sorrowmonkey

Courtesy of RealClearPolitics.com:

http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/11044946.html


Happy bubble-filling everybody! (I do miss the big green lever though)

Or, he did at least once:

http://opencarry.mywowbb.com/forum4/4084.html



I had heard about his proposed ban on photography and camcorders. I was pretty horrified, but I'm glad other people are hassling him about it. I can't believe how screwed up NYC is already, but who thinks that cameras are the most important problem?

Seriously Bloomberg, why don't you deal with the power, housing, and mass-transit crisis and then you can goof around with dumb stuff like this?


I can't understand why NYC residents tolerate any of this. I put up with it because I don't have a voice. As it is, I think I'm going to start bitching at my reps about how screwed up Amtrak and the MTA are, since they operate in Connecticut. Oh, I forgot, New Yorkers voted away all of their rights years ago... Clever.

Thanks to the ever-continuing idiocy of New Haven politicians, you can now create a legally recognized identity as an illegal alien for the everyday low price of $10.

That's right! Whether you want to launder some money, cheat on your taxes, hide money from your spouse, or just finance a terrorist attack you can now easily get bank accounts in whatever name you choose!

http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=6605826

I'm really glad that our crime-ridden friends in New Haven are providing this valuable service. I'm sure between more restrictive gun-control laws and subjugation of the federal and state banking laws, we will see a safer future.

Everyone give a hand to Mayer DeStefano and the New Haven Board of Aldermen. Interestingly enough, no where in any of the new coverage does it mention the lone alderman who voted against. Personally, I'd like to shake her hand.

Mmm... Delicious state pork...

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2007/TOB/S/2007SB-00013-R01-SB.htm

Just found this today... Connecticut has a nifty tool for tracking proposed legislation, which allows you to "watch" bills by number, by sponsor or by co-sponsor. I thought it was interesting enough to pass along, in case you want to keep an eye on hot legislation affecting your area or interest, or just your local reps/senators.

http://www.cga.ct.gov/aspx/cgapublicbilltrack/cgapublicbilltrack.aspx

How can we prevent terrorism?

So far, I really only three answers being discussed:

1. Don't prevent terrorism, it gets us what we want.
2. Find terrorists and shoot them.
3. Keep giving terrorists what they want until they're not unhappy anymore.

All of these choices have good points and bad points, however I don't see that any of them will actually prevent all terrorist activity. Obviously, there are a lot of side considerations as well.

One of my big complaints about all of the dialogue surrounding the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, etcetera, is that none of it addresses the real issue. People are concerned about the civil war in Iraq, and our losses there. The Afghani warlords, and our continuing inability to find Osama bin Laden seem more relevant, but still distract from the real issue. The Isrealis have been dealing with the terrorist attacks from the Palestinians for fifty years, but even today, suicide bombings still occur.

I don't want to wake up tomorrow to death squads, suicide bombings, or the like in my backyard. How do we prevent that? I don't think cameras or random bag searches are going to work. I don't think that intercepting international phone calls is going to work. I don't think that banning guns, explosives, or rocks is going to work. Some of those things may help, but at the end of the day, I really don't see any way to prevent angry people from doing bad things.

Any ideas?

First off, am I the only one concerned that North Korea now has working nuclear weapons? Are we just going to let that go?

Now, to happier news. Americans continue to destroy the environment (just ask my Green Party classmates), however, things are actually getting better in some of the big cities...

New York

The Hudson River is now home to all of the fish species that ever lived there. Also, many water pests not seen in over a century are back: http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=animals_oddities&id=4616464

Boston

The Charles River was approved for swimming after a 50 year haitus: http://www.charlesriverconservancy.org/projects/swimming/index.html

Day laborers (unskilled illegal immigrant labor) are unionizing:

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/14/us/14laborers.html?_r=1&oref=login

For a minute, the woman in the car and the men haggled feverishly before the Lexus drove off — without any day laborers to help with her gardening. The woman had offered to pay $10 an hour, not realizing what she had stumbled into: the only day labor site in the nation that has set a $15-an-hour minimum wage.