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FRED TALK - This has been a good week for the DSA. Mandani--or as I like to call him--our Big City Bigot Mayor---had his three candidates win their primaries in NYC. To understand what the DSA policies lead to let's take a good look at the City of Los Angeles--especially downtown. It's a disgrace and it's unsafe. These policies are turning Los Angeles into a favela (meaning shantytown or slum) after spending/squandering more than $3B not to solve the problem. It's no wonder businesses are continuing to leave and one can only wonder is this what New Yorker's really want? Do they even begin to understand what the DSA stands for? Read the DSA website---here are some of their beliefs: 1. Prison Abolition--meaning let the felons out. 2. International solidarity--communist speak; 3. Defunding the police 4. Abolishing ice and all detention centers--which has to mean open borders. I have words for this-- it's caveman politics or simply chaos or maybe communism posing as socialism. Maybe even class warfare (the elephant in the room). Whatever you have, we have the right to take it. Why bother paying for anything in a retail store--just take it. No consequence for that. This is the philosophy Nithya Ramen is extolling in her campaign for Mayor as well as her anti-semitism disguised as anti-zionism. Mamdani called AIPAC and I quote "monsters". Wow!! To be clear here, the opinions expressed here are my own. Crowning this miserable bigot of the progressive left as the future of the democratic party is way too premature. Could Greg Abbot win in NY? Ron DeSantis' brand of politics ended at the Florida border. All politics are local something everyone keeps forgetting--and something the national democratic party needs to recognize and remember, or they will lose the independents.
The progressives try to mask their anti-semitism under the guise of anti-zionism. What's truly crazy is that before the election in NYC, two of his choices---Chavelier (a real doozy who's earlier writings espouse communist philosophy) and Valdez would not include Lander (who is Jewish and his 3rd candidate which is crazy to start with) in the same picture with them. Need to keep away from those Jews and the Mayor did not say a word nor did he about the anti-semitic incident at a Brooklyn coffee shop. Of course the progressives are led by that angry old man and self-loathing Jew--Bernie Sanders who gives air cover to the unacceptable rise of anti-semitism in our country. That's not who we are. Americans are better than that.
We all know of all the Free Palestine rallies that the Progressives participate in which, to be clear, is their absolute right. I wonder if they noticed last week-end that there was a rally in Gaza where hundreds of citizens took to the streets in danger of life and limb to protest Hamas. Signage included "G-d willing Hamas out", "we are not pawns"; "we want to live". Hamas of course did not get the memo about freedom of speech and protest (which are absolute rights in our country) so protesters were met with armed masked men in the streets to crush the protests. This leads to my thought---I'm all for freeing Palestine but from Hamas and then the possibility of a two state solution could become a reality. Just a few things to ponder about this group---they spent more than $5B meant to improve the standard of living in Gaza and used it to construct tunnels; which parenthetically they kept only for themselves and refused entry by anyone not a member of Hamas during the fighting. It takes two to make peace--and it's even harder when one side's leader states "while you love life, we love death". Then there is one other inconvenient fact--what would America have done if the October 7 massacre/slaughter had happened at Coachella or South by Southwest? What would have been the consequences for the perpetrators of that act?
This is the first of many articles I intend to write about this election and why we have to mobilize and elect Karen Bass for Mayor. The other choice is simply abhorrent. Do your duty and when the time comes--VOTE!!!
(Fredric D. Rosen is a retired businessman and former CEO of Ticketmaster, where he led the company for 16 years and transformed it into the world’s leading ticketing service. He has served on numerous corporate and nonprofit boards, offering leadership across both private enterprise and charitable initiatives. With decades of experience in business and civic engagement, Rosen brings a seasoned perspective to issues at the intersection of commerce, culture, and community.)
