, he is the one who needs to go the most.


70 posted on 11/02/2012 6:52:55 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Leftists are the small hive beetles of the American hive)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

“The people of NYC get the government they deserve.”

Some do. Not all. Not even most. Not everyone is as well educated or enlightened as the average FReeper. Most people don’t care about politics and only give it limited thought.

They’re suffering in NYC and environs and there’s really no reason for it. They’ve gotten their lesson. It’s time for compassion.


71 posted on 11/02/2012 6:59:12 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Leftists are the small hive beetles of the American hive)
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To: steve86

I don’t know the entry fee but right now the folks need food not money if they can’t get gas and don’t have power.


72 posted on 11/02/2012 7:07:40 AM PDT by count-your-change (You don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
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To: tsowellfan

Twitter #LetThemEatMarathon


73 posted on 11/02/2012 10:16:38 AM PDT by Lucky9teen (Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading.~Thomas Jeffer)
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To: tsowellfan

People who secured hotel rooms before being hit by the hurricane are now being dumped out of their rooms for the 40,000 +++ runners & supporters of the marathon.

They have nowhere to go & they are pissed!!!

How’s that working for you, letting Bloomberg change the term limit laws & run for another term???


74 posted on 11/02/2012 10:46:16 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: No Truce With Kings

“Bloomers” is full of crap


75 posted on 11/02/2012 10:49:02 AM PDT by Taffini ( Mr. Pippen and Mr. Waffles do not approve and neither do I)
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To: Above My Pay Grade

One runner did put out this statement.

“I cannot start a 26.2 mile run in Staten Island—people are missing, stranded, in need of resources. Brooklyn and Queens have equal devastation. Parts of Manhattan are without electricity, water, major hospitals are closed. The Bronx too has its own challenges. Today I will volunteer at a city evacuation shelter. Sunday morning I will catch the marathon bus to Staten Island. Not planning to run. Plan to volunteer instead and gather resources (extra clothes, bottles of water, food from runners at the start). Let’s not waste resources and attention on a foot race. Who is with me?”

Penny Krakoff


76 posted on 11/02/2012 10:52:51 AM PDT by christx30 (Freedom above all.)
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To: Above My Pay Grade
I thought about that. Suppose you haven't had anything to drink all week but boiled bilgewater, and now comes a bunch of brightboys and girls setting up big tables full of tall cups of fresh pure water, for the taking, right along side the curb of your street...
77 posted on 11/02/2012 11:03:47 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: tsowellfan
Why is Bloomberg doing this? Follow the money. It's not a hard decision for someone like him who has no moral conscience.

A recent study showed that the marathon generates $340 million in economic activity in the city, one reason the mayor is a backer of the race.

78 posted on 11/02/2012 11:10:08 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (November 6th is the tipping point for freedom in America.)
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To: madison10

They stopped the Staten Island Ferry. Not nearly as easy for these folks to get to food and water as it is for those in the other boroughs. Clever move, Bloomberg. I can just imagine how stranded and helpless and angry these people must feel.

Part of the problem is that there are not very many New Yorkers in the Marathon. Most of the runners are from other states and other countries. They don’t really care about us. If they had any heart, they would not participate.


79 posted on 11/02/2012 11:35:16 AM PDT by firebrand
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To: christx30

I would help in this effort.


80 posted on 11/02/2012 11:38:43 AM PDT by firebrand
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