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Outage Fails to Generate Crime Spree (Actual Title! CNN)
CNN ^
| Aug 15 2003
Posted on 08/15/2003 9:26:23 AM PDT by Guillermo
Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:58 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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In New York -- which has reported about 70,000 violent crimes a year since 1998 -- police reported four burglaries in the entire city overnight, and said they had made arrests in all four.
Three deaths overall have been reported that were tied to the outage.
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TOPICS: Canada; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2003blackout; antiamerican; antibush; barfalert; blackout; blackout2003; blameamericafirst; bushbashing; cablenewsnetwork; chickennoodlenews; clymer; clymers; cnn; cnnschadenfreude; crime; dncisdoomed; dnctalkingpoints; doublestanard; dummycrap; dummycrats; fifthcolumn; fifthcolumnists; hateamericafirst; liberalelite; looting; mediabias; nateringnabobs; negativity; nyc; poweroutage; prorioting; riot; rioting; riots; schadenfreude; sedition; traitors; whossidearetheyon
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To: Guillermo
Calls came in for some 3,000 incidents of fire, he said, many from people using candles.I guess we moderns have lost the knack for handling the open flame.
To: Guillermo
And they wonder why tv viewership is in the dumps.
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posted on
08/15/2003 10:00:59 AM PDT
by
OpusatFR
(being bottom heavy keeps you bobbing on the water, not under it.)
To: Guillermo
A street cop was just interviewed on FoxNews. He said the crime rate yesterday at the ferry boardings area was actually LOWER THAN NORMAL. That is good news, except for the liberal media.
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posted on
08/15/2003 10:21:59 AM PDT
by
TomGuy
To: Guillermo
I think Americans have mature after 9/11, every other blackout we had, we looted. I am surprised how determined we were this time. I think this is a measure of our resolved.
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posted on
08/15/2003 10:22:49 AM PDT
by
BushCountry
(To the last, I will grapple with Democrats. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at Liberals.)
To: BushCountry
Aye, it's brought a sense of community to even the largest of cities- New York. I think back on 9/11 and its aftermath and some of the stories of a sudden "genteelness" among the citizens of NYC. People were suddenly more polite, more accommodating, more willing to work together. This sort of camaraderie can only usually be found in tight knit teams- sports teams, combat units in a warzone etc. Americans have perhaps discovered that no matter what happens and no matter what our differences, skin colour, religion, politics- we are truly one nation and we are in this thing together one and all.
To: Guillermo
Well, after all, we're genteel folks here; not like those animals up in Canada.
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
Let's say it together....
"Awwwwwwwwww....."
Just damn.
If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...
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posted on
08/15/2003 12:10:39 PM PDT
by
mhking
To: Guillermo
This partly has to do with 9/11 I'm sure. Even the criminals were cowed by the possibility that this was terrorism, and people just don't take crap lying down anymore.
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posted on
08/15/2003 12:35:32 PM PDT
by
PianoMan
(Ignore anything I post after midnight)
To: GOPJ; Pharmboy; reformed_democrat; RatherBiased.com; nopardons; Tamsey; Miss Marple; SwatTeam; ...
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Please note this will likely become a high-volume list.
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posted on
08/15/2003 12:36:35 PM PDT
by
Timesink
To: N3WBI3
Lol thats great the country with the second amendment has lees violent crime in a balckout... Second Amendment is effectively not valid in New York City. Although they do have plenty of guns, owned by both criminals and otherwise law abiding folks.
If the two New York senators, both from the NYC area, IIRC, had their way, the Second Amendment wouldn't be valide anywhere.
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posted on
08/15/2003 12:37:03 PM PDT
by
El Gato
To: God luvs America
..."how does this compare to 9-11?"...
This was an electricity outage and 9-11 was a murderous spree by Islamo-fascists. Understand that Blitz?
To: martin_fierro; reformed_democrat; Loyalist; =Intervention=; PianoMan; GOPJ; Miss Marple; Tamsey; ...
Oh, what the hell. This deserves a Schadenfreude ping too. Apologies to those on the MMS list that are getting pinged twice (I usually combine both ping lists in one post when the thread deserves it.)
This is the New York Times CNN Schadenfreude Ping List. Freepmail me to be added or dropped.
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posted on
08/15/2003 12:47:24 PM PDT
by
Timesink
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To: Guillermo
CNN and DNC huddle to plan their next move in the aftermath.
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posted on
08/15/2003 2:09:14 PM PDT
by
.cnI redruM
("My Glass is Gettin' Shorter, On Some WHiskey and Some Water" - AC/DC)
To: .cnI redruM
Have to scrap the headlines:
BUSH ENERGY POLICY LEADS TO BLACKOUT:
BUSH ECONOMY INCREASES NUMBER OF LOOTERS IN NYC
To: Guillermo
For all the Liberals: Now all these people that had too sleep on the sidewalks know how it feels too be homeless!!
To: Guillermo
More proof that New York's tough gun-control laws really work!!! WHOO-HOO!!
It's Not Just A Gun...It's My "HOMELAND DEFENSE RIFLE"!!
To: Timesink
bttt
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posted on
08/15/2003 6:48:34 PM PDT
by
lainde
To: Guillermo
bump
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posted on
08/15/2003 8:26:17 PM PDT
by
GOPJ
To: mhking
You know, I was looking foward to getting a new TV, CD player, maybe a new gun or two; but noooo!!!
There was no looting in Warren MI, or in Detroit. I am depressed!!
Also is my father and The in-laws!! LOL!!!
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posted on
08/16/2003 9:28:04 AM PDT
by
Springman
(No Kobe, none of the time.)
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