A coach consults his stats to see who should play. Even preseason and pickup games need to be recorded. Let's find out who makes the team!
Just before we get to the polls in November, we need a tally to show folks WHO did WHAT while in office. My first example is this Atlantic Yards Project in my ol' Bklyn home. Did ya get a look at the Daily News article today? Well- here it is. Read it , then read on:
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/2010/10/06/2010-10-06_ratner_plan_nets_critics.html
Tweet! (No- not twitter, but the sound a whistle makes)
WTH is this? EB-5 Program to help raise foreign money for this project? Hello?! It's about the fundamentals! I can't get property without putting up a deposit. Holdup! (Wait a minute). The City told Ratner about this small unknown Federal program?! TECHNICAL FOUL! We need to start following the trail, from the City Hall, to ugly Albany to DC
This Ratner guy was given a deal and he's got no "bank"? (Ratner's two other local commercial properties- MetroTech and nearby Atlantic Terminal Mall are not at capacity)
Didn't he just team up with that Russian crime boss Prokorov? (A ba-zillionaire who took over the largest nickel mine at the falling of the USSR?
Did anyone perform a background check of Forest City Ratner finances BEFORE they awarded him the site? (Yes, Ratner didn't have top bid, but was awarded the bid)
OK, back to the basics. This EB-5 allows a developer to attract foreign investment of up to half a mil. In turn, that investor is awarded (there goes that word again) an opportunity to get a green card!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME? IS THAT THE PLAY?!
I dunno. There seem to be a lot of counter-culture organizations overseas looking to "destroy America" (whatever that means). We just sent Faisal (yeah- like the mouse in that movie) Shahzad to a lifetime of mind conditioning in a "Super Prison" for his attempt to bomb Times Square.
IMHO (and I have many and you will find out I ain't humble) EB-5 is an open invitation for terror. I'm sure al-Qaeda and the Somalia Pirates are passing around a church plate right now.
If you wanna buy into my team- send a check and buy a share, but that doesn't mean "Junior" will get on the team.
THEY ARE WHAT WE THOUGHT THEY ARE!
So, going into this election season, we need a list of which of our elected officials is cheating on us all. Maybe I can be a Tea Party-er too, because its all about anger with those we've put in charge and the need to GET A SUBSTITUTE IN THE GAME!
Robert Moses will be leaving his grave and coming after us all. So too, is the ghost of Walter O'Malley. Moses (famed City government urban planner) didn't want O'Malley (owner of the famed Brooklyn Dodgers) to get this VERY SAME parcel of land to build a new stadium. The Dodgers left and the 4th largest city in the US fell into a depression. How the hell are we gonna give the ball to the NJ Nets? SUB! SUB!
But instead, 50 years later, the land went to a pencil-necked weasel who hasn't a dime to his name to complete some unwanted grand vision of a multi-building, 40-story luxury (don't give me that affordable housing crap) tower development (that will stand out like an eyesore like Co-Op City in the Bronx). Ratner says, "well, there's a decline in the rental market". And I say, "Yeah, you pinhead! There's a lot of new skyscrapers now in Brooklyn (the Oro, the Forte and the Legos-looking Toren) that don't look to be 30% capacity. (It seems like many lighted apartments are on timers). Ratner can only build an unwanted arena for his new tall Russian dominant partner. THAT'S A FOUL!
I NEED A TIME-OUT, REF!
-The Coach
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