Thursday, September 20, 2012
Bloomberg predux
At one time in the very distant past, NYC had a mayor just as evil as Bloomberg.
In 1640, New Amsterdam had a "peppery little governor named Willem Kieft who looked like an irritated pug dog." Kieft banned smoking within the city limits. Smokers gathered in Kieft's office and blew smoke in his face. They gave him an ultimatum: Repeal the law or we'll smoke you out of town. He surrendered.
This episode of the late-30s radio program 'Strange As It Seems' dramatizes the incident. At that time Americans still had balls, and sharply recalled what happened when we prohibited alcohol. The idea that a mayor would ban tobacco was purely absurd and bizarre to those non-neutered Americans.= = = = =Reading more about Kieft... Damn! He wasn't just the proto-Bloomberg, he was the complete proto-Neocon. Applied his peculiar personal tastes to the rest of the world and created absolute Hell wherever he worked. Read about Kieft's War. Perfect precursor of Bush against Iraq, or Bibi against Persia. When you start with false intelligence and vicious blood-hunger, you end up with total destruction of your own people.
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This episode of the late-30s radio program 'Strange As It Seems' dramatizes the incident. At that time Americans still had balls, and sharply recalled what happened when we prohibited alcohol. The idea that a mayor would ban tobacco was purely absurd and bizarre to those non-neutered Americans.= = = = =Reading more about Kieft... Damn! He wasn't just the proto-Bloomberg, he was the complete proto-Neocon. Applied his peculiar personal tastes to the rest of the world and created absolute Hell wherever he worked. Read about Kieft's War. Perfect precursor of Bush against Iraq, or Bibi against Persia. When you start with false intelligence and vicious blood-hunger, you end up with total destruction of your own people.
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