Philly Fails Once Again

Once again, the city of Philadelphia has let me down. For yet another time, my hopes were raised, only to be shattered. This time it wasn’t the Phillies or Eagles. It wasn’t even a sports team. No, this time I’m let down by Live 8.

The riots that would occur with 1 million people just never panned out.

The excess port-a-potty sewage flooding the street? Not so much.

I was looking forward to a good old fashioned mob scene this weekend, and what did I get? Woodstock 2005. All peace, love and harmony.

No large scale arrests? This comes from a city that had to install a court in Veterans Stadium.

I thought for sure we were really going to step up this time, finally make some news for ourselves. I thought maybe the Philadelphia police might gather people up in nets like the NYPD did at last years' Republican National Convention. But no! They acted responsibly.

And how about overturning some cars, like Detroit did after the Tigers won the World Series in the 80’s? Not a one. The best we get is a bunch of trash on the Parkway.

So once again Philadelphia gets no national recognition. Is there a draft pick somewhere we can boo?