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Re: Heights man throttled, robbed after turning down sex
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I never knew what getting 'throttled' meant -- maybe I still don't!


Apparently neither does the author of that article. It means choked or strangled. Not slapped in the face.

Posted on: 2010/1/29 19:35
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Re: Cuban letter writer is upset: Che Guevara used in Hard Grove Cafe ad
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Go play with your hobbit action figures and stop posting.

Posted on: 2010/1/25 4:31
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Re: New York Times: A Second Act for Trump Plaza Residences - Royal purple to create a more elegant feel
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Coming soon, according to Mr. Noriega-Ortiz: a purple carpet to the sidewalk, bearing the Trump family crest in gold; white drapes in the reception area with purple liners; and the lighting of the top of the building to produce a purple-tinted glow.



uh..."Trump family crest"?


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Posted on: 2010/1/24 20:13
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Re: Cocoa Bakery & Cafe
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is this ever actually opening?


Good question. Their website looks like it has not been updated for months. Anything in the JC grapevine about this place?

Posted on: 2010/1/23 15:48
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Re: Drumthwacket? sufferin succotash!
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JerseyCityFrankie wrote:
I just learned that the official residence for the Governor of New Jersey is named Drumthwacket. To me this sounds like the place Tweety Bird would go to get percussion lessons.


Drumthwacket is an Anglicization of two Scots Gaelic meaning "wooded hill."

I suppose you think Gracie Mansion is where George Burns met his wife...?

Posted on: 2010/1/23 15:44
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Re: AMERICAN MASALA
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There is a post on Chilltown Lunch saying that American Masala is kaput following a feud between the owner and the building (95 Greene) over opening hours and signage--apparently the building refused to let the restaurant open on weekends or to put up any signs. Weird. Supposed to reopen under the name 95 Greene. I think Restaurant Management Associates is involved somehow, but not sure.

Posted on: 2010/1/23 15:39
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Re: Cuban letter writer is upset: Che Guevara used in Hard Grove Cafe ad
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JerseyCityPower wrote:
THE ABOVE POSTER WROTE:
"If Che had it his way, he would have *NUKED* New York City during the Cuban Missile Crisis."

Well, Che Guevara...didn't do that.



Only because he couldn't. So keep defending someone who wanted to kill innocent people.


So keep defending someone who wanted to killed innocent people.

Fixed.

Posted on: 2010/1/20 17:33
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Re: NYPost: NYC's most litigious lady is from Jersey City -- "15 lawsuits since 2002"
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Vigilante wrote:
How is a lawyer qualified to determine if someone is insane or not? You better hope she doesn't read your statement and start a libel/defamation suit.


Truth is an absolute defense to libel.

Posted on: 2010/1/18 15:01
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Re: NYPost: NYC's most litigious lady is from Jersey City -- "15 lawsuits since 2002"
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As a lawyer, my professional opinion is that Ms Capograsso insane. And an idiot. And, of course, this does not help: "Capogrosso, who graduated from Quinnipiac..."

Posted on: 2010/1/18 2:13

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Re: Rare books collector, Irving Leif of Downtown Jersey City, faces eviction from 1,892-a-month apart
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Christ, you're an idiot. I really hope the "law" part of your name does not mean you are a lawyer.

But I do smell a fish in this story. Being a book collector myself, this guy seems like the most unsophisticated collector I've heard of. And the whole job thing sounds weird too.

Also: note to Jersey Journal, Don't talk to Bauman Books. They exist solely to sell books to Madison Avenue dilettantes and no one in the trade respects them.

Posted on: 2010/1/18 2:03
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Re: Pediatric Opthamologist and Orthodontist
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Dr. Seigel and Dr. Savoy of Savoy & Seigel are both great--best eye doctors I've been too. They are on Newark just off Grove. And Ira, the guy who fits your glasses is a hoot too. One note: avoid Saturday mornings as they are very busy.

http://www.savoyandsiegel.com/about.php

Posted on: 2010/1/11 20:46
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Re: High Pitched Whistling Sounds
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Sweden wrote:
Am I losing my mind or did anyone else hear a series of high pitched whistling sounds this morning around 8:45am??


The wind 'twixt your ears?

Posted on: 2009/11/29 0:50
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Re: Heights chase: Felons spotted by police in an SUV with tinted windows, then...
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Okay, these particular guys sound stupid BUT marijuana? If they didn't have a gun all the police would have gotten for a dangerous chase that could have killed pedestrians and themselves was a bag of OMG marijuana. Meanwhile folk were jumping off bridges and beating thier wives and shooting folk in the leg and.........


Jesus Christ you're an idiot.

Posted on: 2009/11/29 0:41
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Re: New Mexican Food Cart Downtown
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tommyc_37 wrote:
I had the guys put my sandwich (the Original) on a tortilla instead of the hard, crusty bread, because I can't really bite into hard, crusty bread with a crown on my tooth. I wish they had softer bread.

Anyway, it was really delicious, but I wasn't full afterwards at all.

As gourmet as the sandwiches are, I think $7 is too much to charge. It is after all, a sandwich, and not having a storefront minimizes overhead SIGNIFICANTLY. In Manhattan I can get a full platter of middle eastern food for $4 from a cart, and it is super filling. $7, at a cart, in Jersey City, for a sandwich (albeit delicious) is in my opinion, about $2 more than it should be. Does anyone agree?


No.

Posted on: 2009/7/5 14:14
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Re: I Made the Streets of JC a Bit Safer
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GeorgeWBush wrote:
Eh. I'm a huge fan of seeing people step up...love the story about the big guy with the cane, that's great stuff. But I can see how someone may have an issue with this story.

First, the title of the post is a bit over the top. That indicates to me that a heroic light is the only one that's going to shine, from an individual who is both the protagonist & the sole witness (except for the driver).

Does it's glare properly portray the incident? I wouldn't be surprised if it did, actually. But nobody is out of line for questioning.

The apparent co-intoxication is another issue- And please, PLEASE, I don't think there's anything wrong with crushing a few beers on a nice afternoon and strolling on home. In fact, I admire and encourage such behavior. However, alcohol does....distort things, a bit. Everything becomes a bit bigger, a bit brighter, a bit more meaningful...such as a guy tripping on his shoe laces being perceived as "stumbling and tumbling"....which to me means he was what, rolling in the street?

I'm also disturbed by the apparent lack of charges by the JCPD. If they could have hooked him up, they would have. But they didn't. They took him to the medical center to sober up, which leads me to believe they couldn't find a reason to lock him up, even for public intoxication. Neat and clean for the cops- now the guy probably won't drive, and it's the hospital's problem if he does.

Point being you "detained" a guy for 10 minutes. I'm foggy on this, but if I recall my old criminal justice courses correctly, citizen's arrests only work for felonies witnessed by the arrestor- Believe it or not, DWI isn't a felony. It's not even a misdemeanor, unless it's changed over the last 15-20 years- It's in title 39, which is motor vehicle violations, not 2C, which is the NJ criminal code.

So basically, if that's the case, you.... well, you legally probably shouldn't have done what you did.

Whether what you did was right or not we can leave to philosophers, but I'm glad the guy didn't end up hurting anyone.

On balance, if it matters, I'm glad you did what you did- but it's a pretty fine line you have to walk if you're going to deprive someone of their liberty- not something to be taken lightly, even for a short period of time. Probably best not to do it when not of a perfectly clear mind. Guy could have a speech impediment, or some sort of infirmity that makes walking/talking hard but driving no problem. I know that's pretty thin, but it's certainly a possible reason for his behavior, and having had a few yourself you'd be hard pressed to smell the booze on his breath.


GWB


/thread. Nicely put.

Posted on: 2009/6/29 17:30
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Re: Downtown: Canada geese family brings Jersey Avenue traffic to a halt
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So, JC drivers will stop for geese in a crosswalk, but not for humans....

Posted on: 2009/5/22 17:46
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Re: 2 Hudson bus firms "Red & Tan" and Academy get $1.7M in anti-terrorism funds
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Can we get them a few bucks in "how to frickin' drive" funds?

Posted on: 2009/5/18 23:12
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Re: Let's Create a "Pedestrian Safety" survey
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Quote:

downtowngal wrote:
What's Step 5...steal underpants???


Damn. Supposed to be sekrit.

Posted on: 2009/5/14 16:46
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Re: JC Ordinances
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Not to state the obvious, but what about google?

JC Ordinances

Posted on: 2009/5/14 16:44
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Re: Let's Create a "Pedestrian Safety" survey
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0. No incidents
1. Incident in crosswalk w/o light or stopsign (e.g., car failed to stop, or nearly failed, second car passed stopped car, etc.)
2. Incident in crosswalk w. stop sign (e.g. as above, but car rolled through sign)
3. Incident in crosswalk w. light (e.g., as above)
4. Any incident above where driver was on cell phone (use both numbers)
5. ????
6. Profit!

Posted on: 2009/5/14 15:56
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Re: Holland Tunnel and Cross Streets - Block the Box
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midikris wrote:
You do realize you can completely bypass crossing the Holland Tunnel traffic by going down Monmouth and Coles?


Or by looping around on Washington...

Posted on: 2009/5/13 17:15
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Re: MOTORCYCLE RIDER
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This take on motorcycling always cracks me up--it's Jeremy Clarkson:

Recently, various newspapers ran a photograph of me on a small motorcycle. They all pointed out that I hate motorbikes and that by riding one I had exposed myself as a hypocrite who should commit suicide immediately.

Hmmm. Had I been photographed riding the local postmistress, then, yes, I?d have been shamed into making some kind of apology. But it was a motorcycle. And I don?t think it even remotely peculiar that a motoring journalist should ride such a thing. Not when there is a problem with the economy and many people are wondering if they should make a switch from four wheels to two.

Unfortunately, you cannot make this switch on a whim, because this is Britain and there are rules. Which means that before climbing on board you must go to a car park, put on a high-visibility jacket and spend the morning driving round some cones while a man called Dave ? all motorcycle instructors are called Dave ? explains which lever does what.

Afterwards, you will be taken on the road, where you will drive about for several hours in a state of abject fear and misery, and then you will go home and vow never to get on a motorcycle ever again.

This is called compulsory basic training and it allows you to ride any bike up to 125cc. If you want to ride something bigger, you must take a proper test. But, of course, being human, you will not want a bigger bike, because then you will be killed immediately while wearing clothing from the Ann Summers ?Dungeon? range.

Right, first things first. The motorbike is not like a car. It will not stand up when left to its own devices. So, when you are not riding it, it must be leant against a wall or a fence. I?m told some bikes come with footstools which can be lowered to keep them upright. But then you have to lift the bike onto this footstool, and that?s like trying to lift up an American.

Next: the controls. Unlike with a car, there seems to be no standardisation in the world of motorcycling. Some have gearlevers on the steering wheel. Some have them on the floor, which means you have to shift with your feet ? how stupid is that? ? and some are automatic.

Then we get to the brakes. Because bikes are designed by bikers ? and bikers, as we all know, are extremely dim ? they haven?t worked out how the front and back brake can be applied at the same time. So, to stop the front wheel, you pull a lever on the steering wheel, and to stop the one at the back, you press on a lever with one of your feet.

A word of warning, though. If you use only the front brake, you will fly over the steering wheel and be killed. If you try to use the back one, you will use the wrong foot and change into third gear instead of stopping. So you?ll hit the obstacle you were trying to avoid, and you?ll be killed.

Then there is the steering. The steering wheel comes in the shape of what can only be described as handlebars, but if you turn them ? even slightly ? while riding along, you will fall off and be killed. What you have to do is lean into the corner, fix your gaze on the course you wish to follow, and then you will fall off and be killed.

As far as the minor controls are concerned, well . . . you get a horn and lights and indicators, all of which are operated by various switches and buttons on the steering wheel, but if you look down to see which one does what, a truck will hit you and you will be killed. Oh, and for some extraordinary reason, the indicators do not self-cancel, which means you will drive with one of them on permanently, which will lead following traffic to think you are turning right. It will then undertake just as you turn left, and you will be killed.

What I?m trying to say here is that, yes, bikes and cars are both forms of transport, but they have nothing in common. Imagining that you can ride a bike because you can drive a car is like imagining you can swallow-dive off a 90ft cliff because you can play table tennis.

However, many people are making the switch because they imagine that having a small motorcycle will be cheap. It isn?t. Sure, the 125cc Vespa I tried can be bought for ?3,499, but then you will need a helmet (?300), a jacket (?500), some Freddie Mercury trousers (?100), shoes (?130), a pair of Kevlar gloves (?90), a coffin (?1,000), a headstone (?750), a cremation (?380) and flowers in the church (?200).

In other words, your small 125cc motorcycle, which has no boot, no electric windows, no stereo and no bloody heater even, will end up costing more than a Volkswagen Golf. That said, a bike is much cheaper to run than a car. In fact, it takes only half a litre of fuel to get from your house to the scene of your first fatal accident. Which means that the lifetime cost of running your new bike is just 50p.

So, once you have decided that you would like a bike, the next problem is choosing which one. And the simple answer is that, whatever you select, you will be a laughing stock. Motorbiking has always been a hobby rather than an alternative to proper transport, and as with all hobbies, the people who partake are extremely knowledgeable. It often amazes me that in their short lives bikers manage to learn as much about biking as people who angle, or those who watch trains pull into railway stations.

Whatever. Because they are so knowledgeable, they will know precisely why the bike you select is rubbish and why theirs is superb. Mostly, this has something to do with ?getting your knee down?, which is a practice undertaken by bikers moments before the crash that ends their life.

You, of course, being normal, will not be interested in getting your knee down; only in getting to work and most of the way home again before you die. That?s why I chose to test the Vespa, which is much loathed by trainspotting bikers because they say it is a scooter. This is racism. Picking on a machine because it has no crossbar is like picking on a person because he has slitty eyes or brown skin. Frankly, I liked the idea of a bike that has no crossbar, because you can simply walk up to the seat and sit down. Useful if you are Scottish and go about your daily business in a skirt.

I also liked the idea of a Vespa because most bikes are Japanese. This means they are extremely reliable so you cannot avoid a fatal crash by simply breaking down. This is entirely possible on a Vespa because it is made in Italy.

Mind you, there are some drawbacks you might like to consider. The Vespa is not driven by a chain. Instead, the engine is mounted to the side of the rear wheel for reasons that are lost in the mists of time and unimportant anyway. However, it means the bike is wider and fitted with bodywork like a car, to shroud the moving hot bits. That makes it extremely heavy. Trying to pick it up after you?ve fallen off it is impossible.

What?s more, because the heavy engine is on the right, the bike likes turning right much more than it likes turning left. This means that in all left-handed bends, you will be killed.

Unless you?ve been blown off by the sheer speed of the thing. At one point I hit 40mph and it was as though my chest was being battered by a freezing-cold hurricane. It was all I could do to keep a grip on the steering wheel with my frostbitten fingers.

I therefore hated my experience of motorcycling and would not recommend it to anyone.

The Clarksometer

If you like misery, climb aboard



ENGINE 124cc, one cylinder

POWER 14bhp @ 9500rpm

TORQUE 8.5 lb ft @ 8500rpm

TRANSMISSION Automatic

FUEL TANK CAPACITY 9.5 litres

TOP SPEED 63.4mph

PRICE ?3,499

Posted on: 2009/5/13 16:54
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Re: Stupid neighbor who hates trees
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Yvonne wrote:
More than 30 years ago, the city with my permission planted a tree in front of my house. I wanted to show the city where to plant the tree but they dug the hole before I got a chance. The tree cost homeowners then $15.00. That $15.00 tree cost me hundreds, in the range of perhaps $800.00 in plumbing bills. It was planted too close to my sewerage line. Finally, I asked the city to remove the tree. No more sewerage problems. Today, I noticed tree limbs falling and sometimes bringing down powerlines. One of my neighbors was almost hurt. There are too many trees touching homes in Downtown JC. I saw a fire spread to neighboring homes from the trees. Trees are nice but if they are not maintain, then they are a liability.
Yvonne


"Sewerage"? "If they are not maintain"? Today you noticed tree limbs "bringing down power lines"? Where??? How in name of all that is holy are you allowed on television?

Posted on: 2009/5/11 23:26
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Re: Low flying Jet spotted over Jersey City confirmed as Air Force One
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skepticalhook wrote:
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Loopy wrote:
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See, I knew you've been drinking the Obama Kool-aid. It was a test. A TEST! Only someone drinking it would correct me. In any event-it wasn't a fake AF one-it was one of the many true AF ones.

I think it was stupid-par for the course for this administration. But I don't think that multiple state and federal dept's lied about receiving an advanced memo.

So please Brian_em-dont do anything drastic. Tell us where you are. Help is on the way.



Please shut up you asshat. Your thinly-veiled racism is annoying and boring. It is very clear that Obama did not know anything about this. Or are you like the dolt earlier in this thread who thinks Air Force One is like Obama's car? "He should know where it is!!!!!!" Pillock.

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Wow, Loopy, your name is really appropriate. You must always have that race card in your hand to have used it on this one. I'd say you probably work at the dmv, but then again, I'm sure you don't work at all. Spoken like a true lowlife. And yes, like about 48% of the country, I didn't vote for Obama--but you think that makes us all bigots. Poor you. Are you oppressed. Boo Hoo.


Aw, cupcake, you can bet your mom's virtue on the fact that I am better educated and better paid than you. That aside, I don't think everyone that voted for McCain or someone else is a racist. Just you and those like you. And other readers, check out SH's (see what I did there?) past posts.

And Xerxes: an athsmatic blowing through a straw.

Posted on: 2009/5/11 23:02
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Re: Catrillo's weekly NEGATIVE HUDSON REPORTER ADS
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Squabs =/= doves. That's all you need to know. Catrillo is an idiot of epic proportions.

Posted on: 2009/5/10 16:25
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Re: Downtown : Trenton Boy slips under freight train loses leg. --- Beneath New Jersey Turnpike over
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elvis wrote:
is the caps lock on your "L" stuck or what?


Just fell out of my chair laughing...

Posted on: 2009/5/7 18:43
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Re: Pit Bulls and other large menacing breeds banned from NYC public housing.
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"Studies indicate that pit bull-type dogs were involved in approximately a third of human DBRF (i.e., dog bite related fatalities) reported during the 12-year period from 1981 through1992, and Rottweilers were responsible for about half of human DBRF reported during the 4 years from 1993 through 1996....[T]he data indicate that Rottweilers and pit bull-type dogs accounted for 67% of human DBRF in the United States between 1997 and 1998. It is extremely unlikely that they accounted for anywhere near 60% of dogs in the United States during that same period and, thus, there appears to be a breed-specific problem with fatalities." (Sacks JJ, Sinclair L, Gilchrist J, Golab GC, Lockwood R. Breeds of dogs involved in fatal human attacks in the United States between 1979 and 1998. JAVMA 2000;217:836-840.)

Posted on: 2009/5/7 18:12
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Re: Embankment- Update Thread
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alanwright wrote:
Why do you believe JERSEY CITY preservationists want to save "everything"? THEY DON'T.

We know the answer, so don't bother: you disagree with their vision of what should be preserved, except that you're glad some preserved things are still intact: Loews. Stanley. Dickinson High. Hague Hospital (now with a new use). You look at a building, and, just by looking at it, you know it's inherent value in that role at that time, and forever into the future for all possible roles and all possible times.

Recall that you capitalized EVERYTHING four or five times, and put it in quotes as well, and then said the Embankment and the Power House constitute "everything"-ish blight. Thus, you apparently DO believe JC preservationists want to save everything. They don't. (P.S. I'm not one). THEY SET PRIORITIES, as you admit, though those priorities are not yours, or the priorities may change as circumstances change.
Here are some priorities: http://www.jclandmarks.org/campaign-bergenarches.shtml

Because you consider the Embankment to be "junk" and "blight", the preservationists who look to preserve it are not good preservationists. You don't value parks, apparently. You want more real estate! Either you work in (de)construction, or real estate... because if you want more density and less green space, self-interest must be your motive. So, do you?

You did not answer whether you think these properties can be "saved" for a use you consider a productive, beneficial use, so we can only speculate as to what a good purpose is for you, the Emperor of Persia and Preservation. A good preservationist is one preserves what His Highness wants preserved because it serves "a real purpose." Apparently, preservation cannot be for it's own sake. Only for a modern, purposive sake. If something loses it's purpose, and is in your view unsightly or geographically divisive, it should be torn down before any non-purposive use, as only you deem them to be, can be considered for the site. The only exception to that rule was the Hague hospital, which you want filled with suburbanite yuppy condo-owners, which you deem to be an acceptable modern re-use of an old structure.


Nicely put. Xerxes has the intellectual fire power of an asthmatic blowing through a straw, but you handled it well. To Xerxes: CAPSLOCK is not your friend. Go an hero, you Republican dinosaur.

Posted on: 2009/5/5 2:08
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Re: Police Cars on 2nd between Jersey and Coles
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Yes. "Police activity." Any questions?

Posted on: 2009/5/5 1:59
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Re: Open Letter to Mayor Healy about Jersey City Schools
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Yvonne wrote:
To T-Bird
I plan to doing a video on how waterfront abatements became, your wrong on the facts. Just remember one thing, Colgate own the land, it shut down its plant because Colgate executives said the land was worth more money developed. Former Mayor McCann agreed with the Colgate executives which caused outraged for the hundreds of soon to be lay-off employees. It is those former blue collar workers put Anthony Cucci in power in 1985. They were upset with McCann's remark. It was not in Cucci interest to reward Colgate executives over the interests of his supporters.
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How did you manage to get a TV show when you can't string together a grammatically correct sentence? Just wondering.

Posted on: 2009/5/4 16:31
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