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Jan. 2, 2013 12:40pm Madeleine Morgenstern

Rep. Peter King Blasts Republicans For Not Voting on Sandy Relief Bill

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Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) excoriated his own party Wednesday after House Republican leadership scrapped a vote on a Hurricane Sandy relief bill, calling on New Yorkers not to give a single penny to House GOP members.

“This is absolutely indefensible, this is inexcusable,” King said on Fox News. ”These Republicans have no problem finding New York when they’re out raising millions of dollars. They’re in New York all the time filling their pockets with money from New Yorkers. I’m saying right now, anyone from New York or New Jersey who contributes one penny to congressional Republicans is out of their minds. Because what they did last night was put a knife in the back of New Yorkers and New Jerseyans. It was an absolute disgrace.”

King said there were rumblings Tuesday night that the $60 billion aid measure might get pulled, but said House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) assured him there would be a vote once the “fiscal cliff” was dealt with.

“We confronted John Boehner on the floor and asked him,” King said. “He goes ‘no, wait until the fiscal cliff vote is over, we’ll take care of it.’ We were told it was 99 percent certain…the speaker walked off the floor, told an aide to the majority leader that the Congress was finished, there were no votes, and then they came back and told us.”

King said he wasn’t taking it as a personal offense, but as an offense for the thousands of people in his district and the hundreds of thousands of people in the affected areas. He said Congress appropriated $60 billion in aid 10 days after Hurricane Katrina, but that there hasn’t been one cent nine weeks after Sandy.

“All we’re saying is treat us the same everybody else has been treated,” King said. “Why the Republican Party has this bias against New York, this bias against New Jersey, this bias against the northeast? They wonder why they’re becoming a minority party? Why we’re going to be the party of the permanent minority? What they did last night was so immoral, so disgraceful, so irresponsible. They’re supposed to be the party of family values, and you have families that are starving, families that are suffering, families spread all over living in substandard housing. This is a disgrace.”

He added, “They are inexcusable and as far as I’m concerned, I’m on my own. They’re going to have to go a long way to get my vote on anything.”

King said it was a particular betrayal to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who crisscrossed the country campaigning for Republicans during the election.

“He went everywhere for Republicans all over the country, and what do they do? They knifed him in the back,” he said.

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ldaopines
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:57pm
All Americans should want to provide emergency relief to areas experiencing storms, etc…..HOWEVER…we don’t owe complete rebuilding costs. Living on Long Island or in NY is a choice people make. Why should taxpayers finance rebuilding where problems can easily occur again and again, and why should taxpayers finance the rebuilding of highly plush, expensive east coast digs? People should insure their properties with consideration to location. Governmental relief should be toward restoring basic services, basic cleanup, emergency supplies/food, emergency rescues and evacuations, and low interest loans.

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- HellboundandDown
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 2:27pm
  No Way, Jose! The Government stealing MY $$$ to give to freeloaders? Freeloaders in a modern day Sodom that God clearly intended to Smite? You can stick that idea where the Sun don’t shine, y’all.
- Trigus
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 2:57pm
  Hey, Pete – cut out the pork in that bill and maybe you and NY will get the votes.
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 3:22pm
  Seems like I remember in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy hordes of workers
  came from all over the country — TN, SC, VA, AL, AR, etc. When they showed up to help
  they were “greeted” by angy throngs of NY & NJ UNION WORKERS who cursed, threatened
  and insulted them prior to telling them all to go home.
  
  How are those Union Crews working out for ya now? Not so good?
  
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- Bluebonnet
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 4:42pm
  Hey Congressman King………..We all believe we should help those who need help. Didn’t they have home insurance like most of us have? But the real story is:
  If you want Bills passed, please leave out the PORK, oink, oink. This bill wasn’t asking Americans to help Sandy people, they were asking us to cover every Tom, Dick & Harry’s special projects that have no business using American’s money. They can do all these pork projects on their own dime, just like the rest of us have to do. snort, snort, oink, oink.
  Time to stop skrewing the Americans with all the Pork. Present the dam BILL alone, or forget it~~~
  
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- ntxjetta
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 7:29pm
  I have enough problem paying my owe bills why should I pay theirs when they chose to live in the cost?
  
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- lovenfl3
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 8:27pm
  Exactly LDA! We also don’t need to keep passing bills loaded with billions of dollars of pork disguised as emergency relief bills. I’m pretty sure that’s one of the reasons were in the financial mess that we’re in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn7HlDqK3VM
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on January 3, 2013 at 10:26am
  Yea…100% ofthe P O R K will be spent right away while only 10% of the “help$$” will be spent inda first year!! WAy-ta-spenda TAXPAYER$$!! dEMMOC-RATS = 100%GRAFT AND PORK!!
  
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DDD
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:55pm
If they’d just take all the pork out of the damn bill, I’m certain that the majority of Republicans would get it out the door right away. As it is, good for them! Of course, it really makes no difference for those people affected by the storm because the government will drag their feet on paying anything out and quite possibly use it on something else!

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 2:50pm
  No, if you choose to live near water, you will get wet. Don’t make me pay for your dry-cleaning bill. You’re responsible.
  
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Ruprecht
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:37pm
Peter King; the heterosexual (I assume) Barney Frank of the Republican Party. Just keep throwing our money away. If you can’t afford the insurance to live near the coast, don’t live near the coast. Seriously, why is it the responsibility of tax payers in Wisconsin to pay for disasters that happen in New York or New Jersey? If Crispy Cream Christie needs funding for his state, he can skip lunch and donate the money to his treasury.

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- lionB
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:59pm
  Crispy Creme did bag stab us before election day. We need to treat them the way they treat us. WE HAVE NO MONEY FOR ANYTHING!!!!
  
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- hhr2008
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 2:05pm
  Where is the home owners insurance or flood insurance to cover damages????????Wound bet that many dont have said or insurance company refused to issue policy and now they want everyone to share in their pain—to help build back one of the richest coastal areas of our country. Total BS !
  
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BlasberryStrat
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:36pm
Devastation in New Orleans from Katrina and it takes the Gov. five days just to get “water” to the victoms, and I couldn’t believe when I was watching as Mexico was sending a convoy of trucks over the bridge – before the U.S. Gov. was even thinking of getting off the pot! No crys against Gov. there.

Sandy hits NY, and everyone plus their grandmother was right there to help. Even Oby was there (even though it was for political gain). PLUS millions upon millions were donated to the Sandy Relief Concert where EVERY legendary rock band from the U.S. and U.K. showed up. AND THAT’S NOT GOOD ENOUGH?! Oh. How bout the NY & NJ Unions FORCING all non-Union VOLUNTEERS out of NJ even after they spent their OWN money to go and help! Then there’s the ol’ Sandy Relief Concert that was “non-profit”. Uh….by law the organizers (Bon-Jovi & Springsteen) ONLY had to actually hand over a whopping 30% of the MILLIONS they received over that. They are allowed the other 70% for “administration costs”. Bet ol’ Jon and Bruce are having more than “hamburgers” right now…

Answer this. If YOUR area got hit with a disaster, do you actually believe that Springsteen would come in and have “uber-legendary” rock stars give a four hour concert for your State? And yet….NOT ENOUGH for good ol’ NY and NJ!! “We are OBLIGATED to give MORE!”.

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kaydeebeau
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:23pm
I normally am supportive of Rep King – but sorry bud – we are broke….I am willing to provide charity except that the govt has confiscated too much of my disposable income (that is the desire by the way to eliminate private charity)

Had those citizens been able to keep more of their own money and had the rest of us been able to keep more of our own money, perhaps the situation would be better.

How exactly did we survive the floods of the 1920′s without the fed govt ? Quite a site better…..

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WatchOutForTheRINOShills
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:21pm
ALL of these politicians needs to watch this video about a “life lesson” that Davy Crockett had while he was in Congress…”It’s NOT yours to give.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Atlog_3QLA

Giving money away to help people recover from a natural disaster, while admirable, is NOT in the Constitutional powers of Congress…regardless of what they think…

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- truthnstuff
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:26pm
  Absolutely! Most likely about 2% of the money would actually go for anything it was intended. I’m sure King will get re-elected with his BS pandering.
  
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- ntxjetta
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 7:31pm
  We don’t owe them anything.
  
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fastfacts
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:16pm
Peter King is the whole problem with the Republican party. He would spend hundreds of millions on useless pork instead of waiting two days to strip it from the bill. The cities are already doing the work, the money is not needed to get the work done and the money wouldn’t reach them for weeks anyways.

TWO DAYS WOULDN’T MATTER… BOYCOTT REP. PETEE KING

This is the same mentality that is allowing people buy iPads with foodstamps ( http://www.thedailycandidate.com/video/2013/jan/woman_ipad_foodstamps.html ). You have to give away the house for the poor, instead of doing what it right and teaching them to fish. Why can’t states take care of themselves?

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70S_KIDS_FIGHTING_SOCIALISM
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:15pm
Yea just like the libs did to Texas aid for drought and fires. They only want money to go to liberal communist states. Pay to play!!!!!!!
TEA PARTY UNTOUCHABLES!!!!!!!!

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- WarMunger_Al
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:22pm
  Tell King to f himself. If he wants an aid bill make an aid bill, don’t add idiotic pork additions to it. These people are all criminals.
  
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The American
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:11pm
up yours BLAZE! there was nothing wrong with my post!

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- Cavallo
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:30pm
  The Blaze is very quirky about what it prevents from posting. Their comment board is rather clunky as well. They need to look into a new format.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:30pm
  Missed what you said earlier, but I’d suggest to chill a bit. The system is automated to a degree and has dumped some of my posts that I thought were mundane regarding the language. It seems to spot words within words and will delete entire posts at times for that supposed word usage, intended or not. Then sometimes, they just seem to disappear for no reason at all. It just isn’t a perfect system. But, I for one certainly do understand your frustration.
  
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mellowlady
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:08pm
Screw that aid money, most of it will probably go to millionaires to get new paint jobs on their expensive cars that were scratched during the storm.

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- naughtycal
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:21pm
  Exactly out of a 60,000,000,000 dollar aid bill that King proposed maybe 1/10 will actually help sandy Victims the rest will goes to political campaigners businesses to build bulkheads and infrastructure at 10 times the normal cost . Washington’s track record is horrible they don’t need another chance they’ve showed their true colors.
  
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jackact
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:06pm
Another clueless and ineffective status quo NY politician.
Instead of advising the electorate last year that all NYS republicans should stop donating to the GOP unless a ‘real conservative’ replace Romney on the ballot, King crawls on his belly for federal tax dollars just like Cuomo and Chucky ‘Cheese’ Schumer.
The rest of the country should not bail out NY for any reason.
Especially when political grandstanding is involved.
Flood insurance was not an option for these NY homeowners.
They bought their homes with full understanding of that disclosure.
Crawl back to Long Island Rep. King.

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Chromo200
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:04pm
If King would strip the pork from the bill it would have breezed through like a hot knife through butter. I wonder how much pork King put into the bill.

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Nevermind
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:04pm
Kind of like when the GOP voted against aid for first responders that went in during 9/11. The GOP dont care about anyone or anything other than theri own power and that will soon go away as well

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:13pm
  No, people are tired of paying for the woes of others. Let New Yorkers take care of New Yorkers. Same goes to New Orleans, or any other coastal community. Only national problems should be taken care of by our national government.
  
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- yougottabekidding
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:18pm
  One thing dems don’t want is bill that is strictly for the title. They add
  Billions in pork for them and their buddies
  How much is for the victems, that is all it should be about, end of conversation
  
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- Simonne
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:23pm
  There was pork in the bill & this needs to stop & the Senate has gone home so nothing would have happened. Blame those who are always sneaking in pork to pass any bill. They actually thought the house wouldn’t have the guts not to vote on it.
  
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ArmedAndReallyPissed
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:04pm
”These Republicans have no problem finding New York when they’re out raising millions of dollars. They’re in New York all the time filling their pockets with money from New Yorkers.ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Finally. An accidental admittance of one Parties stealing money from AmeriKa. We all know ALL politicians steal, but atleast this came right out of one Horses Mouth.
Mulitple Homes around the World, Private Jets, expensive Cars and lots of them, Lavish mutiple Vacations a year and a lifetime Retirement plan that makes Social Security look like Food Stamps.
BBBBBAAAAHHHHH Little Sheep. BBBAAHHHHH. We are being Sheared.

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- SimpleTruths
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:21pm
  How is raising money through voluntary donations stealing from people?
  
  I know most people on this site are generally in a blind outrage most of the time (just the way Glenn likes it, sells more survival seeds and Goldline shekels) but at least try to make some sense.
  
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- ArmedAndReallyPissed
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:46pm
  SIMPLE : In his own words :They’re in New York all the time filling their pockets with money from New Yorkers…………..Do you actually believe none of the Millions raised doesn’t get “Skimmed” off the top ? What is your definition of “filling their Pockets” ? You obviously think Politicians are Honest people with Morals and Principles. Do you see any of them HURTING ?
  One final thought : I think every AmeriKan has the right to be “Blind with Rage”. I guess you haven’t looked at our National Debt Clock lately or maybe you don’t have Kids and grandKids. Every baby born today is $200,000 in Debt before he/she even takes their first dump.
  EEHH, whats the use. You wouldn’t understand anyway. Enjoy your Fuhrer Obama and all his Lying, Murdering Cohorts.
  
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Tri-ox
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:03pm
King needs to shut his whining cake-hole. Just hours ago, HE voted to help obama destroy America – HE voted for higher taxes, increased spending and a bigger deficit. Screw you, King.

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SquidVetOhio
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 12:58pm
So, Rep King was cool with the $150,000 for Alaska’s fisheries in that bill. He’s a freaking joke.

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- subic
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:05pm
  King is only concerned with one thing and that is King. RINO
  
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- SquidVetOhio
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:16pm
  Strike that.. $150,000,0000. I forgot some 0′s.
  
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yougottabekidding
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 12:58pm
Read the bill
Money going to all kinds of fed agencies

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Chromo200
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 12:57pm
Big deal a lot of rank and file people have stopped giving the GOP any money. Until they learn to be proper congressional representatives, they are going to be a minority party.

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- Free_Thought
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:56pm
  One can only hope. For a site that promotes american values and christianity the peeps here have really shown a lack of either. “Let NY and NJ worry about themselves.” What a joke.
  
  Have to admit though. I get a great feeling of satisfaction watching the conservative (bowel) movement implode. I always like fireworks.
  
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yougottabekidding
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 12:54pm
Peter baby get rid of the darn pork
You know that the relief part is so freaking small the rest is padding
pockets. FIX THE REAL PROBLEM
Stop being a jerk!

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- Unbelievable
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:04pm
  If he can get them to dump all the pork I will be the 1st one to call my congressman to vote yes!! Until then my congressman better vote NO!!
  
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oxycontinxx
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 12:54pm
king…………you have every right to be POed about the vote on $$ for the sandy victims in new york and new jersey.

but lets place blame where it belongs…………on all the turkeys that loaded up the legislation with a bunch of pork $$$$. that is/was INEXCUSABLE !!!!

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The_Jerk
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 12:54pm
Peter King voted yes on the Obama fiscal cliff bill. Now he wants more of other people’s money. There is one political party with a Communist wing called Democrats, and a progressive wing called Republican.

King is a member of the Republican wing.

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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 12:52pm
Ha! Now he feels like the rest of us who were at one time believers in the GOP (albeit for different reasons).

Screw the New Yorkers and New Jersey-ites. Let them use all that government that they have already voted for to bail them out.

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CatB
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 12:52pm
YOU mean the PORK LADEN bill that the DEMS in the Senate put all their little goodies in? Go to H King .. I have bigger reasons than this NOT to give anymore money to the GOP/RNC … starting with taxes going UP on 77.1% of households .. with a 41 to 1 tax to cuts !!! I only give to individuals who do WHAT IS RIGHT! and right now NO ONE is getting anything.

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thibx
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 12:48pm
i don’t know how much it was after katrina but i can say from what i saw and i live here that money was wasted.

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Red Meat
Posted on January 2, 2013 at 12:45pm
King is a gun grabbing NY communist. He can go straight to Hell with the majority of New Yorkers.

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- glennpatstu
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 12:53pm
  Way to prove his point, idiot. Do you red necks not realize how utterly lost you would be without new york and California??? They are the centers of commerce and culture in this country. Oh, and they are also filled with Americans- just like you. Many may disagree with you politically, but then again, we have always had political disagreements in this country. Difference today is that those who seek to divide us and make us hate our neighbors and family members (Beck, Hannity, Rush) have captivated the minds of the most fearful, hateful and spiteful among us. Hence this very website.
- SquidVetOhio
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 12:57pm
  Here here.
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:00pm
  Yup.
  NY is a Communist wasteland along with Kalifornia.
  Good riddance King.
  [insert Boehner's comment to Harry Reid here]
  
  You’re just another “gimme my stuff” liberal.
  We’re broke you *****.
  Sorry those folks got hit by the storm but they chose to live there.
  The same with New Orleans — we all know its BELOW sea level so you live there at
  YOUR OWN risk.
  
  Take it up with your insurance agent, or since its an act of God take it up with him.
  
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- SquidVetOhio
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:01pm
  @GLEENPATSU
  
  Hey you freaking genius, you start off your moronic comment by calling him an idiot and then whine like a little girl about neighbors disliking each other.
  
  Keep your grubby little fingers out of your neighbors pockets and they like you better you pink-O.
  
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- Chromo200
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:02pm
  GLENNPATSTU The rest of the country wants to keep the trash out from their neighborhoods so Wall Street stays where it is. We can do without their filth, greed, lies and thievery.
  
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- CatB
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:03pm
  @GLENN do you realize that business and industry is moving OUT of both NY and California? Keep it up and they won’t be the “center” of anything.
  
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- Red Meat
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:03pm
  I”m originally from New York Shittie phukwit. I know all about the people that exist there. They can all go to Hell as far as I’m concerned…right behind Peter King.
  
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- Shasta
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:16pm
  Yeah Glenn, California is the center of commerce, as their unending regulations continue to push what few businesses remain out of the state. The real beneficiaries of California’s and New York’s liberal policies are states like Texas (and their residents), who are business friendly.
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 1:24pm
  NY and Kalifornia can’t do without the rest of us. Their finance centers are dwindling, their culture center is a sad pathetic shadow of pornography masquerading as culture. We’d be better off in the long run without them. I’ve advocated for a long time now that the United States needs to be broken up into three or more individual countries. Our differences are too deep to live together any longer, and I am seriously tired of being dictated to by a central fascistic authority over a thousand miles away. I owe them nothing, I do not consider them my countrymen, and if they advocate for central authority oppression then they are more my enemy than the Taliban or any other weird beard on the opposite side of the globe.
  
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- Free_Thought
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 2:15pm
  Good post glenn but speaking sanity here is akin to blasphemy. It was nice of all the christians to wish you a happy trip to hell though.
- Fubared
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 2:52pm
  Free thought I would like to wish you a trip through Trenton and the Bronx before you make it to hell. And maybe AC too.
  
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- BODYBAG
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 3:12pm
  Here’s another grabastic jackwagon that I am personally EMBARRASSED to have at one
  point actually admired ——-
  
  Chris Christie Says Lack of Sandy Relief Shows ‘Why the American People Hate Congress’
  http://politicker.com/2013/01/chris-christie-says-lack-of-sandy-relief-shows-why-the-american-people-hate-congress/
  
  No LardO, your comments show exactly how far up your Chocolate King’s arse your head really is.
  
  These people are heroin addicts in withdrawals.
  
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