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• Whoa, Prussian Blue broke free of their homeschool brainwashing? What do they do now?

  Posted by Jim
  on January 4th, 2008 at 2:54 pm

• Could the graffiti be, in fact, in Hebrew? To my admittedly untrained eye, it looks like “Z-O-L” and then an English M. Any thoughts?

  Posted by MickieT
  on January 4th, 2008 at 4:30 pm

• Do people here really take Queens Crap seriously?

  Posted by Peter
  on January 5th, 2008 at 10:22 am

• Is it a rhetorical question? What is the answer you are looking for?

  Posted by west
  on January 5th, 2008 at 6:13 pm

• When it comes to crime and politics, I dont think Queens Crap is the place. Hell, anyone could’ve written that, looks like with a Bic pen. Wikipedia says the FBI has their own taskforce to combat MS-13, I didn’t know that. To be honest, this gang don’t scare me, and by the way Wiki describes it, it sounds like a screw-up corporation. And it says they’re goal is to be the top gang of the U.S. Yeah, well what does that mean…ok so you’re on top, now what? Queens friggin crap. Besides I think MS-13 is bringing to the forefront our problem with national security and how to strengthen it, a challenge for the next President.

  Posted by Michael1
  on January 6th, 2008 at 6:54 pm

• I take Queens Crap seriously. It brings attention to problems that no one else wants to talk about. “Hey, did you hear about the new restaurant that opened?” is what you get from most “neighborhood” blogs. Who the hell cares? My wife and I eat at home together with our son every night and its something we all look forward to. It’s called being a family. Quality of life is something that is not adequately being addressed by our local pols because developers who are treating our neighborhoods as strip mines are stuffing their pockets. If you have graffiti of any kind in your neighborhood, it should be investigated by your local cops and eliminated, especially if it hints at gangs. Or we can stick our head in the sand and blog about how great the latest retail chain that opened is.

  Posted by Philip
  on January 8th, 2008 at 9:20 pm

• “My wife and I eat at home together with our son every night and its something we all look forward to. It’s called being a family. ”

  You sound like a typical Queens Crap regular–narrow-minded people whose first instinct is to judge other people. Your implication is that anyone who ever eats out is not a family. Maybe if you got out more and got exposure to other people you wouldn’t be so judgmental. Also, Queens Central covers many diverse and important topics that impact central Queens neighborhoods–not just new stores and restaurants. Maybe you should take the time to read this blog before drawing baseless conclusions about it.

  Posted by FHGuy
  on January 8th, 2008 at 10:30 pm

• Queens Crap could be a productive forum if it were run in a more respectable, intelligent manner and focused on building and development abuses. Instead, it is a forum for narrow-minded and bigoted opinions and views. Its supporters want Queens to be stuck as some backward rural town with only people that look like themselves and have the same tastes as themselves. It senselessly criticizes and complains about everyone and everything without providing any productive or reasonable alternate views. It may make some good points here and there, but those get lost in all its other stupidity and nonsense. It really has become something of a joke among people who are serious about these issues.

  Posted by Peter
  on January 9th, 2008 at 10:18 am

• Queens Crap is focused on building abuses. There’s at least one posted every day along with news stories about life in Queens. If being against building a piece of crap in the midst of a neighborhood full of rowhouses makes me bigoted and narrow-minded then so be it. I have seen many good points made on that site and good for them for taking these pathetic politicians like that scumbag Gallagher to task. We need more independent thinking in Queens and less drooling over every action that pols make.

  Posted by Philip
  on January 9th, 2008 at 2:02 pm

• Hey FH Guy - I never said Queens Central was one of those blogs. If it was, I wouldn’t be here. You sound like a narrow-minded person who has no reading comprehension skills and whose first instinct is to judge other people. Maybe you should take the time to read comments more thoroughly before drawing baseless conclusions about them.

  Posted by Philip
  on January 9th, 2008 at 2:05 pm

• Philip - thanks for reinforcing my point about Queens Crap supporters.

  Posted by Peter
  on January 9th, 2008 at 2:45 pm

• What was your point about Queens Crap supporters?

  Posted by Queens Crapper
  on January 9th, 2008 at 4:08 pm

• To repeat - ” . . . [Queens Crap] is a forum for narrow-minded and bigoted opinions and views. Its supporters want Queens to be stuck as some backward rural town with only people that look like themselves and have the same tastes as themselves. It senselessly criticizes and complains about everyone and everything without providing any productive or reasonable alternate views. It may make some good points here and there, but those get lost in all its other stupidity and nonsense. . . .”

  Posted by Peter
  on January 9th, 2008 at 4:30 pm

• I think your “point” was well answered by Philip. If you like the fact that Queens looks like a closet full of clashing outfits, then that’s your prerogative. However, we feel city planning is sorely lacking here. And the reason for this is because developers hire lobbyists who line the pockets of elected officials. We have been told for decades that immigrants bring nothing but good things with them. From this post on Queens Central alone we can see that’s not the case. If calling attention to these facts touches a nerve, then good, that’s what Queens Crap was created to do.

  Posted by Queens Crapper
  on January 9th, 2008 at 4:54 pm

• I am not surprised that you consider Philip’s vulgar and biased spewing of misinformation as “well answered.” You probably think that your prejudiced views against immigration sound intelligent when in reality you come across as immature and hateful.

  Posted by Peter
  on January 9th, 2008 at 5:18 pm

• What did Philip say that was vulgar and biased spewing of information? It read like an opinion to me, with a little throwing back of your words. As for my supposed “prejudiced views against immigration”, I have no idea what you are talking about. Legal immigration I am fine with. It’s a shame how immigrants in this city, both legal and illegal are exploited. However, the illegal ones are just that - illegal. I see nothing “immature and hateful” about this position.

  Posted by Queens Crapper
  on January 9th, 2008 at 6:29 pm

• Philip, it’s interesting that you totally ignored my response to your comment that anyone who ever eats out is not a real family. According to your definition, 99% of the families in NYC are not real families because they eat dinner out once and a while. This is why I called you narrow-minded and judgmental.

  Peter, I realized long ago that anyone who tries to have a rational discussion with the Queens Crap blogger and his/her regulars is wasting their breath. You can tell how insecure the Crap blogger is about his/her worldview because any time there is any criticism of the Crap blog on Queens Central, he/she just has to post a comment to defend the Crap blog. But, not to worry, that blog will pass into history very shortly, just as all people/organizations whose viewpoint is based on prejudice and fear always do.

  Posted by FHGuy
  on January 9th, 2008 at 10:07 pm

• Leaving its commenters out of it, Queens Crap has developed into the best Queens blog I’ve seen, at least, because it unequivocally opposes the rampant out-of-context overdevelopment in the borough, as well as championing the retention of St. Saviour’s Church, and other issues I care about.

  All you need to know about QC is to visit the Curbed archives the week the Crapper guest hosted the joint last summer. Overdevelopment supporters howled all week long.

  “any time there is any criticism of the Crap blog on Queens Central, he/she just has to post a comment to defend the Crap blog.”

  Why not answer your critics?

  http://www.forgotten-ny.com

  Posted by Kevin Walsh
  on January 9th, 2008 at 10:40 pm

• Kevin - you have a nice website, but the Queens Crap site is a joke. It doesn’t take positions against overdevelopment, it takes positions against ANY development. It spreads misinformation, promotes bigotry, is full of hypocrisy, and attacks everyone and anyone that it disagrees with, fairly or unfairly. The Curbed commenters gave a lot of reasonable, logical and factual responses to Crapper’s nonsensical points of view and biased presentation of facts. It is the Michael Moore of Queens blogs. By being so hateful and one-sided, it unfortunately loses any credibility it might have otherwise had.

  Posted by Peter
  on January 9th, 2008 at 11:05 pm

• Philip didn’t say that families never go out to eat. I totally understand getting fed up with people who chatter on endlessly about which trendy new eatery is opening up down the street as if it’s the meaning of life. It’s simply annoying.

  As for Curbed, pick any post and you’ll find a bunch of comments posted by morons. That basically goes for any blog, so I fail to see why Queens Crap is getting so much flak - unless it is touching upon a truth that some would prefer to remain uncovered. The Curbed gig netted $110 for charity and doubled my hits, and much to the chagrin of some, the overdevelopment message struck a chord with a lot of people.

  Peter and FH Guy should look at the language they use to describe my blog. Wow, and people say I’m angry…

  Posted by Queens Crapper
  on January 10th, 2008 at 1:00 am

• Curbed only paid $110? Ha! What a bunch of ’skates.

  Posted by Steve
  on January 10th, 2008 at 1:17 am

• I was getting a little confused, but now that I look I realize it’s only one or two people who thinks the site “senselessly criticizes and complains about everyone and everything without providing any productive or reasonable alternate views” - it complains about the ruining of neighborhoods by developers who don’t care about the future of the area - not everyone and everything.

  Yes, I believe as well houses replaced with multiple dwelling buildings all with different designs, heights, and colors (seriously pink?) all right on top of each other looks like crap. Then again, I’m not a fan of the “Archie Bunker” houses either, but at least there was some uniformity and space.

  It’s a blog, that’s his view, why wouldn’t he answer someone who disagrees? Isn’t that how a discussion works? Start your own blog with your opinion, I’ll come read it.

  Posted by Michael
  on January 10th, 2008 at 10:18 am

• Thanks, Michael. As for the Curbed payment, I got 4-1 matching funds for it, so its all good.

  Posted by Queens Crapper
  on January 10th, 2008 at 10:35 am

• What’s this about a new trendy eatery opening down the street?

  Posted by Forest Hills 72
  on January 10th, 2008 at 2:30 pm

• Kevin, if the Crap blog was really how you describe it, it might actually be useful. Unfortunately, it is not about opposing “rampant out-of-context overdevelopment”, it is about opposing all development. You also somehow fail to recognize the racist and anti-immigrant viewpoint that is expressed by the Blog owner and many of the commenters. Because of this, any legitimate points the blog makes about development are overshadowed by the many anti-immigrant and other narrow-minded posts that have nothing to do with development.

  You want to leave the blog’s commenters out of it, but don’t you have any concern about the type of people that are being drawn to the blog? The majority of comments there are at a grade school level and the most common response to anyone who disagrees with the blog’s viewpoint is to curse and name-call. I think the quality (or lack thereof) of the blog’s commenters speaks volumes about the blog itself.

  Posted by FHGuy
  on January 10th, 2008 at 9:33 pm

• You make a very good point FHGuy. The level of comments on that blog really are juvenile and simple-minded. That is one of the reasons that I say that serious minded, intelligent, reasonable people consider it a joke. I know for a fact that the owner of the Queens West blog refuses to even read Queens Crap because of all its nonsense.

  Posted by Peter
  on January 11th, 2008 at 4:54 pm

• I just visited the Queens Crap site and I am very impressed. No other website is dealing with the issue overdevelopment problems as well. Also there is an entry discussing how Queens residents are getting the majority of tickets in the city. I am personally quite pleased that someone is taking the lead in highlighting how our politicians are not representing the interests of Queens residents. I personally believe that public is uninformed and Queens Crap is the antidote.

  Posted by BillF
  on January 11th, 2008 at 6:34 pm

• I love how it has a list of all the NY blogs on the right. Streetsblog rocks!!

  Posted by Michael1
  on January 12th, 2008 at 5:42 am

• That Queens Crap site gets about 2,000 hits a day and about 30-40 comments. Obviously, most people don’t read the comments. If the comments bother you so, then perhaps you should stop reading them and just enjoy the blog. Oh, wait, you don’t enjoy that either. I’ve noticed that it bothers you so much that you comment about it negatively on every popular site that links to it. Better get some help, man.

  Posted by Fred
  on January 12th, 2008 at 3:49 pm

• “I know for a fact that the owner of the Queens West blog refuses to even read Queens Crap because of all its nonsense.”

  Hmmm. This says otherwise:

  Queens Crap Blog (from Queens West)

  Posted by Queens Crapper
  on January 12th, 2008 at 4:21 pm

• Yeah, like the Queens West blog owner’s comment “interesting blog” from a year ago really proves anything. Obviously, Queens West hasn’t posted anything about the Crap blog recently or you would have found it.

  Posted by FHGuy
  on January 13th, 2008 at 3:58 pm

• FHGUY- Queens Crapper just gave an example of how he spreads misinformation. I personally spoke to Jake from the Queens West blog about a month ago, and believe me, he is no fan of the Queens Crap site.

  Posted by Peter
  on January 13th, 2008 at 6:22 pm

• The owner posted something saying it was interesting a year ago, around the time it first started. I see no follow up from the owner denouncing the site. If he felt that strongly about it, you’d think he’d say so.

  Posted by Fred
  on January 13th, 2008 at 7:29 pm

• Queens Crap is the Jerry Springer of blogs. You read it and can’t believe people actually say the things they do. But it is interesting to read because it verifies the existance of a sub-class of idiots still living in their parent’s basement and hating the world for it.

  Posted by Tony
  on January 17th, 2008 at 12:43 am

• Peter,Tony and FH Guy,

  Don’t get your panties all in a bunch because Phillip finds the views on Crappy’s site important.

  BTW/ FH72, Crappy and Steve…fantastic job by all three of you.

  Posted by 76th Rd
  on January 22nd, 2008 at 11:49 pm

• 76th Rd. I like having my panties in a bunch. How do you like living in your parents basement?

  Posted by Tony
  on January 23rd, 2008 at 11:37 pm

• http://www.queenswest.com/neig.....n/00021427

  You’re right, Peter. Looks like Jake at Queens West NEVER reads Queens Crap!

  Posted by Fred
  on January 29th, 2008 at 8:07 am

• Fred - Queens Crap is filled with simple-minded, bigoted, uneducated, hateful, nonsensical comments and posts. It is embarrassing to any sensible, intelligent Queens resident. I feel sorry for you that you insist on defending it so much. As for Jake, he linked to a post that had to do with Long Island City. Maybe he saw it on a web search or linked from another site. One reference in a year doesn’t show that he supports Queens Crap. Why would he?- Queens Crap constantly makes idiotic comments about development of LIC and the people who live there. It doesn’t change the fact that he personally told me that he doesn’t read Queens Crap.

  Posted by Peter
  on January 29th, 2008 at 8:49 am

• What is an example of a blog that doesn’t have simple-minded, bigoted, uneducated, hateful, nonsensical comments and post?

  Posted by West
  on January 29th, 2008 at 11:05 am

• The issue is not whether there is a blog that doesn’t have any simple-minded, uneducated and bigoted comments. The issue is whether the vast majority of comments on a blog (and some of the blog owner’s posts) are simple-minded, uneducated and bigoted. That is what sets the Crap blog apart from many others and puts it in a league of its own.

  Posted by FHGuy
  on January 29th, 2008 at 9:54 pm

• Hey, the Crapper was invited to a Skype network by Jake of Queens West!

  Hi,

  My name is Jake I run QueensWest.com. I have recently start putting together a podcast on Queens that will be a bunch of Queens bloggers/internet folk discussing issues and such once a month for under an hour. This will all be done over Skype and will be a good way to get publicity as well as bring up good content.

  Would this be something you would be interested in joining?

  Thanks,
  JMA

  Queens West
  http://www.queenswest.com

  Oh my God, someone has major egg on their face!

  Posted by Queens Crapper
  on February 1st, 2008 at 6:00 pm

• Are you going to do it? You totally should. I’ll be there!

  Posted by Steve
  on February 1st, 2008 at 6:01 pm

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