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And Bloomberg fools no one...he is a Democrat.
They always talk a good game, but the next thing you know, the squeegie guys are back. And you start seeing rats. People you know are getting mugged; that wasn't happening when "fascist" Giuliani was in charge. Our health-conscious liberal officials banned smoking finally, but now your favorite restaurant is closing; business is down 30%. It was supposed to feel good, but the reality sucks. |
BURGLARS [Rod Dreher] Derb's mention of burglars prompts me to report a rather minor couple of incidents, but ones that I think are significant, in part because "broken-window" things like this are starting to happen all over New York again, or so it seems from conversations with friends here. I live in a pretty good middle-class neighborhood. We've been seeing a bit more vandalism lately, and hearing stories of women being threatened on our formerly calm streets. There was even a rape outside a hospital half a block away, which is in no way a minor incident. A couple of nights ago, someone troubled himself to unscrew and steal the brass cover of the mail slot of our building, and also the brass handle on the top of a board we use to cover a trash can. It's no big loss, obviously, and we're blessed that nothing worse has happened -- yet. Still, these things are another reminder that New York criminals in the post-Giuliani era are getting bolder. Oh yes: junkies are starting to congregate on the street outside the neighborhood methadone clinic. That never happened when Rudy was in charge. Posted at 02:15 PM
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What people fail to mention in articles such as this, however, is that Rudy got the cops OFF THEIR AS-SES in the coffee shops and OUT ONTO THE STREET. Although there are still great cops on the force, it appears that some members of the NYPD are starting to SLACK OFF under Commissioner Ray Kelly (who was Dickens's commissioner as well).
I myself still feel fairly safe, but that will last just until I get mugged (which will probably be soon, thanks to Blunderberg and New York States lack of a Right-to-Carry law).
Bloomberg is a very useful idiot. His role is to remind people, as the 2004 election approaches, of what really changes when the liberals get back in.