AOC's 'Red Light' district ruled by violent migrant gang taken down by feds

Hentenza · 2025-07-18T16:30:11-0500

Pommer said:
Oh lookie, the homicide rate of Louisiana (home to the Speaker-of-the-House) is 4 times the level of New York…what is Mike johnson doing to mitigate that dismal statistic?

Oh lookie an aha moment lol. Find me ANY district that has had a 70% increase in crime. Eagerly waiting your answer.

Hentenza · 2025-07-18T16:39:11-0500

Hank77 said:
Do actions such as this count?

On April 15, 2021, Ocasio-Cortez and three members of Congress called a press conference to announce a bill that they had introduced to implement postal banking pilot programs in rural and low-income urban neighborhoods where millions of households cannot access or afford standard banking services. Ocasio-Cortez described the families she sees in her urban community who need to rely on check cashing companies that charge exorbitant interest rates due to the absence of mainstream banks.

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Ocasio-Cortez reacted to the 2021 Texas power crisis by organizing a fundraiser to provide food, water, and shelter to affected Texans. The fundraiser, which began on February 18, raised $2 million in its first day[234][235] and $5 million by February 21.[236] The money was given to organizations such as the Houston Food Bank and the North Texas Food Bank.[236] Ocasio-Cortez also traveled to Houston to help volunteers with recovery.[237]

The article I posted in my post 20 does not reflect her involvement in her community so I find her comments here suspect. Plus a wiki can’t hardly be a reliable source.

Pommer · 2025-07-18T17:55:19-0500

Hentenza said:
Oh lookie an aha moment lol. Find me ANY district that has had a 70% increase in crime. Eagerly waiting your answer.

I think the whole “politicians’ districts’ denizens are ‘doing things’!” criterion is silly, I thought the post you quoted would have brought that to the fore for you, but I guess it was too subtle.

Hentenza · 2025-07-18T17:58:31-0500

Pommer said:
I think the whole “politicians’ districts’ denizens are ‘doing things’!” criterion is silly, I thought the post you quoted would have brought that to the fore for you, but I guess it was too subtle.

Why would it brother. The facts are true.

Why do you defend her so? Is she your hero?

Hank77 · 2025-07-18T18:13:27-0500

Hentenza said:
The article I posted in my post 20 does not reflect her involvement in her community so I find her comments here suspect. Plus a wiki can’t hardly be a reliable source.

OK, but if they are true, would the first count towards doing something very important and helpful to the people in her district? In the second case, would this count as fulfilling her responsibilities to a national effort?

Wiki usually sites work very well.

AOC doubled her fundraising total for Texas storm victims to $4 million, as she joined fellow lawmakers in Houston to continue relief efforts

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Saturday said her fundraising effort for Texans suffering after winter storms doubled to $4 million.

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Hentenza · 2025-07-18T18:21:44-0500

Hank77 said:
OK, but if they are true, would the first count towards doing something very important and helpful to the people in her district? In the second case, would this count as fulfilling her responsibilities to a national effort?

Wiki usually sites work very well.

AOC doubled her fundraising total for Texas storm victims to $4 million, as she joined fellow lawmakers in Houston to continue relief efforts

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Saturday said her fundraising effort for Texans suffering after winter storms doubled to $4 million.

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Didn't realize that Texas was in her district. All politicians are going to want the spotlight. As far as the postal banking I doubt that her intention was to save money to poor rural people, who usually vote republican, rather than giving immigrants a free way to send money back home.

BCP1928 · 2025-07-18T19:44:33-0500

Hentenza said:
I’m going to continue to “rag” on her. Glad the cops finally did something or wait it was not the cops but the feds. Do you think she called them? Maybe she is getting smarter.

She has frequently been accused of antisemitism. You could always go back to that.. She pretty much follows the line of her church on Israel, so you would get a twofer.

Hentenza · 2025-07-18T20:09:30-0500

BCP1928 said:
She has frequently been accused of antisemitism. You could always go back to that.. She pretty much follows the line of her church on Israel, so you would get a twofer.

lol I’ll think about it but my main beef with her is her belief in socialism. I’ll use that next time.

BCP1928 · 2025-07-18T20:14:29-0500

Hentenza said:
lol I’ll think about it but my main beef with her is her belief in socialism. I’ll use that next time.

What specifically about socialism? When you look at Berniecrats generally, their policies are closer to free market capitalism than either the Republicans or the neoliberal faction of the Democrats.

Hentenza · 2025-07-18T20:27:49-0500

BCP1928 said:
What specifically about socialism? When you look at Berniecrats generally, their policies are closer to free market capitalism than either the Republicans or the neoliberal faction of the Democrats.

Nah Bernie doesn’t understand free market capitalism. Most everything ends up as an oligarchy once you weed out the market for a specific product. Cell phone companies are an example. Socialism, in theory, is beautiful but in practice it does not work. I came from a communist country so I find it very hard to swallow the theory of either socialism and communism. It also amazes me how the AOCs and Bernies of the world only refer to the Nordic countries as examples but fail to mention Venezuela, Cuba, or China. Anyway, I’m sure the far left folks here will question the heck out of my post lol.

BCP1928 · 2025-07-18T20:49:12-0500

Hentenza said:
Nah Bernie doesn’t understand free market capitalism. Most everything ends up as an oligarchy once you weed out the market for a specific product. Cell phone companies are an example. Socialism, in theory, is beautiful but in practice it does not work. I came from a communist country so I find it very hard to swallow the theory of either socialism and communism. It also amazes me how the AOCs and Bernies of the world only refer to the Nordic countries as examples but fail to mention Venezuela, Cuba, or China. Anyway, I’m sure the far left folks here will question the heck out of my post lol.

No, only the definitions. Democratic Socialism is not stable without some effort and can easily slide into authoritarian socialism. By the same token, free market capitalism is not stable either and can easily move toward authoritarian capitalism--"oligarchy" as you call it, but correctly known as neoliberalism. That's the direction we have been moving in ever since Slick Willy was in office, under both Republican and Democratic administrations. The only real difference between socialism and neoliberalism is whether you use the carrot or the stick to keep the working class in line.

Hentenza · 2025-07-18T21:07:46-0500

BCP1928 said:
No, only the definitions. Democratic Socialism is not stable without some effort and can easily slide into authoritarian socialism. By the same token, free market capitalism is not stable either and can easily move toward authoritarian capitalism--"oligarchy" as you call it, but correctly known as neoliberalism. That's the direction we have been moving in ever since Slick Willy was in office, under both Republican and Democratic administrations. The only real difference between socialism and neoliberalism is whether you use the carrot or the stick to keep the working class in line.

But you only talk about opposite sides. I think both parties have moved to such extremes that chaos is imminent if not already here. We, as voters, need to move the parties away from the extremes and toward the center. Even Slick Willy managed to balance the budget and work with the other side of the aisle. That’s why I was (and am) so disappointed at the last election and how the Democratic Party has not learned the lesson from the spanking they received. I still see the far left ruling the DNC as I see the far right ruling the GOP. We should stop defending the mediocrity from the present politicians and demand better.

BCP1928 · 2025-07-18T22:01:09-0500

Hentenza said:
But you only talk about opposite sides. I think both parties have moved to such extremes that chaos is imminent if not already here. We, as voters, need to move the parties away from the extremes and toward the center. Even Slick Willy managed to balance the budget and work with the other side of the aisle. That’s why I was (and am) so disappointed at the last election and how the Democratic Party has not learned the lesson from the spanking they received. I still see the far left ruling the DNC as I see the far right ruling the GOP. We should stop defending the mediocrity from the present politicians and demand better.

That is where I think you are mistaken. Both the Democrats and Republicans are neoliberal, with one being socially liberal and the other socially conservative. The Berniecrats are the odd man out, lukewarm social liberals and closer to free market capitalism than either the Democrats or the Republicans.

Hentenza · 2025-07-18T22:08:12-0500

BCP1928 said:
That is where I think you are mistaken. Both the Democrats and Republicans are neoliberal, with one being socially liberal and the other socially conservative. The Berniecrats are the odd man out, lukewarm social liberals and closer to free market capitalism than either the Democrats or the Republicans.

I can see your label of neoliberal for the GOP but I can’t see it for the DNC given their penchant for large government, regulations. and labor unions.

BCP1928 · 2025-07-18T22:16:06-0500

Hentenza said:
I can see your label of neoliberal for the GOP but I can’t see it for the DNC given their penchant for large government, regulations. and labor unions.

The Dems have always been champions of it from Clinton onward. Remember NAFTA? But free market capitalism requires regulation, and unions, not that they amount to much nowadays--the Dems are still happy to take union money, as long as the unions remain degenerate.

Hentenza · 2025-07-18T22:31:51-0500

BCP1928 said:
The Dems have always been champions of it from Clinton onward. Remember NAFTA? But free market capitalism requires regulation, and unions, not that they amount to much nowadays--the Dems are still happy to take union money, as long as the unions remain degenerate.

Don’t totally disagree but I still have a problem with the neoliberal label applied to the DNC. The left continues to push for a welfare state and a large government which are not part of neoliberalism political doctrine.

Hans Blaster · 2025-07-18T22:47:32-0500

Hentenza said:
Not what I said or implied.

Those are the kinds of things a member of Congress could do for her district. So I reframe my question, do you have any specific evidence or reports that Rep. AOC is not helping her district's governments receive federal assistance or funding to fight crime? (The explosion of crime is the thing you are trying to pin on her, so it is the thing that is relevant.)

Hentenza said:
How? Her constituent are at the district level, are they not?

What? Congressional districts are explicitly part of the "federal system".

Hentenza said:
Probably city managers or even the mayor might have been a better label.

Do you even know what the basic structure of municipal government in NYC is? Your usage implies that you are pretty ill informed on the topic.

Hans Blaster · 2025-07-18T22:50:03-0500

Pommer said:
Oh lookie, the homicide rate of Louisiana (home to the Speaker-of-the-House) is 4 times the level of New York…what is Mike johnson doing to mitigate that dismal statistic?

I believe he chopped up government funding and looks the other way when Trump usurps the legitimate powers of Congress.

Hentenza · 2025-07-18T23:02:52-0500

Hans Blaster said:
Those are the kinds of things a member of Congress could do for her district. So I reframe my question, do you have any specific evidence or reports that Rep. AOC is not helping her district's governments receive federal assistance or funding to fight crime? (The explosion of crime is the thing you are trying to pin on her, so it is the thing that is relevant.)

Again you misunderstand my argument. I never argued that the explosion of crime in her district is her fault. I do argue that her negligence and lack of representation in her district speaks volumes on her ability to “represent”. I’m sure she is aware of the tremendous rise in crime but still does not address her constituents or pushes for help from the city leaders.

Hans Blaster said:
What? Congressional districts are explicitly part of the "federal system".

Of course they are but her constituents are local so while she is trotting along in the federal realm (and with Bernie) her people are facing the brunt of a crime riddled district.

Hans Blaster said:
Do you even know what the basic structure of municipal government in NYC is? Your usage implies that you are pretty ill informed on the topic.

So who would you talk to in NYC. I’m not from there. In Houston we have city managers and a mayor. Maybe that’s what is wrong with New York, no one knows who to talk to.

BTW- your opinion on my understanding of the topic is not welcomed.

Pommer · 2025-07-18T23:41:12-0500

Hentenza said:
Why would it brother. The facts are true.

Why do you defend her so? Is she your hero?

I’m not defending AOC, I am calling the metric silly.

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