Bloomberg Connects Obama's Fly-Swatting to Geese Protests

2009_01_BloombergParty.jpg Mayor Bloomberg offered up a priceless quote on the clip that has been circulating the internet, cable news and late night talk shows of President Obama stopping to kill a fly mid-interview. The mayor said to the Daily News, “I don’t know why he did it. I had pickets outside my house for geese last night. We are sending some of these geese for well-deserved rest up in the sky, wherever geese go. But the bottom line is, we can make fun of the geese but they’re a danger to human beings flying. And we’re doing what's appropriate, and I’m sure what the president thought about was that particular fly might be spreading something like the H1N1 flu and he was going to risk his own life with hands - bare hands, without Purell - and he protected the public by hitting that fly, and we owe him a great debt of gratitude. I'm sure he’s laughing about it right now." Meanwhile PETA has sent the president a fly-catching device, asking him to think a little longer next time before he commits another "execution."

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Haha, things like this would win my vote.

That's badass. Makes me feel secure.

Do we need a response from PETA every single fuckin' time a bug gets squashed? I say fuck you PETA as I eat my sea kitten!

He's got my vote on this issue.

"I’m sure what the president thought...that particular fly might be spreading...the H1N1 flu and he was going to risk his own life with hands - bare hands, without Purell - and he protected the public by hitting that fly..."

Bloomberg has without a doubt lost his mind.

agree, he's going kookoo. Purell? what does he know about that. he won't touch the unwashed.

particular fly might be spreading something like the H1N1 flu and he was going to risk his own life with hands - bare hands, without Purell"
Bloomberg is really out of touch and just a plain nasty little man.

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No matter how much he tries to dress himself up to look like Barack Obama, he’s not going to be Barack Obama.” — Mayoral candidate City Comptroller William Thompson on Mayor Michael Bloomberg

No matter how much he tries to dress himself up to look like Barack Obama, he’s not going to be Barack Obama.” — Mayoral candidate City Comptroller William Thompson on Mayor Michael Bloomberg

this dude is representing very well the type of republican logic: shortest view on an issue, irrelevant action, and total out proportion measures. Pissing out of the toilet mentality.
But, as usual, easy exits are what has this country in crap hole.
Let the hollow rhetoric of the male bullying begin!
The herd of the street level Illuminati rule here after all.

That's some funny stuff from Bloomy. The bit about a link to swine flu was terrific. He's not nuts, he's just got a good NY sense of humor.

Also, have to note how bad-ass Obama is. Terrorists, take note. This is how we'll treat you. Obama's like a ninja, bringing the pain in the middle of an interview. He's like David Carradine as Kung Fu, without any ropes. Big ups, Prez.

Also, have to note how bad-ass Obama is. Terrorists, take note. This is how we'll treat you. Obama's like a ninja, bringing the pain in the middle of an interview. He's like David Carradine as Kung Fu, without any ropes. Big ups, Prez.

PETA continues to prove themselves irrelevant to any common sense approach to protecting animals.

Attention!

To All PETAphiles:

Join the big PETA protest tonight at the home of the CEO of GlaxoSmithKline, the drug company that produces antibiotics that kill all those innocent bacteria and viurses that have as much right to live as we human beings.

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