Posted on 11/02/2012 5:12:47 AM PDT by jimbo123
Hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers huddle in the dark each night after the most devastating storm in city history — while two massive generators chug away in Central Park and a third sits idle waiting to power a media center during Sunday’s NYC Marathon.
Like hell.
Those generators could power 400 homes on Staten Island or the Rockaways or any storm-wracked neighborhood in the city certain to be suffering the after-effects of Hurricane Sandy on Sunday morning.
Shouldn’t they come first? Shouldn’t the race just be canceled?
Damned straight.
But Mayor Mike’s trademark Manhattan myopia is back: While ravaged outer-borough New Yorkers shiver in the dark, he declares the race will go on.
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If you allow your well being to rest in the hands of government you’re either stupid or dead.
The marathon starting point is about 1 mile from neighborhoods that were “Katrina’d”. You can’t even tell where the streets used to be and there is National Guard throughout.
The marathon would involve closing a bridge and portions of a major highway. Traffic was absurd earlier in the week since mass transit is down. However, traffic seems to be dying down. Most likely because gas has become so scarce.
Absolutely absurd to devote resources and close traffic for this marathon...
Nanny Bloomberg won’t cancel the marathon until the city makes millions from hotels,restaurants,trinkets, and hookers.
If you huddle together and burn some of those 16oz soda containers you should be able to keep you feet warm
Bloomberg’s WATERLOO.....FINALLY!! He will be IMPEACHED over this.....put money on it!!
We are talking about a man who changed election law to get re-elected. He’ll do want he wants. Bloombergs Law.
Every weekend, all summer, the roads are closed or restricted for some form of exhibitionist exercise. Mostly running. Or, as it actually occurs, shuffling along. Police, traffic, advertising, EMT’s, ambulances, parking, trash, all consumed for the self exaltation of exercise in public. As though it would not be a whole lot safer and more competitive to do this on a cinder track.
Look at me! I can shuffle along for miles until I vomit on your curb! Then I can stay home from work for a couple of days from shin splints or worse. And brag about it until you want to vomit on my curb.
But he endorsed Obama
They could have a:
Dumpster Dive For Charity Event
Brought to you by Solyndra.
You’re in the dark and we are in the clear.
The lil tyrant tasbard strikes again. Despise him even more for endorsing the epic fail BOZerO. NYers should roast him over a spit fire and basted with 16 oz. Coke.
Bloomberg is just another pos politician who thinks his doesn’t stink.
If Zero wanted to win this election all he’d have to do is hold a press conference demanding that Bloomy cancel the marathon and get those resources back to those that need them.
Those without food or water should walk to the marathon and beg for it from those with supplies for the athletes.
“You’re in the dark and we are in the clear.”
I wonder how many of those Staten Islanders voted 3 times for the Nanny. My heart breaks for them now.
Bump
Look at me! I can shuffle along for miles until I vomit on your curb! Then I can stay home from work for a couple of days from shin splints or worse. And brag about it until you want to vomit on my curb.
LOL! I'm not going to show that to someone I know who is in the marathon running business. You have described it quite well.
People sitting out the marathon won’t do one bit to help the area recover.
Postive activity is always better than hunkering down.
Fox this morning had Charles Payne reporting that power crews from Alabama were being turned away in NJ because they were non-union. He then went on to angrily say that the union electrical workers are thugs who during the Verizon strike cut wires and cables, and who think about themselves first and only.
Although this sounds terrible-—running the Generators for a marathon when people are without power.But it isn’t all as simple as taking the generators over to Staten Island and plugging them in.
The grid that supports that electricity is down , transformers burned out wires down. Plug electricity in with wires down and someone is going to get killed.
I sympathize with the people who are in the dark, If they had generators in their homes it would help, but a large generator plugged into a damaged system only makes things worse.
By the way those who use generators in their homes MUST unplug from the grid or they are a danger to linemen.
These elitist POS politicians are so clever. Your misery is their photo-op. Once that’s done, it’s back to their lifestyle to figure out ways to tax the non-afflicted to pay for the problems that most of the time...they have caused.
Where’s Occupy Bloomberg’s house? Where’s Occupy The White House?
Run the marathon, baby! Goin’ to Vegas, baby!
/half sarcasm
the day NY turned red.
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