Open Thread

I posted about the Village Voice article in the OT right after part 2 was published.

CHC…send him an email…

brownstoner@brownstoner.com

There were links to the BedStuyBlog story on the police tapes.

Brownstoner,

Is there any reason you wouldn’t put your readers on to an event like this:

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2010/06/15/2010-06-15_boros_soul_is_big_draw_for_tourists.html

And how about your over sight of DanceAfrica which has been going on in the neighborhood for many years?

Also, did I miss the coverage on The NYPD Tapes: Inside Bed-Stuy’s 81st Precinct that was in the Village Voice?

dibs – My guys went nuts-o w/ that video! Hilarious!

Thanks Legion. I’m going to check out the whole film soon now.

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After just listening to a radio report about BP’s negligence during my lunchtime walk, I’m also wondering if blaming or hating BP for everything is a little bit of a cop-out. It sounds like the industry as a whole cut corners, and that we Americans, well, that’s okay with us as long as the oil’n’stuff keep coming.

Listening to people mock or get angry at BP seems so misguided to me. If they were cutting corners worse than other companies, fine. But it sounds like it was just another case of a society being fine with how things were getting done as long as the members of that society didn’t have to get their hands dirty.