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Feb. 7, 2013 11:00pm Jason Howerton

NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Considering Ban on Styrafoam Cups

NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 06: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Credit: Getty Images

NEW YORK (TheBlaze/AP) — Could plastic foam containers get 86′d from the menu of takeout food options in the nation’s biggest city?

A sanitation official said Wednesday the idea is actually under discussion.

Polystyrene foam, sometimes sold under the brand name Styrofoam, has long been popular among restaurateurs for lightweight, heat-retaining containers, but environmentalists complain it takes years to break down in trash. Some communities around the country have barred eateries from using to-go containers made of it.

As New York City officials prepare a report on how to double the city’s residential recycling rate, the foam is “one of the things that you have to look at,” Department of Sanitation Deputy Commissioner Ron Gonen said by phone Wednesday.

“It may or may not be a component of the overall plan,” due in a few weeks, said Gonen, who oversees recycling and environmental sustainability initiatives.

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg last year set a goal of recycling 30 percent of the city’s household trash by 2017, up from about 15 percent now. City Hall is “always willing to take a look at new ways to reduce waste that can’t be recycled or reused,” spokesman John McCarthy said Wednesday.

It costs the city an average of $86 per ton to landfill some 2 million tons of garbage a year; by contrast, the city nets a payment of at least $10 a ton for recycling paper and about $14 a ton for recycling glass and plastic, Gonen said.

“The environmental benefits of recycling are obvious,” he said. “What we’re trying to do is make clear to everyone why it’s important from an economic perspective.”

His agency is looking at a range of ideas for boosting recycling and trimming trash. One notion could be expanding test programs for separating and collecting organic waste, for instance.

A similar proposal has stalled in New York’s City Council in recent years, and restaurateurs aren’t eager to see it take on new life.

“We shouldn’t start banning products until we have done a more full analysis of the costs associated, not only with government but for small businesses,” New York State Restaurant Association spokesman Andrew Moesel said Wednesday. “Now is not the time to continue to put more regulations and cost burdens on an industry that is already struggling to make a profit.”

Bloomberg is a fan of banning things. He recently banned big gulps, semi-automatic rifles, magazines with more than seven rounds and now Styrofoam cups are apparently on the chopping block.

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WyoSagebrush
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 4:17am
I think it’s time to ban Nanny Bloomberg! Wake up, New York, you idiots keep voting for him!

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- tonypro
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 5:33am
  NOTHING this U.N. puppet, nimrod does surprises me any more.
  
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- Gold Coin & Economic News
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 5:56am
  What is wrong with this guy? Why doesn’t he just ban stupidity, oops, then that would mean he’d have to leave NYC. Remember, Bloomberg is the same guy who said mass shootings only happen in America:
  http://www.isthatbaloney.com/a-list-of-mass-shootings-that-did-not-happen-in-america-for-new-york-mayor-bloomberg/
  
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- Phattdad144
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 6:21am
  This is what happens when we keep voting for the village idiot. Elections have consequences.
  
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- CABERNETQHS
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 7:36am
  It’s Doomberg, what do we expect. He will not stop until New Yorkers wake up.
  
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- naughtycal
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 8:06am
  You would think there would be a city wide outcry to have a recall election and ban bloomberg.There probably would be one if groups could get their message on the local media station. But like everywheres else the NY media is own and operated by the liberals.
  
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- DeOppressoLiber
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 8:14am
  This is dated but it applies.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV4N2dk0cMk
  
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- carbonyes
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 8:33am
  New York and NYC are microcosms of what BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA is planning and carrying out for the United States of America. We can not wait 4 years for his term, his power and control to end. The man is a traitor and he must be impeached or tried for treason.
  If he pushes us into a revolution, then he must be taken out.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 8:48am
  You are seeing a cultural changing, I want to rule your life, Jewish progressive in action. In plain sight. The same is occurring in our federal government. Better wake up, the minority is ruling the majority, and changing our culture to their kibbutz collective where the individual exists for the masses.
  
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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 8:48am
  He better not Ban “Depends” Looks like he might need them soon !
  
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- turkey13
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:18am
  No one should pay attention to a billionaire thay bought the Mayors office. Believe him when he bans bodyguards. This man runs all kinds of programs to disarm the citizens yet behind their backs he calls them the little people. While doing this he’s laughing his arse off because they can’t see the levity of disarming while he has 4 armed bodyguards. But of course they are the little people and the city couldn’t survive without the leadership of one so important..
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:24am
  Turkey13: “No one should pay attention to a billionaire that bought the Mayors office.”
  
  Just the opposite. You had better pay close attention. These international kibbutz-ers are stealing our freedoms and changing our culture.
  
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- Gus McCray
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:31am
  I wonder how anyone canl live in NYC, I would crawl ouy on my hands & knees with my family on my back & live in the damn woods. Before I let these wanna-be despots rule over me. No amount of fiat federal reserve notes would be sufficent to justify living in the Hell Hole that is NYC. Been there twice strang & dark vibe uncomfortable to say the least. As for me I’ll stay right here in the Heart of the resistance, deep inside FEMA Region 6. MOLON LABE
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:33am
  Jihad Jerk the Jews are coming for you and MorsiEngineer69. Be afraid.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:00am
  Fubared, wake up. They’re here, and tearing our culture apart.
  
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- 00100111
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:11am
  I’m long past not caring about what happens to NYC. They voted for this douchecanoe. They deserve every bit of horror he gives them. If they don’t like it or didn’t vote for him, I suggest they leave. I have no sympathy for them if they stay, they had their chance.
  
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- Rillobymorning
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:25am
  Or all the libs could just move to NY. Sounds like a city that’s right up their alley.
  
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- oldguy49
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:25am
  lkets review……..no salt—you die…………no guns for defense——-you die…………..no big gulp————————you are thirsty……………….no styrofoam————you can’t keep the big gulp you are not allow to have cool so someone steals it anyway because you don’t have a gun and you slip and fall and break your leg because there was no salt for the ice on th sidewalk…………….thanks bloomy
  
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- georgette
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:26am
  I can’t tell you how many people I have met over the last 5 years who are “from” NY and the East Coast……. who decided that although they love their states, they can no longer bear the oncreasing burdens of living in them………..we always say the same thing………..welcome….freedom feels a little odd at first, but you’ll get used to it.
  
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- JRook
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:53am
  Most comments reflect the ignorance that has brought this country to the state it is in. Non recyclable plastic and styrofoam should have been eliminated 40 years ago. But instead cities like NY dumped them along with millions of tons of trash into the ocean. Until of course the government told them could only use landfills. So evidently it is progress to not trash the ocean in favor of polluting ground water, lakes and eventually the ocean through runoff from landfills. The notion that one would need to argue that we should do everything possible to be good stewards of our air, water and land is beyond comprehension. No question there should be much much less regulation. Companies, communities, states and the federal government should be required to return air or water as clean as it was in the first place. And now given the debilitated state we have placed our environment in… return it cleaner. There simple is no rational argument against this that is nothing more than selfish, adolescent thought and behavior.
  
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- kadster01
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:14am
  @WYOSAGEBRUSH
  
  Took the words right out of my mouth! Until NY bans Bloomberg, this insanity will never stop.
  
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- My Two Cents
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:21am
  Gotta love how the environmentalists want to ban styro while forcing mercury laden CFL bulbs on us which will ultimately end up in landfills. Do they really believe people will take their broken or burned out bulbs to toxic waste disposal centers?
  
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- smokeysmoke
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:41am
  we need to ban BELTS… as we saw on stus wonderful world, we have more people being killed by sexual asphyation than killed by rifles… if the democrats are not hypocrites they will also go after banning belts and brining back elastic…
  
  really, BAN BELTS AND ANY LENGTHS OF ROPE OVER 2 FT… think how many lives we could save FROM OUR KIDS BEING KILLED FROM STRANGLING THEMSELVES WHILE MASTERBATING…. about 350 people were killed by rifles in the past year, and over 450 were killed by self strangulation while masterbating…
  
  THINK OF THE CHILDREN… we need to prevent them from using this DANGEROUS EQUIPMENT the belt or rope…. and the best way to keep our children safe is by removing these objects from society that do no good
  
  i know your going to say, belts can be used for FASHION, KEEPING YOUR PANTS ON, and colors… but too many people are being killed by miss using the BELT… how can we ensure the safety of our children… YOU DONT REALLY NEED A BELT OR ROPE DO YOU??? just use elastic, its a great substitute…
  
  its just like guns
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:28pm
  Guess What Bloomberg Might Ban Next… Mindless Liberals ??
  
  One can only HOPE…
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:46pm
  No Jihad Jerk, piss off. This is one issue that should have been addressed decades ago. Bloomturd doesn’t go far enough. This crap is every where-rivers, streams, coasts, all over highways and secondary roads, blowing though farm lands. It doesn’t go away. It is like the nazi of trash, just sits around being toxic. Hospitals use too much of it and so do colleges for a quick fix. Here is a chance for some enterprising bot to use hemp or a like product to replace Styrofoam. FU jihad jerk. If Styrofoam was a Jewish design you would be all over it.
  
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- armyofnibiru
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:27pm
  reminds me of when oblameo got up and said”I want the people who caused this mess to shut up and sit down”.and then he stayed up and kept speaking like he and the dums had nothing to do with the mess he and the dums made so the low information voter would vote for the people who created the mess.and they did.
  
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- armyofnibiru
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:37pm
  decaying stirofoam in the ground puts out a gas that trees love and suck up through their roots as a nutriant.
  in the ninetys berclay ca banned stirofoam because of a study that showed the process to create the foam used hydromonoxide if inhaled can kill.so the next you go swimming make sure you dont inhale the hydromonoxide your swimming in cause you’ll drown by sucking in to much WATER.idiots.
  
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- AvengerK
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:13pm
  Well…those enlightened and sophisticated liberals that dominate New York politics wanted him…they can now enjoy him. It’s for the people man..it’s for their own good.
  
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- smokeysmoke
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:45pm
  we should ban the fourth amendment… by doing that we could make it so the govt could walk into anyones house and make sure there is no contraband… think how safe we would be…
  
  if you can change the 2nd you can change the 1st 4 th any of them..
  
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- toto
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:48pm
  Incredible that New Yorkers don’t “get it” that tyranny starts small and continues until overwhelming all else. New Yorkers have lost any ability for self regulation, behaving themselves because it is the right thing to do, not because it is the law. The are becoming slaves to the Bloombergs of the world. Not going to end well. The light in the world is dimming more and more every day.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:20pm
  Fubared, go hug a tree.
  
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- 4xeverything
  Posted on February 9, 2013 at 7:53am
  Whatever, he rules his plebes in NY and apparently they like it. What does that have to do with the price of corn in Ohio? If NYers don’t want to be ruled by their overlord then they need to overthrow him. Nothing more to really say. Don’t care much about NYC. Bloomberg is only important in his own little world.
  
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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on February 9, 2013 at 12:14pm
  Isn’t Conservative Styrofoam owner, inventor, John Huntsman (Sr) the one who would also be hurt by this, to say nothing of the zillions of restaurants who depend upon being able to quickly disburse coffee, cold drinks etc. with these cups?
  
  STHU Bloomberg. Why don’t you work on cleaning up the streets and the Harbor? Restoration? Schools that pay teachers who can’t be fired? I would NEVER live in NYC and most smart people are quietly moving from there..partly because of this “I know more than you” mindset of this LITTLE Napoleon devil named Bloomberg.
  
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freedomofspeech
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 4:17am
Wow did t realize our elected officials are so concerned

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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:37pm
  And it takes 6 Bodyguards to protect this LUMP !!
  
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scrapadapolis
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 4:01am
Banning styrofoam?That means every microwave,stove,am/fm aftermarket radio,computer,TV,airconditioner,guns,lamps,some toys,oil lamps,plates,coffee cups.Hell any packing material do you get my point Bloomburg?Is he going search every package comming into NYC?You sir need a quick dispach from existance.

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- DIgnified
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 4:27am
  It says quite clearly ‘from restaurant takeout menus’.
  
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- michaelmoron
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 6:01am
  @Dignified
  
  So, in addition to being a tyrant for other reasons, Bloomberg is discriminate too.
  
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- gb123
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 7:02am
  Never mind it will only be assault and weapons grade styrofoam.
  
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- MIBUGNU2
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:26pm
  Bozo probably heavily invested in paper products..
  
  What ever puts a BUCK in these AHs pockets..
  
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betterpart
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 4:00am
The lowly and egotistical Bloomberg is known to dislike ethnic minority groups, many of who are in the take-out food business and use these styrofoam articles for their customers. It would give him a spiteful thrill if he were to ban these from use, thereby cutting into their businesses.

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- CALLMEMSGT
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 11:31am
  Speaking of the small business person scratching to make it, consider this. Dart 8J8 Foam Cup, $16.75 per 1000 vs Ecotainer Biodegradable 8 oz Hot Cup, $65.00 per 1000. What does this do to a small business currently spending $300.00 per month on foam disposable food service products?
  
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Lando
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 3:25am
Nothing beats an ice cold coke in a Styrofoam cup. Stays nice and cold, ice doesn’t melt and dilute my carbonation. I don’t know… it just tastes and feels so much better!

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geoffmiller
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:41am
Styrofoam is an inert, petroleum-based product. Petroleum that has not been pumped from below ground has been there for eons and if untapped will remain there indefinitely. Petroleum can seep onto land or into water. It can kill plants and animals and leave soil barren. Petroleum that has been processed into styrofoam does not seep or poison. It is inert. So what possible harm can styrofoam do in a landfill? So what if it takes years to break down? Seriously… what are they going to do… dig up the landfills to plant posies???? It is a great product. Just leave it alone and stick it in a landfill when you’re done using it. What exactly does it harm?

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- LogCabinRepublican
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 5:40am
  It’s not what harm it will do, it’s space. It doesn’t decompose for years and years. Where do you expect them to put this stuff? Can it be burned? Here in my city we burn everything. We pay people at the trash company to separate all trash, all recycled goods are separated from the trash. I don’t separate my trash here since by me doing so creates a job. I couldn’t imagine having to do that smelly job especially in the summer months but still. I’ve had friends ask me why I don’t recycle it’s because I create a job. Even if I did recycle (separate into 4 containers) the worker still has to go through my trash. So what is the need to do it twice!?
  
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- RedHarley
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 6:51am
  Logcabin,
  I am not a big fan of forced recycling, but yours is probably one of the lamest excuses for being lazy I have ever heard………………..you don’t do it to create a job ?
  That is like saying you throw cigarette butts and fast food trash out your window while driving to create a job for the guy that runs the street sweeper. .
  
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- SREGN
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 8:32am
  I don’t recycle. I figure after 4 more years of Obama rule my kids are gonna have to pick through trash piles to survive, so at least they should have a chance of finding something with a value.
  
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- tajloc
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:23am
  Analysis should be done. What is more harmful than styrofoam? A mug must be heated and washed w/ soap and hung up and dried and shipped…etc. But I think doombergs answer would be to simply eliminate coffee altogether. then he would realy have a arguement.
  
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lassiegirldawn
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:23am
Only the New York sheeples are this stupid. More laws please, don’t make us use our brains for anything. If these idiots don’t speak up and get rid of this guy they deserve what they get. Just as we are reaping what we sowed with this commie in chief in the White House. How are all those promises working out people.

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denkat56
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:37am
Find a replacement container first, make it affordable, then you can follow through with your ban. Just remember that you can tax people only so much, before they leave your city and state.

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- Cavallo
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:47am
  I’m very interested to see how much they are willing to take of a fascist dictator. I hope he bans all sorts of stuff.. fries, burgers.. pizza.. cars.. all soda. I can’t wait to point and laugh..
  
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- 702TruthSeeker
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:11am
  for me, “too much” was 8 years ago and i have never looked back
  
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- SREGN
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 8:43am
  When they banned the soda you said nothing. When they banned the salt you said nothing. When they banned the styrofoam you said nothing. When they banned the Denkats you said, “Why doesn’t somebody speak up for me?!”
  
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- RANGER1965
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 10:53am
  In this case critical mass is that point where pressure gets enough people moving that a reaction occurs.
  
  As long as the pressure is fairly benign, doesn’t interfere in people’s lives too much, he will be able to continue his policies. He knows this, and is watchful for the beginnings of a reaction.
  
  He brushed up against disaster when he told everyone that no silly storm was going to stop the New York Marathon by God! We’ll show the world that New Yorkers are tough, resiliant, and can overcome anything.
  
  …except when people saw tons of bottled water, food, massive generators, and half of New York was still without power…Mr. We can do anything! had to change his tune….and he did, without a second thought. Which tells us he’s a good politician and is cautious.
  
  I think he’ll be one of the few that can boil the frog with slow incremental heat. Which is a pity for those poor people in New York. They have no idea that what he is doing is setting up precedents with minor things, so that when he’s ready he will have justification to truly strip people of their freedoms.
  
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NOTYERHUCKLEBERRY
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:22am
I can say one thing, if Bloomberg was out here, the coyotes would be fat and sassy.

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Chuckkel
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:19am
Bloom-in-idiot-berg is a prime example of the ‘Napoleon Complex’, little-man with stupid little ideas who seeks to gain power over others by any means. Get rid of him so he does not continue to poison reasonable and constitutional ideas.

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Topcat
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:14am
Bloomberg and Cuomo , are going to have a tough time paying their own salaries , living in the city by themselves.

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- CatB
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:22am
  Yes .. and tourists should avoid NYC and NY .. last year I won a trip to NYC … I took the cash instead.
  
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welovetheUSA
Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:11am
This man need a straight jacket…..or a real woman to fix his overactive defective brain matter.

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GBTVFan_Non_American_Overseas
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:49pm
“Guess What Bloomberg Might Ban Next…”

Oh come on, the wish list must be endless and including things like: Humans, life, dogs, businesses, industry, cars, trains, food, water, success, education, health care, whites, Christians, etc….

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- red_white_blue2
  Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:58pm
  By George I think you’ve stolen his idea pad–That’s it Exactly!
  
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- right-wing-waco
  Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:58pm
  Next up might be napkins, paper coffee cups, wrappers on cookies or anything else, and let’s hope the king of NY does not ban…… toilet paper.
  
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- AbrahamsSheepdog
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:47am
  Everyone gets 1 large wood basket, 1 small wood basket. That’s how you carry stuff or caveman hands. Your pick.
  
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- nomemymine
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 5:39am
  Cats. A recent news starts to pick on cats. Cats decimate the little animals around. Yeah, they are called mice, and cats are doing a good thing killing mice.
  
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- pragmaticpatriot
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:43am
  i figured he would ban happiness but he is doing his best
  
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Maxim Crux
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:47pm
Styrofoam will only be allowed for elites. What is the penalty for treason these days?

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Nlitend1
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:39pm
You people don’t get to say what should happen in New York. You people stay away from that city, stick to your omahas and biloxis. You don’t get New York when the south rises again. You can live in your caves and bunkers with all your guns in cultureless waste-holes of ignorance. You can breath your toxic air and drink your cancerous water elsewhere because liberals got this global warming thing right. Don’t be angry bro, you win in the end . . . you get to call it the rapture when you float away.

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- tnw71
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:07am
  Why on Earth would the South want New York? I’ll take trees and grass any day. What a cesspool that city is. 250 sq. ft. apartments? Really? You’re talking about me living in a cave? hahaha. ‘liberals got this global warming thing right’? Well, I have to agree…if the world hadn’t been warming up for all this time we would still be stuck in the Ice Age! Arrogant punks think that humans have the power to affect the climate. Ridiculous!
  
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- Cavallo
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:12am
  Hey, Chris Dorner is that you? Aren’t you supposed to have a rivalry between LA and NYC? I guess being crazy you’d defend anything.
  
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- CatB
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:24am
  Hey NLITE .. you can keep NY … and stay the H out of FL .. New Yorkers come down here and think they need to run everything .. stay up north. We can get people from the flyover parts of the country who appreciate FREEDOM.
  
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- Nlitend1
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:44am
  Hey Cat, Florida is the most ridiculous place on earth. I dare you to spend 20 minutes in Miami. Tourists go there because they have more sun…there is no other reason to go there, it is because of the sun. Florida is a cesspool of liars and thieves. It is the worst state ever. You would be lucky to move up to a cave dwelling, but you cannot have caves in florida because half the state is built on top of a swamp. Basically, New York is a proper state and NYC is the greatest city on earth. For you flat earthers who don’t appreciate technology and other amenities like running water, it is a scary place full of taxes (god-forbid) and intellectuals (with proper grammar, oh my!), but be assured it is better than Florida. You should read Carl Hiaasen, a Floridian, talk about Florida. Paraphrasing: Florida suffers from gravity…all the horrible people in the country are somehow drawn to this state, and the further south you get, the thicker the cr@p gets.
  
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- Nlitend1
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:00am
  By the way, all those old New Yorkers are voting for less taxes when they move to Florida. They already raised their kids and want to spend their money on gated communities, not for your kids to go to school. That’s why you and your kids are dumb, because of new yorkers, and there is nothing you can do about it. Those old, angry, pushy, new yorkers are stealing your childrens’ futures…and there is nothing you can do about it:)
  
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- Chancellor
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:00am
  I see hee already banned thinking for yourself………Got you all ready for the work camps and forced military service huh?
  
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- whatthecrazy
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 2:21am
  Hey Nlite, stay… away….. from the deep end:)
  
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- Dirtdigger67
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 8:21am
  You are kidding right? I left that cesspool a long time ago thank god and I live in the south thank god left you fools behind see ya hope it works out for you fools also can still get 64 oz sodas and the air is still good so is the water huh figure that New York what a joke !!!
  
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- carbonyes
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 8:28am
  NLITEND1
  Liberals have profoundly not got global warming right. Get your head out if your hind end and look up Lord Christopher Monckton. You will find all you need to know on global warming. In the first place there is none. In the second place carbon dioxide does not increase the temperature of the atmosphere. Global warming is a hoax as well as the new term climate change. It is another attempt at control, taxation and a power grab while decimating the economies of the haves by those who falsely empathize with the have nots by the UN and the elitist progressives(regressive s) of the world.
  
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- Ogotstogo
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 8:30am
  Its time for everyone here to stop replying to obamas cyber warriors like this pissant, verce idiot, encimom, etc. They are here to instigate and infuriate, not argue or persuaded. It does no one any good and they already cause us enough harm to our health just by being in power for the moment, don’t let them have any more of your body and soul.
  
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- jst1425
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:50am
  Hey Nlitend1…let’s not argue about all this. I think we can agree that you are correct!
  
  I am excited to be enlightened by your detailed information of the great State and city of New York. I also agree with you on your and your fellow New Yorker’s assessment of the whole global warming issue. Mayor Bloomberg should be very proud to have such staunch supporters of his policies, both new and old.
  I am sure all your fellow New York residents (both city and state), hold you in very high esteem, as we here in the south also do.
  Now with that said, I would add only a couple of other ideas in support of you, New York City, and the entire state of New York.
  In an effort to keep everyone from enjoying all the benifits of being a New York resident, therefore keeping it all to yourselves….I would suggest an idea that has been knocked around for sometime now. Why not build a fence all around the entire boarder of New York, then patrol the boarder with drones to ensure that the unworthy, uneducated, and unhealthy people from everywhere else in the country can not penitrate the boarders…hmmmm…I like that!
  Then, through your support of course, Bloomberg and Cuomo can name themselves King and Queen of this newly aquired nation.
  This would be the best way I can think of to ultimately protect the ideals of this new nation. Then the king and Queen can appoint their jesters and subjects, as they see fit for their exclusive entertainment.
  
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- jst1425
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:17pm
  Hey Nlitend1…let’s not argue about all this. I think we can agree that you are correct!
  
  Oh yeah… and another thing…We here in the south would be willing to loan you an old shovel of snow blower…if we had one….but as you smart New Yorkers all know….we really have no need for shovels or snow blowers down here….hmmmmm…let’s see….it was 65 degrees today…sunny…why yesterdy it went all the way up to 70 something…I could be more exact on that temp but I was outside enjoying the beautiful sunshine and weather.
  
  ….oh gosh darn (as we say here in the south)…I see that you may see some snow up there…..I’ll let you go so you can hurry off to the grocery store and gas station before you all run out of supplies….HAVE FUN…AND ENJOY….the GREAT STATE OF NEW YORK!
  
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mrdoogle
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:36pm
And the ignorant New Yorks libs just keep on takin’ it…………amazing

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Cosmos102
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:30pm
This S.O.B. is a walking and talking modern day Nero. Keep on accepting what comes your way New Yorkers. You’ll get what you deservie.

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RestoreCapitalism
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:29pm
So Bloomboob would have to get a head transplant.

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SUNTZU
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:23pm
Might as well just ban life in
New York and be done with it
I lived up-state just north of Watkins Glen
on the shore of Seneca Lake
Nice back in the 70′s
Would not set foot in that state again.

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msjoe43
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:23pm
Oh, the Pleasure Police is at it again. . . going after food containers.
The puritanical buzz killer who wants to take away freedoms, raise taxes, cut services, ban smoking and loud music and basically anything else people like doing.

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kbstreet1
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:21pm
Why would you let your employees steal your money, tell you what to do and have better protection than you do?

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- SUNTZU
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:10am
  And they answered YES
  
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EllieR
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:14pm
I logged in to point out IS MIGHT too… Typo?

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- carbonyes
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 8:47am
  MERCENARY4FREEDOM
  The appointment of the mayors sister as as the head of the UN Consular Commission for NYC shows where the liberal progressive elitist Mayor Bloomberg stands. The only possible reason for keeping the UN in NYC or America for that matter is in keeping your friends close and YOUR ENEMIES CLOSER.
  
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paperpushermj
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:14pm
I think Bloomberg is confused. He merely placed his hand on the Bible when sworn in, He Didn’t Write It.

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Hungergamer
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:13pm
And the sheeple in New York go round and round, round and round, and the sheeple in New York go round and round all day long

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ThorLoser
Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:10pm
Please tell me it’s bad grammar.

“Guess What Bloomberg Is Might Ban Next…”

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- Eastinfection
  Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:32pm
  Tricky, really.
  
  Might is the past tense of may so it depends on whether or not Bloomey has THREATENED this action or is SUPPOSING he has the authority to do it.
  
  Beyond that, it’s a Northeast Colloquialism to use “might” in every instance & throw away “may” unless you’re asking to use the potty. …and if you’re Irish, you’d use “might” in that instance, too.
  There are no real grammar rules to prevent it.
  
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- ThorLoser
  Posted on February 7, 2013 at 11:52pm
  ROFL!!! Ya did it! I is was maybe might have spit coffee ALL over the monitor!
  
  Thanks! *grin*
  
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- brother_ed
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 12:13am
  I’m pretty sure there should be a ‘?’ after ‘is’.
  
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- YOURSENSEI
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 9:53am
  Mr or Ms EASTINFECTION,
  
  This is what you must know:
  
  “Might is the past tense of may”
  
  Wow. Just wow. And you’re worried about voter ID!
  
  It is so.
  
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- Fubared
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:07pm
  WangDang
  You might be on prescriptions, but you may just have cheap methadone to rely on.
  
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- YOURSENSEI
  Posted on February 8, 2013 at 1:40pm
  Mr or Ms FUBARED,
  
  This is what you use know:
  
  Still confused about (and exhibiting) the whole idle thing, I see.
  
  It is so.
  
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