Liberal CNN Host Fareed Zakaria Slams the Commie Mayor of NYC Zohran Mandami

[elghund]

Originally Posted by CPT Savajo

Newsweek and google AI are not credible sources. Many Demoturds in nyc do not like Mamdani.

As if you posted any source other than your opinion.

elg…

[lustylad]

Originally Posted by rooster

Let me re-phrase: I don't know why you would care.

About either of those two idiots. Or NYC in general.

If I told you I lived in Manhattan for almost a decade, would you kindly give me your permission to care about the place? Pretty please, roo?

Fareed isn't an idiot. I wish everyone could have as much smarts as he does.


The only reason anyone claims that they do is to promote more divisive bullshit.

Wrong. I care and I'm not pushing divisive bullshit. I'm pushing ideas that work over ideas that fail.

Maybe you should try another approach. "Who cares?" isn't resonating.

[lustylad]

Originally Posted by elghund

The guy has been in office less than 2 months. Nothing in any government gets fixed that fast.

A year from now, we will have a better idea if his ideas work.

I would like to agree with you. Except his ideas have been proven to fail, again & again, and at some point you have to speak up like Fareed and say - enough! Please don't put NYC through the wringer again!

What's the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over & over while expecting a different result?

As roo says... faak!

I'd be happy to give him a year to fix things, if he showed the good sense to retreat from bad ideas and embrace ideas that work. You know, like Francois Mitterand in 1983. I doubt if he is capable of it. Prove me wrong, Zohran!

[txdot-guy]

Originally Posted by lustylad

This is what I don't get - why do you view everything in terms of us versus them? My team versus the "maggies"? Why not try to listen to everyone carefully and objectively, then pick & choose the best ideas from both sides?

The number of nut jobs who post in this forum make the “Us vs Them” viewpoint the default. The best chance of having a rational discussion hereabouts can only be achieved if the OP clearly states it in the opening post and even then it’s more likely than not to degrade into name calling and trash talking.

But as I stated in my earlier post I believe affordable housing in NYC is a true oxymoron. It might be more efficient to upgrade or subsidize public transit to the burbs and build affordable housing at a more reasonable cost further away from the city center.

An opinion piece on the benefits of free public transit.
https://archive.ph/gBRoW
Something Surprising Happens When Bus Rides Are Free

Free buses? Really? Of all the promises that Zohran Mamdani made during his New York City mayoral campaign, that one struck some skeptics as the most frivolous leftist fantasy. Unlike housing, groceries and child care, which weigh heavily on New Yorkers’ finances, a bus ride is just a few bucks. Is it really worth the huge effort to spare people that tiny outlay?

It is. Far beyond just saving riders money, free buses deliver a cascade of benefits, from easing traffic to promoting public safety. Just look at Boston; Chapel Hill, N.C.; Richmond, Va.; Kansas City, Mo.; and even New York itself, all of which have tried it to excellent effect. And it doesn’t have to be costly — in fact, it can come out just about even.

As a lawyer, I feel most strongly about the least-discussed benefit: Eliminating bus fares can clear junk cases out of our court system, lowering the crushing caseloads that prevent our judges, prosecutors and public defenders from focusing their attention where it’s most needed.

I was a public defender, and in one of my first cases I was asked to represent a woman who was not a robber or a drug dealer — she was someone who had failed to pay the fare on public transit. Precious resources had been spent arresting, processing, prosecuting and trying her, all for the loss of a few dollars. This is a daily feature of how we criminalize poverty in America.
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Click the link above to read the full article.

[elghund]

Originally Posted by lustylad

This is what I don't get - why do you view everything in terms of us versus them?

Look no further than the title header you gave this thread, to get your answer….

“Liberal CNN Host Fareed Zakaria Slams the Commie Mayor of NYC Zohran Mandami”

MAGA dog whistle terms:

-Liberal CNN host
-using the full names of Islamic people
-Commie Mayor
-Slams as an attack word

You placed this in the header as a way to create argument and create divisive comments, it certainly seems, and written to precisely create “us” vs. “them”…….

A non decisive header accomplishes a potential for dialogue, but you did not choose that.

“Talk show host discusses NYC Mayor’s policies” would have given you a non confrontational header.

Yet, You chose the “us” vs. “them” way to present this thread.

Pot……..meet Kettle…….

elg…

[rooster]

Originally Posted by rooster

No one cares. Literally, no one. About either of these morons.

Originally Posted by lustylad

Maybe you should try another approach. "Who cares?" isn't resonating.

Look a little deeper into what is actually being "discussed" here. It is not really Mamdani.

(it certainly AIN'T Zakaria)

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[rooster]

Originally Posted by CPT Savajo

Absolutely Democrats don't see eye to eye with Mayor Mamdani. Democrats are quickly learning to hate Mamdani, especially in NYC....

Please. I am dying to know....absolutely hanging by my fuckin fingernails...DYING to know...how it is that you are so absolutely deeply fucking tied into the NYC Democratic electorate...that you know all about this....that they are "quickly learning to hate" him....and these other claims like this that you make.

Please tell us how you know this. What your sources are. Whether...maybe ya even got..."insiders"....

Originally Posted by CPT Savajo

Newsweek and google AI are not credible sources....

So it ain't them you are using, obviously. Please tell us who...where you are getting this info. Cuz so far, in similar discussions about Mamdani, you've used some really bad sources. Really bad.

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[CPT Savajo]

Originally Posted by elghund

As if you posted any source other than your opinion.

elg…

My opinion is more powerful than what the media has to say. Presstitutes are controlled.

[CPT Savajo]

Originally Posted by rooster

Please. I am dying to know....absolutely hanging by my fuckin fingernails...DYING to know...how it is that you are so absolutely deeply fucking tied into the NYC Democratic electorate...that you know all about this....that they are "quickly learning to hate" him....and these other claims like this that you make.

Please tell us how you know this. What your sources are. Whether...maybe ya even got..."insiders"....



So it ain't them you are using, obviously. Please tell us who...where you are getting this info. Cuz so far, in similar discussions about Mamdani, you've used some really bad sources. Really bad.

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Mamdani is threatening property owners in NYC with a 9.5% increase in property taxes. Everything Mamdani promised he's now walking back on his word, typical politician.

A politician's job is to figure out how to get into your wallet. Mamdani is doing that in NYC and it didn't take long to show his true colors.

[rooster]

Originally Posted by rooster

...how it is that you are so absolutely deeply fucking tied into the NYC Democratic electorate...that you know all about this....that they are "quickly learning to hate" him....and these other claims like this that you make.

Please tell us how you know this. What your sources are....
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Originally Posted by CPT Savajo

Mamdani is threatening property owners in NYC with a 9.5% increase in property taxes. Everything Mamdani promised he's now walking back on his word, typical politician.

A politician's job is to figure out how to get into your wallet. Mamdani is doing that in NYC and it didn't take long to show his true colors.

ANSWER MY GODDAM QUESTION.

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[Lucas McCain]

Rooster, relax man. It's not that serious. Take the MAGA brilliance with a grain of salt. Some posts may have merit, most will not. Regardless, whore board political discussions are certainly not worth getting worked up about.

Anyway, who cares about opinion pieces? It's the mayor's 1st real job. He's learning on the fly. Cut the dude some slack. Haha

[rooster]

Originally Posted by Lucas McCain

Rooster, relax man. It's not that serious. Take the MAGA brilliance with a grain of salt. Some posts may have merit, most will not. Regardless, whore board political discussions are certainly not worth getting worked up about.

Anyway, who cares about opinion pieces? It's the mayor's 1st real job. He's learning on the fly. Cut the dude some slack. Haha

Well, you certainly handle this better, as you don't come in often...and when you do, it is pretty effective. But I have always hated lies. And loved exposing them.

Everyone lies, but MAGA hypocrisy is at the pinnacle of it in our lifetimes. This crap about Mamdani is a perfect example. As I tried to state from the beginning here, many of the "topics" introduced in this sub-forum are not really posted to encourage actual dialog. They are just to vent hate and encourage divisiveness. I'm not accusing the OP of this, btw. But I was warning that others would use it that way. And that he knew it quite likely would happen....

Then again...if I had been right that "no one cares"...this would have died already. Yet here we are. Maybe I even end up with unwanted attention by staff....

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[TechPapi]

Originally Posted by Lucas McCain

Rooster, relax man. It's not that serious. Take the MAGA brilliance with a grain of salt. Some posts may have merit, most will not. Regardless, whore board political discussions are certainly not worth getting worked up about.

Anyway, who cares about opinion pieces? It's the mayor's 1st real job. He's learning on the fly. Cut the dude some slack. Haha

Originally Posted by rooster

Well, you certainly handle this better, as you don't come in often...and when you do, it is pretty effective. But I have always hated lies. And loved exposing them.

Everyone lies, but MAGA hypocrisy is at the pinnacle of it in our lifetimes. This crap about Mamdani is a perfect example. As I tried to state from the beginning here, many of the "topics" introduced in this sub-forum are not really posted to encourage actual dialog. They are just to vent hate and encourage divisiveness. I'm not accusing the OP of this, btw. But I was warning that others would use it that way. And that he knew it quite likely would happen....

Then again...if I had been right that "no one cares"...this would have died already. Yet here we are. Maybe I even end up with unwanted attention by staff....

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I'm sure you guys don't want to hear (read) this, but I can't figure out why you actually give these maggies the real time of day. Like why would you invest real brainpower into pushing back on their bullshit? Just laugh, make fun of, and basically ignore them. No reason to take them seriously, especially since they'll be gone soon.


just saying.