Refugees get kicked Out! Chargers in!

[itsrobert]

SD is moving displaced fire victims to fair grounds so Chargers can play Sunday.

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/10/25/san-diego-mayor-chargers-can-play-sunday-at-qualcomm-stadium-de/

[Xenotime]

1. This sounds like New Orleans all over again...

Where did all the FEMA money go? Hmmm....oh yea...to rebuild the dome in NOLA

[OhioChick]

2. You Have Got to be Kidding Me....

Speechless here.

[knitter4democracy]

3. Um, so football's more important?

Why not make the home game an away game?

[bridgit]

7. you got it!! corporate franchise sports in america will not be denied...

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. As I said last night ... and so it begins

[Swamp Rat]

13. Yep

And we were right about this too:





Well, this wasn't so hard to predict. It really was a 'given.' :eyes:

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. Yep,

and if playing for chimp got me the money I need to move on... I'd play too

By the way, here is the second prediciton... even though this is HIS base.. wanna lay odds at how fast insurace companies try to avoid paying? (Act of god I am hearing it right now), and how fast these folks are left to rot?

[Swamp Rat]

31. I see that, and raise you some shady "contractors," "roofers," "electricians" etc.

who WILL rob disaster victims of what little insurance money they get. ........ CHA-CHING!



:grr:

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. You forgot crony contractors

I am betting on Haliburton being on the ground FAST... and Caci, well they are based here... so they don't have to go far

And BW... I expect to see them soon in places like Ramona... unless Sheriff Collender makes a hell of a stand!

[Swamp Rat]

33. Cronies fall under the umbrella of "shady."

:D

Good luck with your local law enforcement. It, for the most part, failed here... barring exceptions.

[nadinbrzezinski]

34. Local law enforcement has been magnificent so far

but when we look at the unincorporated areas of the county, such as Potrero and Ramona, and I think Vista... where the good Sheriff will have to make a stand... and trust me, there are days I wonder bout Kollender, but I think he will mostly out of self protection.

There is where what has happened in NOLA will repeat in San Diego...

Rancho Bernardo? No way Jose, but those areas.. yep, absolutely.

[Breeze54]

5. WTF? Aren't all the displaced animals there?

This is outragous. Is there any housing there? Facilities?

Gheeezzee.... :crazy:

[proud2BlibKansan]

17. Oh good heavens, you are worried about ANIMALS?!

There's a GAME on Sunday!! Get with the program!!! :sarcasm:

[TimBean]

6. Bad priorities

Chargers have dozens of options. People living in a football stadium obviously don't have any other reasonable options (besides the street).

[MikeNearMcChord]

9. True, why not play in the LA Coliseum or the Rose Bowl

[shance]

8. They are not refugees, they are residents who have been robbed via disaster capitalism

n/t

[rurallib]

10. Time to roll out a missing white woman to divert attention

Too bad that there is only ONE stadium in all of Southern California that SD can play in.
Edit to add: The pre-game moment of silence for those who have lost everything in the fire will be so touching.

[Cha]

11. Fucking Football has corporatewhore

priority and they better not complain.

UnFuckingReal.

[RB TexLa]

12. Misleading. The mayor says the stadium can be used, the NFL hasn't made a decision

[Catherine Vincent]

14. A football game is so important.

Not!

[proud2BlibKansan]

15. I have a co-worker from San Diego

She told me yesterday her husband called her to complain that they were using the stadium to house the refugees and they had a home game this weekend.

Then she told me that several of their family members were unaccounted for.

And her husband was worried about the damn football game.

Kind of makes you go hmmmm.

[Swamp Rat]

16. Holy shit!

Heartless bastard!

DIVORCE HIM NOW!!!

[proud2BlibKansan]

18. And I used to think he was a nice guy

He's a young kid. Maybe he will one day realize he's a selfish prick.

Then again, maybe he won't. He's a republican. :)

[Swamp Rat]

23. Do they have children?

If not, tell her to GET THE FUCK OUT NOW! :)

There are plenty of good men out there who have a heart. I bet she could find a nice guy who dotes on her, instead of football memorabilia.

Feel free to tell her my opinion, for what it's worth. (7¢... inflation) :D

[proud2BlibKansan]

24. One adorable 8 year old daughter

She had cancer and is in remission now. So this family has been through the ringer. But that doesn't excuse his selfish attitude.

[Swamp Rat]

26. Well, he needs to be told directly that his comments are unconscionable,

and that if he keeps it up everyone else will know he is a total jerk.

[proud2BlibKansan]

27. I think his wife told him that

[Swamp Rat]

29. Well, hopefully my knee-jerk response won't interfere with a possible detente.

edit: either :D ..... O8)

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. Reaching for the disaster manager hat

thrid possibility... he has not woken up from the dream, (aka deep denial) and the game is kind of sticking to the
routine.

:-)

Seen this by the way

[havocmom]

19. Seriously! Hell, I'm broke, but I would send a check to help with lawyering for the woman

Her husband is a class 1 jerk!

Of course, she could take him to Sea World and feed him to the fishes :evilgrin:

[Swamp Rat]

22. I like the way you think.

:evilgrin:

[Stinky The Clown]

20. I heard that the number of actual displaced fire victims at Qualcom was in the several hundreds ....

.... as most have returned home or found other places to stay. If that's the case, I honestly don't see it as all that big a hardship.

Unlike NO, San Diego still has fully working infrastructure and accessible services.

[karlrschneider]

21. Nothing in that says anybody is being kicked out. You're posting bullshit.

:eyes:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

25. I don't have a problem with this

as long as all proceeds are donated to the victims.