← Autodidact Archive · Original Dissent · xmetalhead
Thread ID: 20462 | Posts: 1 | Started: 2005-09-30
2005-09-30 13:38 | User Profile
[I]Here's one for Brooklyn native Il Ragno...although I'm sure he's well aware...
there's more Jews in NYC than there are in Israel. And B'klyn borough president Markowitz is the same guy who, when first installed as borough prez, wanted to take down all the paintings of "dead White men" which adorned Brooklyn Borough Hall and put up pictures of MLK instead.
OY VEY! indeed![/I]
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NEW YORK - "Leaving Brooklyn Oy vey!" That's what motorists now see as they cross the Williamsburg Bridge into Manhattan. The huge sign, affixed to a cross beam of the bridge high above the bustling traffic, is a sweet victory for Marty Markowitz, president of the borough, [B]home to a large Jewish population. [/B]
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