tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post1956391820940654380..comments2023-08-20T07:06:14.115-04:00Comments on Thurber's Thoughts: Bribing adults with midnight basketballMaggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-9814758578161493692012-11-01T15:44:25.224-04:002012-11-01T15:44:25.224-04:00Careful, Tim... you'll give them ideas. There...Careful, Tim... you'll give them ideas. There's still time for at least 2 more press conferences before election day.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677808307727487766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21829866.post-8075077856150944152012-11-01T15:31:28.770-04:002012-11-01T15:31:28.770-04:00Like you Maggie, I cannot help but wonder about a ...Like you Maggie, I cannot help but wonder about a program offering a refuge for kids from 9PM to 1AM; wondering whose 'kids' are out during such hours.<br /><br />Since everything appears to be 'racism' these days, I likewise cannot help but wonder about the selection of basketball vs any other sport as a form of profiling. Why not soccer, baseball, or flag football? Is the city attempting to tell us that basketball is the preferred sport of criminals?<br /><br />Parks and Recreation has become little more than a laughing stock; throwing programs and proposals at the wall to see what will stick in order to justify Issue 5. The truth of the matter is that there never seems to be enough to provide entertainment for those with potential criminal predilections. <br /><br />Perhaps before we're done we can buy them game systems and full cable, in case they're not entertained with basketball or Aquatic Parks.Timothy W Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118861693269565715noreply@blogger.com