For those of you wondering why A. Weiner has not stepped down and resigned...it's quite simple. He doesn't believe that he has done anything wrong and that what he did do has noting to do with the job he was elected for. Which I have to admit I do truly find in a bizarre way fascinating. He really believes that he will get away with texting/twittering/phone sexing women while he is married and not only keep his job...but take the next step on his way to the Presidency of the United States as the next Mayor of New York. I think he sees a Bill Clinton that got away with an affair...so this is nothing. Well, while I'm not exactly a big fan of Slick Willy...however, he is a very canny politician who had an incredible machine behind him. A Weiner is a Congressman in a district in a state and doesn't quite have a Clinton machine.
The real question is was all of this done via "mobile devices" or has he been with any of these women. I don't think this story has fully run it's course yet & I'm curious to see what else comes out. Keep in mind...it started as an underwear pic and has escalated to multiple pics (possibly of A.Weiner in state of excitement) to multiple women, phone sex, text sex, and advising a Porn Star on how to handle the media and possibly offering his "staff" (no pun intended here) to support her...which I believe is illegal.
If he didn't...then what exactly what was he thinking about doing this as a married man...or for that manner any guy. I'm guessing that A Weiner figured out a while ago that he may need to not only rely on his looks...but possibly his charming personality and brains. He may have noticed that the way women looked at him in college vs the way he gets viewed as a Congressman. He may have come to learn that Kissinger was right "Power is the Ultimate Aphrodisiac". Is he really that much of an insecure narcissist that he needed the adoration of these women via a mobile device? With a wife that travels a lot could he not take matters into his "own hand(s)" with past memories or a stimulating movie? Did he really need to take pics of himself next to two cats and use that as a come on?
I'm worried sometimes when I send out an e-mail that has no pics and nothing major on it...what part of texting and e-mailing creating a personal record eludes A. Weiner, A Tiger, & C. Lee? Do they really believe that they are beyond the law and common decency? Do they have no respect for themselves...their families, their friends? I'm not going to presume to judge them on their morals. Who among else is such an angel. However...showing some common sense is something else. Knocking up your maid...maybe a bad idea. Using campaign money to pay for your bastards support...maybe that might come up...and is illegal. Offering your "staff" to a entertainer and talking and texting from your office doing work hours...maybe not the brightest idea? Going to the same "escort" at the same "establishment"....maybe there could be records?
If A. Weiner had a sherd of decency or respect for anyone at all he would have resigned. One thing that I also find very troubling is that he has not been ordered to step down by his party. Both sides of the aisle are guilty of like stupid acts. When Mr Lee put up pics of himself on Craig's flexing his upper body he resigned immediately. Why is Pelosi not making him step down? Why is she going to spend tax payer dollars on an investigation that will take months and go nowhere!?!
Again I could care less that he was texting pics of himself like an idiot. I do care that he is an elected official that is a blatant untrustworthy classless liar. Not who I want representing me or you for that matter. But hey...don't cry for A. Weiner...he'll be fine. Once he loses his job he will reach out to his contacts in the "entertainment" industry make a straight to DVD movie likely titled "A.Weiner Rises" and then get his own Reality show...after he is the next Bachelor and rocks out on the Jersey Show on MTV this summer...
Throngs...(A large, densely packed crowd of people or animals: "he pushed his way through the throng") not thongs, so get your head out of the gutter or these ladies will slap you silly! They say that three times is the charm and this past Saturday night was my third "experience" with Ladies Roller Derby. The first was watching Kansas City Bombers starring the one and only Raquel Welch as a kid. The second was meeting a girl working at a gin tasting that was in a league in another state.
The game takes place on a basketball-sized court where the players have to skate (on old school roller skates) around and around a pretty tight track. They go by names like Suzy Hotrod, Hyper Lynch, Bimbo Slice and Fisti Cuffs. From what I could figure out two players race each other, which in roller derby means they need to break through the rest of the opposing team trying to block them. Once they make it around once a ref follows them over a two-minute period to make as many rounds as they can while being blocked, hip-checked, pushed, pulled, etc.
The game is split into two halves (there is a halftime show believe it or not – Swing Dancers). The first was kinda slow and it wasn't as aggressive as I expected (wanted). The second half was another story. The home team Manhattan Mayhem was down and came out swinging against the Queens of Pain. Alas it was to be the Queens night.
Now one of the best parts of this event as you may imagine was the crowd. It varied from the fans, friends & lovers of the players to their families that included kids and gentlemen with Roller Derby Dad t-shirts. As tattooed as the players were the crowd was a bit more. They were rather colorful as well personality wise i.e. shouting out at one point to the Queens of Pain "Get back on the 7!!!" They really seemed into it and my friends and I got caught up in it when it picked up the second half. Make no mistake. These ladies are athletes and good ones. Suzy Hotrod was a standout and would give most men a run for their money if not an outright beating on most fields of play. For something different and fun check out the upcoming schedule on the Gotham Girls website.
Of special note, do not show up at the event "heavy." You have to go through metal detectors and a slew of well-armed officers. Not for nothing, but who goes to see Ladies Roller Derby "heavy" in the first place?
Manhattan Mayhem plays at the Hunter College Sport Complex on 68th St. and Lexington Ave.
The game takes place on a basketball-sized court where the players have to skate (on old school roller skates) around and around a pretty tight track. They go by names like Suzy Hotrod, Hyper Lynch, Bimbo Slice and Fisti Cuffs. From what I could figure out two players race each other, which in roller derby means they need to break through the rest of the opposing team trying to block them. Once they make it around once a ref follows them over a two-minute period to make as many rounds as they can while being blocked, hip-checked, pushed, pulled, etc.
The game is split into two halves (there is a halftime show believe it or not – Swing Dancers). The first was kinda slow and it wasn't as aggressive as I expected (wanted). The second half was another story. The home team Manhattan Mayhem was down and came out swinging against the Queens of Pain. Alas it was to be the Queens night.
Now one of the best parts of this event as you may imagine was the crowd. It varied from the fans, friends & lovers of the players to their families that included kids and gentlemen with Roller Derby Dad t-shirts. As tattooed as the players were the crowd was a bit more. They were rather colorful as well personality wise i.e. shouting out at one point to the Queens of Pain "Get back on the 7!!!" They really seemed into it and my friends and I got caught up in it when it picked up the second half. Make no mistake. These ladies are athletes and good ones. Suzy Hotrod was a standout and would give most men a run for their money if not an outright beating on most fields of play. For something different and fun check out the upcoming schedule on the Gotham Girls website.
Of special note, do not show up at the event "heavy." You have to go through metal detectors and a slew of well-armed officers. Not for nothing, but who goes to see Ladies Roller Derby "heavy" in the first place?
Manhattan Mayhem plays at the Hunter College Sport Complex on 68th St. and Lexington Ave.