Bloomberg On JFK Plot: 'Stop Worrying, Get A Life'

While I definitely think Rudy's approach (elect a Democrat and expect another 9/11) is moronic -- and totally revisionist (who does he think was in charge on 9/11.01?) I'm worried that Bloomberg's words could haunt him. I agree that the city is safe -- and I'm glad that other people are worrying about this so that I don't have to -- but God forbid something should happen tomorow.

Fran, if something major happened, wouldn't it eclipse this? Does anyone remember what was on the news on September 10th, 2001?

Even more important: Fran if I told you not to worry about getting hit by lightning tomorrow and then you got hit would that make me a bad guy for having said it?

Actually, I remember quite well. The big news was Bush's position on stem cell research.

Fran if I told you not to worry about getting hit by lightning tomorrow and then you got hit would that make me a bad guy for having said it?

What if I told you it was OK to walk around a thunderstorm in cleets?

What if I told you it was OK to walk around a thunderstorm in cleets?

Cleets are fine. It's the tin foil hat you have to leave at home.

Maybe if we stop seeding the political clouds -
We wouldn't have to worry as much about the thunderstorms
or the lighting strikes-

The whole JFK plot seems fishy to me.

Fishy indeed. At least it was a distraction from all the stuff George Bush doesn't want us to think about... like Libby, that homophobic Surgeon General nominee, the "New and Improved Cold War" that he's starting with Putin, etc.

Hmm...

Jan: . . . and the only evidence they've got so far for the existence of the plot is the testimony of a jailhouse snitch with two drug convictions to his name.

Something tells me this is going to be a lot like the dramatic arrest of Jose Padilla. "We've got him! We foiled a dirty-bomber! We've saved you all from a horrible death by radiation poisoning!" (hyperventilate, hyperventilate, and conveniently bump Coleen Rowley's testimony off the front pages). Four years later, they can't even scare up enough evidence of the "dirty bomb" plot to charge him with it, but they've played a shell-game with him, shuttling him in and out of offshore prisons, in and out of the federal and state justice systems, and now they're trying to claim that the physical and psychological abuse he suffered during his years of unlawful detention should be inadmissible in court for reasons of "national security."

Good point. Also, what was up with the CNN "Breaking News" element to this. Nothing happened and nothing was going to happen!

Don't tell me there's "breaking news" about a JFK explosion unless you've got footage of some guy sneaking up to a jet fuel tank with a flame-thrower strapped to his back.

the "New and Improved Cold War" that he's starting with Putin, etc.

Shouldn't it be referred to as "Cold War 2.0"? It might help with marketing efforts.

You're right about that. Especially since "2.0" has the connotation of human contact, networking and support. It could be "the Cold War that's Good For You!"

Shouldn't it be referred to as "Cold War 2.0"? It might help with marketing efforts.

Outstanding tag, bravo for considering the full upside to the war marketing effort..

Outstanding tag, bravo for considering the full upside to the war marketing effort.

Uh oh, should I have wrapped my comment in sarcasm tags? I bristle at and break into hives with any association to the war marketing effort. That said, I wouldn't be surprised if they actually did try some similar naming of this war effort with the intention of wrapping it in a pretty bow as they shove it down the U.S. public's throat. Actually...aren't they doing that already?

Well put, lecomte. We in the city know the score. What would be insensitive is if he BS'd the public... which he did not.

This essentially casts him as the "Anti-Rudy" -- and what could be better than that?

Bloomberg had the typical NY'er reaction - it's done, it's over, people somewhere are taking care of it (as the arrests prove), move on.

I think this attitude will actually play well in the heartland... if he runs for prez.

I think this attitude will actually play well in the heartland... if he runs for prez.

Seems from the past that "the heartland" prefers fear mongering. New Yorkers like myself prefer the straight talk. Tell me what's up, no fluff, do what you gotta do, and let's move on. But the further from the oceans people live, the more they seem to like the BS.

An interesting question. It sometimes seems like the heartland is more fearful of things like this than those of us near the epicentre. It could be that those in the cities have become somewhat immune, or that those in the heartland are simply trying to connect with something that's important to them, but outside of their direct experience.

Frankly, it's probably a combination of the two.

A combination does make the most sense.

We lived in the Midwest long enough so all my kids were born there and two made it to school. Folks there are just more honest and trusting than we coastal types. When you move in they bring a casserole and ask about your family and believe what you say. On the East coast they want to know about your career status and assets and in the Northwest they want to know what you do to be happy. The heartland will turn eventually and go for the truth, they just don't get the exposure, they're the ones most betrayed by the Bush Regime.

Rumple, I like your thinking! We should permanently attach a lightening rod to George Bush's head!

Or a tinfoil hat!

Nah, worrying about the climate is for nerdy weenies like Ozone Man Al. Real men who wear flight suits don't care about no steeenkin' storms except when they destroy the luxury country estates of their buddies like Trent Lott. As for the poor Black people left to drown in New Orleans, or the small island countries in the Pacific that will probably have to evacuate their populations before rising sea levels put them under water, who cares about losers?

Piano, I live in New York and I've always HATED those, "If you see something, say something" posters. Pointless fear mongering.

People like you really annoy me !
7 years of payments an you just figured out how to 'jump start' this "White House Pinto"

ok ! I forgive you- he has been proven to be unsafe at 'any' speed

Sorry I don't know what you're talking about. If you think I've only recently discovered that Bush is crap, sorry but I knew it all along.

Sorry I don't know what you're talking about. If you think I've only recently discovered that Bush is crap, sorry but I knew it all along.

???? I'm hoping you took that with the humor I prescribed on the bottle?

So much for him running for President.

I disagree, jm. Yes, if he runs, the Repubs will try to make the most of this, saying he's soft. But you know why that spin works? Because Democrats back down at any provocation! If they only called the Repubs out on their s**t then we could have a real dialog.

Not only will Bloomberg not be afraid to call them out, he'll have his hefty, excellent record as a Republican mayor of the biggest (and Democratic) city in the US to back him up.

I love that term "sheeple"!

Never heard that one until now. And you're right - be honest with your difference. It's OK, PEOPLE! Voters are grown-ups. We know that nobody can be everybody to everyone.

I'm not one to trust politicians either, but kudos to Bloomberg for eschewing using this event for political gain. He's not a counterpart to Rudy so much as his opposite. Rudy thinks that if he's not in charge, the world will go to hell.

Go Mike!

That's an interesting observation ... and if you think about it, why is that? It's the right wing red states that pose the biggest threat to with regard to "exporting our imperialist ideology" ... like, why attack New York when the people who are going to hunt you down are all in Alabama?

See Nassim Nicholas Taleb's book The Black Swan. http://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Impact-Highly-Improbable/dp/1400063515/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-4799190-0493266?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1181179097&sr=1-1

Excellent recommendation, trex

The same author's book on randomness is fantastic, too. It could change your life. Should be required reading.