The city may well be undermanned in terms of all manner of things, but it doesn't seem undermannedQuote:
Originally Posted by Eagleks
in terms of police force size. Again, crime in the city is down dramatically during the past 5 days.
The city may well be undermanned in terms of all manner of things, but it doesn't seem undermannedQuote:
Originally Posted by Eagleks
in terms of police force size. Again, crime in the city is down dramatically during the past 5 days.
Reported crime, perhaps.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hopyard
?????????So you are saying crime might have gone up but for some reason that since Bloomberg took over fewer folks report it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike1956
Disclaimer:I am no Bloomberg fan)
So you are saying these magazines are empty?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hopyard
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No, I am saying the ability and inclination to report crime in storm-ravaged areas may be severely impaired.Quote:
Originally Posted by suntzu
I still think the whole thing was overblown, people in NYC think they're the center of the world so if one thing goes wrong it's chaos.
How would I know?Quote:
Originally Posted by mcp1810
This is what I wrote, 'It is entirely up to the Governor and the Mayor to determine how, if at all,
The Guard will be deployed,and with what level of arms---if any.'
Lt the looters pick it clean then burn the place down.
While I feel somewhat sorry for some of the "common" folks that are suffering from the results of the storm, I don't exactly feel any great urge to text a msg and donate $10 to the Red Cross to help all those people that the TV showed who's multi-million dollar beach front homes were damaged or those who's "little" boats were washed up on shore!:rolleyes: And I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for the Manhatten islander's and their million dollar apartments, either. Contrary to their belief, NYC is NOT the center of the universe!
While I am sure many very ordinary folks with middle incomes or no incomes were harmed, I too have aQuote:
Originally Posted by JDE101
hard time feeling very sorry for people who lost a yacht or beach front homes. It is not like the risk
wasn't obvious, or that insurance couldn't be purchased. Yes its tough, but "their in good hands," "xxy is on their
side," "someone is like a good neighbor," or tough-- should have paid the premiums.
Unfortunately, there has I suspect been a lot of damage a few blocks inland as well, and oftentimes
those are anything but nice neighborhoods with fancy apartments. Those are the people I feel sorry for.
Sounds like a little Yankees - Red Sox going on there.Quote:
Originally Posted by CaveJohnson
BTW: You're ALL damn Yankees to a Southerner! :wink:
Those are National Guard troops in LaGuardia airport post 9/11. Unless those magazines are empty they appear to have loaded weapons contrary to your statement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hopyard
Mike may not say it, but it but I will. After the other stuff Bloomberg was willing to do, false reporting of crime would be tame in comparison.
Can't believe what I'm hearing wrt to people who own boats and apartments. No matter what people own, not feeling for people who have lost everything, including those who have more than you, is just callous. The cost of living is sky high up there and plenty of people are sharing apts that would be able to live on their own anywhere else in the country.
I was in a tornado ravaged neighborhood a good many years ago, and clearly remember the NG began patrolling on foot. They were carrying rifles, although I never inquired, I assumed they had cartridges. We were very glad, and thankful to see them.
That isn't really what I was thinking with my last post, but Bloomberg's adeptness with numbers makes your assertion tenable. Ditto on the schadenfreude.Quote:
Originally Posted by nedrgr21
