Beezlegrunk

Beezlegrunk OP t1_j0cm13k wrote

Reply to comment by Hellion102792 in Providence to install 60 more license plate cameras by Beezlegrunk

If Cranston's mayor is anything like Fung, he's not progressive. Meanwhile, Elorza is a darling of some on the left, who advocates hiring more police and putting license-plate readers everywhere — which are right out of the Republican policy playbook.

He's clearly studied Bill Clinton's "politics of gesture" and knows how to pander to different segments of the city, but in a cynical and contradictory way. I assume the mayor of Cranston doesn't act like a liberal to some constituents while being a conservative with others ...

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Beezlegrunk t1_iy73729 wrote

Reply to comment by drthsideous in Looking for a Jewish bakery in RI with homemade bagels. Any suggestions? TYIA! by Deracinated

My comments below were in response to those by u/HeadyBeersBrah, who’s one of those people on Reddit who makes big, bold statements about things he doesn’t actually know anything about, and then deletes them when other people who can actually substantiate their perspectives make it clear that he’s got nothing to add.

He made broad statements about the food in RI being comparable to that in the SF Bay area (it’s not), and even claimed to have lived there, but offered only vague generalities. There’s no point in trying to engage with people like that, because they lack real knowledge of the things they pontificate about, yet seem to get some sort of gratification from pretending otherwise, though I’m not sure why.

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Beezlegrunk t1_iy46zoy wrote

Reply to A Rising Star in the Biden Administration Faces a $100 Billion Test by unnecessarycharacter

>”She is under close watch by Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and some other left-wing Democrats, who have criticized her as being too solicitous of corporate interests. Some progressive groups have accused Ms. Raimondo of being under the influence of big tech firms and not thoroughly disclosing those ties. > >“Secretary Raimondo’s job is to help grow an economy that works for everyone, not to be the chief lobbyist for the Chamber of Commerce,” Sen. Warren said in a statement to the New York Times. “I have real concerns about the department’s approach, whether it’s approving assault weapon sales, negotiating trade deals or supporting big tech companies.” > >… > >”Unlike some progressive Democrats, Ms. Raimondo clearly does not see an issue with being labeled ‘pro-business.’ > >’I come from a place in my politics that, fundamentally, Americans are pro-job, pro-business, pro-wealth,’ she said.”

Just what America needs — a neoliberal, Clinton-era centrist 20+ years after Clinton-era neoliberalism has been thoroughly discredited as a failed economic doctrine and blueprint for winning elections (see the other Clinton in 2016). Like most Rhode Islanders, Raimondo lives in a time warp and sees it as a point of pride rather than a flaw …

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