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Benson, I am so tired of the right insisting that anyone of a certain race, faith, or party affilation spend the rest of their lives excusing the actions of others, for no other reason than to assuage the right, who will then not believe them anyway. Every black politician for the last 30 years has been required to condemn Louis Farrakhan. Including people who never met him. If it wasn’t Farrakhan, they were supposed to publicly distance themselves from Sharpton, or Rev. Wright, or someone the right thinks is horrible. Every Arab or Muslim is now supposed to pass some litmus test on Hamas, or the Taliban, or their position on any number of issues about the Muslim faith or lifestyle they don’t agree with. I’m sorry, but screw that. Anyone should be able to go about their business, including run for office, or open a cultural center, without being required to fill out a form declaring their position on every geo-political or religious issue to the satisfaction of a bunch of people who won’t approve of you no matter what you do, or say.
Sure it’s difficult Dh, but not everyone was meant to live in NYC. People come and go here because some can’t make it or don’t want to. To suggest that kids in their 20’s never moved to Europe or back in with their parents or to Seattle 5 or 10 years ago is absurd. I’m not sure what you are suggesting? The wheels of change continue on and barring turning to Communism, I’m not really sure what you propose? My rent was skyrocketing too, which is why I saved up to buy an apartment. Of course not everyone can do that, but lots of people here also think that living in a studio is beneath them, so as I said before…compromises are in order and some kids these days are so full of themselves that compromise doesn’t even figure into their vocabulary. Picking up and moving to Europe…yes…seen it many times. 90% of the time they come back.
PLUSA Rule #4589.2
The next person who introduces as a topic
-the Mosque/cultural center
-Islam
-NYC’s status as a great city/shithole
must provide an alcoholic beverage to each person in the OT, so as to help them survive said conversation. If the topic lasts beyond 15 minutes, the person at fault must provide one (1) extra alcoholic beverage for every extra 15 minutes that the conversation lasts.
This way, we can talk passionately and drink with equal passion 🙂
Where can I find information on rent stabalized tenants living in buildings that are converting to coops or condos? I’m likely going to be in this situation soon and I need to know what my rights are regarding purcashing my unit and others in the building.
You may be interested to know that a few years ao, that imam was a consultant to the FBI on Islamic issues.
You might actually *read* his statements on 9/11 and Hamas and understand that, other than automatic knee-jerk supporters of guess-which-side in the ME, these are views held by thousands if not 100’s of thousands of people.
You might consider that he’s exactly the kind of ‘moderate’ imam that the right wing is always saying should step up.
And you might (gasp) actually read up on Sufi-ism which is as far from a radical version of Islam as can be. It’s an interfaith version much given to mysticism, not dogma. And they do great music.
Finally, you might wonder just when we will stop being in thrall to the beraved families. It’s been 10 years.
“like to f*ck like rabbits without condoms? they really like the feeling so they do it over and over and over and over, it’s like a rat in a maze always going for the cheese. ”
rob, you should try it yourself, you might like it too and not be so grumpy. Clean up the bedbugs first tho.
THEY ARE NOT IN MY APARTMENT AND THEY WONT COME INTO MY APARTMENT! they were in the laundry room, and i will NOT be accidently bringing any in either. and most likely the bed bugs are more likely to go into the older tenants apartments first who dont pay a lot in rent!
Benson, I am so tired of the right insisting that anyone of a certain race, faith, or party affilation spend the rest of their lives excusing the actions of others, for no other reason than to assuage the right, who will then not believe them anyway. Every black politician for the last 30 years has been required to condemn Louis Farrakhan. Including people who never met him. If it wasn’t Farrakhan, they were supposed to publicly distance themselves from Sharpton, or Rev. Wright, or someone the right thinks is horrible. Every Arab or Muslim is now supposed to pass some litmus test on Hamas, or the Taliban, or their position on any number of issues about the Muslim faith or lifestyle they don’t agree with. I’m sorry, but screw that. Anyone should be able to go about their business, including run for office, or open a cultural center, without being required to fill out a form declaring their position on every geo-political or religious issue to the satisfaction of a bunch of people who won’t approve of you no matter what you do, or say.
Sure it’s difficult Dh, but not everyone was meant to live in NYC. People come and go here because some can’t make it or don’t want to. To suggest that kids in their 20’s never moved to Europe or back in with their parents or to Seattle 5 or 10 years ago is absurd. I’m not sure what you are suggesting? The wheels of change continue on and barring turning to Communism, I’m not really sure what you propose? My rent was skyrocketing too, which is why I saved up to buy an apartment. Of course not everyone can do that, but lots of people here also think that living in a studio is beneath them, so as I said before…compromises are in order and some kids these days are so full of themselves that compromise doesn’t even figure into their vocabulary. Picking up and moving to Europe…yes…seen it many times. 90% of the time they come back.
I say we institute a new rule…
PLUSA Rule #4589.2
The next person who introduces as a topic
-the Mosque/cultural center
-Islam
-NYC’s status as a great city/shithole
must provide an alcoholic beverage to each person in the OT, so as to help them survive said conversation. If the topic lasts beyond 15 minutes, the person at fault must provide one (1) extra alcoholic beverage for every extra 15 minutes that the conversation lasts.
This way, we can talk passionately and drink with equal passion 🙂
“I’m up for a VAG meeting.”
I heard the last one was hairy until some Brazilian dude smoothed things over.
Where can I find information on rent stabalized tenants living in buildings that are converting to coops or condos? I’m likely going to be in this situation soon and I need to know what my rights are regarding purcashing my unit and others in the building.
You may be interested to know that a few years ao, that imam was a consultant to the FBI on Islamic issues.
You might actually *read* his statements on 9/11 and Hamas and understand that, other than automatic knee-jerk supporters of guess-which-side in the ME, these are views held by thousands if not 100’s of thousands of people.
You might consider that he’s exactly the kind of ‘moderate’ imam that the right wing is always saying should step up.
And you might (gasp) actually read up on Sufi-ism which is as far from a radical version of Islam as can be. It’s an interfaith version much given to mysticism, not dogma. And they do great music.
Finally, you might wonder just when we will stop being in thrall to the beraved families. It’s been 10 years.
“like to f*ck like rabbits without condoms? they really like the feeling so they do it over and over and over and over, it’s like a rat in a maze always going for the cheese. ”
rob, you should try it yourself, you might like it too and not be so grumpy. Clean up the bedbugs first tho.
Ishtar,
yes I posted sources.
you will be tested on all this in November. 😉
Denton,
the worst thing is nobody even laughed at my comment about the High School Musical marathon.
this is a tough crowd, even for a stalker. 🙁
THEY ARE NOT IN MY APARTMENT AND THEY WONT COME INTO MY APARTMENT! they were in the laundry room, and i will NOT be accidently bringing any in either. and most likely the bed bugs are more likely to go into the older tenants apartments first who dont pay a lot in rent!
*rob*