Tuesday, October 07, 2008
Mosaic Man and Biker Bill Bury the Hatchet ...
Monday afternoon dining at 7A
ABOVE :In more solid times ,when there was still a Lehman Bros. and a Bear Sterns and we didn't fear for our bank accounts , these two friends , both Vietnam vets , out front of their digs at the "Cave" , the old 120 St. Marks Place .
As Mr. Obama puts it "we just have to sit down at the table together without preconditions and negotiate " . Well , that's just what Biker Bill and Mosaic Man were doing today at the corner of 7th street and avenue A . We don't know in any detail what the beef had been that separated these two former friends for several years but today the beef , cheeseburgers , was certainly on the table and being eaten as the two neighborhood celebrities sorted out their differences .
Monday, October 06, 2008
As the Local Economy Declines , at Ray's the Emphasis is on Small Items and Value
Sunday, October 05, 2008
Pulaski Day Parade Preparations on 7th Street
Friday, October 03, 2008
Latter Days of Summer
Palin / Biden Debate Presented to Flashing Lights and Sirens at La Plaza Cultural ..
75 or so persons took to the stepped rude masonry seating at La Plaza Cultural to watch the Palin / Biden vice-presidential debate Thursday night .
There wasn't much excitement generated by the debaters and the popcorn supply disappeared too early . Some , though , did seem to be entertained at times , noticeably laughing at some of the debater's comments , usually those of Ms. Palin's .
Two thirds of the way through the debate , not too distant from the screen and assembled audience , red flashing lights were seen and sirens heard . Most present just ignored the excitement while continuing to watch and listen to the debaters . The activity of the several FDNY units seemed to be concentrated on the entrance of the restaurant at the corner of avenue C and 9th street . FDNY did not remain long at the scene and we do not know whether or not there was an actual fire .
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Coronation ....
The emperor Napoleon crowns himself by Jacques Louis DavidAt least Napoleon had the balls to just take the crown himself and place it on his own head .
Our noticeably megalomaniacal Mayor Mike seems to believe so much in his exceptional capacities for governing that he is thus irreplaceable and that it is necessary for the salvation of New York City for him to remain in office .
Unlike Napoleon though he has chosen the same path to enduring power that was chosen by the likes of a more subtly calculating Hugo Chavez , Benito Mussolini or Adolf Hitler ; to name a few of our better known tyrants . These guys , though less brazenly than the ballsy Emperor , all chose to continue their reigns by doing whatever was necessary to make it appear as though they had gathered the will of the people to support a legitimate continuing personal political administration . These men all claimed that they were charged to rule more or less permanently , and legitimately so , by the will of the people as manifested in certain exceptional elections . This is what our mayor hopes to do by simply and very conveniently changing some law . .. and there will be appropriately placed gifts as inducements to vote in his favor , there always are with this mayor .
As was the case with Mr. Mussolini and Mr. Hitler , the business elite is also enthusiastically supportive of Mayor Mike's extended reign . Nothing new here , it was so in Gaius Julius Caesar's Rome too.
Does anyone remember that our first president , general George Washington , in times much more difficult than ours today ,with America's continued existence more threatened and uncertain , disbanded much of his continental army and also refused a third term as president . This aristocrat political leader put his faith in the people , democratic principles and a body of law and not himself to provide for and ensure the continued existence of America .
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