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| Marines and sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit deployed aboard USS Wasp, Nov. 1, 2012, currently afloat off the coast of New York City, to assist in disaster relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The 26th MEU is able to provide generators, fuel, clean water, and helicopter lift capabilities to aid in disaster relief efforts. The 26th MEU is currently in pre-deployment training, preparing for their departure in 2013. As an expeditionary crisis response force operating from the sea the MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response, and limited contingency operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael S. Lockett/Released) |
But Mayor Michael Bloomberg has said the race will proceed as planned Sunday. Runners have been jogging around the edges of Central Park, which has been off limits since the storm."The marathon will go ahead," New York City Marathon race director Mary Wittenberg told CNBC Thursday. Wittenberg vowed the race would not tax city resources.Just plain wow.
The US military...all branches...USMC, Navy, AF, Army/National Guard and Coast Guard are all busting ass to get to this region to provide assistance.
Many Americans are looking toward that region wondering what they can do...many are digging into lint filled pockets to toss what ever they can toward donations to those in need.
And what does the "cultural elite" in that city do? They hold Halloween parties and spit in the face of a concerned nation and throw a marathon. Resources that should be devoted to the relief effort are instead turned toward a race.
Bloomberg is an idiot and this illustrates the danger of entrenched bureaucracy AND the thinking of an imperial mayor.
This decision will bite Bloomberg in the ass and he'll deserve every tooth mark.