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Good. I have no idea what Chakab Nov 2012 #1
Political manuevering; he wanted to hear the rightie hate merchants flip out. Dont call me Shirley Nov 2012 #5
Not trying to defend him... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2012 #36
Hope it's a reschedule. A lot of charities and local businesses depend on the event. progressivebydesign Nov 2012 #2
Seeing it now on CNBC. SoapBox Nov 2012 #3
WCBS tv in NYC says it's postponed. speedoo Nov 2012 #4
And the right decision imo. Graybeard Nov 2012 #6
It wasn't "good handling" of the crisis when he turned down FEMA help preparing for it. pnwmom Nov 2012 #19
Kudos Earth_First Nov 2012 #7
finally some sanity CreekDog Nov 2012 #8
Moving on post-9/11 v. Hurricane Sandy Earth_First Nov 2012 #9
But if we don't hold the marathon, christx30 Nov 2012 #43
Good decision. TDale313 Nov 2012 #10
The NY Times sent an alert. BumRushDaShow Nov 2012 #11
Perhaps it was today's NY Post cover, with the humongous generators in Central Park, Nye Bevan Nov 2012 #12
Good! Nobody here wants this. I was in Staten Island today to check on relatives, and nobody in SI hrmjustin Nov 2012 #13
Likely a painful call, but people in the city are really hurting. closeupready Nov 2012 #14
Or, was a clever pitch to try to make him get back in the good with Business folks after he endorsed KoKo Nov 2012 #22
What Public Resources? Huh? KoKo Nov 2012 #24
Law enforcement for crowd control, to prevent looting, closeupready Nov 2012 #34
correct mike dub Nov 2012 #37
This message was self-deleted by its author BumRushDaShow Nov 2012 #15
Bridges would have been closed most of the day Gin Nov 2012 #16
The right thing. Glad they did it. nolabear Nov 2012 #17
Easy call oswaldactedalone Nov 2012 #18
What was Bloomberg thinking to allow this to go on. He did so well and crashed KoKo Nov 2012 #20
12,000 animal's lives are hanging in the balance at the NY Aquarium magical thyme Nov 2012 #21
The appropriate course of action dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #23
The right call, but it should have made Wednesday... SidDithers Nov 2012 #25
Agreed. Now they will still be competing with flood victims for hotel rooms Patiod Nov 2012 #26
Jeeez. Lots of runners were travelling to NYC today. Is this late announcement geckosfeet Nov 2012 #27
Maybe the runners,et all, can just leave the money they would have spent. Donate it to FailureToCommunicate Nov 2012 #28
Crazy that it wasn't immediately cancelled - TBF Nov 2012 #29
I'm relieved... as a runner I was worried that people would blame running jimlup Nov 2012 #30
One of my training partners was set to run in the 2:25 to 2:30 range... uwbadgerdem Nov 2012 #38
a wise decision... defacto7 Nov 2012 #31
FINALLY-! did someone knock some sense into him? beachgirl2365 Nov 2012 #32
I originally thought it was OK for the show to go on Skittles Nov 2012 #33
same here uwbadgerdem Nov 2012 #39
Finally. eom Purveyor Nov 2012 #35
Good move DemoTex Nov 2012 #40
Good Superbot Nov 2012 #41
Kick! n/t Tx4obama Nov 2012 #42
I'm wondering if they should move/cancel the football game as well. alarimer Nov 2012 #44
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