RUDY-RIPPING THOMPSON TRASHES APPLE (Giuliani's gun-grabbing misfires with voters)

NY POST ^ | November 24, 2007 | GEOFF EARLE, Post Correspondent, Post Wire Services

[Liz]

Fred Thompson ....campaigning at a NH gun store..... told reporters Giuliani too often turns to his time as NYC mayor to explain his support for stronger gun restrictions. "....he was at bill-signing ceremonies with NY Sen Chuck Schumer and President Clinton and others for gun-control legislation over the years. Of course, he's not as outspoken about it any more."

[bill1952]

>NYers get more done in a week than most others do in a month

I used to think the same way when I moved from suburban Philly to South Florida. - But that is horsesh*t.
Fact is, it is much simpler to open and run a business here than up North without 6,166 government regulations, umpteen taxes and fees, unions and other assorted impediments to success thrown in your way so as to pick your pocket clean while working you into the ground.

>Heck, I know guys who have retired from business in NYC and moved south to open a business. Get it? They can run a business in Georgia in their sleep.

As stated, that would be me and guess what? I became wealthy here, but would have remained a struggling middle class, working man's hero up North.

>NYers get more done in a week than most others do in a month

Sorry. - Fact is there is more construction right here in Port Saint Lucie, Florida alone than in all of Montgomery and Bucks counties combined.
And in my Flight school, I have personally washed out more NYers than every other geographic group combined. - and that is another fact.

and dems real facts, jack.

The truth hurts, doesn't it?

[malia]

Terrific interview!! Good strong answers!

Was interesting to watch Steffie’s face when he thought he had a ‘gotcha’ and then knew Thompson had control!!!

I hope Wallace has a good interview with Thompson. Wallace will think he has to ‘nail’ him while I would like a good conversation on all subjects.

[MSSC6644]

Reagan had no choice but to divorce Jane Wyman who left him. He, as a non-Catholic, did nothing immoral by marrying and staying faithfully married to Nancy the rest of their lives. In my judgement, he was a man full of integrity and character. Perhaps, in yours, he was not.

[dixiechick2000]

"This is deliberate. The media wants a candidate easily defeatable by Hillary. If Fred was that, they'd be forcing his candidacy down our throats. Because he is the only viable Conservative than can beat Hillary, they'll do the worst thing possible you can do to a candidate, ignore them."

Bump that!

[Vision Thing]

Anyone with a sixth grade education should recognize Calpernia as a woman's name.

Anyone with a fifth grade education recognizes nyc for its global reputation for weakness. Gawd, a bunch of third-world morons with box cutters took down your tallest towers. Way to go, yanks! You're da best.

[Calpernia]

Nope

[Vision Thing]

Hey, VT, I even jumped the trains to see Barry Manilow!

Now you can really question my manhood :P

LOL!

Did you enjoy the show with barry manliness-is-low manilow?

[Calpernia]

Actually no. Hearing one or two songs of his is fine. Sitting through a concert of metro men screaming like girls was a sight no one should be subjected too.

;)

[prairiebreeze]

When the grid went down and blacked out NYC and a large area of surrounding real estate after 9-11, the press and politicians fell all over each other thanking and praising NYC for not tearing the ever-living crap out of the city and each other during that night of blackout.

Much of the rest of the nation rolled it's eyes in disgust that people had to be praised for acting like responsible human beings.

That's one answer for your question.

[Calpernia]

If that grid went down someplace like, Newark, Camden, Trenton, or similar, you would have scenes like New Orleans. I think NYC already proved themselves to be adults on 9/11. There wasn’t a crowd control needed. Matter of fact, the control that was needed was to turn away volunteers. Everyone wanted to be there to do something.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Fred Thompson on the 2nd Amendment:

I strongly support the Second Amendment of the Constitution, which protects an individual’s right to keep and bear arms. Gun control is touted as a major crime-control measure. But some of the places with the strictest gun-control laws also have high violent-crime rates. Disarming law-abiding citizens does not prevent crime. The answer to violent crime is smart, effective, and aggressive law enforcement. The real effect of these gun-control measures is to place onerous restrictions on law-abiding citizens who use firearms for such legal activities as self-defense, sport-shooting, hunting, and collecting. I am committed to:

* Strictly enforcing existing laws and severely punishing violent criminals.
* Protecting the rights individual Americans enjoy under the Second Amendment.

[prairiebreeze]

All due respect to their actions at 9-11 (was there looting we simply didn’t hear about? I’ve always wondered frankly...) there was nonetheless tremendous relief in all levels of government that things didn’t get ugly in NYC during the blackout. Flyover country simply doesn’t relate to that....or New Orleans either for that matter.

Personally, I have little use for most cities anymore, but that’s me.

[Calpernia]

No looting I heard about. And I’m 25 outside of ground zero and I was there 2 days.

[stevio]

I’m certain that pic will help in the south!

I vacationed at the Outer Banks in N.C. this year. I was waiting for my wife in the van listening to the radio. A woman comes on talking about a jewelery store likening it to the men not having enough tools, trucks or guns. I said to myself, "I'm home!"

[wtc911]

Heck, I know guys who have retired from business in NYC and moved south to open a business. Get it? They can run a business in Georgia in their sleep.

As stated, that would be me and guess what? I became wealthy here, but would have remained a struggling middle class, working man's hero up North.

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Kind of makes my case that NY is the hardest place to succeed, thanks.

And, it seems that you taking a PA experience and saying that it's the same as NYC.

[wtc911]

Gawd, a bunch of third-world morons with box cutters took down your tallest towers. Way to go, yanks! You're da best.

Man, there is so much ignorance packed into such a short post. Just for starters, where did the terrorists board the planes?

[Calpernia]

Many seem to forget that they got the Pentagon too.

[wtc911]

Then why have so many companies moved out of New York City over the years -- they couldn't handle the "Big Leagues?"

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Do you mean to ask why do companies move their HQ from NYC? Maybe the taxes, or the fact that Basking Ridge isn't a terrorist target. What do you think?

Do you mean to imply that these companies have abandoned NYC and no longer maintain a presence here?

Of course that has nothing to do with my point that NYers work harder and faster than the rest of the country, but then I'm only basing that on over two decades of experience.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

The Rootyphiles can have their cross-dressing gun-grabber. I, however, am casting my lot with a man who truly cares about America: The Big DH!

[Alberta's Child]

Of course that has nothing to do with my point that NYers work harder and faster than the rest of the country, but then I'm only basing that on over two decades of experience.

I don't know what business you're in, but I can assure you that this is not the case across the board. In fact, many of the businesses that have left New York over the years have done so because New Yorkers simply aren't as productive as people in other places.

Here's a perfect case in point . . . it's a ranking of the world's major ports based on their container terminal productivity (U.S. ports shown in bold):

1. Hong Kong
2. Shanghai
3. Pusan
4. Hamburg
5. Rotterdam
6. Long Beach
7. Tacoma
8. Montreal
9. Los Angeles
10. Antwerp
11. Seattle
12. Oakland
13. Charleston
14. New York

Yeah, New Yorkers work harder and faster than people do anywhere else in the country.

FWIW, I've done business in places all over North America in the last 15 years. New York City stands out in my mind for two particular things: (1) excessive red tape and high costs; and (2) it was the first place I've ever been in the U.S. where I came across people with marginal English competence even when their sole job function involves interaction with the general public (receptionists, telephone operators, restaurant hosts, etc.).