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Leftovers: Bill Clinton Slums It
• Bill Clinton hit Bristol’s Mill Street yesterday, stumping for democrat Patrick Murphy. He also called Murphy’s opponent, Mike Fitzpatrick, a “mangy dog” in a really, really weird metaphor that I can’t figure out. [Bucks County Courier Times] • The American Highway Users alliance did a report on the safest cities to evacuate from, and — surprise! — Philadelphia got an F, much like almost every other city. (Only Kansas City got an A.) Gee, what shocker. It’s hard to evacuate from cities with a million plus people in them. Who knew. [KYW 1060] • Stop the presses! Dan Savage said something wild! Those alt-weekly editors/sex columnists! Who knew they’d say outrageous things? (Okay, okay, saying Carl Romanelli should be drug behind a car is a little out there.) [DP's The Spin] • The infamous “Smiling Bank Robber” has been caught after robbing an Upper Darby bank. He said he moved to the suburbs because he had run out of banks to rob in Philadelphia. Guhwha? [KYW 1060] • Berks County judges and their staffs may soon have to face random drug tests. Ha! [AP/NBC 10] |
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2006 Congressional Elections, 2006 Senate Race, Bill Clinton, Carl Romanelli, Crime, Dan Savage, Drugs, Leftovers, Studies
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All we have to do to evacuate safely from terrorist attacks is to spread ourselves out so far that our city completely dies off and we become one massive suburb. THEN we’ll show em
The 34 page report never mentioned the role of pedestrians in emergency evacuations. However, walking was the primary means of evacuating Manhattan on 9-11. For perspectives on walking on 9-11 and during the 2003 blackout, see Episode 114 of “Perils For Pedestrians” on Google Video at
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22Perils+For+Pedestrians%22
Note: Pedestrians trying to leave downtown Kansas City during an emergency would have a real challenge because of the poor pedestrian access on the bridges over the Missouri River.