Gothamist: Homeland Security Makes NYC Out to Be Big Crapple

Brightliner

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 18:44:51 -0500

But don't you know that cyclists are the next worst things to terrorists? Or at least that's what a lot of the trolls here on Gothamist say. Well, Critical Mass is a place for radicalizing cyclists. And you know what to do about radicals. Arrest 'em, door 'em, knock 'em off their bikes!

Glenn

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 15:35:12 -0500

I'd like to see the city or police calculate how much they waste on the Critical Mass police manpower and then perhaps that could cover some of the costs. Still, NYC should get more money back from the Feds, especially for security.

maybe. . . maybe not

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:38:41 -0500

You can spin those poll numbers many different ways. One way would be that the country has been split 50-50 Democrat and Republican for some time now and that those poll numbers simply reflect the half that hate George W. Bush. And like most things, I'd like to see the original poll question. I recently got a questionaire from the Democratic Party that was really just a request for money. One of the questions regarding taxation went something like: Do you support A) tax cuts for the wealthiest citizens or B) higher taxes to support our obligations to the nation's senior citizens. Hardly scientific.

Will

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:31:28 -0500

HEY! were you taking that picture from my office window?!?!

timbnyc

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:30:46 -0500

No shortage of conspiracy theorists in America, sigh. Recent Zogby poll re: 9/11: Poll results indicate 42% believe there has indeed been a cover up (with 10% unsure) and 45% think "Congress or an International Tribunal should re-investigate the attacks, including whether any US government officials consciously allowed or helped facilitate their success" (with 8% unsure). The poll of American residents was conducted from Friday, May 12 through Tuesday, May 16, 2006. Overall results have a margin of sampling error of +/- 2.9.

sigh. . . .

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:24:33 -0500

Great. Now the conspiracy theorists are out. No shortage of lunatics on the streets of New York. This one just happens to have a computer.

timbnyc

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:21:33 -0500

Maybe Bush and Cheney decided they would attack somewhere in the heartland next time - you know, an attempt to keep those red states red.

ooh ooh ahh ahh

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:16:51 -0500

Some of the dumbest people I've met in New York are traders. Even you don't have a penis you're still incredibly insecure. And if you expect in depth analysis, Gothamist is the wrong place to be. This place is all about getting rich quick. Boost traffic, sell ads, sell web site. Rinse. Repeat.

Interlard

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:11:22 -0500

I'm not following this. Are they saying they already gave money to cover the Booklyn Bridge as a "vital transportation link" and the ESB as a "tall building" and THAT's why they don't appear under "monuments"? That's how the article reads. Although a mushroom trailer (whatever that is) doesn't sound like a monument. Hey, now that it's been announced on the Internet, maybe Al-Quaeda will blow it up? No. I don't geddit. Gothamist: please explain.

I_LUV_NY

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:09:58 -0500

Actually no penis. I'm a woman you morons. Just cause your sis has trouble fucking that pig don't assume all women are that dumb.

I_LUV_NY

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:02:22 -0500

small penis, and very dumb

mmmmm. . . .pork

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:53:25 -0500

I found some money for New York City. Divert the $18 million in the transportation bill for the Highline. That smells like pork to me. http://www.thehighline.org/

I'll take 10 minutes

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:50:05 -0500

What's the over/under on Toby launching into one of his hate speeches?

Toby

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:47:59 -0500

Perhaps the answer to getting some money will be ticketing and/or all federal owned vehicles that are illegally parked. I was at Ladder 115 in LIC yesterday and their rig is a 1988 vintage Mack which is in deplorable condition - it is like the rig that the fireman fell out of last year. Meanwhile, East Bumblefuck gets millions of dollars to buy new fire engines from the feds. Something is not right.

TheWorldLovesYou

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:45:28 -0500

God Bless Trolls. anyone notice a staggering upswing in the amount of trolls throughout the internet, over the last year?

zingers

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:43:34 -0500

Trading gold futures is going to be a useful skill when the revolution comes. You'll be among the first up against the wall. And what a shock you need to brag about being an Ivy grad. Small penis? Or are you afraid that if we didn't know you went to an Ivy college we would realize how dumb you really are.

nyctourism

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:41:02 -0500

not to worry baha, the true nyc haters has been boycotting your city for a long time. those are TRUE AMERICANS. American by birth, SOUTHERN by the grace of GOD!

BaHa

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:37:47 -0500

No directions for tourists, and I'm not going to try hide my giggles at what they're wearing either. Take your crocodile tears and fat-ass-bunched shorts back to the bingo hall.

jakgleason

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:37:09 -0500

hardeehardeehaha, you guys wouldn't last one night.

S.D.

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:35:08 -0500

alabamacrimson Said: "inbreads" LOL lemme guess, a cuny grad. Ok, that caused me to LOL... Back on track: Any Gov't budget has lots of pork in it. One would think that the DHS/TSA would have less but why would it?

I_LUV_NY

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:33:21 -0500

Actually crimson, I'm an Ivy grad, it's that I'm trading gold futures and have limited time to battle you overall-wearing peons on my second LCD.

alabamacrimson

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:30:16 -0500

"inbreads" LOL lemme guess, a cuny grad.

I_LUV_NY

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:28:01 -0500

Can you inbreads who hate this city so much please stop reading a blog devoted to the city itself... PS- I think I hear your sister screwing a pig, oh wait that's your dad.

ihavabridge

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:25:33 -0500

the NYPD always has a foot post at the Brooklyn bridge. not to mention the convoy of nypd cars by city hall.

rotflmao

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:21:02 -0500

NYC wouldn't last two minutes on it's own.

zg

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:21:00 -0500

Wait..This is the reason why there are no longer several police cars parked in traffic on the Brooklyn Bridge, both directions, creating massive congestion, zero security and lowering safety? What a pity.

cityfolk

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:18:54 -0500

you know 30k is nothing in this city, why are you guys bitching? no wonder the rest of the country hates nyc and always will.

S.D.

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:16:01 -0500

I wonder if the NYPD has an "October Mushroom Festival"??

Brightliner

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:04:54 -0500

Secession! Who's with me? Pull NYC (with Liberty and Ellis Islands) from the Union. Keep all the tourist dollars from those places, Times Square, etc. for ourselves. Screw the feds and the state. Then and only then will we get our fair share. Madisonville can get all the money it wants, but none of it would come from our pockets.

southernprydeworldwide

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:03:45 -0500

well lookee what we got here, some city slicka. I say we look into what was spent by the NYPD, so does the Guardian society. say bye bye to moola, baybeeeeeee

I_LUV_NY

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:00:26 -0500

dhstsa, You toothless hick, go ahead and scrutinize... Our missapropriations are far more interesting than mushroom trailors and bingo halls.

dhstsa

Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:56:02 -0500

how bout the feds srutinized what NYC spent with it's money? I'm sure we'll find some fishy stuff in there, too.