Bloomberg Issues 'Bada-Bing, Bada-Boom' Threat to Columbus Paraders

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is threatening to pull out of the city's Columbus Day parade on Monday if organizers don't permit cast members of the popular HBO TV series "The Sopranos" to march with him.

"I'm sort of walking along, (I) invite two Italian-Americans, (I) want to say thank you on behalf of the city and bada-bing, bada-boom, all of a sudden they're down my throat," he complained Friday morning to WABC Radio's John Gambling.

Organizers of the Columbus Day parade have protested that Bloomberg was perpetuating anti-Italian stereotypes by inviting "Sopranos" cast members Lorraine Bracco and Dominic Chianese to march with him. A federal judge ruled late Friday that Bloomberg had the right to invite who he wants.

"If my friends can't march or the people that I think have done things for this city, you know, I'll find some other ways to celebrate the Italian heritage that we have in the city," Bloomberg announced.

"There's another parade in the Bronx, an Italian Columbus Day parade. There's one on Fifth Ave on Sunday - the Hispanic Fifth Ave. parade and I can march in those two," he warned.

"You can't invite people and then disinvite them," Bloomberg said. "This is ridiculous."

I'm going to be in the minority on this one, but here goes anyway.

A campy show depicting members of the mob and their families doesn't appeal to me. I haven't seen all the Godfather movies. I don't need to see them.

If you've had a business that has come under pressure by the mob, you don't need to see these shows. If you've seen the aftermath of drug running, you don't need to see these shows. If you have seen the corruption of the labor unions by the mob, you don't need to see these shows. If you've come into contact with union thugs, you don't need to see these shows. If you've seen the brothers from the hood trying to emulate these figures, you don't need to see these shows. If you've noted one of the multitude of cops killed by people mixed up in mob activity, you don't need to see these shows.

Every person that has been killed by the mob, every person that has lost a family member do to mob activity, every person that has had to pick up the pieces after the mob has worked it's magic, every person who has lost businesses or income to the mob is insulted by the glorification of these figures on shows like the Sopranos, the Godfather movies or other depictions.

Some of you will say, "But these shows don't glorify members of the mob." The truth is, there will always be a segment of our society that will glom on to these depictions and gleen a role to emulate out of them. Today we have a generation at risk and a segment of the entertainment industry that glorifies the "tough guy" role who's inception is most prominantly depicted in presentations like the Godfather series and the Sopranos.

Enough already! Mayor Bloomberg, trot off to some other parade. Who needs a guy who's buds can only make a living off profiting from presenting this trash to the US public?

Whatsamatter heah?

One day da mayah invites me an' da crew to New York to bigga parade. So we come to town and get putup in dis fancy hotela. Ina morning, we wake upa, and bada-bing, bada-boom, nobody wantsa me an' mah crew ina parade. So I then go downstairs to eat breakfast. I tella waitress I wanna two pissis toast. She brings me only one piss. I tella her I want two piss. She says go to the toilet. I say you no understand. I wanna to piss onna my plate. She say you better not piss onna plate, you sonna ma bitch. I don't even know the lady and she call me sonna ma bitch.

Later another waitress brings me mah plate, she puts down a spoon and a knife but no fock. I tella her I wanna fock. She tella me everyone wanna fock. I tella her you no understand. I wanna fock on the table. She say better not fock on the table, you sonna ma bitch. I don't know this lady either and she calla me sonna ma bitch.

So I go to my room inna hotel and there is no sheets onna my bed. I calla the manager and tella him I wanna sheet. He tella me to go to the toilet. I say you no understand. I wanna sheet on my bed. He say you better not shit onna bed, you sonna ma bitch. I don't even know the man and he calla me a sonna ma bitch.

I go to the checkout and the man at the desk say: "Peace on you." I say piss on you too, you sonna ma bitch. I gonna back to Jersey!

I'm not much on porn on TV. If I want it I know where I can rent or purchase it. Early in the morning I don't mind so much. Adults can do what they want. But I have a problem with the entertainment shows in the early evenings. They've got some dating shows on now that foister off all manner of bad advise to kids contemplating dating in the near future. Getting lucky on the first date is the ultimate goal. Threesomes are high up on the list of bad ideas for kids. The girls are encouraged to disrobe or participate in questionable behavior as if nother were wrong with it. And these shows are on around 5 to 7 in the evenings. Young kids seeing these shows must think that every human on the planet can't wait for a threesome. Other variety shows are now into homosexuality big-time. Oh it's quite the laugh. And the other shows depicting family situations are mostly disfunctional rubish. It's amazing any of our kids wind up with decent ideals or relationships.

If I had kids in the home today, I wouldn't own a television.

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