tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559661241465229945.post7671775164265757166..comments2023-10-20T10:22:39.636-04:00Comments on Workingclass Conservative: Way to Go GUS!...JMKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281344324964417974noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559661241465229945.post-46776889800421046222009-08-17T12:56:35.596-04:002009-08-17T12:56:35.596-04:00The guy who was getting pistol-whipped by one of t...The guy who was getting pistol-whipped by one of the thugs (J B Hall) had no sympatthy for the rats who were beating and may well have killed Hall, Augusto and another employee inside the store.<br /><br />What botered me was the blatant class envy-based bias, noting that Mr. Augusto was "a regisstered Republican" (who cares???...and what doew THAT have to do with the story???....it's unethical editorializing), then, after delving into comments from the families of the thugs (all claiming what great guys they were and how they were planning to attend College in the Fall), they quote an "unnammed police source" in claiming <i><b>"though Mr. Augusto's store is far from swanky he allegedly did a large cash business that allowed him to have an $880,000 mansion in a secluded Westchester neighborhood."</b></i><br /><br />More unethical editorializing, made even worse by the fact that it was virtually entirely false.<br /><br />ALL of Westchester County is "secluded" compared to Manhattan.<br /><br />The median home price in Westchesster County today is $635,000....let's say, for the sake of argument that the three stooges who wrote this piece weren't quoting 2005 prices (when Westchester homes averaged closer to $750,000, and that indeed Mr. Augusto's home would fetch $880,000 today. OK, with a median home going $635,000, his is hardly much above the median Westchester home price. Besides, a man who worked thi business with his father andha been Married for 48 years, it's more likely than not, that Mr. Augusto bought thi home several decades ago, when home prices up there where probably closer to $40K or $50K.....BUT what does any of THAT have to do with this incident...and how does Mr. Augusto's being a "registered Republican" living in Westchester make him a "bad guy"???<br /><br />It doesn't!<br /><br />But it's a cute way for a bunch of cynical Manhattan dipshits to smear a guy who's creating jobs and doing business in a depressed area as a "greedy, capitalist pig."<br /><br />You're right about the Daily News Maria, Long Island's Newsday is just as bad.<br /><br />Still they have to called on this....I've written their editor, not that I doubt that he/she is on the very same page....I just want them to know that most of us are NOT.JMKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281344324964417974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1559661241465229945.post-37465730377291764562009-08-17T11:59:26.274-04:002009-08-17T11:59:26.274-04:00excellent post, jmk. the ny daily news has become ...excellent post, jmk. the ny daily news has become such garbage. i'm still amazed with what the writers of that rag are allowed to get away with.<br /><br />way to go gus!namastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170605437186135506noreply@blogger.com