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New York should seize Trump Tower
The Washington Post ^
| 12/12/2016
| Catherine Rampell
Posted on 12/13/2016 11:09:45 AM PST by Trump20162020
Froufrou Fifth Avenue resembles a police state.
Officers wielding gigantic guns guard Trump Tower, where President-elect Donald Trump conducts all transition business, and soon lots of presidential business, too. Shoppers patronizing the stores, cafes or public gardens inside must endure layers of security screening. Streets and sidewalks are barricaded; traffic is snarled; and costumed buskers milk money from the looky-loos obstructing the entrances to Gucci and Tiffany.
The challenges of securing this 58-story building in a high-density neighborhood will, by Inauguration Day alone, drain $35 million of local taxpayer money. Who knows the additional costs to commerce and property values?
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; US: New York
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; giganticguns; newyork; newyorkcity; nyc; trump; trumptower; trumptransition
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To: relictele
Mayor Warren Wilhelm wants the taxpayers to pay
as punishment for electing Trump
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posted on
12/13/2016 11:31:25 AM PST
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: Trump20162020
Washington Gun Size Guide
small 01: too small, can be sneaked in too easily
small 02: still too small to be noticed easily
small 03: again too small lets face it, there is no safe small gun
medi 01: described as medium, this is still too small for safety’s sake
medi 02: just a bit larger than the smaller dangerous medium size
medi 03: a bit larger than the Medim 02 class, but still both too small and too powerful to be owned by the public
large 01: too large a gun for private ownership, a danger to everyone
large 02: an even more dangerous gun, jeopardizing everyone’s safety, should be banned
large 03: only a domestic terrorist would own this
gigan 01: a special class so offensive, we had to employ a stupid inflammatory word to scare members of the public
gigan 02: there really isn’t a class like this, but we want the public to think there is
Courtesy of the WP, Anti-Nixon 1973 LLC*, Anti-Trump 2016 LLC*, and the Clinton Campaign 2016 LLC*
*Obvious lampoon(s) for the mentally challenged
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posted on
12/13/2016 11:31:30 AM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
To: Trump-a-licious
If Trump wants gigantic guns, Trump gets gigantic guns...
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posted on
12/13/2016 11:31:33 AM PST
by
DannyTN
To: Trump20162020
"And Nia, tidy in her blue-and khaki school uniform, obediently answers, "Succeed." That one sentence scares me about who we are dealing with.🇺🇸
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posted on
12/13/2016 11:31:44 AM PST
by
Garvin
(The Fourth Estate is The Fifth Column.)
To: Trump20162020
Catherine Rampell of the WaPo worries that Manhattan has become a police state. Ha!
You imbeciles have been happily moving us along that path for at least 15 years. You’re not fooling anyone.
Now get back into your safe space.
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posted on
12/13/2016 11:32:20 AM PST
by
Paulie
(America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
To: Trump20162020
To: Trump20162020
Hey Catherine, like these gigantic guns in Israel?
67
posted on
12/13/2016 11:32:30 AM PST
by
jazusamo
(Have YOU Donated to Free Republic? https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
To: DoughtyOne
68
posted on
12/13/2016 11:32:32 AM PST
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: Trump20162020
The Washington Post is our enemy!!!!
PHOOEY!!!!
69
posted on
12/13/2016 11:33:04 AM PST
by
Honorary Serb
(Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
To: Trump20162020
“Gigantic Guns”??? what a big BIT@H!
70
posted on
12/13/2016 11:34:20 AM PST
by
TheGunny
To: Snickering Hound
Nice neighborhood too.
Seems the compost, and the Times have kids working there who have just left college, or aging hippies.
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posted on
12/13/2016 11:35:11 AM PST
by
manc
( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
To: Trump-a-licious
"gigantic guns" ?? It's true. They have one of these babies parked in front of Trump Tower. It's Yuuuuge!
To: trisham
73
posted on
12/13/2016 11:35:16 AM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(jcon40, "Are we be coming into the age of Sanity?")
To: Snickering Hound
Is that one of Hillary’s portable bathroom servers in the background?
74
posted on
12/13/2016 11:36:33 AM PST
by
Covenantor
(Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
To: bigbob
75
posted on
12/13/2016 11:36:46 AM PST
by
manc
( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
To: bigbob
76
posted on
12/13/2016 11:37:08 AM PST
by
tcrlaf
(They told me it could never happen in America. And then it did....)
To: dirtboy
The ComPost is exploring new levels of stupid previously deemed impossible to reach. I think we need to have a new Noble Prize. "The Nobel Prize in Stupidity" These people are setting new world records in stupidity every day. this isn't parody, it isn't satire, this is what passes for thoughtful rational commentary in the Wash Po.
77
posted on
12/13/2016 11:37:15 AM PST
by
MNJohnnie
(Trump discriminates against non-successful people.)
To: dirtboy
Indeed. This is quickly becoming absolutely comical.
78
posted on
12/13/2016 11:37:17 AM PST
by
rb22982
To: DannyTN
79
posted on
12/13/2016 11:38:24 AM PST
by
manc
( If they want so called marriage equality then they should support polygamy too.)
To: lacrew
I thought of this first, too!
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posted on
12/13/2016 11:38:27 AM PST
by
treetopsandroofs
(Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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