Bloomberg at Foggy Bottom

New York Sun ^ | February 13, 2007

[presidio9]

That was an illuminating soliloquy that Mayor Bloomberg gave the press in Washington before ducking over to Foggy Bottom to meet with Secretary Rice. The mayor was asked what he was hoping for in terms of the United Nations. Responded the mayor: "The United Nations is very important to New York City because of its implication in the economy." He then proceeded to tick off the areas in which it is allegedly "a major generator of jobs" in the city, from stores and restaurants to transportation and construction. He added that for the city "to lose the United Nations would be a disaster."

Well, for the record, a lot of New Yorkers disagree with the mayor's assessment. They see the disaster as the United Nations itself, along with its capital master plan, which is fermenting daily. If there is an upside to the mayor's visit with Secretary Rice, it's the potential to help real-estate interests whose ambitions have little to do with international diplomacy and everything to do with money. For at the moment, the United Nations is occupying, in addition to the iconic tower of the secretariat and dome of the General Assembly, a huge complex at First Avenue and 45th Street, where it is paying a relatively low rent.

What worries the real-estate moguls is not that the United Nations might leave this complex of buildings — but that it might stay. They want the United Nations out of the west side of First Avenue so that they can put the space to more profitable use — condominiums, say, or

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

President Duncan Hunter should appoint Bolton as Secretary of State in 2009 with orders to clean up this den of snakes!

[ncfool]

Remove the leftist organization and let it move to Iran. The UN is so anti-freedom they should leave the great soil of NYC.

[presidio9]

President Duncan Hunter should appoint Bolton as Secretary of State in 2009 with orders to clean up this den of snakes!

But only after he wrecks our economy with misguided protectionism, right?

[kittymyrib]

From your lips to God's ears. That would be a wonderful thing for the USA. (Love your tag, by the way.)

[Ramcat]

But only after he wrecks our economy with misguided protectionism, right?

Wreck it with protectionism or with high taxes the choices aren't looking good?

[presidio9]

protectionism=high taxes

[Gabz]

Someone seriously needs to give the Bloominidiot a seriously good talking to.

[twonie]

Leave it to him to go down to Washington and bleat about inconsequential matters regarding the future of the UN. Real estate! I ask you! I know he has a tough act to follow, but even with that standard, he is not doing well

[B4Ranch]

I think G Gordon Libby would be the man for the job.

[Sword_Svalbardt]

Send the UN to France.

[BigSkyFreeper]

President Duncan Hunter should appoint Bolton as Secretary of State in 2009 with orders to clean up this den of snakes!

He should first work at getting nominated first.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

We are working hard at it!

The whiners who follow the MSM pimping of Rudy, Romney or McCain one year before the first primary are just putting party over country!

[BigSkyFreeper]

The whiners who follow the MSM pimping of Rudy, Romney or McCain one year before the first primary are just putting party over country!

Who said I was whining? I didn't. I just don't think Hunter will be nominated, not because of the incessant fawning of Rudy, Romney or McCain. I think it's too early to be jumping on any bandwagons and branding Duncan Hunter "President" one year out.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

There was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black and black is white, according as they are paid. (IV:5)

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift

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