{"id":200058,"date":"2007-06-06T12:03:00","date_gmt":"2007-06-06T17:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2007\/06\/06\/kudos-to-hizzoner-mike-bloomberg\/"},"modified":"2007-06-06T12:03:00","modified_gmt":"2007-06-06T17:03:00","slug":"kudos-to-hizzoner-mike-bloomberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/2007\/06\/06\/kudos-to-hizzoner-mike-bloomberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Kudos to Hizzoner Mike Bloomberg"},"content":{"rendered":"

I still can’t believe that I just said that.<\/p>\n

Seriously though, this “terrorist threat” is less serious and credible than my attempts to lose my virginity in high school, when I was president, and founder,<\/span> of the wargaming club.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, he’s not going to win any Republican friend, as the only issue the ‘Phants have left is screaming like a baby about terrorism.<\/p>\n

wcbstv.com – Bloomberg On JFK Plot: ‘Stop Worrying, Get A Life’<\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Marcia Kramer<\/span>
Reporting<\/span><\/p>\n

(CBS) NEW YORK While questions continue to arise about the alleged plot to blow up a fuel pipeline beneath JFK Airport and surrounding neighborhoods, some are questioning why New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg hasn’t had a louder voice since the plot was foiled on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Monday, Bloomberg finally weighed in, but his response was not what some would have expected.<\/span><\/p>\n

“There are lots of threats to you in the world. There’s the threat of a heart attack for genetic reasons. You can’t sit there and worry about everything. Get a life,” he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

That “What, me worry?” attitude pretty much sums up Bloomberg’s advice to New Yorkers on the terror plot. As far as he was concerned, the professionals were on it, so New Yorkers shouldn’t let it tax their brains.<\/span><\/p>\n

“You have a much greater danger of being hit by lightning than being struck by a terrorist,” he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I still can’t believe that I just said that. Seriously though, this “terrorist threat” is less serious and credible than my attempts to lose my virginity in high school, when I was president, and founder, of the wargaming club. Needless to say, he’s not going to win any Republican friend, as the only issue the …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200058"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200058\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.panix.com\/~msaroff\/40years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}