1960s Radicals Continue To Be Attacked

Look, a man goes to a Phillies-Mets game at Citizens Bank Park with his Met fan wife and says Philly fans are awful. His reasoning? “You must remember that this is the same city that is famous for booing Santa Claus during a pro football game a number of years ago.”

Uh, no, you probably don’t remember it, because it happened before Woodstock. Complaining about Philadelphia sports fans and referencing the Santa Claus incident is like going to Chicago and saying it’s a bad place because of the police response to protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. It’s kind of exactly the same, since both happened the same year.

Validation That Your Life Sucks

Hey, are you miserable today? Sure, even if you’re on some legal mind-altering pills, you might still be a little down. Well now you have some validation from a magazine with annoying slideshows using a pointless index of miserableness: We’re the 5th most miserable city in America!

How miserable is Philly? The residents of the City of Brotherly Love once booed Santa Claus and pelted him with snowballs at an Eagles game. Maybe it’s the long commutes, violent crime and plethora of toxic waste sites that has people grumpy. Philadelphia scored in the top 20 in all three areas.

Zzzzzzzzz… oh, I’m sorry, I’ve read “booed Santa Claus” so many times that my brain automatically shuts down when I see it. Anyway, the most miserable city in the country is Detroit, and number three is Flint. Eat it, Michigan, we’re way better than you! Meanwhile, Forbes‘ plan to get people to write about them has worked again with another stupid list.

America’s Most Miserable Cities [Forbes]
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Tecmo Super Bowl Star Advises Next Mayor

Vai Sikahema, the NBC 10 anchor and uncle of Napoleon Dynamite, has written a few words on his blog advising Michael Nutter (or Al Taubenberger) what his administration should do for the next four eight years:

But in my observation, it’s clear to me that the one mayor who had his finger on the pulse of the city was Ed Rendell.

One reason I think he did was because Rendell was a huge sports fan! To a great extent, you could argue that if a politician understood his constituents’ passion for their local sports teams, he or she might understand better how to serve them.

Rendell wasn’t just a casual sports fan. He was fanatical! I’m not suggesting Michael Nutter do be a fanatic, but Rendell even got street cred when he actually threw a snowball onto the field at veteran stadium during a Cowboys game.

Oh man, what if Olivia Nutter threw a snowball at Tony Romo? Oh, man, I bet she could be elected mayor if she did that, age restriction or not.

Vai’s View: Tips for Next Mayor [NBC 10 via The Next Mayor]