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Re: New York Times: Staying in the Comfort Zone -"...amazed at how close Jersey City is to Manhattan..."

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This article should have ADEVERTISEMENT written over it.

What a disgusting puff-piece thinly disguised as journalism.

BTW - 700 Grove must not be selling that well (hence the article) - they are in the middle of no-man's land between Hoboken and JC, hard on the railroad tracks (with attendant train noise), and overlooking New Jersey Transit Depot.

Great.

If I were buying, Athena is so much better - next to Trump, the Powerhouse, and the future Koolhaas.

Posted on: 2008/6/23 14:43

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Re: Barack Obama for President

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ianmac47 wrote:
Well when driving to your polling place costs $19.47 in fuel, its hard to vote for the incumbents.

Agreed.

The Dems deserve their chance, and they will get it in Nov.

Posted on: 2008/6/21 18:27

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Re: 10 Ugly Buildings JERSEY CITY Would Be Better Off Without

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robotjustin wrote:
Compare to some Williamsburg buildings...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennabascom/544499654/

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/assets/p ... _richardsonstrender_z.jpg

http://www.streeteasy.com/nyc/image/46/1748146.jpg

http://www.topnycapts.com/blog/media/196scholes.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1235/1407506397_1ee1920790_o.jpg

I only pick Williamsburg because it's attracting similar Manhattan diaspora.

What more can you say?

Greenpoint and Williamsburg are getting a very respectable architecture, and we're getting shite.

But they are part of NYC and we're Dirty Shitty.

It has, and will always be like that.

Posted on: 2008/6/20 18:59

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Re: 10 Ugly Buildings JERSEY CITY Would Be Better Off Without

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The new courthouse has all the appeal of a communist government building.

Posted on: 2008/6/20 12:15

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Re: Court For JC Speeding Ticket?

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dontstealmyrocks - not all insurance companies charge premium for points (up to a point).

Posted on: 2008/6/10 23:15

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Re: Barack Obama for President

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The Republicans had their chance for the past 8 years. They did not do well, to put it mildly.

As much as I hate the sleazeball Krugman playing the race card, I think that the Democrats more than deserve a shot at it.

BTW - the credit to the first post-racial public figure must go to Tiger Woods.

Posted on: 2008/6/10 22:59

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Re: Court For JC Speeding Ticket?

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I had a similar experience as Boken2JC, even though my offense was a 2-point offense.

I chose to take 2 points for $90 as opposed to zero points for $350.

From what I remember a 4-point offense cannot be reduced to zero points, though, no matter how much you want to pay.

Do check with your friendly prosecutor for details.

Posted on: 2008/6/10 22:40

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Re: Jersey City and Hiroshima (after the atomic bomb)

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BM - I think it's too late to edit, but thanks for the tip.

It is strange that they scrolled to the right, because I aligned every one of them to the left, but left a space between each picture's url.

Oh well, maybe webbie can mop up.

Posted on: 2008/6/9 19:38

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Re: Jersey City and Hiroshima (after the atomic bomb)

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Well, having been born in Poland, I moved to Jersey City because it reminded me of Warsaw, bombed-out by the Germans in WWII.

So I absolutely feel you, Atsushi.

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Posted on: 2008/6/9 18:23

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Re: Jersey City and Hiroshima (after the atomic bomb)

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Atsushi wrote:

But I've decided not to apologize....

Anyway, if some people didn't like what I had said, so be it.

Atsushi

You can't possibly be Japanese...

Posted on: 2008/6/8 21:58

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Re: Jersey City and Hiroshima (after the atomic bomb)

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bdlaw wrote:
Once again a GREAT JCList thread.

Don't like it, then go back to weirdjc.

Posted on: 2008/6/6 23:16

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Re: Barack Obama for President

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VanVorster wrote:
I am shocked by people who try to paint BHO, and HRC to a lesser extent, as these staunch liberals or overly progressive. One had the audacity on here to call him a socialist I believe. Perhaps relative to McCain and those xenophobes on the true right but I think it's an inapt description when in order to be electable, one has to sort of genuflect to all sorts of constituencies so as to not alienate potential voters. Hence, the reason Kucinich was out. I think BHO has this mistaken assertion levied at him in part because of his exotic name and his color. Anyway, the Green Party is progressive:

http://www.gp.org/index.php

Sad video. It's circulating in part in response to the AIPAC talk the other day with HRC and BHO and it features Ambassador Peck at the very end, Wright's former muse.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=lSp-oIOhq00

Obama IS socialist.

I don't think there is any question about it.

A radical socialist is more like it, actually.

The question is whether to have a socialist Obama or me-too McCain as president.

Pick your poison.

Posted on: 2008/6/6 16:09

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Re: Barack Obama for President

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This whole election thing is very surreal.

The lines have been very clearly drawn - old vs young, white vs black (for some), conservative vs liberal (ugh, progressive), war vs peace (really?).

It will make for a great reality TV in Nov - the problem is that the US (and the world) is hanging in the balance.

My heart says go with Obama, my mind says go with McCain.

Not that it matters - Obama will take NJ, anyway.

Posted on: 2008/6/6 14:49

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Re: An Open Letter to You, My City Hall Nemesis

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Justiceiro wrote:
City Hall ticketing itself would be one of the least ridiculous things to happen over there.

On the other hand, the city could actually obey its own laws. That would be nice.

The application of a boot might make the city employee who parked here actually have to fork over some of his own money to get his car back. At the very least, they will have to suffer the same inconvenience that I have. I think that's fair.

I think this calls for citizen's arrest.

Lay in wait and nab the mofo, Justi...

Posted on: 2008/6/6 14:15

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Re: Barack Obama for President

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Anonymous wrote:
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dontstealmyrocks wrote:
Hey, maybe he'll make the oil companies pay?

...but taxing the gas companies on making profits is NOT the answer either.

Hell, why not nationalize them?

This way ALL their profits will go to the American people...

Posted on: 2008/6/2 14:50

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Re: Sick and tired of the Latin Lounge

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tommyc_37 wrote:
I'm thinking of opening a bar called The Caucasian Lounge. You think that would fly?

No, but Caucasus Lounge might.

Posted on: 2008/5/30 20:03

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Re: Controversial rapper Jim Jones to speak at Jersey City's "HIV/AIDS and the Hip-Hop Generation" e

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Referring to an ethnic group as "white folk" (as you did)sounds to me much more disrespectful and dismissive than referring to inner-city youth as "they" (as I did).

Posted on: 2008/5/20 12:57

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Re: Controversial rapper Jim Jones to speak at Jersey City's "HIV/AIDS and the Hip-Hop Generation" e

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GeorgeWBush wrote:

So why the vitriol?

GWB

Simple.

It is amusing to hear Sal opine on the prevention of HIV epidemic, considering that he thinks only "white folk" is offended by a theory that HIV was unleashed on the black population by the US Government.

Since that statement by Sal on jclist, it has turned out that at least one member of the "black folk", Barack Obama, is also offended by that notion.

Sal is a crude race-baiter, hence the vitriol.

Posted on: 2008/5/20 2:14

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Re: Controversial rapper Jim Jones to speak at Jersey City's "HIV/AIDS and the Hip-Hop Generation" e

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SalOnTheHill wrote:
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injcsince81 wrote:
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itsaurora wrote:
How is it that having Jim Jones speak on one topic legitimizes his views on others? Just because he may not have socially acceptable opinions on certain topics doesn't mean that he can't and shouldn't promote messages that are positive and socially acceptable. Homophobia and violence are everywhere in hip hop - unfortunately it's the way it is, but it's not just Jim Jones.

The fact of the matter is kids like rap. They listen to rappers and public figures, so why not have a positive message coming from someone they're actually excited to see and hear from? Makes sense to me.

I don't know how to reply to this.

Would you send your kids to listen to OJ Simpson talk about anger management?

Geeeeez.

Please enlighten us, injc, as to how you connect those same dots between OJ and anger, that you do between Jones and HIV/AIDS. Thanks.

Both have about the same credibility talking about the respective subjects.

Posted on: 2008/5/19 12:43

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Re: Controversial rapper Jim Jones to speak at Jersey City's "HIV/AIDS and the Hip-Hop Generation" event

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itsaurora wrote:
How is it that having Jim Jones speak on one topic legitimizes his views on others? Just because he may not have socially acceptable opinions on certain topics doesn't mean that he can't and shouldn't promote messages that are positive and socially acceptable. Homophobia and violence are everywhere in hip hop - unfortunately it's the way it is, but it's not just Jim Jones.

The fact of the matter is kids like rap. They listen to rappers and public figures, so why not have a positive message coming from someone they're actually excited to see and hear from? Makes sense to me.

I don't know how to reply to this.

Would you send your kids to listen to OJ Simpson talk about anger management?

Geeeeez.

Posted on: 2008/5/18 20:40

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injcsince81

Re: Controversial rapper Jim Jones to speak at Jersey City's "HIV/AIDS and the Hip-Hop Generation" e

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In your voluminous response you totally ignored my point that having a rapper with a history of of homophobia and violence present an anti-HIV message to kids may do more harm than good because of the legitimization of the above in the eyes of the audience.

Nice job dodging the main point and instead exploring the meaning of "optimal" and "no parents", and feigning outrage.

Your juxtaposition of "Dr. Cosby" and "crude" is breathtaking, but your fine rhetoric notwithstanding, you're missing the main point nonetheless.

Posted on: 2008/5/16 1:51

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Re: Controversial rapper Jim Jones to speak at Jersey City's "HIV/AIDS and the Hip-Hop Generation" e

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SalOnTheHill wrote:
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injcsince81 wrote:
Yep - Bill Cosby was absolutely murdered by people like you for exactly the same sentiment some time ago.

What a racist.

Gee, that was far easier than actually responding to the points I made, now wasn't it?

That's because I actually agreed with most of your reasoning regarding the difficulty in bringing in athletes to talk about HIV.

However, I am still not convinced that having a gangsta rapper deliver the message is an optimal solution. The problem lies in the fact that a good message by the rapper legitimizes his homophobic and violent lyrics in the minds of the kids.

Even if I buy your argument that it's next to impossible to get a known athlete to talk to kids about HIV, I'm pretty sure there are regular people with HIV who could talk very convincingly and capture the kids' attention.

What I totally did not agree with is that my "parents" comment was arrogant and bigoted, and to that I responded with a relevant analogy.

Fact is, whether you want to call it bigoted or not, that active parents are sorely lacking in working class/poor African American communities.

The statistics are devastating - something like 80% single parent households in some places.

The results of that are equally devastating - HIV/AIDS being one of them.

You say having a rapper deliver the anti-HIV message is OK; I say there are probably many other choices of the messenger which are better.

Posted on: 2008/5/16 0:07

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Re: Controversial rapper Jim Jones to speak at Jersey City's "HIV/AIDS and the Hip-Hop Generation" e

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Yep - Bill Cosby was absolutely murdered by people like you for exactly the same sentiment some time ago.

What a racist.

Posted on: 2008/5/15 20:43

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Re: Controversial rapper Jim Jones to speak at Jersey City's "HIV/AIDS and the Hip-Hop Generation" e

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I'd try to invite a local pro sports figure (Knicks, Nets, Yankees, Mets, Giants, Jets, etc, etc).

Heck, I'd try to contact Magic Johnson (he has a dog in this fight) - although that's a long shot.

HIV/AIDS awareness is certainly a great cause and there is a chance one of the athletes might agree to talk to the kids.

Regarding my comment about not having parents - there is a difference between being conceived and born and actually *having parents*, Einstein.

Absentee parents don't count for the purpose of my statement.

Posted on: 2008/5/15 19:48

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Re: Controversial rapper Jim Jones to speak at Jersey City's "HIV/AIDS and the Hip-Hop Generation" e

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SalOnTheHill wrote:
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greenville wrote:
Wow great way to mentor the kids by bringing a gangsta rapper. Our policitans are so smart!!!

Yeah, god forbid kids hear an important, life-or-death message from somebody they might actually pay attention to.

They'd listen to their parents, if they, uhm, had parents.

Lacking that, I'd think there are a few public figures in the spectrum between C. Everett Coop and a gangsta rapper they'd pay some attention to.

Dontcha think?

Posted on: 2008/5/15 11:46

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Re: Barack Obama for President

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SalOnTheHill wrote:
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brian_em wrote:
I'm listening to Obama talking in NC.... "We don't want a 3d term of George Bush..."

What a pathetic comment. John McCain and the Bush family have NEVER gotten along... I hate how he is trying to trick people 's hatred towards Bush onto someone who has very little in common with GB....WEAK

But he's reversed himself on everything from tax-cuts for the wealthy to now sanctioning torture in violation of the Geneva Convention.

Excellent.

Posted on: 2008/5/7 11:24

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Re: Westchester Can Wait -- "Jersey City...It is like being on vacation every weekend.”

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JPhurst wrote:
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alb wrote:

The worst view a unit there could possibly have would be of a pretty attractive part of Jersey City.

For now, but not for long. There will be buildings just as high going up directly north and south of it, and Liberty Harbor will have lots of buildings going up to the west. The only views that will remain are to the West, which overlooks Paulus Hook, where they can't build up (although in this city, I wouldn't put anything past certain officials).

As it happens, my wife and I, with the recent expansion of the family, decided to purchase a unit there last year. We just closed last Friday. We're on the north side and the views right now are amazing, but I knew going in they will not last. That's not why we bought.

The new construction may take away views, but it will create a very interesting neighborhood. We'll get to see how "New Urbanism" develops pretty much from the ground up, and that's exciting. The neighborhood is bookended by light rail stops, and there will be a mix of residential and retail. In any event, we're still in walking distance from our friends and family as well as the local places we dine and shop. And unlike some other new developments, this one and the adjacent Liberty Harbor transition very well with the surrounding historic districts.

We'll see how it goes, I guess...

Congrats.

Liberty Harbor North seems like a very architecturally diverse and livable neighborhood.

And still a stone's throw away from the historic DT.

Mocco did a darned good job.

Posted on: 2008/5/6 14:48

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Re: Who here really, really hates Comcast?

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srg1 wrote:
My service was out for a week. Not only did I not receive a credit on my latest bill, but they charged me $25.90 for the service call. They categorized it under "customer education." Now under a "new policy", I have to wait 5 to 7 days for a supervisor to review the credit request.

Comcast - deceive and frustrate the customer every chance you get.

I also loved the most recent "apology" letter they sent in the mail. They offered everybody a free VOD movie. Of course you had the order the movie, fill out a form and then request the credit by mail. What a joke. Crooks.

I can envision Comcast Customer Re-education Camps.

The prisoners pay for the room and board.

Posted on: 2008/5/6 11:45

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Re: Sharpton NYC Protests Planned for Wednesday

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Xerxes wrote:

Wasn't it convenient that the prosecution waived a jury trial and let a single judge decide this. Can we all spell COLLUSION!

The judge should be pulled out of his regal robes and tarred and feathered.

I thought that in state courts only a defendant, not the prosecutor, can waive a right to a jury trial. In state courts, the prosecutor does not even have the right to oppose that waiver.

But you probably know better, judging from your assertive tone and your strong conclusions of COLLUSION.

Posted on: 2008/5/4 14:18

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Re: Newport, Waterfont, Downtown: Man Falls From Balcony In Jersey City --"Possibly pushed off."

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pazman wrote:
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Apparently.

I was in that restaurant (South City Grill - outdoor area) a day before that event.

If I go there again I'll take an indoor table.

I love sweet, sensitive guys.

My post was tongue-in-cheek, of course.

Sorry if it was lost on you.

I am not going to go into mourning for the Newport jumpers - although I'd like to point out that a major depression can be exacerbated by drab and impersonal living surroundings, much like the Newport shoe-box buildings.

Posted on: 2008/5/2 21:42

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