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As many other New Yorkers are undoubtedly doing tonight, I'm looking at the mayoral candidates' websites for the first time. Will I vote for 17th richest man in the world, power-hungry, Constitution-scoffing, able administrator, rat-faced Mayor Mike? Or that other guy? Why isn't there a candidate who really represents my interests? But oh, there is. His name is Jimmy MCMillan (sic). And he's here to tell you that the rent is too drat high.  He screams for a photoshopping, but I lack the skills. Please feel free to experiment with him. His website is really a thing of beauty. Make sure you have the volume on, and don't forget to check out his treatise on the word 'drat.' http://rentistoodamnhigh.org/id44.html quote:Is the King James Bible the true Word of God? I've added a fun rant he has about slavery (I think?) quote:On A Personnel Note ...NEGOR? And of course, he's on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AgIorLZnbA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL0-22Z4Sfg salamanderbaby fucked around with this message at Nov 03, 2009 around 03:19 |
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| # ? Nov 22, 2009 10:54 |
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He's got a point
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 00:16 |
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Yeah rent really is too drat high I'll have to agree with this fine gent.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 00:20 |
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I agree with him but if he were elected Mayor what could he possibly do about the high cost of rent?
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 00:22 |
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This has to be the catchiest mayoral candidacy website I've ever had the pleasure of listening to.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 00:22 |
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shiftergod posted:I agree with him but if he were elected Mayor what could he possibly do about the high cost of rent? He could order the police department to not enforce evictions, I guess.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 00:24 |
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 00:26 |
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I've seen flyers for this guy. He's out of his mind. But then, he's running for mayor of New York, so he'd pretty much have to be. I'll be voting for Bill Thompson with a clean conscience.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 00:33 |
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He's got a killer 'tasche I spose. A bit 'Hulk Hogan' though. aldo there should be a video of a close up of his face, like the photo, screaming "MY RENT IS TO DAAAAAAMN HIGH!" maybe with some kind of zoom in.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 00:34 |
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his website has a hit counter, I can't support that in this day and age of Internets
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 00:40 |
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He couldn't possibly be worse than the regulars.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 00:41 |
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Yeah but Hogan's view on the rent is unknown. This guy is clearly a man of interest on the subject.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 00:44 |
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neckbeard posted:his website has a hit counter, I can't support that in this day and age of Internets He has also had 20 million views.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 00:44 |
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CascadingStyleSheet posted:He's got a killer 'tasche I spose. A bit 'Hulk Hogan' though. A bit like Hulk Hogan, but much more extreme.   edit for better picture. salamanderbaby fucked around with this message at Nov 03, 2009 around 00:53 |
| # ? Nov 03, 2009 00:51 |
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Well, I guess I'll vote for him. We need more stache in our country's leadership.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 00:52 |
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Yeah he's really pushing the envelope on facial hair advances too. It looks like he's got two spiky tufts coming from each side.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 00:54 |
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His spelling is atrocious.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 00:54 |
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But I bet he smokes mad weed. Maybe it was originally "I'M TOO DAAAMN HIGH!" and then he thought "oh, poo poo, so is my loving rent!"
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 00:56 |
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his page has less than 30 hits at this point. Please lets max out that counter.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 01:02 |
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I'd vote for this man if I was living in NY. There are so many other cities where, while expensive, you don't have to choose between food and rent, and I can't help but believe NYC gets by on exploiting a constant influx of naive young people who are *absolutely* sure they'll "make it."
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 01:03 |
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This guy is my hero.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 01:10 |
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Can you guys living in NY post your rent? I live in Tokyo and wonder how the two compare. For reference, I pay 162,000 yen (like $1800usd) per month for 45m2/1BR, which as far as I know is pretty average for downtown Tokyo. edit: the price is average, but not the amount of space I have to myself 
zmcnulty fucked around with this message at Nov 03, 2009 around 01:18 |
| # ? Nov 03, 2009 01:13 |
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zmcnulty posted:Can you guys living in NY post your rent? I live in Tokyo and wonder how the two compare. For reference, I pay 162,000 yen (like $1800usd) per month for 45m2/1BR, which as far as I know is pretty average for downtown Tokyo. Isn't it kind of hard to compare that kind of thing? There is everything from 5th floor walkups or worse to park view full service buildings along with numerous other factors that effect total cost of living, even with the same amount of square footage.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 01:37 |
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shiftergod posted:I agree with him but if he were elected Mayor what could he possibly do about the high cost of rent? Tax credit or bailout! The American way baby!
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 01:40 |
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They took drat out of party name It ain't gonna be the same I tried to fix it on october 6 they told me no I'm gonna keep goin no matter what The rent is too drat high no ifs ands or buts They took drat out of party name They took drat out of party name They took drat out of party name They took drat out of party name Rent... It's too daaaamn high ~party~ Rent... It's too daaaamn high ~party~ THEY TOOK RENT OUT OF PARTY NAME
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 01:44 |
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I really want to scoff at him, but I can't imagine how he'd be worse than any run of the mill politician we have these days. Hell, he might actually be better.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 01:49 |
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killaer posted:THEY TOOK silly goose
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 01:50 |
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Three Olives posted:Isn't it kind of hard to compare that kind of thing? There is everything from 5th floor walkups or worse to park view full service buildings along with numerous other factors that effect total cost of living, even with the same amount of square footage. No doubt, but clearly there must be some basis for comparison because this guy feels rents are too high. Too high compared to what? Like the average New York resident has to pay 60% of their income into rent, or what?
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 01:53 |
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Voting for this dude because he owns.zmcnulty posted:Can you guys living in NY post your rent? I live in Tokyo and wonder how the two compare. For reference, I pay 162,000 yen (like $1800usd) per month for 45m2/1BR, which as far as I know is pretty average for downtown Tokyo. Tokyo is probably one of a half dozen or so cities on the planet that can compare to New York's hosed up real estate. I'm in the middle of moving from a $1400/900sqft 1BR in south Brooklyn to a $1700/700sqft 2BR in Park Slope, one of the trendier nice parts of Brooklyn. I know people that live in $2500/500sqft places in the East village/SoHo, which is probably comparable in terms of space and location to your place. It's worth noting that even the really expensive parts of the city, apartments usually lack things like elevators, central air, a dishwasher, and washer/dryer, and it's not unheard of to see listings for $3000+ a month to get a big apartment in a nice building, in a good part of town. Because of the money in this town the sky really is the limit if you want to go crazy: http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/nfb/1448781546.html ANAmal.net fucked around with this message at Nov 03, 2009 around 01:57 |
| # ? Nov 03, 2009 01:54 |
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zmcnulty posted:No doubt, but clearly there must be some basis for comparison because this guy feels rents are too high. Too high compared to what? Like the average New York resident has to pay 60% of their income into rent, or what? People bitch about rent being too high in every major city. My neighborhood has had to fight several times to keep "affordable" housing out (i.e. subsidized). Even in my comparably reasonably priced city some people actually tried to get one of our private courtyards annexed for public use so development costs would be cheaper for new developments. Three Olives fucked around with this message at Nov 03, 2009 around 02:02 |
| # ? Nov 03, 2009 01:59 |
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salamanderbaby posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3AgIorLZnbA Are those rent price quotes at the beginning of this video accurate for average rent in NYC, or is it skewed for Manhattan or something. Because drat. That's some high rear end rent.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 01:59 |
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Three Olives posted:My neighborhood has had to fight several times to keep "affordable" housing out (i.e. subsidized). You are a horrible sack of poo poo.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 02:02 |
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GenoCanSing posted:Are those rent price quotes at the beginning of this video accurate for average rent in NYC, or is it skewed for Manhattan or something. Depends on the neighborhood, but yeah, in parts of Manhattan those are about what you can expect to pay.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 02:04 |
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Loopyface posted:You are a horrible sack of poo poo. Because he values quality of life?
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 02:04 |
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Houston Rockets posted:Because he values quality of life? No, because he's a stuck-up, yuppie rear end in a top hat.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 02:05 |
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Loopyface posted:You are a horrible sack of poo poo. But have you seen that sick pic of his pad?? It's really cool. I wish I lived in a pad like that. I bet his rent is too drat high too..
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 02:07 |
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Loopyface posted:You are a horrible sack of poo poo. Please, even the poor parts of town try and keep subsidizing housing out because they almost universally become criminal laden cesspools. In fact that is their argument, make the wealthier parts of town take more of the assholes.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 02:07 |
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This song has grown on me disturbingly quickly.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 02:08 |
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If this guy's career as mayor falls through he should release an album.
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| # ? Nov 03, 2009 02:10 |
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Houston Rockets posted:Because he values quality of life? Only his own.
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