XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.democrats   
   From: pothead@snakebite.com   
      
   On 2026-01-10, AlleyCat  wrote:   
   >   
   > FIFTY-SIX PERCENT, shit-fer-brains.   
   >   
   >=====   
   >   
   > On Fri, 09 Jan 2026 19:13:41 +0000,  Overheard in a woman's bathroom outside   
   > of Barstow while "manning" a glory-hole, Mitchell Holman whined to his   
   > boyfriend in the next stall about Trump and said...   
   >   
   >> > "Guilani did just that in NYC and crime disappeared." - pothead   
   >   
   >> "Pothead is an idiot, and if pressed would probably admit as much."   
   >> - Mitchie Holeman   
   >   
   > Relative to ALL Democrat governors since John Lindsay(R) (1921-2000)...   
   >   
   > Abraham Beame(D)   
   > Ed Koch(D)   
   > David Dinkins(D)   
   > Bill de Blasio(D)   
   > Eric Adams(D)   
   > Zohran Mamdani(D)...   
   >   
   > ... under Guiliani(R) and Bloomberg(R) crime DID disappear, relatively-   
   > speaking. Guiliani(R) and Bloomberg(R) had the lowest crime AND crime rates   
   of   
   > all the Democrats listed above.   
   >   
   > Rudy Giuliani (1994-2001)   
   >   
   > Giuliani's tenure is defined by an aggressive, "law and order" approach that   
   > fundamentally changed how the NYPD operated.   
   >   
   > The Strategy: He championed the "Broken Windows" theory-the idea that   
   cracking   
   > down on minor "quality of life" crimes (like graffiti, subway fare-beating,   
   > and "squeegee men") prevents an environment where major violent crimes can   
   > flourish.   
   >   
   > The Technology: Under his first commissioner, William Bratton, the city   
   > launched CompStat, a data-driven system that tracked crime in real-time. This   
   > allowed the NYPD to hold precinct commanders accountable for spikes in their   
   > specific neighborhoods.   
   >   
   > The Results: During his two terms, the overall crime rate in NYC dropped by   
   > roughly 56%. Murders plummeted from nearly 2,000 a year when he was elected   
   to   
   > 649 in his final year-a 66% decrease.   
   >   
   > Giuliani vs. Bloomberg: The Volume vs. The Drop   
   >   
   > If you look at the raw numbers, Bloomberg had the lowest crime (fewer total   
   > incidents), but Giuliani saw the biggest drop (the steepest downward slope on   
   > the graph). Bloomberg essentially inherited the "safe" city Giuliani built   
   and   
   > managed to drive the numbers even lower over a longer 12-year period.   
   >   
   > By the end of Michael Bloomberg's tenure in 2013, New York City recorded just   
   > 335 murders, which was a record low at the time and a staggering 85% drop   
   from   
   > the early 1990s peak. Total index crimes (burglary, robbery, etc.) also hit   
   > their lowest numerical floors during this period, despite the city's   
   > population being much higher than it was in the 1960s.   
      
   Indeed.   
   I lived it and the difference was remarkable and quite noticeable to all   
   living there.   
      
   Bottom line is tough on crime works.   
   Defunding and attacking the police as a political weapon does not work.   
      
   It's common sense and really that simple but the leftists want anarchy so   
   of course they support the criminals instead of the victims.   
      
   --   
   pothead   
      
   “Liberals seem to assume that, if you don’t believe in their particular   
   political solutions, then you don’t really care about   
   the people that they claim to want to help.”   
      
   ― Thomas Sowell   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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