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June 6, 2007
New Yorkers are Awesome
Mayor Bloomberg: On one hand, a total jerk by supporting police corruption and false arrests during the 2004 Republican Convention.
On the other hand, when faced with this:
When U.S. Attorney Roslynn Mauskopf described the alleged terror plot to blow up Kennedy Airport as "one of the most chilling plots imaginable," which might have caused "unthinkable" devastation, one law enforcement official said he cringed.The mayor stands up and tells the public and the various quivering non-New Yorkers how to deal:The plot, he knew, was never operational. The public had never been at risk. And the notion of blowing up the airport, let alone the borough of Queens, by exploding a fuel tank was in all likelihood a technical impossibility.
And now, with a portrait emerging of alleged mastermind Russell Defreitas as hapless and episodically homeless, and of co-conspirator Abdel Nur as a drug addict, Mauskopf's initial characterizations seem more questionable
"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.That "What, me worry?" attitude pretty much sums up Bloomberg's advice to New Yorkers on the terror plot. As far as he was concerned, the professionals were on it, so New Yorkers shouldn't let it tax their brains.
"You have a much greater danger of being hit by lightning than being struck by a terrorist," he added.
Well played, Mr. Mayor. Also, a sign that he will never, never in a million years rise any higher in national politics.
Posted by Dean at June 6, 2007 9:09 PM
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