to be or not to be

so i don't know what to make of the latest "impasse" of the pittsburgh arena talks (aka governor ed rendell and mario lemieux: who's dick is bigger? round three). no matter how i twist it, scrapping this and starting over somewhere else at this late point in the game doesn't make a damn lick of sense. the fact that it's been three months of "we're close, we're close" negotiating and yet nothing's been put in ink doesn't make much sense either.

despite being a lifelong penguins fan, the only emotion i can come up with is that i'm disgusted and bored with the whole thing. it's a riproaring shame that what could have been one of the most enjoyable hockey seasons of the last decade has been forever tainted with business powerplays.

and it's a shame that a private corporation and a government striving to reach the same goals for the benefit of the city and fans can't check their egos at the door long enough to reach an agreement. shame on you all.

i propose handcuffing all parties involved to chairs in the conference room in philadelphia tomorrow, with an armed brigade of concerned citizens outside to ensure the deal gets done. we could always enlist the help of the state police, since that's the number that our pennsylvania governor has rerouted his calls to as of yesterday, when the constituent masses began phoning about the situation. i don't know, fast eddie, but that seems to me to be a major part of this problem.

and it's only one of the lengthy list of reasons that i didn't vote for you.