For his racist and ridiculous comments about the legal sale and distribution of tobacco products.
The quote from hizzoner to the guv…
“I’ve said this to David Paterson, I said, ‘You know, get yourself a cowboy hat and a shotgun,'” Bloomberg was quoted as saying in the NY Daily News.
“If there’s ever a great video, it’s you standing in the middle of the New York State Thruway saying, you know, ‘Read my lips – the law of the land is this, and we’re going to enforce the law,'” added Mayor Bloomberg.
The entire article is over at WKBW’s website.
This is the Seneca response:
I have been buying cigarettes from the Seneca’s for many years now and they are a good people. Here is a little about them, taken directly from their website…
The Seneca Nation of Indians (SNI) is one of the six tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy who occupy aboriginal lands in New York State set aside by the Treaty of Canandaigua of 1794. The Seneca Nation of Indians has a total population of over 7200 enrolled members and holds title to three territories in New York, one of which includes the City of Salamanca.
These people have my eternal gratitude and support.
hat tip to Rodan from a comment of his last night.
Tags: Bloomberg, cigarettes, Seneca Nation
