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Bloomberg To New Yorkers: 'Stop Worrying, Get A Life'

wcbstv.com — On Monday, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg finally weighed in on the JFK terror plot, but his response was not what some would have expected."There are lots of threats to you in the world. There's the threat of a heart attack for genetic reasons. You can't sit there and worry about everything. Get a life," he said.

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  • tomshup, on 10/11/2007, -144/+5Having a heart attack is not likely to hit a couple of million NYC residents at the same moment. What a mayor!
    • sjl127, on 10/11/2007, -152/+3You really are a bunch of digg geeks. Fear-mongering? Go ***** your hand. The threat is real and constant. It's unwise to keep your head buried in the ground until something happens. But geeks do this.
    • sonaro, on 10/11/2007, -3/+229Life is full of risks. Grab your balls and live it, otherwise you're already a victim to terrorism and fear. And I live in NY and work in NYC.

      Mike Bloomberg just moved up a notch in my book.
    • TekeeTakShak, on 10/11/2007, -17/+5Man, sounds a whole lot different than what he told Anderson Cooper the other day...
    • Ajajadude, on 10/11/2007, -2/+78How many people have died within our borders from a terrorist attack each year? How many people die within our borders each year from heart attacks, car accidents, cancer and other diseases, and your spouse just looking for some Vegas money?

      Yeah, the authorities need to be vigilant, but you sitting on your ass all day not wanting to go outside because you're afraid is a waste of time and will only take years off your life. One of the biggest things terrorists want to do to this country is not just kill us, but to make us fear everyday life and make us change the way our society works.
    • undersky, on 10/11/2007, -25/+4seriously, blowing up the airport is so ridiculously impractical... they can do far greater harm and avoid arrest/suspicion if they just simply shoot at those propane tanks outside home depot or walmart or grocery with a legally purchased rifle! has anyone thought of how easy those things can explode and blow off half of the store if someone just simply shoot at them?
    • zenmasher, on 10/11/2007, -4/+59This threat was total *****. There was absolutely no way anything was going to happen out there. These guys had no understanding of how the underground piping works. They were total jokers. Sure, assholes, but jokers still. When you actually read the facts behind this case you have to wonder why we are even hearing about it. There must be thirty groups of jackasses talking about this kind of stuff every day. But they had no plans, no money, no help, no nothing. So why are we hearing about it. Oh, yeah, Democratic national debate was two days after the announced arrests. If they can't outright steal the election, they can try to panic people into thinking that only the Republicans will keep them safe. Wow. Weird.
    • viviwanu, on 10/11/2007, -7/+23I feel sorry for you man. Anytime they cry wolf your little man pussy starts to leak. If you're so dumb as to buying into this political game of terror, you really should do humanity a favor by sticking your head up your own ass and suffocate yourself.
      http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/06/04/olbermann-the-nexus-of-politics-and-terror-2/
    • iRoy, on 10/11/2007, -3/+28@sonaro

      Totally agree with you, I've been a New Yorker my entire life. This is definitely one of the first times I've agreed with wgat Mayor Bloomberg has to say. We should be focused on other things and stop worrying about "what could have happened".
    • Toast1185, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9@sonaro
      Cheers! The odds of being involved in a terrorist attack while inside the United States are so ridiculously low it is almost laughable, particularly compared to the amount of time devoted to it in the media. Pass out credit wherever you want, but Bloomberg is right
    • Konrad9, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Sjl, "bury my head in the sand"?

      OK, here's the thing.

      If we don't go about our lives, the terrorists DO win. None of that invade this country or vote for this guy or they win, live your ***** life.

      Yes, a dirty bomb could go off in the city where I work (New Haven, CT) any day, but so what? If it kills me then at least I was out doing something and not wasting away at home playing Halo.

      As I very often say, I'd rather die at 30 and happy than 90 and unable to remember who these people that visit me are.
    • Rhino2, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8""Good for him and well said.""

      I agree. He's a smart guy, so is the guy that said "The only thing we have to fear, is fear it's self"

      I'm glad bloomberg is saying something logical here. Yes, the threat of being killed by a "terrorist" is very low and we shouldn't be "all freaked out" about it and we sure as hell shouldn't give up ANY civil libraries for it.

    • notouch, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5Prevent terrorists attack is the government's job, but it does not mean the government should make its citizens over-react to every terrorist threat, especially when it comes to use scare tactics to gain control over citizens' freedom.

      Kudos to the NYC major for speaking of the truth. And yes, many people do need a life!
    • dirkdee, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1@sjl127

      Dude/dudette, whichever applies. You gotta stop drinking the Kool-aid!
    • HairyFotr, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1sjl127:"The threat is real and constant. It's unwise to keep your head buried in the ground until something happens. But geeks do this."

      Like someone eating unhealty food until their arteries clog and they have a stroke.
      While terrorism vs. everday causes of death (that kill loads more people and would be largely preventable if medical researchers had more funding or people would actually care about what they eat) comparisons are amusing, nothing answers your comment on geeks better than this comic:
      http://xkcd.com/c242.html

      Some people just aren't willing to live in fear, because they realize it's just slowing them down, and prevents them from doing some of the things they want.
      Please follow Bloombergs advice...
  • thscd, on 10/11/2007, -82/+2 Get a life Bloomberg! If you lost 75000 people, and destroyed Queens and JFK airport, your stocks portfoilio would be in the trash heep, and no one would ever want to go to NY city! You want to be president? No way, so sgut the f--- up do your job you bought and paid for , then pray NY city will never be hit again. You are no Rudy!
    • viviwanu, on 10/11/2007, -6/+20thscd, are you one of the many guys who ***** Rudy in drag? Rudy is a criminal and you're just dumb ass rimmer, you and Rudy deserve each other.
    • darkciti, on 10/11/2007, -9/+3@thscd:

      He's obviously wrong in his comment, but calling him names doesn't accomplish anything useful. You'd be wiser to focus on his comment (and it's flaws).

      Buried for being mean unnecessarily.
    • randyfelcher, on 10/11/2007, -2/+15A coward dies a thousand deaths, but a brave man dies only one.
    • dirkdee, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8@thscd

      "If you lost 75000 people, and destroyed Queens and JFK airport, your stocks portfoilio would be in the trash heep, " Man you speak the truth ....that is why he (Bloomberg) is calling ***** on this and concentrating on threats that would actually harm the city and not wasting his time and energy with this cockamamie fear-mongering turd of a plot.
  • badasscat, on 10/11/2007, -7/+111Rudy's no Rudy either. Rudy was one of the least popular mayors in the city's history before 9/11. He's abandoned the firefighters that are now sick because of his post-9/11 decisions. He does not deserve his reputation outside this city.

    Bloomberg is right. Even the DHS called this plot "not technically feasible" - in other words, it wouldn't have even worked. Anyone can *say* they want to blow up JFK airport, but if you don't have a plan that'll work, you're just some clueless idiot walking around.

    And tomshup: heart disease kills more New Yorkers every month than 9/11 did. It's killed probably 100 million New Yorkers over the history of this city. Worry about stuff that matters.

    Again, I say all this as someone who watched 9/11 happen right outside my window. I wish people who don't even live here would stop using something that happened to *my city* as an excuse for everything. If you want to live in fear, that's your problem. We New Yorkers choose not to.

    Go Bloomberg.

    • tomshup, on 10/11/2007, -60/+5badasscat:
      I did not suggest you should live in fear. A cataclysmic event such as was being planned, if executed would be far more detrimental to the citizens of NYC and the nation, not only for the potential multiple thousands of deaths, but the economic impact on the entire nation. Shutting sown JFK and LaGuardia is not an OK thing. Being vigilant, as obviously is the case, doesn't mean being fearful. Heart attack deaths are tragic, but the 9/11 attack was far more than just the deaths of 3000+ innocent civilians. It said, "we are coming," and subsequent attempts just prove that it's not over. You can continue to be a badasscat, but be a vigilant one, or else a dead one. Good luck!
    • kinseyincanada, on 10/11/2007, -1/+27cataclysmic? lets be serious, the so called terrorists did not have the technical know how to set off the bombs, they also had no materials to make a bomb and the pipe they were going to detonate had shut off valves it would not have affected the city at all.
    • Flanker, on 10/11/2007, -1/+10The death of my great great great great grandfather many years ago was much more than just the tragic death of one man. It was the little cholesterol molecules saying "we are coming," and subsequent heart attacks have shown that it is not over. I eat no food with any fat, carbohydrates, or taste--not because I am afraid, but because I am vigilant.

      Sorry bud, but you'd have an incredibly hard time proving that the total quality-adjusted life years lost to terrorism over the last century are anywhere close to those lost to heart disease.
    • Genesee, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4"It said, "we are coming," and subsequent attempts just prove that it's not over. You can continue to be a badasscat, but be a vigilant one, or else a dead one."

      it is fascinating to think that someone could, without being a highly paid talking-head shill or a scumbag politician with a financial motive, actually say such a thing.......
    • rossmcd, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2"Rudy was one of the least popular mayors in the city's history before 9/11."
      "You are just making ***** up and hoping that no one calls your bluff. Well, I just did."

      Would either of you guys care to point to any public approval polls? That would convince me (and I'm sure many others) a lot more than unverified assertions.
    • rajulkabir, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0I was living in New York during the Rudy years. I know I hated him. He was a thug who failed to "get" the city, constantly making life more difficult for everyday people. He was very popular with the bridge-and-tunnel crowd but he really alienated the people who actually lived there.
  • red7red7, on 10/11/2007, -4/+82A refreshing counterpoint to post-9/11 neurosis and GOP fear-mongering
    • eexlebots, on 10/11/2007, -1/+57Seriously, I wish more politicians would use their brains and stop the ridiculous BE SCARED OF EVERYTHING OMG nonsense.
    • Brian48216, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12He's even though he's a republican I think he was originally a democrat turncoat that became republican. I mean turncoat in the nicest way possible though since he isn't a bad mayor or anything.

      But it would explain how he doesn't follow the conventional GOP line of "THE TERRORISTS ARE OUT THERE TO GET US ANY MINUTE"
    • rosefu, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5Yes, Bloomberg is a Republican on record, but he was a Democrat prior to becoming the NYC mayor.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg
    • ShrimpCrackers, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9Bloomberg won me over when he said on TV that he didn't care what people thought of him, and that he wasn't going to say what people want to hear, that he was going to do what he felt was right for NYC instead of pandering to special interest groups. Once the Chinese government got the UN to prevent the Taiwanese and Tibetans from marching for the yearly immigrants parade. Bloomberg threatened to revoke the parade permit unless the UN let everyone march regardless of race and nationality.

      Bloomberg is also considered one of the best mayors ever for NYC and the top mayor of America. The man works for $1 a year, campaigned entirely out of his own pocket, brought NYC out of deficit for the first time in decades. He doesn't live in Gracie mansion, the traditional mayors home. He works alongside his colleagues and his desk is right in the center, instead of the "forbidden" Mayors office in City Hall. Bloomberg's home number is even listed in the yellow pages. The billionaire doesn't ride limo's to work, instead takes the subway every day, alongside millions of New Yorkers.

      He's also raised education significantly, lowered crime to the lowest levels since the 1960's (NYC is also the safest major metropolis in America), and made mass transportation "green". The DOT in NYC now is forced to use hybrid or electric cars. Heck property value in NYC skyrocketed due to some of Bloomberg's policies. I don't agree with him 100%, but he's definitely the best mayor I've ever seen in the last 20 years.
    • Egoist, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2Wasn't it Giuliani who was credited with reducing crime in the city? I think he's doing a good job, but you're giving him the credit of others.
    • rajulkabir, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Guiliani was given credit with reducing crime in the city by people who didn't pay attention to the fact that cities with similar demographics were seeing the same changes nationwide. And of course he was given credit by Guiliani.
  • Simulator, on 10/11/2007, -1/+40The most common-sensical thing I have heard to come out of the man's mouth, possibly ever. On the list of threats to the average American, terrorism is near the bottom of the list. You take a MUCH greater risk every day by climbing in your car and driving to work, smoking, eating at McDonald's or any number of a million things that post a more direct threat to your health. The media tried their best to make much ado about little during a slow news week. Apparently these guys were not even close to carrying out anything, and did not seem to be particularly competent.
    • Indyanna, on 10/11/2007, -34/+3Easy to say, now that they've been caught. Had they been successful, even in part, Bloomberg and the rest of the country would be singing a different tune, and screaming to high heaven "Why didn't the authorities catch these guys?"
    • Simulator, on 10/11/2007, -3/+39>Easy to say, now that they've been caught. Had they been successful, even in part, Bloomberg and the rest of the country would be singing a different >tune, and screaming to high heaven "Why didn't the authorities catch these guys?"

      And that really illustrates the problem, doesn't it?

      This actually did happen last year:

      16,185 MURDERS; 92,837 RAPES IN USA.

      Why didn't the authorities catch these guys???

      Are you screaming to high heaven? Is anyone?

      I'm glad the pipeline is secure, but what about the stuff that actually DOES happen every day?
    • darkciti, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5@Indyanna:

      The only people that "scream to high heaven" are people that don't believe in the real world and hope that their "invisible friend" will protect them from everything bad in the world.

      As nice of a sentiment as it is, it's just not realistic. As Forrest Gump said, "It Happens".
  • donmei, on 10/11/2007, -1/+64Its amazing how stupid people are.

    THIS PLOT CAN NOT WORK. Its simple physics. A few experts have already chimed in, but the media doesnt want to hear it.

    An explosion in a pipeline will cause a fire in the area of the break until the pipeline is shut down. (which happens automatically)

    So if they set off explosions somewhere, it would not explode down the length of the pipe. It would burn for a few minutes locally. So if it was done in a suburban neighborhood, it would destroy a couple of houses. Maximum. The airport would not be affected.

    If the explosives were placed at the airport, the fire would also remail LOCALIZED. That may mean destruction of the fuel tanks on site, but it would not affect runways or terminals.

    Like bloomberg said, get a life. Not that you need to depe3nd on government for security, but stop bellyaching. Take responsibility for what you can. If you live in the neighborhood where the pipeline runs, set up neighborhood watches, etc.

    America, the land of the scared, the home of the weak. It disgusts me how pussified we have become since our grandparents won WWII.

    Don Mei
    • bjornski, on 10/11/2007, -16/+4But if people stop worry about it, they'll stop thinking about it.

      If they stop thinking about it, the holes in the plots will slip silently into the books of history as "fact".

      9/11 was an inside job.

      /oh yeah. Jet fuel is basically kerosene. Which is not volatile enough to cause an explosion like they're hyping. It's impossible.
    • Brasky, on 10/11/2007, -5/+16You notice how there are no conspiracy theorists with degrees in engineering. None of you assholes know ***** about materials and their strengths and weaknesses. Jet fuel doesn't melt steel, not even close. But it does burn around 1600F. Do you know how strong structural steel is at 1600F. Get a life and pick up a book once in a while...
    • 69Liters, on 10/11/2007, -12/+2@brasky

      Your comment would seem to support the conspiracy theory, am I correct?

    • darkciti, on 10/11/2007, -12/+2@brasky

      Apparently, you don't have a degree in materials engineering either. You didn't say you had one, so I thought I'd point it out. The melting point of ALUMINUM is 1800F. The highest temperature flashpoint of jetfuel is around 1600 degrees (and it only lasts for a split second or two - NOT long enough to MELT or even WARP Industrial grade STEEL).

      Before you make a fool of yourself with a reply about the melting point of steel, could you make sure you check your facts and find out what the melting point of Reinforced Concrete/Perlite is?

      Now STFU. Maybe next year you'll actually be 'in' your major, not a pre-materials engineering associate.
    • darkciti, on 10/11/2007, -9/+1@brasky:

      Please don't tell me that you really think that TWO buildings subtly named "WORLD TRADE CENTER" were slapped together with cheap materials/cheap engineering that couldn't withstand the effects of two planes crashing into them!?

      They were ***** DESIGNED TO WITHSTAND DIRECT HITS FROM AIRCRAFT BIGGER THAN THE 747's !

      I give up. You're right. It's just a great big collosal coincidence that Bush's father invaded Iraq and we got attacked on 9/11. You Republicans ***** scare me. Please come put me in your fascist camp first (and kill me) - because I'd rather die than watch my Constitution get trampled before my very eyes.
    • ShrimpCrackers, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9You guys may not have engineering materials degrees, but we have guys in our factory that do.

      Our factory in Taiwan builds bikes for major companies like Giant, Specialized and so forth. We also build the fine frames which are made of better steel than the comparatively crude steel beams used in construction. Yet we can easily bend and shape steel and aluminum at 1100F-1500F. This is why I don't buy into the conspiracy ***** that Jetfuel that burns at 1600F can't weaken steel or aluminum. At 1500F the metal is glowing red hot molten, easily manipulated and shaped, but not "liquified", and at that state is not strong enough to hold anything.
    • willcode4beer, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2I can't figure this out.
      Is GB an idiot who can't keep secrets and stop leaks, or is he a maniacal genius with absolute control of information.
    • bemenaker, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Darkciti, are you aware that as you heat steel, it loses it's strength. Simple physics here. At 1600 deg F steel only has about 10% of it's original strength. Now how exactly is that supposed to support the weight of the building?

      That's the b1tch about physics, physics is physics.
  • Missourimule, on 10/11/2007, -27/+3I'm just glad I don't live in New York - not because of the mayor, but because of the desirability of the target - I WOULD think, however, that the mayor would appreciate a little citizen participation in the "war against terrorism", or does he take the John Edwards approach and believe that that's just a "bumper sticker slogan"? Unfortunately, the "war" is serious, and the "other side" has a lot more committed warriors than we do.
    • Anonymously, on 10/11/2007, -1/+27The so-called "war on terror" _is_ a bumper sticker slogan. You can't wage war on a _tactic_ any more than you can wage war on encirclement or fear.

      It's the current version of "Better dead than red" and another campaign against some unknowable "Other". Coincidentally, Missourimule uses a conceptual term in support of his argument, like "the war on terror", and thereby demonstrating that his argument is nothing more than unsubstantiated fear-mongering.

      Edwards recognizes that you can't wage war against a concept. How many guns does it take to shoot "terror"? How do you kill it? Can you flank terror?

      Bloomberg recognizes that, in the grand scheme of things, people probably shouldn't worry about a plot that was physically incapable of occurring.
    • wolvin, on 10/11/2007, -14/+0@ Missourimule, I could not agree more.
    • willcode4beer, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4how will you know if/when you've won the "war" ?
  • RogerF, on 10/11/2007, -10/+7any interesting points.
    1. Many of these so called "horrible terror" plots looked like amateur jobs that were neither feasible nor plausible. For example the Fort Dix plot as Keith Olbermann said "how will so called professional terrorist be so stupid as to get their film processed at CVS?". Either these are nutjob pot smoking deadbeat losers making plans or they have been on crack like the black guys caught for this JFK plot. We have a serious danger from real terrorists and they are likely to be trained and supported in our ally nations Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. The "serious" nature of this quest means more law enforcement, coordination, communication and pre-emption but not foolishly invading Iraq which has added millions to what was a bunch of jock scratching towel head Arab primitive Usama followers. Now they have millions of inflamed people to follow them because of Iraq. Do I say ignore them? NO but it seems far too much of coincidence as to when these "Terror" plots get exposed? Patsy? Who knows? I say kill the real terrorists but dont make a political bumper sticker to drive fear. there are more nations in the world that have had their world trade centers, their central banks and central bus depots blown up by terrorist inside their own nation long before your right-wing idiots try to make this ***** case about "We are fighting global terror", In most those nations even their Presidents were killed by suicide bombers. Do any of you MORON uninformed rednecks know which country h ad suffered the most number of terrorist suicide attacks and deaths of civilians before our right-royal quagmire in Iraq that we created that is causing decades more of hardship and threats to us and our soldiers? I give you a hint you maroons: this deadly group of terorrist rebels have a lot of support cells in Canada, US, France and Britain and they raise funds and weapons there. A plot to buy weapons including Stingers was busted in NYC recently and these mad terrorists wear cynanide capsules to avoid capture. So dont sell your ***** to the world. I lost many family and friends to that group of terorrists and if that nation were to use the yardstick we use, they should have told the UN to attacked a part of Toronto where this group is controlling the flow of funds
    • yutt, on 10/11/2007, -3/+9Dugg down for giant block of text.
    • bemenaker, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Dugg down for all the insults and attacks, instead of providing a sane rational argument.
  • TerenceF, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7News organs are now so worried about making sure that the public thinks their journalism is "patriotic" that they not only focus on maximizing the fear-factor of these failed plots, but they feel it necessary to seek out anyone who isn't adding to the hype and criticize them for it. Kudos to Bloomberg for thinking about the honest facts and not fund-raising dollars. I'm sure you'll be able to find plenty of how-to guides for blowing up fuel pipelines to major airports on the 24-hour networks this week showing "just how easy" it is. Or maybe there will be another story about how the terrorist leaders are lulling us into a false sense of security and that they could strike at any time.
  • Tobsy, on 10/11/2007, -3/+18Holy crap. Is he developing some kind of common sense?
    • kanemano, on 10/11/2007, -0/+12Bloomberg has always had common sense, he really does love the city and is not in it for the money, (since he has so much already) one of the few Republicans I will ever vote for.
  • Sundownvf111, on 10/11/2007, -3/+6it is my opinion that us Americans enjoy fake life where everybody vomits rainbows and bleeds cream filling.
  • 69Liters, on 10/11/2007, -0/+10I, for one, happen to agree with Mayor Bloomberg's assessment. I doubt, however, that it's actual citizens worrying about what may happen in terms of terrorist acts, it's a reactive media that is trying to sell its newscast by worrying viewers. If anything I'd like to chime in on the "let's recycle most of our journalists" note.
  • Ksilebo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5So wonderfully profound. I could not have said it any better.
  • saintdesy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+17If Hillary wins the Dem nomination, I hope this guy pulls out his billion dollar checkbook and runs as an independent.

    ' "You have a much greater danger of being hit by lightning than being struck by a terrorist," he added. '

    That is the most sensible damn thing anyone in politics has said in a long long time.
  • Dracos, on 10/11/2007, -3/+8One of the Democratic presidential candidates needs to invoke FDR:

    "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

    Then that candidate needs to run on a platform of undoing Bush's accomplishments. The GOP/neocons have ruled by fear and nothing else.
  • neutrino15, on 10/11/2007, -6/+3I am a new yorker.. And I agree 90% with rudy..

    While I do think that people should just get on with their lives and that people need to stop worrying, I think that the "If you see something, say something" campaign in the subway is a great initiative.


    Then we have stupid people like the "new yorker" that said this:
    "Everybody wants to be a terrorist and blow something up"

    COME ON.. Thats is wrong and we all know it.. Terrorists make up a small portion of the world.. You are SOOO much more likely to get into a car crash or something.. So does "everyone want to cause a car accident??!?!?"
  • whatthefu, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3'"We're always going to be a major hit for terrorism. After 9/11, you never know," another added.'

    And what's happened since? I'm not dismissing any possibilities here, but why are people supporting all this ridiculous heightened security and still not even trusting that?
  • xrenjrvt, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2While your government keeps you *****' in your pants thinking the world is out to get you, the more ***** they can get away with. Terrorism has become a magical word that means the government can do whatever they want, as long as they keep repeating it. Americans have become sheep, well at least the American media has.
  • pandasonic, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4@sonaro: Right on!

    @thscd: Nothing personal, but STFU.

    This guy has balls and he's right. I for one don't give much of a ***** if we get attacked again or if the entire world goes puff. The Christians, Jews, Muslims and other believers-of-***** should be happy if that ever happened, too. They'd get to meet their maker! If it happens, it happens. We need to get our own life and worry about it instead of "freeing" others and bringing democracy to them. If they (Muslims and Jews) wanna kill themselves because they think their God got a bigger d!ck than the others' then let 'em.
  • ChuckAndBob, on 10/11/2007, -12/+1New Yorkers elected Giulliani and followed that up by electing Bloomberg. And they say Texans are stupid?
  • endustry, on 10/11/2007, -9/+2I hate Bloomberg -- he's everything bad about Rudy Giulliani AND David Dinkins rolled into one out-of-touch billionaire.
    • dirkdee, on 10/11/2007, -1/+1Care to elaborate? Or are ad-hominen attacks the new tactic against those who dare say something that is true.
    • endustry, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1The term is spelled "ad-hominem."
  • ps3udov3ctor, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2Thank you Mayor Bloomberg!
  • sirjimbob, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1Bloomberg for Prez. :up:
  • savethemooses, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Interesting, but that stance isn't going to help anyone scare up votes.
  • GeneralGore, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6"I feel that he's definitely wrong about that because terrorism right now is at its all-time high since 9/11. Everybody wants to be a terrorist and blow something up," one New Yorker told CBS 2 HD.

    I see why they chose not to reveal his name.
    • Samiyam, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9"at it's all-time high since 9/11"

      WTF? By what statistic? By the number of scary stories reported by Fox News? By politicians warning us at every photo-op that we are in constant danger?

      I think more a more accurate description would be "Fear of terrorism is at an all-time high since 9/11". Don't get me wrong; I think we should be vigilant. But if we are afraid to go about our daily lives, then it's already "Mission Accomplished" for the terrorists.

      I hope this anonymous New Yorker represents the minority view.
    • judgesuds, on 10/11/2007, -3/+1We all feel like this from time to time...right?
  • dwb325, on 10/11/2007, -1/+11Thanks for that dose of truth.
    Can someone tell me when it became acceptable to be a coward in our society?
    What ever happened to: the only thing to fear is fear itself?
  • ben1sm4, on 10/11/2007, -8/+1@donmei

    So if they set off explosions somewhere, it would not explode down the length of the pipe. It would burn for a few minutes locally. So if it was done in a suburban neighborhood, it would destroy a couple of houses. Maximum. The airport would not be affected.


    ***** you, I have babies..
    • Flanker, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3a/s/l?
    • darkciti, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9@ben1sm4:

      So the whole ***** world is supposed to stop in it's tracks because "YOU HAVE BABIES"?

      As George Carlin said:
      It's like people that put "BABY ON BOARD" signs in their minivans. Are you suggesting that I'm supposed to drive carefully because YOU have a BABY on board? ***** YOU! I'm going to drive WORSE you PRETENTIOUS PRICK!

      Discipline your "BABIES". Beat the ***** out of them when they become failed teenagers and teach them respect, understanding and values. If you don't, YOU are the terrorist by contributing a new braindead kid into the 'culture of corruption'.

      Integrity doesn't happen by taking your kids into a building every Sunday and saying "Sorry". Integrity happens by example. It happens by teaching kids right from wrong. It happens by teaching kids science and math and skills that will help them be successful.

      Being a failure of a parent and going to Church on sunday is equivalent to being Paris Hilton and saying, "Ooops, I didn't know what I did".

    • ISurfTooMuch, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8@ben1sm4
      And they'll grow up to be cowards if you instill this attitude in them.

      We take risks every time we step outside our homes. We could be murdered by a crack addict looking for money for his next rock, killed in a car crash, hit by a bus as we cross the street, slip on the pavement and die of a massive head injury, killed in a plane crash, impaled by a falling pipe dropped from a building under construction, eat contaminated food at a restaurant, or fall victim to any number of misfortunes. Even if we stay at home, we could be killed by a burglar, die in a fire caused by faulty wiring or a gas leak, die of carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a faulty heater, slip and fall in the shower, die of electrocution from a hair dryer that falls in the tub, or even be killed by a meteor that hits us after smashing through the roof. And this doesn't even scratch the surface of how we might die. I didn't even get into death caused by diet or smoking.

      The point is, there are countless ways to die, ways that are far more probable than being the victim of a terrorist. If you are so scared of terrorism, then you should be positively terrified of all these other possibilities. And since you are so worried about your babies, then you should be much more afraid of them dying of SIDS because that's far more likely to occur than them being killed by a terrorist.

      And finally, do you think for one moment that we are less safe than our ancestors? I hope not, because we are much safer than they were. Choose a time period, and you'll find that countless numbers of people died in ways that are easily preventable now. Need some examples? Fine.

      Middle Ages: Black plague, smallpox, infections, wars involving most European nations at one time or another, diseases caused by contaminated food or water, execution because of some offense, real or imagined, against the king or church, starvation because of famines.

      19th century: Snake bites, yellow fever, injuries from accidents involving falling off a horse or being run over by a wagon, wars, such as the Civil War, death due to any number of causes while traveling cross-country, polio.

      And since I just mentioned polio, ask your parents or grandparents about that disease. My parents told me how people were afraid to let their children play outside when an outbreak had been reported, for fear that they would contract it. And if it didn't kill you, it could weaken you to such an extent that you could end up in a wheelchair, or, worse, in an iron lung.

      So, my advice to you is to seriously consider the many risks that you and your family face every day, think about the risks that our ancestors faced, and decide if you are going to live in constant fear or stand up and face those dangers like human beings have done for tens of thousands of years.

      One day, we will all die. What we can't control is when or how. What we can control is how we live our lives between the present and that unknown date with death. We can live in fear, or we can enjoy life. I prefer to enjoy my life. If that shortens it to some degree, I will probably never know, but living in fear is like dying a little every single day, and I have no intention of doing that.
    • Albionshores, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3"***** you, I have babies.."

      What? Is that like, better than a 'full house' but not as good as 'four-of-a-kind' or something.

      So what.
  • etnu, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5ZOMG TERRORISTS! QUICK, EVERYONE BURY YOUR HEADS IN THE SAND!!!!
  • Globehugger, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10Finally, common sense spoken out loud. Yeah Bloomberg!
  • m2paper, on 10/11/2007, -6/+1Dugg down for giant block of text.
  • viviwanu, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Oh my God! Please send Ruby in her shiny glittering red dress to save me!
  • satanguy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+5good advice
  • bloke11, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Bloomberg for President !
  • ben1sm4, on 10/11/2007, -7/+1@darkciti
    My babies get the decipline that they need. They get a spanking if they need it.
    I have never asked anyone to get out of the way because of my kids, you JACKASS. But, I do not want my house blownup, just because someone else thinks it's a good idea.
    Do you have kids? So you know what it is like? Would you like something that has your blood, your breath, and your heart, die because someone thinks that it is okay to blow up a few houses? Gimme a break, they walk around outside your heart forever.
  • ben1sm4, on 10/11/2007, -7/+1I take it back you *****, you will never understand. Go stand behind your rock of what is right, you win. You are the smartest human being on the planet.
    /sarcasm
  • ben1sm4, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1@ISurfTooMuch
    I am right there with you. I worry about that stuff every day.I don't really want to live in fear either. I have let my babies know, and I won't stop. I have warned them about everything I know, but when someone talks about "blowing up a few houses".....I am not so happy. One of those houses could be mine.......
    • tobias1482, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4You really worry about your house blowing up? I only ever worry about losing mine to public domain.
  • ilikesboobs, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Brilliant,

    "Only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
  • neoptolemus, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3Bloomberg++
  • edm1950, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1It's good to see someone make a sane statement like that. Though even as I type some yenta is calling him a nazi somewhere on talk radio.
  • loganarcher, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3I can only imagine how this would play out on Fox News. Oh wait, it won't...
  • handbiter, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2Bloomberg was also the first one to call ***** on the homeland security duct-tape insanity 5 years ago.
  • dorothygrammolo, on 10/11/2007, -2/+3Blomberg is absolutely right. Live life while being prudent and cautious. There is always the element of the unknown, when you obsess over the what ifs, that is what your life becomes. Remember when we had to worry regarding airplane hijackers? This too will pass..we are making great strides with our ability to stop these attacks before they happen, and hopefully we will continue to improve that process. There are no reruns in life..enjoy the time you have.

    Dorothy at www.grammology.com
  • opencity, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Native NYC. Still live here.
    I don't really like Bloomberg as a mayor - he's balancing his budget instead of paying the cops and teachers and for one - but he's done some cool things and this is one of them (and not calling the snow plows out on Christmas).

    Rudy is a fraud. The only reason the emergency command post was in 7 wtc (with the fuel he was warned not to put there) has to do with a really sketchy fundraiser. He's the reason the firefighters didn't have working radios on 9/11. Kerik was banging his mistress overlooking the clean up. The list goes on. The firefighters hate him. Weird that the other GOP candidates are staying away from that so far.
  • edm1950, on 10/11/2007, -1/+2Silly humanities majors who have never worked with steel. Burning jet fuel for 3 or 4 hours should anneal structural steel nicely. Looking at the TV I was thinking that if they didn't get the fire out soon the steel would start to bend. What's really telling about yanqui capitalism is that there is no airborne foam equipment. We cry about the loss of life, but apparently that loss of live was not worth planning for. This is simply one of those exploding mustang sort of capitalism things. We lose more people to traffic accidents than terrorism, don't worry about it.
  • leotolson, on 10/11/2007, -4/+1For those here giving praise to NYC Mayor Bloomberg, please consider: One, it furthers his big money media cohorts to put down any exposure of inside job black flag / assassinations etc. The terrorists in power do not want their present or past crimes discussed. Bloomberg's "get a life" smacks of a hired speech writer's appeal to casual thinking people with a casual sounding term. Two: Never trust anyone who wants to limit our citizen INDIVIDUAL RIGHT to bear arms. Bloomberg puts big bucks behind harassing legitimate gun dealers. The school shootings are encouraged by schools being made gun-free so that only criminals have guns, and, citizens have reported that police pause for up to hours before closing in on School shooting crimes, so that shootings can take place, so media can whip up public against guns. School shootings, like wars, are not caused by regular people, but by manipulators entrenched into positions of power who want to further their power. Never, Never trust anyone like Bloomberg, or Soros, or Rockefeller, or Gates, or gosh-shucks Warren Buffett. They are all in lockstep for keeping citizens down. They support tyranny.
  • SeanIM, on 10/11/2007, -1/+0Bloomberg is just saying that because he 'smoked two joints, before he smoked two joints...and then he smoked two more...."

    But seriously...good advice. :thumbsup
  • invise, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Excellent! It's great to see a politician with enough common sense and enough balls to remind everyone that there's no point in worrying about being killed in an act of terrorism. He's exactly right - people need to stop worrying and continue their lives uninterrupted.
  • jellygraph, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3Bloomberg just made a new friend

    Thanks for speaking the truth. For once, coming from a politician, that is really remarkable. I guess in these days and with the neo-cons, pretty much _anything_ will impress me.
  • Albionshores, on 10/11/2007, -0/+3What Bloomberg is saying is spot on. In fact its how you should deal with terrorism even it does happen. A little kid throws temper tantrums becuase it gets attention. Like a spoilt kid, stop giving 'terrorism' attention and it shuts up.

    Had America had the attitude that it would not change our way of life, our rights. That we won't let it turn us into paranoid shadows of our former selves under a grey iron sky of big government then we wouldn't be having such howlings at the moon like the 'JFK airport' thing - instead in the words of Bloomberg, "we'd have a life."

    If extremists believe America oppressive, aggressive and a morally bankrupt society 9/11 was a great opportunity to show them just how wrong they were.

    Terrorism is a kid having a tantrum.
    Ignore it.
  • digger28, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Good move by Bloomberg. I'm sick of all the fear mongering by Bush and the federal gov't
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