Comments on: Obama - Bloomberg, and a potential domestic crisis for Polimom http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/ I used to be in the middle, but they keep moving the line! Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:32:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Ed T. http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119487 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:58:46 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119487 Hey - I've seen your back yard! Are you filling in the "cement pond"? :-) ~EdT. Hey - I’ve seen your back yard! Are you filling in the “cement pond”?

:-)

~EdT.

]]> by: New York Irish http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119485 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:47:35 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119485 David and I have consulted with the other eight million people in the city (because we all know one another, natch) and we've decided to round up our criminals, firearms and all, and ship them down to Katy, Texas, that Eden of liberty, that bastion of the Second Amendment. If you guys want the guns, you can have them. Here's to hoping that all you bible thumpers down there south of Mason/Dixon will slither back to from whence you came. David and I have consulted with the other eight million people in the city (because we all know one another, natch) and we’ve decided to round up our criminals, firearms and all, and ship them down to Katy, Texas, that Eden of liberty, that bastion of the Second Amendment. If you guys want the guns, you can have them. Here’s to hoping that all you bible thumpers down there south of Mason/Dixon will slither back to from whence you came.

]]> by: Polimom http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119478 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:22:48 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119478 Hi Dyre -- I just spent some time hunting for the Grist article, but couldn't find it. Your description, though, is a bit different from the way I understand things. (Hopefully somebody will find a link?) I think it's a <em>great </em>idea, frankly, to shut down gun dealers who -- whether through negligence or maliciousness -- are part of an illegal supply pipeline. As I wrote -- there are far too many guns on the streets to be accounted for by one-offs from home robberies. However, due process and the rule of law are not just crucial to successful prosecution, they are fundamental to our country. I support Bloomberg's goal in this effort, but as I currently understand his tactic to achieve it, he went about it the wrong way. Hi Ed -- I'm taking a quick break from burying bodies in my backyard to let you know that no, Irish and David are not coming from the same computer. That doesn't necessarily mean, though, that they don't (at the very least) share some things in common -- like low reading comprehension skills... Hi Dyre — I just spent some time hunting for the Grist article, but couldn’t find it. Your description, though, is a bit different from the way I understand things. (Hopefully somebody will find a link?)

I think it’s a great idea, frankly, to shut down gun dealers who — whether through negligence or maliciousness — are part of an illegal supply pipeline. As I wrote — there are far too many guns on the streets to be accounted for by one-offs from home robberies. However, due process and the rule of law are not just crucial to successful prosecution, they are fundamental to our country. I support Bloomberg’s goal in this effort, but as I currently understand his tactic to achieve it, he went about it the wrong way.

Hi Ed — I’m taking a quick break from burying bodies in my backyard to let you know that no, Irish and David are not coming from the same computer. That doesn’t necessarily mean, though, that they don’t (at the very least) share some things in common — like low reading comprehension skills…

]]> by: Ed T. http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119475 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:38:52 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119475 <blockquote>...maybe you’re against any kind of evolution, too</blockquote> Meet Polimom... not only a redneck, but a <em>creationist</em>, to boot! :chortle: :gack: :giggle: <em>BwahahahaHaHaHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!</em> To paraphrase some cartoon character somewhere, "they don't know her very well, do they?" However, I just gots to ask Polimom one thing: by any chance, are the posting IPs for "David in NYC" and "NY Irish" the same? Oh, and dude(s): how do you know that Polimom (or even myself, for that matter) <em>haven't</em> lived in the inner city? You might want to a bit of research next time. ~EdT.

…maybe you’re against any kind of evolution, too

Meet Polimom… not only a redneck, but a creationist, to boot!

:chortle: :gack: :giggle: BwahahahaHaHaHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

To paraphrase some cartoon character somewhere, “they don’t know her very well, do they?”

However, I just gots to ask Polimom one thing: by any chance, are the posting IPs for “David in NYC” and “NY Irish” the same?

Oh, and dude(s): how do you know that Polimom (or even myself, for that matter) haven’t lived in the inner city? You might want to a bit of research next time.

~EdT.

]]> by: David in New York City http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119473 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:55:12 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119473 I'll come on your blog for the first time and sling accusations: the idea the you could be an Obama supporter and a supporter of guns means you haven't listened to Obama's message. While he hasn't come out clearly in favor of gun control because the NRA controls much of the media and government, you can't have real change in this country until we get over our love of violence, including the fetish about guns (it's probably a phallic thing led by insecure men - goes along with their homophobic tendencies). Who in their right mind could defend gun trafficking? The Second Amendment was written at a different time, and the Constitution was written to evolve (although, given your gun stance, maybe you're against any kind of evolution, too). Thanks, New York Irish, for having the courage to stand up to this nonsense. Anyone who defends public use of guns for any reason other than licensed hunting should be forced to live in the inner city for a year and see the damage that guns have wrought on families and individuals. Why should any civilized, 21st Century person defend an instrument that was made to kill people? I’ll come on your blog for the first time and sling accusations: the idea the you could be an Obama supporter and a supporter of guns means you haven’t listened to Obama’s message. While he hasn’t come out clearly in favor of gun control because the NRA controls much of the media and government, you can’t have real change in this country until we get over our love of violence, including the fetish about guns (it’s probably a phallic thing led by insecure men - goes along with their homophobic tendencies). Who in their right mind could defend gun trafficking? The Second Amendment was written at a different time, and the Constitution was written to evolve (although, given your gun stance, maybe you’re against any kind of evolution, too). Thanks, New York Irish, for having the courage to stand up to this nonsense. Anyone who defends public use of guns for any reason other than licensed hunting should be forced to live in the inner city for a year and see the damage that guns have wrought on families and individuals. Why should any civilized, 21st Century person defend an instrument that was made to kill people?

]]> by: Ed T. http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119467 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:04:33 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119467 <blockquote>...many folks who live in the burbs and in rural America feel that “individual rights” should trump public safety and quality of life.</blockquote> Does this mean, NY Irish, that you are also an ardent supporter of the current Administration's 'warrantless wiretap' policies? And would you support an effort to extend the government's "special rendition" program to, let us say, pretty much <em>all</em> criminal activities (or at least a mild suspicion thereof)? ~EdT.

…many folks who live in the burbs and in rural America feel that “individual rights” should trump public safety and quality of life.

Does this mean, NY Irish, that you are also an ardent supporter of the current Administration’s ‘warrantless wiretap’ policies? And would you support an effort to extend the government’s “special rendition” program to, let us say, pretty much all criminal activities (or at least a mild suspicion thereof)?

~EdT.

]]> by: Dyre42 http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119459 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:03:33 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119459 I recall reading an article in Grist magazine that gave the detail behind the suit. Essentially there were a couple dozen gun dealers running guns to NYC. The state attorney general used lists shared between gun manufacturers and the ATF of who was buying what from the manufacturers and came up with a list of suspects. However the ATF were already investigating many of them. It became apparent to the that it would take a fair amount of time to finish all of those investigations and so the AG and Bloomberg opted to pursue civil action since NYC shares the serial numbers of confiscated guns used in crimes with the ATF who in turn shares them with gun manufacturers. Since those data bases are indexed and cross referenced the basis for the case was the the gun manufacturers were either at some level aware that they were selling to dealers engaged in criminal enterprises or were negligent in selling to those dealers since they possessed the means to see which dealers were trafficking. By doing so they were able to stop the gun running from the top down without disrupting the ATF's ongoing investigations. You should however not take remembrance of the article as gospel. I'm sleep deprived so google it for full story. I recall reading an article in Grist magazine that gave the detail behind the suit. Essentially there were a couple dozen gun dealers running guns to NYC. The state attorney general used lists shared between gun manufacturers and the ATF of who was buying what from the manufacturers and came up with a list of suspects. However the ATF were already investigating many of them. It became apparent to the that it would take a fair amount of time to finish all of those investigations and so the AG and Bloomberg opted to pursue civil action since NYC shares the serial numbers of confiscated guns used in crimes with the ATF who in turn shares them with gun manufacturers. Since those data bases are indexed and cross referenced the basis for the case was the the gun manufacturers were either at some level aware that they were selling to dealers engaged in criminal enterprises or were negligent in selling to those dealers since they possessed the means to see which dealers were trafficking.

By doing so they were able to stop the gun running from the top down without disrupting the ATF’s ongoing investigations.

You should however not take remembrance of the article as gospel. I’m sleep deprived so google it for full story.

]]> by: Pdx632 http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119452 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:36:41 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119452 New York Irish Taking away the guns has worked sooooo well in DC hasn't it. I believe the murder rate with handguns has actually gone up since the BAN. New York Irish

Taking away the guns has worked sooooo well in DC hasn’t it. I believe the murder rate with handguns has actually gone up since the BAN.

]]> by: Polimom http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119418 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:44:24 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119418 Wow, Irish. You're determined to pick a fight, eh? It takes some real chutzpah to come onto someone's blog for the first time ever, and start slingin' names and accusations of racism. I'm happy to take up a discussion with you, but I think I'll wait until you back off the attacks and re-phrase your comment. When you're ready to come down off the ceiling of assumptions and approach things civilly, come on back and we'll chat. K? Wow, Irish. You’re determined to pick a fight, eh? It takes some real chutzpah to come onto someone’s blog for the first time ever, and start slingin’ names and accusations of racism.

I’m happy to take up a discussion with you, but I think I’ll wait until you back off the attacks and re-phrase your comment. When you’re ready to come down off the ceiling of assumptions and approach things civilly, come on back and we’ll chat. K?

]]> by: New York Irish http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119417 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:29:14 +0000 http://www.polimom.com/2008/03/27/obama-bloomberg-and-a-potential-domestic-crisis-for-polimom/#comment-119417 Redneck, Texan, resident of the United States of Jesusland...whatever. Again, Polimom, it's not an either/or question, and whether or not the corner boys could be employed someplace else is immaterial (though suggesting that the couldn't be seems at best ignorant and at worst racist). The issue here is that many folks who live in the burbs and in rural America feel that "individual rights" should trump public safety and quality of life. Ask any city cop and he'll tell you: take away the guns and urban life gets a lot safer. Redneck, Texan, resident of the United States of Jesusland…whatever. Again, Polimom, it’s not an either/or question, and whether or not the corner boys could be employed someplace else is immaterial (though suggesting that the couldn’t be seems at best ignorant and at worst racist). The issue here is that many folks who live in the burbs and in rural America feel that “individual rights” should trump public safety and quality of life. Ask any city cop and he’ll tell you: take away the guns and urban life gets a lot safer.

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