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Larry Dighera wrote: Fortunately, we won't have to put up with this clown much longer: [bunch of lifted text snipped] You're joking, right, and not just clueless? Kerry wouldn't have massive TFRs and would blink before shutting down airspace and airports for himself, the no bill writing Senator? The entire Eastern Massachusetts region is being shut this summer down on behalf of Kerry. Amtrak trains, commuter trains, major commuter rail station, Interstates, major highways, secondary roads, tunnels, bridges, buses, trolleys, and a major rapid transit station, all to be shut down. Closed. Mayor Bloomberg has said the same will not happen in New York which has nearly identical proximities from their arena to their transportation hub (Penn Station). The Democrat response: take the week off, or work from home. (Great advice to give a nurse, a waiter, a carpenter, a janitor). These are the same people that whine that the working class people are a paycheck away from poverty and/or homelessness; now they tell everybody to skip a week of work on their behalf. Not to mention the magnitude of business lost, especially to the damned small business owners. And you believe that John F. Kerry would have any qualms about a major disruption to general aviation? This is the same person that had a Fire Hydrant moved away from his Beacon Hill Boston townhouse because of the terrible inconvenience to him. The same person that tells people to get out of the way whereever he goes because "Do You Know Who I AM? --- "The biggest problem: The convention's at Fleet Center, and Fleet is right next to North Station — the transportation hub of the Hub. It includes a commuter-rail station and a subway stop, both of which will be closed. Worse, the city's major north-south thoroughfare, I-93, runs underground right next to the Fleet Center — and the Secret Service demands it be shut down for hours each day, including the entire afternoon commute, and not just in the affected area, but for miles in either direction. Bridges and tunnels will also be blocked." -- Beantown Lockdown - NY Post http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/op...ists/21741.htm --- "In the space of two months, the Democratic National Convention has gone from a $154 million boon to Boston to a potential $50 million hit to the local economy as businesses absorb the magnitude of the announced highway, street, and mass-transit closings. Economists' conservative estimates of the loss range from $34.3 million to $49.8 million for the week, but some forecasts say the potential losses could be much higher if the effect on suburban communities is factored in as well. Before the release of new traffic information, the convention had been pegged in estimates at costing businesses $13 million, according to the Beacon Hill Institute." Convention Bust -- Boston Globe http://www.boston.com/news/politics/..._boston_globe/ TinyUrl Version: http://tinyurl.com/yurqv |
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