Our comment section erupted virtually overnight to reveal two warriors in a fight that has wildly exceeded all expectations.

In one corner, backed by legendary cornerman Vinny ‘finish your dinner or you get no dessert‘ Gentile, PTA heavyweight contenders hailing from local PS 185 are looking for a brawl this afternoon, in what’s likely to be a monumental display of powershots and vicious upstairs/downstairs combinations with formidable opponent, heavyweight champion – Verizon Wireless Communications.

Verizon Wireless – backed by local Bay Ridge veteran parent skeptics who believe that this match-up is nothing short of a bloodbath and PTA 185 shouldn’t even be in the ring – are likely to play a different game than the one their opponent’s trained for.

Armed with slightly higher accuracy and speed, Verizon will likely play keep-away and maximize their speed advantage – rather than get suckered into an all out brawl.

Given Verizon’s record, it’s likely they will control the pace of this event, as Vinny ‘eat your broccoli or you don’t go out to play‘ Gentile’s youth and exuberance may not be quite enough to outmatch the cellular giant.

Will PTA 185 be stopped before they even get out of the corner ?

Or, is Verizon Wireless set-up to go down hard?

Depending who you ask, the smart money seems to be with the champ…

The community weighs in on our athletes:

Matthew said…

This is dumb, there is still no good science that shows any harm from radio transmissions at these power levels and distances.

If they can’t come up with some good science to show that holding a cell phone transmitter inches from your brain causes problems, putting the other side if the signal across the street isn’t going to harm anyone.

Anonymous said…

why don’t these moms go out and do something useful like get jobs to help support their addiction to big hair and range rovers!!!!!
Simone said…

In response to Matthew: Why risk it? The “official” bodies all seem to be taking the position that the evidence is inconclusive. (ACS, “No human studies have have focused specifically on cellular phone towers”)In other words, they don’t know if there are longterm effects as result of continuous exposure to a low level electromagnetic field. Verizon workers are not allowed to be on the rooftop with the equipment for more than 20 minutes. The general public shouldn’t be exposed for more than 4 minutes. Our children are in a classroom directly facing the antenna for 6 hours on a daily basis.

The BioInitiative Report published on August 31, 2007 by 14 independent scientists, public health and public policy experts is alarmed at the potential health risks caused by radio frequency emissions and concludes that the existing standards for public safety are inadequate to protect public health. www.bioinitiative.org.

So Matthew, do you want your child or grandchild to spend the next six years in that building?

March 05, 2008 12:29 PM

Anonymous said…

To all you assholes who oppose the march, saying the women are wasting their time, and that the cell phone towers are harmless, let me ask you a question…Do any of you have kids? If you do, do you care about them? I bet the answer to one or both is NO. I bet you all wouldn’t have the ‘jumblies’ to sit near those towers for a few hours a day, every day. Besides, you are all probably sitting in your safe little dark rooms blogging all day…if nothing else….HANDS UP ON THE KEYBOARD NOW!

Ranger Dan said…

To the parent who ‘cares’ about their child: Have you even attended the PTA meetings? For if you did, you would know that a considerable amount of evidence to show that we are hardly charging windmills. Yes, there is conflicting evidence (from the FCC…hmmm), but we have properly researched and found significant evidence to warrant the action we are taking. Our action has been very well planned, as a result a total of seven schools have become involved. Hardly chasing shadows. It is possible that some fear may be instilled among the students, but its better than remaining mum. But don’t worry we will fight to protect your daughter while you sit in your BarcoLounger playing ‘armchair quarterback.’ Eat some more chips and do a little research yourself.