Spitzer Fiddles While NYC Falls Apart

From Eliot Spitzer’s Never-Never Land:

Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) — The base fare for New York City’s subways and buses will stay at $2 through 2009 after the state authority that operates the network found $220 million in additional

I don’t see what Maggie is so surprised about. Europe is the continent that brought you papal infallibility, the divine right of kings, nationalism, fascism, communism, and so on and so on. Europe’s faith in big solutions by big institutions

Caprice Hollins, is called, for some strange reason,  director of Equity, Race & Learning Support, for Seatttle schools.   Yet Hollins has some strange ideas about equality.   Hollins sent home with Seattlle’s students her ‘Myths of ‘The First Thanksgiving.'”‘ 

The question is, repeatedly of late when Ron Paul was going to denounce the tinfoil crowd led by Master Troofer, Alex Jones.  The answer, apparently is “not very soon”.

Which is approximately the same time he’ll have my support.

I doubt Tony Blankley reads Bitsblog, but he acts as if he did.   In the Washington Times, Blankley questions Mrs. Clinton’s experience:  

Having spent much of my adult life in politics, it would be silly at this late date

Dale Franks, this morning notes that while Ron Paul has come out with a statement about racism. And Dale, analytical type that he is, parses the statement out and finds it wanting:

Mr. Paul seems to be making the old

So, today… Just today… we find out that Edwards and Kerry never really got along during their campaign in ’04. And this from the New York Times, no less:

To the end of their disappointing run, the two men

Yes, some of the sharper among you have noticed that the big red “Drop Cap” in the first letter of each post is gone. I removed it recently. It looked good, when it worked. Trouble is, too often, it didn’t

The evidence says no.    Mrs. Clinton was asked how she would protect the privacy of our service personnel.   Patrick Healy, New York Times:  

She drew another ovation, too, with her response to an Air Force major, a 20-year veteran

LA Times:

 Dick Wilson, a character actor who turned “Please don’t squeeze the Charmin” into a national catchphrase as exasperated shopkeeper Mr. Whipple in the TV commercial campaign that ran for more than two decades, has died. He was 91.

In the irony challenged story the day, Mrs. Clinton cites the need for experience to mend an ailing economy, but offers none.

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — The economy needs help and fast, Hillary Rodham Clinton declared Monday, claiming

Jonah Goldberg in today’s LA TIMES:

As the hopeless but energetic presidential campaign of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) builds momentum in name recognition, fundraising and cross-ideology appeal, media conservatives are beginning to attack Paul in earnest

You’re usually more on

The United Nations official in charge of spreading global hysteria about AIDS admits he lied.   Craig Timberg
Washington Post:

JOHANNESBURG, Nov. 19 — The United Nations‘ top AIDS scientists plan to acknowledge this week that they have long

McQ over at Q&O:

Frankly I’m surprised it has taken him so long to realize the potential.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez wants to turn OPEC into “an organization of monopoly and exploitation,” according to Saudi King

I’m starting to see an awful lot in the way of back channel chatter about Sybil Edmonds again.  In the last several weeks I’ve had at least three different people writing me, saying that I had to be delighted to