POSTAL SERVICE LEADERS SPEAK AT VNNA MEETING
NYC Department of Consumer
Affairs Senior Community Affairs
associate Tanjila Rahman
was the special guest speaker
at the Pelham Parkway Neighborhood
Association meeting
on Tuesday, May 14 at Bronx
House.
(Left, front, l-r) Tanjila
Rahman, NYC Department
of Consumer Affairs Senior
Community Affairs associate
with PPNA’s vice president
Steve Glosser, president Edith
Blitzer, (back, l-r) Lance Zaron,
Louis Lutnik, Oscar Ruiz, Susan
Luntz and Andrea Siegel.
Photo by Silvio Pacifi co
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Action
Association
49th Precinct
Active Shooter
presentation
The 49th Precinct will be
hosting an Active Shooter
presentation on Wednesday,
May 29 at 6 p.m.
The presentation will take
place at the Robbins Auditorium
at Einstein College.
Use either 1300 Morris
Park Avenue entrance or the
1825 Eastchester Road en-
trace.
There will be an in-depth
do and don’t explanations on
what to do if confronted in an
active shooter situation.
They urge everyone, especially
all houses of worship,
to attend this very important
meeting hosted by the
NYPD.
BY FRANK VERNUCCIO
Societies at times engage
in terrible practices which appropriately
astound and horrify
subsequent generations.
The enslavement and segregation
of a racial minority
and the subjugation of women
are past practices in America
which certainly deserve historical
condemnation.
All acts of infamy are not
in long-ago decades. However,
the current limitations of political
correctness, the desire
to not sound “uncool,” and the
fear of attack by screaming
mobs of Antifa-type protesters
all work together to prevent
an honest dialogue about
today’s wrongdoings. Break
away from the reporting by biased
news shows, false stories
on the internet, and late-night
comics who dominate the national
conversation, and see
the present as future generations
might.
America’s greatest achievement
is the concept of individual
freedom, expressed in
the Bill of Rights. That sacred
document is under full scale
attack by the political Left,
which vehemently challenges
the First (freedom of speech,
assembly and religion,) Second
(right to bear arms,) Ninth
and Tenth Amendments (powers
not given to Washington
are reserved to the people and
states.)
Similarly, the concept of
logical thought based on empirical
observation, a crowning
accomplishment of western
civilization (and the
reason it has accomplished
so much more than societies
across the globe—a true statement
sure to enrage the Left)
is increasingly criticized. It
is criticized because logical
thinking overturns the goals
of the Left.
Consider the utter nonsense
we are told to accept.
Several serious contenders
for the presidential nomination
support turning America
towards socialism, either
overtly or under semantical
pretenses. In over a hundred
years and in every inhabited
continent, socialism has resulted
in poverty, dictatorship,
and misery. Astoundingly,
a number of politicians,
pundits and Hollywood types
even support the awful socialist
leadership of Venezuela, a
nation that sits atop an ocean
of oil, inhabited by wonderful
people, that has been reduced
to starvation, deprivation and
political enslavement by socialism.
We are told that there is
nothing wrong with infanticide
by the leftist governors
of New York and Virginia and
their supporters. This is NOT
about abortion. It is about the
murder, yes, murder, of viable
babies with the ability to survive
outside the womb. There
is little doubt that future generations
will condemn this practice
in the same way we abhor
other acts of mass genocide.
The Left seeks to convince
us that they are “for the workers.”
Really? Why, then do
they oppose reasonable measures
to prevent the theft of
U.S. jobs by China and other
nations? If it’s just because
they want to weaken President
Trump, why didn’t they
do something about Beijing’s
actions during the eight years
of the Obama Administration?
Why did President Clinton do
everything possible to allow
China to destroy American
manufacturing?
Leftists support religious
hatred. Consider the rise of
anti-Semites: Keith Ellison,
the former Democratic National
Committee vice chair
and now attorney general
of Minnesota, as well as Illan
Omar and Rashida Tlaib
(Democratic congresswoman.)
Anti-Catholicism has returned,
too. Democratic Sens.
Kamala Harris (California)
and Mazie Hirono (Hawaii)
have questioned the ability of
practicing Catholics to serve
as judges The Left insists that,
if empowered, they would not
limit religious freedom, the
same way other socialist governments,
from Russia under
Soviet rule, Germany under
the National Socialists
(Nazi is the shorthand phrase)
China, North Korea, and so
many others have. Mounting
evidence proves otherwise.
An extraordinary feat of
our Constitution has been the
peaceful transfer of power
from one president to the next,
regardless of party or ideology.
What was done by the Left
following their loss in the 2016
presidential election was unprecedented.
From rioting in
the streets to attempts to cripple
the incoming Administration
through false charges and
the resistance of entrenched
bureaucrats, it was an attack
not just on one president but
on the whole concept of respecting
election results.
These, and a number of
other issues, haven’t received
the intense public scrutiny
they deserve, and that is intentional.
Those opposing the
Left face an uphill battle getting
around the increasingly
bold censors on network news
and social media.
BY VONETTA DUDLEY
Every year on May 31, we
recognize World No Tobacco
Day, a health advocacy day
created by the World Health
Organization, that highlights
the global tobacco epidemic,
creates awareness about the
risks associated with tobacco
use and provides an opportunity
to create change in order
to reduce tobacco use. This
year on World No Tobacco
Day, Friday May 31, the Bronx
offi ce of NYC Smoke-Free will
be hosting a special viewing
of Black Lives Black Lungs,
a short fi lm exposing the tobacco
industry’s history of
targeting of African American
communities to market
and sell menthol cigarettes.
Did you know that 85% of
African Americans smoke
menthol cigarettes in NYC?
Menthol, the fl avor that initiates
young people and keeps
them hooked, has been aggressively
marketed to lowincome
communities for decades.
In NYC, two out of
three young smokers start
with menthol fl avored tobacco
product. The cooling
sensation of the menthol additive
fl avor masks the true
harshness of the tobacco,
triggers deeper inhalation
and makes it easier for new
smokers to start smoking.
Tobacco companies have purposely
marketed product and
made its image more appealing
to the African American
communities.
Because of the deceptive
nature of menthol cigarettes,
smokers who use these products
take in more nicotine
and have a harder time quitting.
It’s important for vulnerable
communities to know
and be aware of the tactics tobacco
companies use to get
them started on their deadly
products and how they are
set them up for a lifetime of
addition. WNTD in the Bronx
will be a day for communities
of color to learn more about
big tobacco infl uence upon
them, how they can fi ght back
and help reduce the signifi -
cantly higher smoking rates
among disparate populations
throughout NYC.
For more information on
NYC Smoke-Free or to lend
support in ending NYC’s devastating
tobacco epidemic
please visit www.NYCSmoke-
Free.org
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