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Old 19th April 2008, 11:10 AM   #1 (permalink)
Peter T. Daniels
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Default Service for NYC papal visit?

On Apr 19, 11:04 am, "J.R.Guthrie" <jguthr...@nyc.> wrote:
> At the Port of Authority, the word is au contraire -- those numbskulls are
> suspending service to WTC and Exchange Place for the Pope's visit to Ground
> Zero Sunday morning.
>
> I guess the preference for the faithful is to take the car. . . . .


Where would you put "the faithful" for this event? Memorial services
are no longer held on-site because it's all a construction site with
no place for assembly until after it's been finished and landscaped.

> Of course, byt suspending service at a location where many people are taking
> pictures, all those Deputy Fife's that constitute the PA's police department
> won;t have to threaten to confiscate cameras because there's a PATH train
> going by in the background. Maybe it's just a ploy to avoid the general
> public from learning what railfans already know about these nincompoops.


Yeah, they should make it easier for another pope to get shot.
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