Jeez....how much do you want to bet the news people are pleasuring themselves right now?

Johnnie Cochran, The stadium, Shiavo, Frank Purdue, and now the Pope. It's a news weekend they dream about. Now I know all...what...29 people that read this are most likely thinking i'm a heartless bastard, but it's true. Most...not all...but most news people don't have feelings. They just want to get the story out, which is good and all, but have a heart.

I might be an atheist, but that doesn't mean I don't like the Pope. Matter of fact, any guy who can enjoy breakdancing as much as he did, and wear Bono sunglasses(Thanks Mellissa) is a-ok in my book.

That stadium is gonna be the end of it. This city is gonna go nuts. But before I go on with the rest of that rant I want to know why the MTA didn't just wait longer for more bids. See...they[the MTA] said that they wanted bids on the land. The MTA is cash strapped, so therefore one would think that they'd go for a nice high bid, like Cablevisions, but instead they went for the Jets bid, which was far lower. The MTA board had members from bloomberg and Pataki, so obviously they were gonna vote stadium...but the obvious fact is...the deal stinks. If the MTA is in need of money, why not go for the higher bid?

This stadium is not what we need. Even though they claim theyre going to put parking spots elsewhere, there will still be mass amounts of traffic in that already congested area.

Now, they say this stadium is a good sign that the International Olympic Committe(IOC) will give New York the 2012 Summer Olympics. This is very bad. The plan calls for events in all 5 boroughs. Summer tourists plus three million plus athletes and press, from all over the country, coming in over a short 3 week period. The mayor says that the Republican convention from last summer proves that we can handle it. Lets compare.

Republican convention prep time and event length: Roughly a week and a half.
Likely Olympic prep time and length: 3 months.

Republican convention attendees: few thousand tops.
Olympic attendees: I'm guessing 3 million. (athletes, trainers, support staff, press, judges, tourists, family)

Republican Convention area: About 15-20 square blocks at most.
Olympic area: All 5 boroughs will have at least 2 events.

Now lets talk security. NYPD, as much as I usually don't get along with them does a great job handling big events...but even this is beyond their scope. Now the government has promised to give security, but they also promised relief money after 9/11 and thats slow to come in so I don't beleive them, and some government agent schmuck from Virgina will not know how to survive in the south Bronx at 2am. New York City is already a high terroist target, the Olympics have had terrorist attacks before (1996 Atlanta anyone?) so thats like adding fuel to the fire. There is no way that we can garuntee the safety of all these extra people.

Speaking of all these people...where we gonna put them? They say they'll build hotels along with the Olympic venues. Right...and this will be done by 2012? "Yes" they say. Right. Thats why we've been wiating for them to finish the ferry terminals for how long now? It takes 2 years to repave half a mile of highway and they're gonna pop up all these hotels and event venues in 8 years?

The good thing about me being a firefighter is, we can close the bay doors and not have to deal with these people till we go out on a call...in which case they'll almost assuredly be in the way...but, again, I really gotta feel for the cops in this thing, becasue they're out on the street and they are gonna have to play tourguide to all these people...many of whom will either not speak any English or have any clue where they're goin, or both.

Another bad thing about this stadium is...now every event in the country or world is gonna be here. The NFL has already said that if and when the stadium gets built, we will be the host city for the 2010 Superbowl. Then the floodgates will open... the Grammys, Oscars, Academy Awards and probably the porono awards will want to have their show here. And the owners of the stadium, the money hungry bastards they are, will approve everything. Yes, the city does need money, but we don't need the extra hassle.

This thing is going to be very bad and not a lot of people see it.