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Hours After Saying Marathon Will Go Ahead, Mayor Bloomberg Cancels It
Supposedly this is big news, so we probably have to report it. Just out from the NY Mayor's office:
We have decided to cancel the NYC marathon. The New York Road Runners will have additional information in days ahead for participants.
— NYC Mayor's Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) November 2, 2012
... and just as the residents of some NY boroughs were eagerly looking forward to the New York version of the hunger games.
At least we know it is not Obama's fault: he just got the mayor's endorsement for promoting climate change.
Full statement:
“The Marathon has been an integral part of New York City’s life for 40 years and is an event tens of thousands of New Yorkers participate in and millions more watch. While holding the race would not require diverting resources from the recovery effort, it is clear that it has become the source of controversy and division. The marathon has always brought our city together and inspired us with stories of courage and determination. We would not want a cloud to hang over the race or its participants, and so we have decided to cancel it. We cannot allow a controversy over an athletic event – even one as meaningful as this – to distract attention away from all the critically important work that is being done to recover from the storm and get our city back on track. The New York Road Runners will have additional information in the days ahead for participants.”
And just a few short hours earlier:
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"Brokenarrow
The will of the people prevailed.
Im running for the us senate."
You won't make it in, since you're not an incumbent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLQ7klqYE_4
Bloomy, you're doing a heckuva job!
Excellent timing to announce cancellation as it locks-in hotel deposits (2 days) and steals even more... had a funny suspicion it was a money motivated call to hold it in the first place... now we know why they decided to wait till now to come true (halt) but with a way to keep some cash and minimize the City losses. Disgraceful Bankster Fraudsters! Sue the City for your deposits and boycott NYM! Shameful really.
Given the backlash, I'm going to take a guess that this will not be the case.
Bloomberg shows all the compassion & sensitivity of the fascist he has always been.
You can have games only, when you have bread.
How can you have any circus if you don't eat your bread!
Please pass the bath salts.
Those elites who have time and money to run 26 miles for the fun of it would have had tomatoes, rotten eggs, and worse thrown at them. Probably a "prudent" decision on the part of King Bloomie.
Yes another example of great leadership from the mayor. This should have been cancelled Tuesday morning.
I was kind of hoping he would announce keeping the race "but all men will be required to run naked in deference to our struggling plebes." and of of course "in the name of leading by example...I...Mayor Conquistador Hermosa Van Jaime De La Bloombergus Maximus Caeser...will fire the starting gun in my birthday suit."
Now Bloomberg has gone too far. Glad I don't live in that crap hole. It used to be a nice place before gentrification by the banksters.
Santa Barbara International Marathon. November 10th. Great alternative. I'm going to be there. Beautiful Southern California coastline 67 degrees and plenty of sunshine.
Impeach the crook Bloomberg.
…Supposedly this is big news, so we probably have to report it.—Tyler Durden
One wonders why “supposedly” would apply to incredibly important news. It’s important because the Obama campaign is suddenly being savaged by the bureaucracy of FEMA and its inability to produce positive stories out of the storm in time for Obama to be reelected.
While New Yorkers were in fear, even of death, and without food and help in the dark and cold, Obama swooped into town and got a photo op and left. And so, along comes the NYC marathon. And it comes into town with huge generators with heat for the runners and the concessions and the NY Post runs a picture of the generators on its front page and it says: Abuse of Power. Why? Because each one of these generatorss could have supplied needed electricity for numerous homes and desperate people.
And immediately, probably not Bloomberg but the Obama campaign, said Call this thing off - if it seems that these runners are trotting comfortably through town while others are starving and freezing to death, the news images of that contrast would be incredible for the office of the president of the nation. By politicizing his command of the relief effort, Obama made this storm his own. It’s Obama’s storm. And, now, another storm is moving in...
So it turns out that Bloomberg, trying to help out Obama and his downtown merchant friends, pulled a boner.
The only thing that’s different from Bloomberg’s initial decision to have the marathon and his decision to cancel it was the tremendous increase in criticism of the lack of relief efforts in light of this dazzling sporting show of let the people eat cake.
And if that ain’t big news, what R big news?
"...each one of these generatorss could have supplied needed electricity for numerous homes and desperate people."
Fucking communist!
Bloomberg wanted to wait until all the out-of-state and international runners had already been inconvenienced and spent money on hotels and travel. I imagine many already arrived in the City. So, he pissed off the storm victims by initially choosing athletes and media over them, and then he pissed off the athletes.
In the mean time, I wonder if those generators would have saved Belleview from evacuation yesterday?
Bloomberg stupidity is limitless :
USS Wasp, San Antonio and Carter Hall now about five miles off-shore from Brooklyn coast, awaiting aid requests.
Yet...
Bloomberg just said in a press conference minutes ago they didn't need the National Guard because they are capable of taking care of their own.
What a fucking asshole.
Clearly NYC doesn't want any help from anyone. Just send money.
Reminds one of former NY Mayor Giuliani who, after the 9/11 disaster, turned down Saudi Arabia’s multimillion dollar offer for help for “political reasons.”
the fcking marathon vomits are now trying to revise this into "we all wanted to help the Sandy Vicitims"
eat your vomit you scum
As the people of New York and New Jersey face hours in line waiting for gasoline, I heard this on the radio today: Power Workers Coming from Alabama to Volunteer Their Help Were Sent Home. That can be coupled with this headline today on Drudge:
Non-union crews turned away from NJ...
With the episodes below on Drudge today, one wonders about the leadership of the mayor of New York and the President of the United States as they contemplate their navels and the marathon and their obligations to their union supporters…
Drivers Waiting 6 Hours For Gas in NYC...
Tempers Rise in Wake of Storm...
'Finding bodies left and right'...
'They forgot about us'...
CHUCK SCHUMER CONFRONTED: 'We Are Gonna Die!'
CRAIGSLIST: $15 a gallon...
Utility workers pelted with eggs...
Misery...
Residents Furious RED CROSS Offering Cookies & Hot Chocolate, Not Blankets Or Clothes...
Jet Fuel Supply Fast Becoming Concern At Airports...
Staten Islanders Plead for Help: 'We Need Food'...
'Please don't leave us'...
VIDEO: Stranded New Yorkers Defecating in Apartment Buildings...
DIRE...
NJ counties enact 70s style gas rationing... Developing...
http://www.drudgereport.com/
Interesting re: Red Cross. They have a big fundraising campaign on TV. "Give us your money." No food or clothing; just your credit card number. I'm sure the moolah will be put to good use.
/sarcasm
Anybody want to bet those burnt-out ruins will still be there five years from now?
I recall hearing stories of men serving in World War II who passionately disliked the Red Cross – because of the doughnuts. Even men returning from the front lines were charged by the Red Cross for their doughnuts and coffee. Hard to swallow, isn’t it?
In many areas of the U.S. today the Red Cross has a bad reputation because its paid staff – one or two - will arrive at a disaster but volunteers are required to take care of the relief effort.
Tens of thousands are dying slow, horrible, heartbreaking deaths because of actions tied to the Red Cross.
"While President Clinton was still governor, inmates would regularly cross the prison hospital's threshold to give blood, lured by the prospect of receiving $7 a pint. The ritual was creepy to behold: platoons of prisoners lying supine on rows of cots, waiting for the needle-wielding prison orderly to puncture a vein and watch the clear bags fill with blood. Administrators then sold the blood to brokers, who in turn shipped it to other states, and to Japan, Italy, Spain and Canada. Despite repeated warnings from the Food and Drug Administration, Arkansas kept its prison plasma program running until 1994, when it became the very last state to cease selling its prisoners' plasma. In a year when Arkansas scandals dating back to his governorship have returned to haunt Clinton..."
ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factor_8:_The_Arkansas_Prison_Blood_Scandal
http://rense.com/political/arkblood.htm
I hate the Red Cross because of Mrs. Dole; fuck that evil charity-thieving cunt.
No more morals than a sticky-fingered kid in the collection plate.
Bloomberg is a fucking POS moron. Allocating resources for a game at a time like this? And this asshole flies?
What's the matter?
The pathologically Self-Absorbed finally got ya down?
"We cannot allow a controversy over an athletic event – even one as meaningful as this..."
Call it an amusement, a distraction, an inconvenience for some, but "meaningful?!" IT'S JUST A SPORTING EVENT.
Bread and circuses are the prestige of the state.
Defined:
Mayor Bloomberg: Pathological, self absorbed, midget, Jew, liar.
The poor are about to get another hard lesson in how much their mayor, bankers, insurance execs, et al, love them.
acquaintances play mid-ocean and muse
He is Lord Mayor of NYC yet appears to spend significant time in Bemuda hobnobbing with the likes of Bunga Berlusconi
To watch over his fortunes he employs caretakers such as the Rattner who, according to acquaintances has a reputation...
The Lord Mayor, rumour has it is devoid of traditional relationships since his divorce, not that there is anything wrong with that
The worst of the rumours I was cautioned not to repeat, but alas this is Saturday..
behind his back they refer to him Mike the Mulligan
Classic - Marathon Man, "is it safe"? .... I guess not.
How to spell the word SCUMbags
"Disenfranchised" Marathon Runners Vow To Run On Sunday Anywayhttp://gothamist.com/2012/11/02/defiant_marathon_participants_vow_t.php
and then ther are those with class
LoriWilsonNBC don't know if it was the right thing to do, but it was the smart thing to do.
https://twitter.com/Rogue916/status/264557847986188289
What a sucker.
So he needed 3 days to realize that a marathon in a city still cleaning up and without a functioning subway system might not be such a bright idea.
Good move, Bloomberg. And good timing too. Shortly after markets closed on a Friday afternoon.. No, I'm not suggesting it was timed that way. But was it?
Now what are we going to do next Tuesday? Is it worth it? Potentially not allowing many NE voters to have their say might bring about a constitutional challenge.
Obama/Romney going in front of cameras Monday to make a joint statement. I would be surprised if they didn't.
Paper ballots are planned for polling places in NJ without power.
In principle, paper ballots are good. But in the disorganized post-disaster environment, the security of those ballots is in question.
Visualize Bush v. Gore all over again ...
People standing in line for basic necessities such as gas. Can you see them standing in line to give their vote in a make-shift voting center as opposed to scouring the remains of their homes, cleaning up, rebuilding, restocking and so on and so forth.
Elections in the US have been contested for much less in past years. This is a case of potential irregular voting and could have a chance to be contested for months after. Both teams know the circumstances and potential headaches.
They might not cancel the election altogether but they could delay calling the outcome pending voting access and ability in the NE.
So, cancelled it after all those hotel rooms had been bought and paid for and runners had already checked in, room tax paid, etc., eh Bloomberg? Couldn't have mass cancellations and loss of revenue, could we now.....
The revenue loss will come, it's just a matter of when. I expect subsequent NYC marathons to be significantly less well-attended, shall we say.
The runners can still enjoy all that NY has to offer! NY is always worth the trip. People died in the disaster. Many lossed everything.
So bu-fucking-hu to all those who travelled to NY and spent some money.
They could have "prepared" and chosen NOT to travel to a city that was struck by the biggest natural disaster in a century.
Hindsight is 20/20. Applies to those standing in line for gas to fuel their generators as well as those who wanted to run through a city in shambles.
Dude is a douche bag... much like his boy Obongo. Better reimburse all the schnooks that did the hassle to get there... what a 'roid!
This is bec Bloomberg is an out of touch billionaire. He doesn't know the avg joe.
Bonaparte Bloomberg and Bath House Barry, what a pair.
Why do they vote for these idiots?
Escape New York
Makes sense now does it not?
Call Snake
Or just stay and keep voting for the same asshole that wants you all dead.
Simple.
So he was for the marathon before he was against it...?
You'll need to license the patent from Mittens.