May
02
Saturday night politics: The New York City Council
ByThis isn’t your typical politics post. We’re taking sides here, but it the side of the Yanks. In a rather amusing look at the world of New York politics, Times reporter Fernanda Santos canvassed the New York City Council this week. She found that Mets fans out-poll Yankee fans by an 18-13 margin. Seven members of the Council took the politically prudent path of endorsing both, or more pessimistically, neither of the two teams, and Brooklyn’s Bill de Balsio professed his love of the Red Sox. What a traitor.
On another note, feel free to use this thread as the Open Thread. Oliver Perez and the Mets lost to the Phillies on a walk-off walk in the 10th inning, and the Bulls and Celtics are slugging it out in Game 7 of their epic playoff series.
This isn’t your typical politics post. We’re taking sides here
But most politics posts take sides!
/sarcasm
Good call.
6 of one, 1/2 dozen of the other.
Cut from the same cloth.
Is there going to be an open thread, or can I use this space to discuss how horrible Oliver Perez is?
4 runs, 5 hits, 6 walks in 2 1/3, thats Verasian. You should put that in the “Better than the Mets” catagory.
/end discussion
Feel free to use this as the open thread.
Not going to Rodriguez was also probably a pretty costly move. it’s sad but true: every team is a slave to the save rule.
Is there a more useless and corrupt legislature this side of the Atlantic than the NYC Council?
The New York State Senate.
Probably.
New Jersey state gov’t?
Anything in Illinois?
6 of one, 1/2 dozen of the other.
Cut from the same cloth.
(placed wrong before)
Thank God for corruption. If the people got what they really want in a Democracy, the country and most businesses would be bankrupted within a year. Or it would be a Communist state. Or if you’re lucky enough to live in Venezuela, both.
Our country isnt a democracy, its a constitutional republic.
I met Joe!
And now I am exceedingly bored. I mean, how do you come off the high of meeting your FREAKING NEPHEW!?
Is he really as handsome as the guy in those Twitter pics, or have the photos been touched up in some way?
Dustin Pedroia just got intentionally walked so that they could face Ortiz. Interesting…..Ortiz is toast and everybody knows it.
Ouch…
wow.
Speaking of worst kept secrets, do you think Scioscia noticed Ellsbury stealing home on Andy? They were TAUNTING him when they got to 3B, and it got so bad that Girardi had to settle him down.
I wouldn’t be surprised if he had a Carlos Delgado-like resurgence in him…I just think that it’s unlikely because his injury is much worse, and he is a bad-body guy.