Adventure Outdoors Sues Mayor Bloomberg--Merged
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I'm amazed he and his aren't being prosecuted for straw purchases, lying on 4473s, aggravated mopery with intent to loiter and interstate conspiracy to commit same. Those are some pretty serious Federal crimes. But I suppose there are advantages to belonging to the Party in power, whichever it happens to be.
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nope
these rino's are no different the commie dems.
Nagin confiscated guns and was rewarded by re-election.
these rino's are no different the commie dems.
Nagin confiscated guns and was rewarded by re-election.
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Taxpayers in places such as New York City and New Orleans probably don't mind paying for their governments' wrongdoing. My guess is that they rather enjoy doing it because they probably believe that their Mayors are bold crusaders and that what they do is justified by their pursuit of what's best for all of us. If the taxpayers didn't support Bloomberg they wouldn't have re-elected him, don't you think? And the same with the Prince of Harmony, C. Ray Nagin.
So I think it's a good thing for the people of New York City to pay for what Mayor Bloomberg does, and the more they pay the better. It helps them feel good about themselves and, of course, it compensates Mr. Bloomberg's victims somewhat. I don't have the slightest thought that even staggering awards will prevent Mr. Bloomberg from committing any crime he's inclined to commit in the name of imposing his own eccentric wishes on the rest of the world. He has money, and the support of his contituents, and they just don't like people who think differently from the way they think.
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I understood and I partly agree with you.
I've read the complaint in this case. The suit was filed against Bloomberg and the others both as individuals and as agents of New York City. So the suit does attempt to hold them accountable for their actions, and I wholeheartedly agree that they ought to be held accountable and should not be allowed to wriggle off the hook.
But I also believe that New York City and its taxpayers need to be held accountable too, because all of the people named in that suit are directed by an elected official--Michael Bloomberg--who has used his office as Mayor in an attempt to spread its protective umbrella over people he has directed to commit felonies, persecute people over whom he has no legal authority, usurp the authority of federal, state, and local agencies, and engage in a conspiracy to do those wrongs. Michael Bloomberg as an individual would not have the ability to use that protective umbrella. Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg does have it, because he is the city's mayor. The city's taxpayers elected him and re-elected him: they need to bear the costs of his misdeeds as their mayor. Taxpayers have no reason not to employ corrupt public officials and sanction their corruption unless they foot the bill too.
Only the voters of New York City can elect their mayor and keep him in office. It is up to them to decide whether they want him to do what Bloomberg does, whether they want him to behave as a law-abiding mortal, or whether they want someone else. So far I haven't seen any proposal from New York City's voters to impeach Bloomberg. Have you?
At any rate, it's up to the plaintiffs in this action to decide who they sue.
Robert I mostly agree.
Impeaching politicians rarely happens as you know.
Here's a couple of other sad examples to ponder.
Look at Mayor Daley in chicago.
Then one of the best examples of how voters are is remember when Washington D.C.s mayor Marion Barry was convicted of using/possession of cocain with a hooker on tape. Went to jail got out and was re-elected?
I know what that tells me about the voting public. He shouldn't of even been allowed to run for office. Much less to be elected after such an ordeal.
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barry was a mess , however the truth is
he wasn't convicted of the time he did coke on tape with the paid informant/provacateur. the jury bleew that one off as entrapment. they did convict him on a count of possesion based on the testimony of a very credible lil old lady who observed him getting high at the mayflower hotel.
the police pushed a lil too hard to get mayor for life barry
he wasn't convicted of the time he did coke on tape with the paid informant/provacateur. the jury bleew that one off as entrapment. they did convict him on a count of possesion based on the testimony of a very credible lil old lady who observed him getting high at the mayflower hotel.
the police pushed a lil too hard to get mayor for life barry
Yea I couldn't remember the details, but knew he was convicted of some coke charge went to jail and was re-elected. Thanks for refreshing my memory I remember now.
I remember thinking what an idiot running for office after getting out of jail for a cocain charge. There's no way he'll ever get elected. Then I was shocked to hear he did.
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Unless you're being sarcastic, the answer is "not really".
Giuliani hasn't got a snowball's chance in Fallujah. The GOP base LOATHES him for his stances on gun control, abortion, etc. Probably a plurality of liberal to moderate Republicans have serious doubts about him because of the Louima, Diallo and Dorismond incidents and his conduct surrounding them.
The Reverend Ian Paisely has a better chance of leading the Knights of Columbus...
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