![Demonstrators protested a proposal to remove at least 2,000 geese from more than 40 city-owned parks and other sites within five miles of the city’s airports. [photo credit: Rachel Cernansky for The New York Times]](http://www.vinnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/gesse.jpg "gesse")
New York, NY – As President Obama takes heat from insect-rights activists for swatting a fly during an interview, Mayor Bloomberg says he can sympathize.
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“I had pickets outside my house for geese last night,” Bloomberg said of protesters angry that the city is gathering up to 2,000 geese near airports and gassing them.
“We are sending some of these geese for a well-deserved rest up in the sky, wherever geese go,” Bloomberg said. “They’re a danger to human beings flying, and we’re doing what’s appropriate.”
The city announced the “removal” of the geese after migrating birds stopped both engines on US Airways Flight 1549, forcing the plane to make an emergency landing on the Hudson River.
Wildlife experts told the city that killing was the only effective way to control the problem.
As for Obama, Bloomberg says the President is a hero.
“I’m sure what the President thought about was that particular fly might be spreading something like the H1N1 flu, and he was going to risk his own life with his hands – bare hands – without Purell, and he protected the public by hitting that fly and we owe him a great debt of gratitude,” Bloomberg said.
Ribbono Shel Oilam,, insect rights activists,, Thanks for the good laugh,, but maybe its time to grant these people a refuah sheleima in their heads??
bloomberg get a life with your last comment. maybe you should walk outside in protective gear and walk around with a face mask.
It was geese that may have brought down the US Airways plane that landed in the river. Gas is fairly humane but I guess they are equal in value of life to people according to some. Canada geese are truly a pestilence. They get sucked into jet engines, gee that’s humane, and spread diseases by their copious droppings where ever they go. H1N1 isn’t spread by flies but who knows maybe the Prez. averted another pandemic. LOL
The economy is in the toilet, people are hungry & homeless, people are attacked & getting killed every day & THIS is what some idiots have to worry about?
Get a life!
The risk about Obama’s killing the insect is a good one.
I hope they gas those ruthless protesters!!!!!
oh please. bloomberg makes me ill sucking up to obama like that. bloomberg should be removed, not the geese.
Their solution is that they want the mayor to talk to “Mother Goose” to tell her geese to stop bothering the airplanes. As for a translator I think they speak “Portu Geese”. I get Goose pimples when I think about it.
“I’m sure what the President thought about was that particular fly might be spreading something like the H1N1 flu, and he was going to risk his own life with his hands – bare hands – without Purell, and he protected the public by hitting that fly and we owe him a great debt of gratitude,” How dumb!!!
These bleeding hearts should have been on the US Airways flight maybe than would
their brains have been shaken out of the rust and corosion that accumulated.
why isnt it tzar balei chaim
Why gas the geese? Shecht them and use them to feed the hungry!
It’s not the first time a fly has been taken down at the White House…
Come on! He was being sarcastic! It’s hilarious!
these people are pro abortion
First off, bravo to Mayor Bloomberg, that was too funny!
Second, those of you, who didn’t get it, look up, “sarcasm” of “patronizing” in the dictionary.
They should have “bb gun sunday” where all the New Yorkers can have their fun shooting these birds. That should make up for some great target practice.
As for the insect. Why don’t we put all the insect activist in a room full of hungry disease ridden mosquitoes. I would like to see their take on insects after that experience.
And to the poster who stated, “these people are pro abortion.” Just because someone is for one cause, doesn’t mean they automatically follow another. Why don’t you get a clue, and your own brain?
I am ashamedof Mr. Bloomberg. He usually invents a way to give tickets for any problem that arises. He could have given $85.00 tickets for each goose gassed and thereby have made enough to hire another five parking ticket maids by pulling them out of local Dunkin Donut shops. Then he would have generated another million bucks which he could have used to hire another fifty garbage ticket maids.