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BrotherIvan

(9,126 posts)
1. I used to live in Tribeca by Bouley
Sun Dec 7, 2014, 04:02 PM
Dec 2014

Every Wednesday was Guiliani's day to come for lunch. For hours, there would be cops in uniform shoveling the street so his limo could get in if there was snow. It snowed a lot one winter and they started shoveling at dawn. I was shocked the first time I saw it. They were his personal army. I'm sure that Bloomberg enjoyed those same perks.

de Blasio isn't doings the way they've always been done in NY, with lots of corruption and graft. He is trying to work for the people of New York, what he was elected to do, and they hate that. They're afraid the pipeline of dirty money and protection for one of the most infamous police forces in the country (maybe LAPD is worse?) to shake it down.

A pox on all of them.

I used to live in Tribeca by Bouley BrotherIvan Dec 2014 #1
Giuliani was one of the worst bullies I ever remember. He bullied the press, he defended murderous sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #4
It is the perfect time to get people to come together BrotherIvan Dec 2014 #13
Yes, it is a good time and I think they have alienated so many people sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #14
I hope they don't die down either BrotherIvan Dec 2014 #15
Kudos to Mayor de Blasio for taking the MORAL side of this. 99Forever Dec 2014 #2
Yes, it really takes guts to stand up to the NYPD. I hope he gets all the support he needs sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #8
Stephanopoulos has zero credibility after the Wilson interview mountain grammy Dec 2014 #3
I only saw excerpts from that interview and that was enough. His badgering of de Blasio sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #6
He had zero credibility Mr.Bill Dec 2014 #9
agree! He was at zero a long time ago. mountain grammy Dec 2014 #12
He works for the network that paid Wilson $500,000 for his story. QED Dec 2014 #5
This paragraph shocked me: JDPriestly Dec 2014 #7
I remember, before 9/11, right wingers had to be careful, finally, about being overtly sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #10
Yes to all you say! JDPriestly Dec 2014 #11
I respect Mayor de Blasio more every day Aerows Dec 2014 #16
I really liked him in the campaign, he is a breath of fresh air after Giuliani and Bloomberg. sabrina 1 Dec 2014 #17
K&R&bookmark JEB Dec 2014 #18
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