MelissaSurach wrote:
I like the way the statue looks against the skyline and I don't think it's offensive. Why do you?

MelissaSurach wrote:
My family connections notwithstanding, I like the way the statue looks against the skyline and I don't think it's offensive. Why do you? Because you don't like it?

What I do think is offensive is the way you just called everyone associated with the statue an idiot and a hack. You're making yourself sound like an a-hole.

ninasdogwalk wrote:
How do you know this? In any event I am happy that if what you say is indeed true, I am glad that what Animal Control may have been doing for a long time has finally come to light...

jennymayla wrote:
YAY Daisy! So who found her?

clunkified wrote:
Put a good K?lsch on tap and I'd be a happy camper.

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injcsince81 wrote:
Typical idiotic NYT article.

What they should be writing about is what Mr Immelt of GE already said - it will be impossible to attract good CEO talent at $500K salary.

This is not an easy job, as Chuck Prince of Citigroup has demonstrated.

I think that it was a knee-jerk, ultimately dumb, and populist move by Obama and its downside will be much bigger than the short-lived spike in approval ratings, which *clearly* motivated Obama.

The top talent will go run hedge funds or will find well-paid jobs abroad, and the US banks, which need talented leadership now more than ever, will have an even tougher time attracting it.

Yeah, it's gonna be a real shame when all that top tier talent that ran these companies into the ground gets out of the banking industry where they can't gamble with "normal" people's money anymore.

Good riddance.

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JerseyGirl1 wrote:
Maybe jersey city officials should concentrate more on the real legal residents/citizens who are selling drugs downtown, robbing people on the street, robbing businesses, or beating up innocent people. There are a lot of those worthless people who although maybe citizens, should be the ones kicked out.

Vigilante wrote:

You are forgetting the most important one. Chemical dependency.

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NewHeights wrote:
Brewster

I dont believe we will se 10x downtown or hoboken areas (I could be wrong) but definitely will in the heights and JSQ and it already exists in Greenville.

I still kick myself when I drive by downtown properties we passed on or lowballed in 99. A 4 family on 4th & Monmouth for $335k. OUCH!! Our 2nd purchase was in 04 in the Heights and was a 10x. I'm going to be looking in the Heights and Lincoln Park when the time is right, assuming the banks aren't off their rockers still. Our loans are with Pamrapo, who like Hudson Savings, holds their own paper and didn't take the kool-aid.

VanVorster wrote:
and as to your last post, here's something we finally agree on. Cheers.

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injcsince81 wrote:
If Mr. Parikh had a right to keep a loaded .45 under his counter, he could have blown this punk's head off.

At least he would have a chance to do so, depending on the situation and his inclination.

But because NJ gun laws favor the criminal, all Mr. Parikh had at his disposal during the robbery was his courage and his pride.

That is no match against a thug with no conscience and a nine milla in his hand.

I blame the pathetic, corrupt, and totalitarian State of New Jersey for Mr. Parikh's loss of life.

These are sobering numbers.

http://www.reuters.com/article/pressR ... 7+11-Jun-2008+PRN20080611

Crime guns and gun deaths by the numbers

Rank of states with most and least crime guns traced to in-state gun dealers
and recovered in other states, and total number of crime guns traced to
in-state gun dealers and recovered in other states, in 2007:

Georgia - #1 - 2,631 crime guns
Florida - #2 - 2,328 crime guns
Texas - #3 - 2,281 crime guns

New Jersey - #48 - 35 crime guns
Rhode Island - #49 - 12 crime guns
Hawaii - #50 - 0 crime guns

Percent of 2007 crime guns recovered in-state sold by in-state gun dealers:

Georgia - 75.8%
Florida - 78.2%
Texas - 80.7%

Percent of 2007 crime guns recovered in-state sold by out-of-state gun
dealers:

New Jersey - 72.1%
Rhode Island - 46.1%
Hawaii - 54.7%

Gun death rate, per 100,000 population:

Georgia - 11.7 gun deaths
Florida - 10.3 gun deaths
Texas - 10.9 gun deaths

New Jersey - 5.0 gun deaths
Rhode Island - 3.6 gun deaths
Hawaii - 2.2 gun deaths

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injcsince81 wrote:

Eight years?

Are you going to lock that prediction in, BM?

Is your crystal ball so clear that you can predict the next eight years?

I certainly can't predict anything anymore past a few weeks, but be my guest on your 8 year prediction.

No, I have only "HOPE" that Obama will be there for 8 yrs. to affect the CHANGE that is a new beginning!

BM, you old commie - you've been waiting all your life for this - now is your chance.

Let's see how it unfolds.

Yes, let's see! I think today begins a new beginning for our country and for the world.

philasurfer wrote:
Similar to that pilot Obama is steering the Country, which is facing seemingly insurmountable challenges as if he were flying with no engines and no where to land. Hopefully Obama can defy the odds and steer the Country in for a soft landing. At the very least it will be refreshing to see the results of competence in Washington.