Video: And now an important message from Mike Bloomberg about styrofoam
posted at 6:41 pm on February 14, 2013 by Allahpundit
Alternate headline: “Local man bored with job he’s held for 11 years.” How the size and composition of beverage containers became a priority for the mayor of America’s biggest city I still don’t understand, but give this guy credit for consistency. His concerns about your consumption of caffeinated drinks extend not only to how much of it you’re chugging at one time but the sort of cup you’re using. If NYC can muster the will to make another exception for him on term limits, I’m thinking Bloomberg 4.0 might involve the city issuing its very own environmentally friendly mugs. Twelve ounces, fully biodegradable, mandatory use. Class B misdemeanor and grounds for stop-and-frisk if you’re caught drinking from a glass. Class A if it’s hard plastic.
City officials claim banning styrofoam will save New York millions in recycling costs; coincidentally, it’ll cost small business millions to replace it with alternate materials. But never mind that. Watch the clip below and riddle me this: What’s up at the beginning as Bloomy is introduced? (You can see an extended version at 9:55 of the second clip.) Is that one of the Avengers waving the city flag? Why does the mayor need a walk-up song as if he’s Derek Jeter coming to the plate at Yankee Stadium? What the hell’s going on?
Exit question: Could the city maybe use the styrofoam to build the sort of hurricane sea wall that Bloomberg’s been studiously neglecting for more than a decade?
Related Posts:
Blowback
Note from Hot Air management: This section is for comments from Hot Air's community of registered readers. Please don't assume that Hot Air management agrees with or otherwise endorses any particular comment just because we let it stand. A reminder: Anyone who fails to comply with our terms of use may lose their posting privilege.
Trackbacks/Pings
Trackback URL
Comments
Comment pages: « Previous 1 2
Why is anyone surpprised at this? Both sides are pushing the same damn crap. They are playing bad cop good cop on the entire country. Have been for years. Wake up people.
bgibbs1000 on May 7, 2013 at 6:12 PM
So Flake is for Open Borders Amnesty, higher taxes (internet), and now ready to flip and push gun control?
Is he running for RINO of the year?
DaMav on May 7, 2013 at 6:22 PM
You’re kidding, right? Do you really think that John Boehnor will provide any serious opposition at all, especially when the Senate bill has the sheen of “bipartisanship” courtesy of unprincipled cowards like Flake and Ayotte (who, I’m sure, is anxious to get on board as soon as she can figure out a plausible cover story).
The house “leadership” will be all too happy to recruit most of the democrats and a minority of republicans (allowing a few inside-friends who need to appear “conservative” to vote meaninglessly against it once they’ve calculated the whip count).
Boehnor has already demonstrated by word and deed that the concept of the “Hastert Rule” is of no concern to him. Think about the significance of that: he feels no compunction against acting in direct contradiction of the expressed wishes of the majority of the members of his own party, who in turn, presumably represent the majority of the voting citizens of this country.
There is less and less reason to try to differentiate between the “Democrat” and “Republican” parties. Neither believes that We The People have any right to have a say about our own governance.
bofh on May 7, 2013 at 6:36 PM
I’d never heard of Mr. Flake but now I have. Do it Mr. Flake and you’ll be back in the private sector so quick your name will change, no? Try us on the National Stage Mr. Flake.
Tangerinesong on May 7, 2013 at 7:03 PM
If Republicans think Obamacare is a volatile issue they ain’t seen nothin’ yet. If they were to flip and pass a gun control bill through both Houses that doesn’t have say Coburn and Grassley behind it. They may as well disband. There would be no recovery.
bluesdoc70 on May 7, 2013 at 8:56 PM
Might just as well
pull the trigger on the one you
have pointed at your head, dumbass!
“Let’s Roll”
On Watch on May 8, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Then plant him on Boot Hill
between Marco’Pancho’Rubio
and Johnny ‘Flap Jaw’ McCain:
~~~~~~~Here Lies~~~~~~~
~~~~Jeff’pussyfoot’Flake~~~
~~~The fastest rolloverer~~~
~~~~~~in the West~~~~~~~
On Watch on May 8, 2013 at 12:30 AM
Is this guy not capable of saying NO to both?!?!
moron.
RealMc on May 8, 2013 at 7:39 AM
Read this bill proposal from Oregon (which appears dead for the moment):
http://www.leg.state.or.us/13reg/measpdf/hb3200.dir/hb3200.intro.pdf
Now tell me Mr. NRA/people should compromise, how do you argue with that? They want to ban darn near 90% of modern guns. A lever action .22 is an assault weapon? There is no compromise with these people. This is the line and no further. This showdown has been building for over 100+ years. Government vs the individual.
oryguncon on May 8, 2013 at 12:03 PM
He has let the mother of all rinos, john mccain, make all his descisions.
doublee on May 8, 2013 at 12:07 PM
Flake is such a disappointment. We (Arizonan’s) need to recall his butt along with McCain.
John_G on May 9, 2013 at 12:12 PM
South Carolina sympathizes with y’all in Arizona.After all we have Lindsey Graham!
redware on May 9, 2013 at 7:26 PM
Comment pages: « Previous 1 2