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friendly_iconoclast

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84. You're right, you can't change the truth: Bloomberg is a crypto-fascist, not a rational progressive.

Thu Apr 12, 2012, 11:54 PM

Apr 2012

All your shouting and handwaving aside, there's one turd you can't polish:

Michael Bloomberg is simply a more refined version of Frank Rizzo- Boss Hague writ large. Were it not for his anti-NRA stance, he would be righteously excoriated here. Instead, he gets a free ride from our version of the Clivenden Set.

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Let this sink in for a minute... [View all] MrScorpio Apr 2012 OP

"...and now my soldiers can search any colon any time." tk2kewl Apr 2012 #1

It's a new educational policy Uncle Joe Apr 2012 #47

OMG. JNelson6563 Apr 2012 #2

Hail The Emperor,Augustus Bloombergus! Ken Burch Apr 2012 #3

LOL! Very clever. nt Honeycombe8 Apr 2012 #80

I was thinking of Serpico the other day bananas Apr 2012 #4

Spike Lee has said for a long time that the NYPD behaves like an occupying army nxylas Apr 2012 #5

Holy crap - he really said that??? Initech Apr 2012 #6

Yes he did, a little while back rustydog Apr 2012 #7

Now that you mention it MrScorpio I remember that quote BadGimp Apr 2012 #8

That's really kinda evil. nt greytdemocrat Apr 2012 #9

Why do we have to pay for his "own" army? donheld Apr 2012 #10

There's no draft to take flesh and blood in payment to the overlords, so we have to give them $$$. freshwest Apr 2012 #19

And this is a response to what threat, exactly? Canuckistanian Apr 2012 #11

It's not a response cbrer Apr 2012 #12

7th largest? really? tomp Apr 2012 #13

Yep... K & R !!! WillyT Apr 2012 #14

New York needs to hear this and get rid of this fucking tyrant. /nt think Apr 2012 #15

Was it any better or worse with Giuliani? Or Dinkins? Or Koch? Or Beame? baldguy Apr 2012 #16

Once upon a time there was a HUGE difference think Apr 2012 #17

Of course there is. baldguy Apr 2012 #21

I don't see any posts about gun control. I see a post about a mayor bragging think Apr 2012 #22

You just can't STAND that we're winning, can you? derby378 Apr 2012 #24

The "we" you're rooting for - and claim to be part of - isn't the Democratic Party. baldguy Apr 2012 #28

+1 Isn't it amazing the BS people will buy into? Starboard Tack Apr 2012 #29

Your revisionism regarding this "rational progressive" would be amusing if it wasn't so blatant: friendly_iconoclast Apr 2012 #50

Hypocrisy: Claiming to be a Democrat baldguy Apr 2012 #52

Hypocrisy *and* revisionism: Claiming a supporter of the Iraq war is a progressive friendly_iconoclast Apr 2012 #54

I've never claimed to be a defender of Bloomberg on every policy he supports. He's not a Democrat. baldguy Apr 2012 #57

*Ahem*..."I can't speak for GSC, but I'm certainly voting Obama in November." friendly_iconoclast Apr 2012 #67

Romney courts gun-rights group in presidential bid baldguy Apr 2012 #68

"My" NRA? Is your search function somehow broken? You seem to have missed this post of mine: friendly_iconoclast Apr 2012 #83

Denial isn't a river in Egypt derby378 Apr 2012 #55

The "we" you're rooting for is the NRA baldguy Apr 2012 #56

I'll be the judge of who I mean by "we," thankyewvarramuch derby378 Apr 2012 #58

Those who lie down with dogs wake up with fleas. baldguy Apr 2012 #59

I could just eat you up with a spoon derby378 Apr 2012 #60

It's taken you 4 days to reply to my post, and all you've got is lame one-liners. baldguy Apr 2012 #61

There's nothing TO refute in the first place derby378 Apr 2012 #62

As long as you support the NRA and it's goals you undermine the Democratic Party. baldguy Apr 2012 #64

Why do you keep mentioning the Ehhhnnnahhrrrrayyyyeeeee? derby378 Apr 2012 #66

The NRA are you peeps. baldguy Apr 2012 #69

I get it now, believe me... derby378 Apr 2012 #71

You're the one that claimed "we're winning". I only exposed just who your "we" is. baldguy Apr 2012 #72

When? (n/t) derby378 Apr 2012 #73

Being deliberately obtuse doesn't help your cause baldguy Apr 2012 #76

Talk about being obtuse... derby378 Apr 2012 #77

The GOP, the NRA & their sugar daddies at ALEC are all joined at the hip. baldguy Apr 2012 #78

There you go again... derby378 Apr 2012 #79

You can ignore it all you want, pretend it's the opposite, tell lies to yourself baldguy Apr 2012 #81

You're right, you can't change the truth: Bloomberg is a crypto-fascist, not a rational progressive. friendly_iconoclast Apr 2012 #84

Bloomberg doesn't pretend to be a Democrat. baldguy Apr 2012 #85

And what "truth" is this that you speak of? derby378 Apr 2012 #87

derby378, thank you for speaking out Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2012 #53

Consider The Company You Have To Keep To Be A Gun Militant "Winner" (n/t) Paladin Apr 2012 #74

You and I are stuck with each other, whether we like it or not derby378 Apr 2012 #75

Post removed Post removed Apr 2012 #82

Living in your own little fantasy world again, I see... derby378 Apr 2012 #86

Within 24 Hours Of Gabby Gifford's Shooting...... Paladin Apr 2012 #88

Seems like every conspiracy theorist is coming out to play Starboard Tack Apr 2012 #46

Well, he evidently can't fucking count. nt Dead_Parrot Apr 2012 #18

Tell me again--how did Bloomberg get elected as NYC mayor? Jamaal510 Apr 2012 #20

Okay, not a police state or a plutocracy Rex Apr 2012 #23

What nonsense TomClash Apr 2012 #25

Even if Bloomberg doesn't... MrScorpio Apr 2012 #26

Referring to the police as an army does give one pause lunatica Apr 2012 #27

How about a little context and less propaganda? Starboard Tack Apr 2012 #30

doesn't really matter. the NYPD is not HIS and it is not an ARMY tk2kewl Apr 2012 #31

I see, the context doesn't matter, just the flame. Starboard Tack Apr 2012 #32

When it comes to using the possessive pronoun "my" to describe his relationship to the police... tk2kewl Apr 2012 #33

You can parse it any way you like Starboard Tack Apr 2012 #34

> 600,000 warrantless searches per year == not just semantics tk2kewl Apr 2012 #35

Enlighten me please Starboard Tack Apr 2012 #36

NYPD "stop and frisk" policy tk2kewl Apr 2012 #37

Not a good policy IMO Starboard Tack Apr 2012 #38

no doubt things are dramatically different since the 80s tk2kewl Apr 2012 #39

How does it make you feel Starboard Tack Apr 2012 #40

This message was self-deleted by its author tk2kewl Apr 2012 #42

the random searches are bs tk2kewl Apr 2012 #43

So what do you suggest? Mandatory searches? Starboard Tack Apr 2012 #45

Bloomberg is just another arrogant businessman MicaelS Apr 2012 #48

But he's against guns in the hands of the rabble, and makes the trains run safely (and on time). friendly_iconoclast Apr 2012 #49

I guess you don't understand NYC politics Starboard Tack Apr 2012 #51

Combining this as advised by the Group Host --- thanks for the lock Krispos. Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2012 #41

AKA Putting the fascism on full-blown display with no attempt to disguise it - n/t coalition_unwilling Apr 2012 #44

the police.... unkachuck Apr 2012 #63

What nerve. Zax2me Apr 2012 #65

And I'll bet they're better equipped than at least one of the top 6 WhoIsNumberNone Apr 2012 #70