Posted on 11/03/2012 10:14:13 AM PDT by chessplayer
Mayor Bloomberg has snubbed Borough President Markowitz’s impassioned plea to bring the National Guard to Hurricane Sandy-scarred Brooklyn — arguing that approving the Beep’s request would be a waste of federal manpower and turn the borough into a police state.
“We don’t need it,” Mayor Bloomberg said on Wednesday during a press update on the city’s ongoing Hurricane Sandy cleanup. “The NYPD is the only people we want on the street with guns.”
Markowitz demanded the National Guard’s help just an hour before Bloomberg’s press conference, claiming that the NYPD and FDNY are “brave — but overwhelmed” by all the challenges Sandy brought when it visited the borough on Monday night: flooding, power outages, and looting.
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They are not strangers with guns like Bloomberg seems to believe.
It's all so crazy. Just like the water problem. Why would FEMA be responsible for water - that should be a city/county/state issue. It's too basic to hand over to FEMA outsiders who don't even understand local issues.
Another example of why big government is evil.
Bloomie cares only about Manhattan and a few Jewish areas in Brooklyn. The rest of NYC is terra incognita for him and his cabal.
Never heard MRE's called that before...
well he carefully weighed all the issues and decided that since romney is pro-hurricane, obama is the one
Lots of calories needed if you are doing a lot of hard, physical, work. I have eaten many cases of MREs over the years.
They are definitly not politically correct food...
I was watching the 3 Stooges last night. Did we deserve Obama?
[ I was watching the 3 Stooges last night. Did we deserve Obama? ]
YES.. Obama is punishment to america for 75,000,000+ murdered babies.. and many other crimes.. that makes Sodom look like chump change..
God punished no one.. we punished ourselves..
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