Earlier today, Mayor Bloomberg was asked what he thought of Rep. Jerry Nadler's desire for an investigation into whether the NYPD used excessive force in getting Occupy Wall Street protesters out of Zuccotti Park.
Hizzoner's short, paraphrased answer: That's a pretty dumb idea, and you have better things to worry about.
"Representative Nadler I know very well. Most things I agree with him. I think [in] this case, that’s ridiculous. If he would spend more time getting us homeland security money, maybe he’d make the streets safer. If he could get more federal monies, maybe we could make our schools better and we wouldn’t have some of the things people are protesting against," Bloomberg said, according to a transcript by our Reuven Blau.
Right - people are protesting all across this country against income inequality, corporate greed, bank bailouts, the Federal Reserve system that allows our government to literally print free money and hand it to Too Big To Fail Banks, mortgage and foreclosure fraud, and a host of many other issues because our public education system has failed.
Uh, no.
People are protesting against income inequality, corporate greed, bank bailouts, the Federal Reserve system that allows our government to literally print free money and hand it to Too Big To Fail Banks, mortgage and foreclosure fraud, and a host of many other issues because greedy assholes like you, Mayor Bloomberg, have enabled a system that works for only a very few other rich assholes like yourself.
And for too long Americans sat by and let this happen - let big money take over politics, let corporations and banks skew laws and taxes and regulations the way they want them in order to screw the rest of us, let the government use 9/11 and terrorism to clamp down on our freedoms and rights.
But now the country is beginning to awaken from its slumber and see the corporate-sponsored mess rich assholes like you, Mayor Bloomberg, have created.
Occupy Wall Street protests exist not because of a bad public school system - they exist because rich assholes like you have decided to turn the country into an oligarchy for your own pleasure and power, have decided to rig the game completely in your own favor.
Occupy Wall Street exists, in part, because of you, Mayor Bloomberg.
"In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
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Sol Stern no fan of unions has a wonderful op ed in todays daily news. It blasts Bloombergs education miracle and labels 80,000 public school students as Bloombergs children and their futures due to Bloombergs failed policies in education. A must read, love your blog.
ReplyDeleteUncle Mike really doesn't have that inner voice to tell him to shut up, does he?
ReplyDeletefantastic post, you probably have already seen it but michael marder has collected data on how poverty is the REAL issue affecting student achievement. Hizzasshole, should take some of his billions and give it back to the impoverished areas and families of new york and regulate his pals on Wall St.
ReplyDeleteAlthough, I'm glad that someone is using data to show the impact of poverty on student achievement--because data is king these days--drawing the conclusion that poverty has a negative impact on students is a no-brainer. The economic and political elite don't want to acknowledge this because its going to cost a LOT of money to address the problem. It's easier to scapegoat teachers--and this has the added bonus of helping them bust unions and keep staffing costs in the schools down.
ReplyDeleteOh, one more thing: I'd say turning NYC (and the rest of the country) into a police state is something everybody should me worried about. Damned worried.
ReplyDeleteHey, South Bronx School does it again!
ReplyDeleteFucking best blog out there!!!
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