A Let them Eat Cake moment NYC Marathon ??/ - Page 2

yubba · 11-02-12, 05:43 PM

Now that's out of the way, now we can get supplies to the people that need them,, they need to turn the schools into aid stations they have the room and everbody knows where they are.

CCIP · 11-02-12, 06:55 PM

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20189083

Good.

Again, having some personal connections in Staten Island, I can confirm that there is indeed some real problems and some real anger there. They have a right to be frustrated, so in this case, I can only approve of the decision. It's just a sensible thing to do when people are still digging out.

yubba · 11-02-12, 07:20 PM

With another storm on the way, they need to get a move on, folks need to get out of ground zero and find shelter, others need supplies to stick it out. If don't have access to clean drinking water, you need to go where it is because you are in a desert, if you don't know how to live in one well I'll let you figure that out.

Oberon · 11-02-12, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by yubba

With another storm on the way.

It's a deepening low pressure, not necessarily another major storm. It might hamper repair efforts a bit, but at the moment it's not exactly Armageddon.

yubba · 11-02-12, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

It's a deepening low pressure, not necessarily another major storm. It might hamper repair efforts a bit, but at the moment it's not exactly Armageddon.

Well I ment it would be wet, I hate cold wet. And clean drinking water is a must, four days without it your toast.

Platapus · 11-02-12, 08:52 PM

One thing is for sure.

No matter what decision would have been made concerning the marathon, someone would complain.

For some, complaining is the only thing in their lives, it seems.

yubba · 11-02-12, 09:16 PM

Well Bloomburg said it wouldn't have deverted any city resources, well it would have taken boots off the ground to cater to 30,000 runners that could be helping people out, or delivering water and send those generators to a hospital or to a shelter, lets have alittle common scence peoples lives are at stake.

Sailor Steve · 11-02-12, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by yubba

lets have alittle common scence peoples lives are at stake.

You should have thought of that before you tried to turn it into another biased political issue.

11-03-12, 02:09 AM

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Now that's out of the way, now we can get supplies to the people that need them,, they need to turn the schools into aid stations they have the room and everbody knows where they are.

So you mean the government should round people up and put them in government facilities.
Sorry yubba you have already dug your own hole with that one, now wallow in your own self made pit.

AVGWarhawk · 11-03-12, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

Bloomberg's saying that there's an economic incentive to have the race go on. I buy it...I'm sure it's a big moneymaker for the city, and I think they could use that. .

So you figured out its all about the almighty dollar. People and their well being have very little to do with this decision. Don't confuse this stunt as a moral booster for those affected by the storm. Personally I think it should never have come into question. Post pone.

Jimbuna · 11-03-12, 06:01 AM

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Earlier, some runners who had signed up for the race told local website Gothamist they would instead volunteer on Staten Island. As the cancellation was announced, other runners said they would do the same.

Nice one

11-02-12, 05:43 PM	#16
yubba Admiral Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: in a neighborhood near you Posts: 2,478 Downloads: 293 Uploads: 2	Ta Da Now that's out of the way, now we can get supplies to the people that need them,, they need to turn the schools into aid stations they have the room and everbody knows where they are.

11-02-12, 06:55 PM	#17
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20189083 Good. Again, having some personal connections in Staten Island, I can confirm that there is indeed some real problems and some real anger there. They have a right to be frustrated, so in this case, I can only approve of the decision. It's just a sensible thing to do when people are still digging out. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

11-02-12, 08:52 PM	#21
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	One thing is for sure. No matter what decision would have been made concerning the marathon, someone would complain. For some, complaining is the only thing in their lives, it seems. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

11-02-12, 07:20 PM	#18
yubba Admiral Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: in a neighborhood near you Posts: 2,478 Downloads: 293 Uploads: 2	With another storm on the way, they need to get a move on, folks need to get out of ground zero and find shelter, others need supplies to stick it out. If don't have access to clean drinking water, you need to go where it is because you are in a desert, if you don't know how to live in one well I'll let you figure that out.

11-02-12, 09:16 PM	#22
yubba Admiral Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: in a neighborhood near you Posts: 2,478 Downloads: 293 Uploads: 2	Well Bloomburg said it wouldn't have deverted any city resources, well it would have taken boots off the ground to cater to 30,000 runners that could be helping people out, or delivering water and send those generators to a hospital or to a shelter, lets have alittle common scence peoples lives are at stake.