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NYC Mayor Bloomberg: Government has right to ‘infringe on your freedom’
The Washington Times ^ | March 25, 2013 | Cheryl K. Chumley

Posted on 03/25/2013 6:38:28 AM PDT by ZULU

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Sunday: Sometimes government does know best. And in those cases, Americans should just cede their rights.

“I do think there are certain times we should infringe on your freedom,” Mr. Bloomberg said, during an appearance on NBC. He made the statement during discussion of his soda ban — just shot down by the courts — and insistence that his fight to control sugary drink portion sizes in the city would go forth.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
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1 posted on 03/25/2013 6:38:28 AM PDT by ZULU
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This man is a dangerous maniac - one among MANY who populate our elected offices - MOST of them SERIAL OFFICE HOLDERS!!!


2 posted on 03/25/2013 6:39:27 AM PDT by ZULU (See: http://gatesofvienna.net/)
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To: ZULU

The man is mad ~ take away his access to guns ~ now!


3 posted on 03/25/2013 6:39:46 AM PDT by muawiyah
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Wow. I mean, just wow.

50 years ago, men like my grandfather, who helped build the Empire State Building, would have this bozo arrested or killed.

This is outright and bold-faced treason. Right in your faces, folks. If I lived in NYC or anywhere in the northeast, I would be making arrangements to get the Hell out of Dodge.


4 posted on 03/25/2013 6:40:32 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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How in the world did this little dictator wannabe get elected?

My God, the crap this guy spews and the utter lack of pushback speaks volumes for the mindset of the liberal elites and the sheep of NYC.

What an evil little man.


5 posted on 03/25/2013 6:41:41 AM PDT by Dick Vomer (democrats are like flies, whatever they don't eat they sh#t on.)
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To: ZULU
There is NO WAY this can be taken out of context. The very fact that one uttered this statement kinda says it all.
6 posted on 03/25/2013 6:41:42 AM PDT by VaRepublican (I would propagate taglines but I don't know how. But bloggers do.)
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To: ZULU

More proof that Bloomie is clueless about America and the Bill of Rights.


7 posted on 03/25/2013 6:42:05 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Whatever happened to the land of the free, home of the brave?)
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To: ZULU

The founding fathers understood this concept.

That is why they wrote the Bill of Rights, to restrict oppressive government.


8 posted on 03/25/2013 6:42:35 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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I think I can say with certainty if the year was 1776, Bloomberg would be a good, loyal “King's Man”.
9 posted on 03/25/2013 6:42:40 AM PDT by apillar
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That’s what the government of Cypress is doing right now, by the way.
Just a little infringment...
for the greater good.


10 posted on 03/25/2013 6:43:31 AM PDT by Coffee... Black... No Sugar (I'm gonna' BICKER!)
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utter lack of pushback

What are you talking about?

The comments about NYC on this forum are almost uniformly clueless - as if it were the mythical land of Mordor rather than a real place.

11 posted on 03/25/2013 6:43:45 AM PDT by wideawake
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The rantings of guilt ridden billionaires don’t translate into good policy. During this idiot’s twelve years as mayor, an entire generation was “educated” at the NYC public schools he supervises and celebrates. Sadly 80% are judged to be illiterate despite their twelve year tenure in the union staffed public schools. No wonder the guy wants to talk about soda.


12 posted on 03/25/2013 6:43:59 AM PDT by allendale
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I think there should be an outside NY driven recall Bloomberg campaign. I guarantee he’d squeal like a pig about outsiders meddling in his city.


13 posted on 03/25/2013 6:45:48 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: muawiyah

Bloomberg should mann up then and live by his own rules. Since he’s very wealthy his wealth needs to be redistributed by the government.


14 posted on 03/25/2013 6:47:38 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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Except in the case of legalized sodomy, then the state has a responsibility to officially sanction and reward it.

And force employers to teach tolerance and diversity.


15 posted on 03/25/2013 6:47:48 AM PDT by sickoflibs (To GOP : Any path to US citizenship IS putting them ahead in line. Stop lying about your position.)
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The man is mad ~ take away his access to guns ~ now!


Mad? Perhaps so, I think he is showing more and more that he has never been told “NO!” in his life. Not by his parents, Business sycophants, Government Sycophants, no one seems to have ever told him No and made it stick.

We are seeing this more and more with our so-called “leaders”. I guess this means we just need to keep saying No! and make it stick.


16 posted on 03/25/2013 6:48:24 AM PDT by The Working Man
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Why do I *CONSTANTLY* hear from this a&&hole.

I mean, it's like DAILY.

17 posted on 03/25/2013 6:49:25 AM PDT by Lazamataz ("AP" clearly stands for American Pravda. Our news media has become completely and proudly Soviet.)
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The man is insane.
I wonder if NYCers, will ever rise up against him.


18 posted on 03/25/2013 6:49:35 AM PDT by svcw (Why is one cell on another planet considered life, and in the womb it is not.)
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To: The Working Man
no one seems to have ever told him No and made it stick.

That seems to be one of the pillars of liberalism.
19 posted on 03/25/2013 6:50:18 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: muawiyah
Really. A sick and twisted man.
20 posted on 03/25/2013 6:51:11 AM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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