Jul 20, 2008

Laid up and hurtin': may as well scan the news...

Item uno: Why in name of heaven is this twisted sister still walking around free? How many pregnant women does she have to perform these grisly C sections on before she is considered, oh say, dangerous?

Item dos: The author(s) didn't come right out and blame this crime wave on global warming, but you just know they were thinking it. You think the hot weather is causing crime, just wait'll the average July temp in Philly is about 50 degrees.

Item tres: America's most walkable cities. All of them of course are big cities with massive public transportation systems. Sure, you'll walk around a lot in a big town...or at least you'll walk down to the bus or the EL or the subway and ride to where you want to go with lots of other people. If its your scene, then have at it. I'd rather drive. Remember, Seinfeld lived in NY and he had a car. Philly made the list: see item dos.

Item cuatro: Now I've got nothing against Cleveland: Ellen Ratner laments the loss of factories and Cleveland's missing out on high tech jobs. She blames lack of tax incentives to businesses, the cold weather and, of course, not enough money spent on education. I'm not going to bother googling dollars spent per student in the Cleveland school system...it could be 100k per rugrat and we all know it wouldn't be enough. I think she nailed it with the "warmer climates" comment.

Item cinco: It won't matter a whit to those committed followers of hope n' change, but it is kind of fun to speculate on the old boy's origin. I'm thinking maybe his lack of an authentic BC (if its true) might be becasue he was hatched from a pod of some type.

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