I thought this was a headline that needed highlighted here
Mayor Bloomberg: ‘I Have My Own Army’
The complete quote from a speech 2 days ago – explaining why purchasing City Hall was a better deal that White House would be
“I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world. I have my own State Department, much to Foggy Bottom’s annoyance. We have the United Nations in New York, and so we have an entree into the diplomatic world that Washington does not have,” Mayor Bloomberg said.
Mind you, we already knew his personal wealth surpasses the national budget of many nations and he has his own media – bearing his name too. Many of us knew but he now brazenly confirmed that he thinks of New York as his personal kingdom and of the public employees (NYPD) as his personal army. Of course, there’s another implication to this: he openly wages war on the rest of us. Pretenses are over.
3 comments
December 1, 2011 at 9:34 am
prowlerzee
Dang, he said this at MIT?! Occupy Boston missed an opportunity to protest this tin dictator! The comments section is hilarious following this story…well worth the trip over to read the entire article. I didn’t know this power hungry billionaire had the term limits set aside ….and now wants them put back once he got in a third time.
December 1, 2011 at 7:30 pm
teresainpa
Unless he paid for it with his own money he is mistaken. His army etc… belong to the people, in other words, the 99 percent.
December 2, 2011 at 7:47 am
Not Your Sweetie
He is not paying it with his own money, but he is not all that mistaken as things really go. He gets to order it around to protect him and his buddies. They don’t enforce the law anymore. Just attack the 99%.