I think I speak for most New Yorkers when I say–without the slightest intention of sour grapes–good. One less thing to worry about.
PAD
I think I speak for most New Yorkers when I say–without the slightest intention of sour grapes–good. One less thing to worry about.
PAD
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“Why does “Redneck” read like two guys speaking who just had root canal and the novacaine hasn’t worn off.”
There’s a comment swirling around in my brain that has something to do with teeth…or the lack thereof…but my inner censor is giving off all kinds of alarms, so I think I should keep the rest to myself.
Am I the only one that thinks Chirac’s comments were either A) taken waaaay to seriously (and, c’mon, the truth hurts), or B) a deliberate attempt to keep the Games out of Paris?
Am I the only one that thinks Chirac’s comments were either A) taken waaaay to seriously (and, c’mon, the truth hurts), or B) a deliberate attempt to keep the Games out of Paris?
Oh I think that Chirac very much wanted the Games. he needs some kind of victory at this point.
BILL: “Oh I think that Chirac very much wanted the Games. he needs some kind of victory at this point.”
Why do you say that?
I think Bill is refering to the recent defeat of the EU Constitution by French voters, many of whome cited distrust of Chirac’s government as the reason for being against it. In other words, because Chirac invested so much effort into convincing voters to support the constitution, he actually drove people away from it.
Why do you say that?
From Bloomberg.com:
For Chirac, 72, the defeat is yet another setback after the French on May 29 rejected a referendum on the European constitution and his political party was routed in regional and European parliamentary elections last year.
…The Olympics bid defeat further diminishes Chirac’s hopes of running for a third presidential term in 2007. His approval rating fell to 28 percent in June, down 12 points from the previous month, according to a monthly poll of 1,884 people done by Ifop for Journal de Dimanche.
I think I’m on safe ground suggesting that Chirac has seen better days…
Another NY’ers two cents.
I am born and bred here and want to say, Thank God we didn’t get the friggin’ Jets Stadium or the Olympics. Call me silly, but can’t that money be put towards something outlandish, like the public school system, middle to low income housing or medical insurance for the uninsured? The stadium and the Olympics had nothing to do with helping NY, it was simply Bloomberg wanting to have some sort of legacy as a Mayor. Someone else has posted it, but its worth repeating, the Olympics is not a financial boon to the host city, its an albatross. Also, the original proposal for the Jets was out in Queens, but for whatever reason Bloomberg couldn’t get behind supporting it for an outer borough.
The Yankees are getting a new stadium, so are the Nets and possibly the Mets. Don’t you think these projects are enough?
There’s an old Newfy (Newfoundlander) that goes something like this:
In Newfoundland, the term “tousands and tousands” is used to mean alot. When offshore drillers came to Newfoundland a couple of decades ago and first started their test drilling, they came to find a great deal of reserves. The estimate was on the order of several tens of millions of barrels. When an old-time fisherman was relaying the find to some geologists on his boat, they asked him “so? They found several millions of barrels of oil?”
“No,” he replied. “Dey found more den tat, Dey found tousands and tousands.”
On a sidenote, Peter, I don’t think England of the 1770s could have care much about what anyone called themselves. I (tongue firmly in cheek) can only imagine the Founding Fathers rallying the people to go to war, not because of overtaxation, and political descissions made an ocean way, but because they hated calling themselves colonials, having to wear wigs and bowlers, and having to walk with umbrellas.