The goofy old former mayor of New York City made some rather racialist comments to an audience gathered for his speech at the Aspen Institute.
From the Aspen Times:
Moderator Jennifer Bradley, director of the Center for Urban Innovation at the Institute, then asked what the U.S. can do to get people out of poverty. Bloomberg responded that conventional wisdom points to education, but education isn’t going to help uneducated adults. Bradley later asked how government can offer basic fairness to the children “who have been failed.”
Bloomberg claimed that 95 percent of murders fall into a specific category: male, minority and between the ages of 15 and 25. Cities need to get guns out of this group’s hands and keep them alive, he said.
“These kids think they’re going to get killed anyway because all their friends are getting killed,” Bloomberg said. “They just don’t have any long-term focus or anything. It’s a joke to have a gun. It’s a joke to pull a trigger.”
You know, the old man actually has a point about the attitudes of kids in the inner city, but I’m not sure disarming ALL minorities is the answer. After all, many of the good decent folks in those areas have to defend themselves from the wretched scum that preys on their own community.
Here’s what Nanny Bloomberg said about the Marijuana for all you doobie-tokers:
When an audience member asked the 72-year-old Bloomberg about Colorado marijuana, he responded that it was a terrible idea, one that is hurting the developing minds of children. Though he admitted to smoking a joint in the 1960s, he said the drug is more accessible and more damaging today.
“What are we going to say in 10 years when we see all these kids whose IQs are 5 and 10 points lower than they would have been?” he asked. “I couldn’t feel more strongly about it, and my girlfriend says it’s no different than alcohol. It is different than alcohol. This is one of the stupider things that’s happening across our country.”
All those potheads at Reason.com are gonna eviscerate Bloomberg between bong hits, but again, what if the old man is right?! Dammit now I hate myself for agreeing with Bloomberg.