Thoughts on Amazon and Missed Opportunities

Congratulations, New York! You jackass Amazon naysayers really did it this time. You had a chance to partake of a wonderful opportunity to enrich NY with thousands of good-paying jobs, and you blew it. Now, New Jersey's Governor Phil Murphy wants to entice Amazon to set up shop in Newark. I hope he succeeds. At least then we'll still have a chance to work there, although with a considerable commute. One of these days, you jackasses will wake up to the missed opportunity, and say, "Holy $#1T, what did we do?!" And to think, you only represent 30% of the population. That's not the way democracy is supposed to work. This is how knuckleheads with no vision keep the rest of us from moving forward. Many people could have benefited from this opportunity--including the naysayers. Good luck, Long Island City. You'll need it. So will we all. And BTW? Here's the hypocrisy: I'll bet that many of the naysayers have Amazon accounts. They should all be cancelled! One more thing: you naysayers have poisoned the well in New York. Now, no one will want to do business here. You've given NYC a reputation for having a toxic atmosphere. Future business prospects will avoid this city like the plague. Great job, folks.

Governor Cuomo is Right about the MTA

People are criticizing Governor Andrew Cuomo for calling the MTA a Frankenstein? Guess what, folks: that's exactly what it is. Does anyone remember when the MTA raised the fare from $1.50 to $2.00? It had claimed a deficit that turned out to be a 600 million dollar surplus. The municipal Court ruled that the MTA had cooked the books, and ordered the MTA to roll the fare back to $1.50. It was supposed to happen within 2 weeks of the fare increase. Instead, the MTA declared that it wasn't subject to the court's jurisdiction, because it's an "authority." We never heard anymore about the subject after that. People should have gone to jail! Fraud was committed. What the city or the state should have done at that point was to take the fight to a higher court--as far as the Supreme Court, if necessary. Instead, the MTA got away with crimes that should have put the people responsible in prison for years. Is the MTA a Frankenstein's monster? Damn straight!