tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post3624160582786922155..comments2024-03-22T05:17:53.112-04:00Comments on Big Bad Bald Bastard: Desperate for False EquivalenceBig Bad Bald Bastardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-74192403683394031722014-01-25T12:30:59.487-05:002014-01-25T12:30:59.487-05:00Wait, I read the post article. So the snow came do...Wait, I read the post article. So the snow came down starting at 8:00 am, and they're upset that all streets weren't plowed BEFORE IT STOPPED FALLING?<br /><br />I remember a snowstorm in the '70s when it came down one afternoon and the next day at 10 am I was walking knee deep in snow down the middle of Fifth Avenue just north of Washington Square.Glennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03681336164718681936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-79358788575379192582014-01-25T04:15:53.307-05:002014-01-25T04:15:53.307-05:00One would think the Outer Borough residents and lo...<i>One would think the Outer Borough residents and lower income Manhattanites (the NY Post's audience) would not be receptive to that kind of thinking.</i><br /><br />I think the vast majority of "Post" buyers purchase it for the extensive sports section and 25-cent cover price.<br /><br /><i>You should be pleased that you at least HAVE weather. Here, locked in an endless series of 70 degree days and 45 degree nights, sunshine and drought emergencies, I'm actually kind of jealous reading about snow & ice storms, sub-freezing temperatures and the challenges of an urban winter. </i><br /><br />On a basic level, I totally agree, but we had a goddamn pipe burst in one of our buildings. I always loved the winter, but this one is getting to be too much!<br /><br /><i> What is the imagined parallel between London versus Paris, in comparison to Upper East Side versus other districts of NY? </i><br /><br />It's a Murdoch rag, it's not supposed to make sense.Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-69218896624090711292014-01-24T16:35:22.446-05:002014-01-24T16:35:22.446-05:00It really is a tale of two cities — this time with...<i>It really is a tale of two cities — this time with the tony Upper East Side getting the shaft!</i><br /><br />That makes no sense at all. What weird misapprehension of Dickens' novel has the writer managed to acquire? What is the imagined parallel between London versus Paris, in comparison to Upper East Side versus other districts of NY? Smut Clydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409476490132867809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-18156948070496837172014-01-24T15:55:39.456-05:002014-01-24T15:55:39.456-05:00You should be pleased that you at least HAVE weath...You should be pleased that you at least HAVE weather. Here, locked in an endless series of 70 degree days and 45 degree nights, sunshine and drought emergencies, I'm actually kind of jealous reading about snow & ice storms, sub-freezing temperatures and the challenges of an urban winter. <br /><br />Yeah, I GET that if I lived in it I'd HATE it, but SOME variation, something that might be remotely perceived as winter weather would be welcome. This has become some kind of Rod Serling interpretation of hell...mikeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13057701313718589322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8526498499129692237.post-41404659167739701772014-01-24T08:44:04.593-05:002014-01-24T08:44:04.593-05:00Of course, when these people receive the exact sor...<i>Of course, when these people receive the exact sort of service that the residents of the Outer Boroughs receive, they perceive it as an attack.</i><br /><br />One would think the Outer Borough residents and lower income Manhattanites (<i>the NY Post's audience</i>) would not be receptive to that kind of thinking.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com