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...whether the feds share anything more than vague, all-point alerts is another story. Ever since the attacks, cops and sheriffs from small towns to big cities have complained about being left out of the loop by the feds on information that could help them capture terrorists or foil their plans. Many state officials don't even have the required security clearances. Last week was no exception. In New York City, Mayor Rudy Giuliani testified before a special congressional subcommittee hearing on homeland security that legislation was needed to require the sharing of crucial information. His sentiment was echoed...
...from way back who still go to a number of games together every summer, no matter how bad the Mets are, and rejoice as much when the scoreboard has the Yankees behind as we do when the Mets are winning. We’ve come to call ourselves The Loop, a group chiefly defined by the people who don’t show up. If Gil didn’t come out and join the guys in Flushing every so often, we’d all shrug and say things like, “I dunno, Gil?...
Every member of The Loop desperately wants the Yankees to lose the World Series, except for Scott, who has begun openly cheering for them. Scott’s realized that every team he’s rooted for in the World Series during the last decade and a half has lost, and he’s decided to take the Yankees down in his own special way. He has taken to writing poems about the Yankees to express his newfound “affection.” (“The Yankees fight for freedom/ And thus, they always...
...downtown the train passes NYU, where Stango goes to school now. Stango’s been the author of a number of memorable Loop moments, including one that happened when we all showed up at a Met game one year and it happened to be Jewish Heritage Day at Shea. None of us are Jewish. We’re a couple of Irish guys, a couple of Italian guys, a Chinese kid and me, the black guy. We’re all Catholic...
During one of these nights, The Loop went to a game at Shea between the Mets and the Rockies. Aileen was there, too. We were all abuzz over the spraying going on in nearby Flushing Meadows Park. One member of our merry band, Brian, was particularly spooked. He feared that the row of bleacher seats beneath us that the Mets had blocked off had something to do with West Nile or the spraying. And, believe it or not, we all started to believe...