Though their lists probably don’t have much overlap, like those occupying downtown Manhattan, there are lot of things with which Mayor Mike Bloomberg has beef. Some of it, he’s been able to use his position to get rid of. Trans fat. Smoke. Bake sales in New York City schools. Term limits for people named Michael Bloomberg. The temptations of his one true love, salt.1 Others, which chap his hide in not an insignificant way, he just has to live with. Water.2 People who can’t enjoy a nice snowy day. Pictures of himself looking less than svelte.3 Interior design lacking chairs upholstered in leopard print.4 So when he says he get totally gets people being so pissed off about various things they feel like they’re just gonna snap and go on a rampage burning every fat photo ever taken of them (…as a for instance), he really means it.
“Everyone’s got a thing they want to protest,” Bloomberg said on his weekly radio show on Friday.
Having said that…
“…and some of that is not realistic. “And if you focus for example on driving the banks out of New York City, you know those are our jobs … You can’t have it both ways: If you want jobs you have to assist companies and give them confidence to go and hire people.” The protesters, the mayor said, are not directing their attacks at the right place and could put workers out of jobs. “The protests that are trying to destroy the jobs of working people in this city aren’t productive,” Bloomberg said. “What they’re trying to do is take away the jobs of people working in the city, take away the tax base that we have,” Bloomberg added. “We’re not going to have money to pay our municipal employees or anything else.” The city, Bloomberg said, is “trying to let this — not ‘play out,’ that isn’t quite the right word, but let them express themselves.” But he warned the protesters that “if anybody in the city breaks the law we will arrest them and turn them over to the district attorneys.”
Those considering expressing themselves via sodium have been warned.
Mike Bloomberg Tells Occupy Wall Street Protestors To Lay Off Banks [Politico]
1“He dumps salt on almost everything, even saltine crackers…he likes his popcorn so salty that it burns others’ lips. He sprinkles so much salt on his morning bagel ‘that it’s like a pretzel,’ said the manager at Viand, a Greek diner near Mr. Bloomberg’s Upper East Side town house.”
2“I can count on two hands the number of times I have seen him drink water,” said one dining companion, who spoke on condition of anonymity, so as not to offend the mayor.
3“The sight of an unflattering photo of himself can trigger weeks of intense dieting and crankiness, according to friends and aides.”
4Behold the living room.
You can't be suggesting that we give *free* mustache rides?
Gentlemen, that is exactly what I'm suggesting.
I rankle Mike…
Staten Island Chuck
The next great leaders of our nation will be conceived in Zuccotti park during this protest, well either that or the next generation of do-nothing, jobless, self-entitlted drains on our society. Odds on each? anyone??
Our next great leader will be conceived in Zuccotti park during this portest! Well either that or the next generation of do-nothing, jobless, self-entitled drains of the economy and society. Odds on each? Anyone?
#23–Pregnant women working at Bloomberg
I'm not pro-protests and I am gainfully employed on Wall Street but please tell me you see the humor in using "jobless" as an insult with the 9.1 percent unemployment rate. You do know that some people can't actually just "get a job" even if they want one, right?
Fuck the odds, I got $2B on future leader!
The fact that they're jobless isn't worthy of insult.
The fact that they're jobless and spending their time expressing their inchoate anger at "the system" without having a single actionable demand? That's worthy of insult.
"The city, Bloomberg said, is 'trying to let this — not ‘play out,’ that isn’t quite the right word, but let them express themselves.'"
Translation:
If you let the children run around outside for a few hours, they'll wear themselves out and we can get a few hours of peace and quiet.
oh no you di-int!
Wait, aren't the protests creating more work for the sanitation and police department?
-Nobel Economist Candidate
Weird that "eagles threatening to pluck out your eyeballs" didn't make the list.
Please google 'malthusian doctrine'.
That eagle looks so regal in that picture.
The economical definition of unemployed states that you must "want a job" and be acting on that want.
Is Mayor Mike gonna have to choke a bitch
Ahh, I could've bought a falcon! Cool falcon.
I'm not afraid of the prosecutors. NYPD however…
Let's see,
Marching around while chanting? check.
Painting for a while in the afternoon? check.
Having food brought in for snack time? check.
Unemployed? check.
Being told they have to stop playing the drums at a certain hour for bedtime? check.
Not cleaning up after themselves? check.
Asking for ungodly amounts of money for poorly thought out reasons? check.
This reminds me of my 4 year old daughter and her friends with a separation of 20 years of stunted development. It's really cure in a 4 year old but considered a "phase" now I am afraid it's not a phase, it's a way of life! Not so cute anymore. Other than that I have no concerns.
+1
Your 4 year old plays the drums?
Or: Leave the pledges alone for long enough and they'll wind up hazing themselves.
They sure as hell "can't actually just get a job" by sitting on their ass in the park playing bongos, whining about their student loan debt, and tweeting to the world how cool they are.
I didnt know we moved the unemployment office and recruitment headquarters to Zuccotti park. Silly me. Sorry
Yes and at the same skill level as most of the occupants.
I can't not read this in a Sean Connery voice
I'm jobless, and I am just trying harder to find one, this isn't the time for an urban camping trip, fucking hippies
"these are bloomberg users, errr I mean working people "
I won't have them villanized.
Actually, for many of them, they are doing an apprentenship for their next job, actor, press agent, filmmaker, musician, tattoo artist, cook, janitor, etc.
ya so what is the point? most people want a job but there aren't enough jobs out there!!
I'm not sure why more of Dealbreaker's regulars are not more supportive of the protesters. From the NY Times: "Heather Amato, 35, a psychologist who lives near the protest area, said she felt disturbed by some of the conduct of the protesters. She said she had to shield her toddler from the sight of women at the park dancing topless."
Because who wants to see tits that are at the end of their life cycle?
I know that If I didnt have a job, I would be out looking for a job instead of protesting that I cant find one. It's wall street taxes that are paying for all the millions in police over-time required to cover the protesters. Its pretty clear that if banks fail and suffer, so does the entire country including main street. Thats not to say that financial firms cant do better but the protesters need to have an actionable, constructive plan instead of a "woodstock like" cult gathering with no goals.
Forbes article on what the Occupy Wall Street Protesters believe/want – it is essentially free stuff and rich people to pay for it. http://ow.ly/6Qucj
And i-bankers actually contribute something of value to society? None of my mates still in the industry believe that what they do helps anyone except themselves.
-ex-banker
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
- Mahatma Gandhi
looks like dealbreaker audience is still at the "laugh at you" stage. Bloomber is getting ready for the "fight you" stage.
I'm assuming you got fired?
Are you seriously comparing these people to Gandhi? Look at the list of demands and what they are doing for Shiva's sake. The only thing they have in common with Gandhi is eyeglass selection and attire.
I must be the only Commie left in the finance world. I like watching these kids, and hope the movement grows. Admittedly it ain't perfect, but their sense of entitlement is a lot less offensive then the silly ass snot nose bankers I have to deal with everyday. I'm hoping the shake shake will put a protesters grill right next to the Goldman Grill. At the very least they are smart enough to figure out the whole shebang has been a sham.
are you seriously that stupid?
Radiohead canceled their free concert for the hippies because they were afraid that too many "Wall-Streeters" would show up.
amazing that a country allows people like Bloomberg, Corzine and a second rate actor to buy themselves positions in government – AND that there are no effective term limits. The Romans knew why the two consuls were changed every year, and there were two so that no one had too much power.
Heinz Geyer, Temple Associates, London
I know you are but what am I? (Just thought I'd move the level of argument up to your grade.)
"I know that If I didnt have a job, I would be out looking for a job instead of protesting that I cant find one." Fair enough, but not everyone is as fortunate to be able to find something that makes reasonable sense.
" It's wall street taxes that are paying for all the millions in police over-time required to cover the protesters"
Don't think that is relevant to the issues at hand.
"Its pretty clear that if banks fail and suffer, so does the entire country including main street. "
Main street has/is suffering, the failure of banks is a moot point for main street.
"…protesters need to have an actionable, constructive plan instead of a "woodstock like" cult gathering with no goals"
Why? This looks grass roots–i.e. not manufactured. To me, that speaks volumes of it being a real protest. Historically, real protests don't start with a concrete plan.
no point in argument with one who can't follow simple one
The phrase is apt.
A lot of similarities to the Tea Party.
Godspeed sir.
"are you really that stupid?" = not a high level of discourse
Let's try this again. Shiva is the god of destruction and transformation. If you knew that then my comment may have had more meaning. I don't disagree with the protesters ideals of transforming government to a group focused on helping their individual constituents and not at the expense of their corporate constituents. Balance would help. We are out of balance. Agreed.
Comparing these people to Gandhi, who was working for basic human rights and a reduced caste system seems to weaken your position. We have a system that works a lot better than the system that inspired Gandhi to peaceful protest and hunger strike. You comparing them to Gandhi is an insult to Gandhi and to these people who are well-intentioned but need to focus on a few principles of achievable nature. Are you a Hobbesian/Leviathan state advocate? Perhaps government is not the only answer. Googling a Gandhi quote doesn't make you smart and replying with a very mature comment of "are you really that stupid?' is just plain idiotic. So my response: PPPpppffffttt…….
Shiva also represents the penis
Per the BLS release on Friday, the unemployment rate for college graduates with "bachelor's degree and higher" is 4.2%. That would imply that for the recent college grads who appear to make up the bulk of the protestors, we're not talking 1933 levels of desperation.
these people are obviously above the $9hr job @ sbux. STFU and go make some lattes!
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