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"C'est un scandale !"
by redstar on Thu Jan 3rd, 2008 at 05:19:26 PM EST
Misery loves company so I'd thought you might enjoy this picture:

Our sports complex - the scrodome next to the worlds tallest phallic symbol.

We are for Justice and Mercy, and Truth and Peace, and true Freedom. Edward Burroughs 1659

by edwin on Thu Jan 3rd, 2008 at 05:40:03 PM EST
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We better not talk hockey.

"C'est un scandale !"
by redstar on Thu Jan 3rd, 2008 at 05:42:35 PM EST
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The last time I watched a hockey game was 25 years ago at least.

I think you're safe... ;)

We are for Justice and Mercy, and Truth and Peace, and true Freedom. Edward Burroughs 1659

by edwin on Thu Jan 3rd, 2008 at 05:57:36 PM EST
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You don't have a team to watch!

"C'est un scandale !"
by redstar on Thu Jan 3rd, 2008 at 06:03:12 PM EST
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Now I'm really confused. And I thought things would get better when I tossed my tv out the window.

We are for Justice and Mercy, and Truth and Peace, and true Freedom. Edward Burroughs 1659
by edwin on Thu Jan 3rd, 2008 at 06:11:13 PM EST
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Well, you don't really have a team to cheer for, cuz the Leafs suck and have sucked for a very long time. So not surprising you haven't watched a game in 25 years.

Last cup? 40 years ago.

Sorry to confuse you. I'd be bewildered too if I were a hockey fan in Toronto.

"C'est un scandale !"

by redstar on Thu Jan 3rd, 2008 at 06:14:10 PM EST
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That may be - but you know what we said when we won the world cup in baseball:

Our Americans are better than your Americans.

So take that!

We are for Justice and Mercy, and Truth and Peace, and true Freedom. Edward Burroughs 1659

by edwin on Thu Jan 3rd, 2008 at 07:21:24 PM EST
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The tower serves a purpose. I can see it from Buffalo on a clear day allowing me to keep an eye on the movements of Canadians dying to cross territorial waters to the land of the free and home of the brave.
by Upstate NY on Fri Jan 4th, 2008 at 04:03:27 PM EST
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ROFLMAO!

We are for Justice and Mercy, and Truth and Peace, and true Freedom. Edward Burroughs 1659
by edwin on Fri Jan 4th, 2008 at 05:49:25 PM EST
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What about Minnesota? Was the money that should have been spent on the I35 bridge used on some sports infrastructure?

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 3rd, 2008 at 05:47:43 PM EST
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Three such structures. A new baseball stadium, a new university stadium, primarily football use (but also for the other football), and about ten years back a hockey stadium.

There are also calls for another professional football stadium (on top of the university one already built), which will likely also happen if history is any judge.

On the other hand, there are about a half-dozen high-traffic bridges (two of which I ride under with my bike, like the 35W bridge) with worse structural sufficiency ratings than the one that went down.

It's gratifying to me to see politicians in the US and in my home state able to come together and get something done for the wealthy sons of bitches on behalf of whom virtually everything in this country gets done.

I mentioned the baseball one in the diary.

"C'est un scandale !"

by redstar on Thu Jan 3rd, 2008 at 05:52:29 PM EST
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Sorry, I missed the short paragraph about the Twins.

We have met the enemy, and he is us — Pogo
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Thu Jan 3rd, 2008 at 05:56:57 PM EST
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The bridge collapse likely means Zigi doesn't get public money for his football stadium. But then, sometimes, even I am not cynical enough.

you are the media you consume.

by MillMan (millguy at gmail) on Thu Jan 3rd, 2008 at 10:54:52 PM EST
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Even worse.

The politicos and owners of the Twins crossed that bridge on the way to the new publicly-financed stadium groundbreaking about 30 minutes before the bridge collapsed.

by Upstate NY on Fri Jan 4th, 2008 at 04:01:14 PM EST
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Probably not the best night to put it up over there, They appear distracted, I can't think by what. ;-)

Life should consist in at least fifty percent pure waste of time, and the rest doing what you please.
by ceebs (bunchofwankers (at) gmail (dot) com) on Thu Jan 3rd, 2008 at 06:46:27 PM EST
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