The 60s had the big urban riots, brought on by Soviet plants like Stokely Carmichael and SNCC.
When the courts decided the criminals had rights and the politicians saw no reason to interfere (insert LBJ trenchant comment on the black vote), black anger, manufactured by the same Soviet plants and broadcast by the by-then unmasked Lefty media, led to a nationwide crime wave that spawned slogans like "Support Your Local Police" and "If You Think Cops Are Pigs, Next Time You're In Trouble, Try Calling A Hippie", as well as culture icons such as Dirty Harry and the Death Wish vigilante.
We are at the same pass. That era inspired get tough prosecutors like Rudy Giuliani and equally tough politicians like Ronald Reagan.
We know who the tough politician is. It's going to be interesting to see who steps up to the plate prosecutorially.
Back in 2000 I was in New York, New York, in a hotel in the theater district, and one day I had a notion to walk up to St. John the Divine to take a look at the Peace Altar, made by George Nakashima, a preeminent American woodworker. The table itself is an enormous thing made of two book matched slabs of black walnut, and I figured it was worth the effort, so I walked from somewhere south of the Ed Sullivan theater up to 110th street, where St. John is located.
Got there, and what do you know - the church is closed. At that point I was too tired to hoof it back to the hotel so I hailed a cab. Mahmoud got me back safe and sound. There wasn't so much as an allahu or an akbar.
But I did notice a few things - Central Park ends up around there, and what begins at 110th is not good. I have never had any inclination to return to that area, although I did spend a great day with my son at the Met in 2010. But that's only halfway up the park, so it was not as dangerous.
As for this time being a repeat of the 60s, bullshit. We are much better armed these days, and a hell of a lot angrier. Plus, by their bumper stickers shall we know the enemy. Coexist dis, bitch!
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The 60s had the big urban riots, brought on by Soviet plants like Stokely Carmichael and SNCC.
When the courts decided the criminals had rights and the politicians saw no reason to interfere (insert LBJ trenchant comment on the black vote), black anger, manufactured by the same Soviet plants and broadcast by the by-then unmasked Lefty media, led to a nationwide crime wave that spawned slogans like "Support Your Local Police" and "If You Think Cops Are Pigs, Next Time You're In Trouble, Try Calling A Hippie", as well as culture icons such as Dirty Harry and the Death Wish vigilante.
We are at the same pass. That era inspired get tough prosecutors like Rudy Giuliani and equally tough politicians like Ronald Reagan.
We know who the tough politician is. It's going to be interesting to see who steps up to the plate prosecutorially.
This was a great movie. You get to see Huggy Bear play a real gangster.
You can catch it for free on Netflicks and Amazon. A slice of life of what New York was in the 1970's.
Back in 2000 I was in New York, New York, in a hotel in the theater district, and one day I had a notion to walk up to St. John the Divine to take a look at the Peace Altar, made by George Nakashima, a preeminent American woodworker. The table itself is an enormous thing made of two book matched slabs of black walnut, and I figured it was worth the effort, so I walked from somewhere south of the Ed Sullivan theater up to 110th street, where St. John is located.
Got there, and what do you know - the church is closed. At that point I was too tired to hoof it back to the hotel so I hailed a cab. Mahmoud got me back safe and sound. There wasn't so much as an allahu or an akbar.
But I did notice a few things - Central Park ends up around there, and what begins at 110th is not good. I have never had any inclination to return to that area, although I did spend a great day with my son at the Met in 2010. But that's only halfway up the park, so it was not as dangerous.
As for this time being a repeat of the 60s, bullshit. We are much better armed these days, and a hell of a lot angrier. Plus, by their bumper stickers shall we know the enemy. Coexist dis, bitch!
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