JWBF
Senior Member
anybody who doesn't support Ford is left of Stalin. Hail Mother Russia!
Бери́сь дру́жно, не бу́дет гру́зно!
anybody who doesn't support Ford is left of Stalin. Hail Mother Russia!
Robie to speak at 4. Can't wait to hear the lies and fabrications.
That's what the papers are reporting:$550 Million? How are you getting this figure? Total costs are far from set. I have read upwards of ~4 Billon for the project, all in, so you would be looking at ~1 billion.
It'd be great if she could come back with "we'd love to but we have to get our house in order first."
Oh yes - that I can certainly agree with. I've never seen so many drivers run a red so carelessly as I do at Eglinton and McCowan. It is scary. In fact, that might be a nice side-effect of the LRT - slow down traffic so bad drivers are made at least slightly less potentially-lethal!
If he's not a liar, then he's a complete moron.In this case, I don't think it was a lie. I think he's just completely ignorant about anything related to transit in this city, while remaining confident that he knows everything.
There's been numerous Ford sightings on Transit. Often when inebriated, and occasionally with staff in tow.Upthread when someone indicated Ford said he only takes transit a few times a year - that I'm sure is a lie. Has anyone seen him on transit... ever?
It'd be great if she could come back with "we'd love to but we have to get our house in order first."
Years back perhaps.I said that even though I fully support gay marriage, I don't think not supporting gay marriage necessairly makes someone a homophobe or bigot, especially years back, when the tide hadn't changed on the issue yet.
Bloomberg's latest anti-obesity effort encourages New Yorkers to take the stairs
NEW YORK—Mayor Michael Bloomberg has gone after supersized sodas and transfats in his quest to curb obesity in New York. Now, in his final months in office, he’s targeting elevators.
On Wednesday, Bloomberg unveiled a new initiative that would encourage office workers to take the stairs instead of the elevator and promote the idea of “active design†in new and renovated buildings in the city, including open stairwells and floor plans that would force people to walk more during the day.
“Exercise is good for you,†Bloomberg declared at a press conference announcing the new design initiative.
The plan includes the creation of the Center for Active Design, a nonprofit group partly funded by the city that would suggest design changes in New York buildings and around the world to promote more physical activity.
For existing buildings, the mayor said he would also introduce legislation that would relax city codes that usually require doors leading to stairwells to be closed or locked in case of a fire. Officials suggested building owners could install a magnet that would hold a door open but automatically close it during an emergency.
City officials want occupants to be able to use the stairs instead of an elevator if they choose—though Bloomberg, who pointedly noted that he takes the stairs when he can, insisted he wasn’t trying to force exercise on people.
“What we’ve got to do is just make it cool–if you will–or socially more the norm to exercise, and that’s what you see here,†Bloomberg said. “The whole idea is not to change what you have to do, but to give you the idea and the impetus to do something that is in your best interest.â€
Bloomberg’s far-reaching health proposals have prompted critics to accuse him of being a “nanny†mayor—a term that he has frequently mocked.
But perhaps anticipating criticism over his latest proposal, he brought up the “nanny†critique at Wednesday’s press conference, insisting his proposals have been popular and are why the city is growing.
“Somebody asked me the other day, ‘Well isn’t all this nannygate stuff hurting business?’ And I pointed out we have a record number of companies moving here, we have a record number of private sector jobs here, we had record number of tourists coming here, we have a record number of people here. Stop me when you get bored,†Bloomberg said.
“I mean,†he added, “these are things that most people like.â€
Officials were careful to note that many of the design proposals are just suggestions, not mandates. But Bloomberg argued that the designs not only would help New Yorkers be more active, but also would be more welcoming aesthetically. He said the city would not offer economic initiatives to building owners looking to comply with the sugestions.
“The economic initiative is you live longer,†Bloomberg declared.
If he's not a liar, then he's a complete moron.
Council has been discussing the SRT alignment for over 30 years, including recent votes on extension, in-fill stations, etc. Rob Ford has participated in many of these discussions in his 13 years on council. To seriously suggest he isn't aware that the SRT is grade-separated implies an extremely low intelligence. I'd go as far as to suggest that if he isn't lying, then he is clearly illiterated - perhaps being so fundamentally delayed that he doesn't actually understand the meaning of simple words like grade-separated.
Years back perhaps.
But today? It's extremely bigoted to suggest that there's anything wrong with same-sex marriage. Rob Ford has more than done this. He is clearly a bigot. I fail to see why you defend such evil bigotry.
It's hard to understand him either being that unethical or that unintelligent. I can't think of another option, unless he's not sober today. But from everything I've seen, he's been sober for a few weeks now ... and much more effective because of that.Maybe it's just me then having a problem believing that someone, even a politician, could be so maladjusted and amoral/immoral to lie so blatantly. I've chalked up everything he's done so far to idiocy or ignorance, but if its with intent to deceive then it almost verges on evil.
It was wrong years back ... not sure if it was bigotry.It was still bigotry years ago. It was just wasn't recognized as such back then.