XPost: talk.politics.guns, alt.history.what-if   
   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   On 2026-02-18, J D  wrote:   
   > On 15 Feb 2026, Mitchell Holman  posted some   
   > news:XnsB3F485A71E407629555@185.151.15.160:   
   >   
   >> pothead  wrote in   
   >> news:10mr7qs$3ks1p$2@pothead.dont-email.me:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> Ask anyone who lives in NYC when the crime began?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>    1626, when white Christians bought   
   >> the place from the natives.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> DeBlasio's soft on crime policies had hardened criminals in revolving   
   >>> door justice.   
   >>> Then the illegal migration to sanctuary city NYC began and things have   
   >>> spiraled out of control.   
   >>   
   >>  And yet for all of that NYC is   
   >> far safer than Republican Meccas   
   >> like Memphis and St Louis   
   >   
   > There hasn't been a Republican Mayor in St Louis since 1944.   
   > There hasn't been a Republican Mayor in Memphis since 1991.   
   >   
   > St Louis had a population over 850,000 in 1950.  In 2025, the population   
   > is 270,000.  Take a guess why.   
   >   
   > Memphis maintained 600,000+, but only by annexation, which they've run out   
   > of places to steal and prop up their tax base.   
   >   
   > Democrats kill business and opportunity.   
      
   that's the crux of it.   
   Democrats destroy everything they touch.   
   Taxes, over-regulation, corrupt left wing programs, no desire to seek out   
   government   
   waste and corruption.   
   It's why businesses both small and large are abandoning blue states.   
      
   --   
   pothead   
      
   Liberals claim to want to give a hearing to other views,   
   but then are shocked and offended to discover that there   
    are other views.   
      
   William F. Buckley, Jr.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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