Who Stole the Creativity?

For the second night in a row, one of my TV appointments ends its season with one of the main characters having major hallucinations involving the plot line that didn’t become obvious until about the end of the show..  Last night, it was Lilly Rush in Cold Case, and tonight it was Dr. House.  Is there something in the water that comes from the Delaware River?  That’s call I can think of, with both shows being set near there.

Heal Thyself, Extremist

My great uncle passed on in 2007, and he was the last living member of my grandparents’ generation.  He spent his retirement years in a place other than St. Louis, and I’m not saying where he retired to for dramatic effect.

In 2002, his state held an election for Governor.  The state’s incumbent was term-limited out.  Therefore, the state was getting a new Governor.  My great-uncle voted for the candidate who had the most conservative political positions overall.  The candidate proudly proclaimed their pro-gun credentials, and came out against immigration amnesty.  This candidate, while mildly pro-abortion, was mostly a moderate on the issue, and certainly not thinking of that particular procedure as a sacrament.

This candidate’s name?

Janet Napolitano.

And How Was Your Weekend?

CNS:  All-Star Baron Davis Not Watching NBA Playoffs

I’m not, either.  What makes him so special?

CNS:  Florida Governor to Seek US Senate Seat

Oh Crist, not another RINO.

Blog of Helios:  The Thin Line Between Victim and Idiot

Who says there’s a line?

P-D:  Rules are tightening for crossing into Canada

Must end every interrogative sentence with “Eh?” before entering.

P-D:  Father and son charged with bank robberies

At least they’ll be together for the next 10-20 Fathers Days.  Family more than anything, right?

P-D:  FFA finds fertile ground at school in St. Louis

If it’s St. Louis City, then FFA must mean Future Felons of America.

P-D:  Aldermen seek greater control of crime prevention funds

Isn’t that like the wolves wanting more control on the design of chicken coops?

V-Dare:  Patriotic Immigration Reform May Save GOP, According To…Time!!(?)

It’ll be a valiant and patriotic act for Mexico.

KFI:  Schwarzenegger Recall Gets Certified

Total Re-Recall!!!

St. Louis Beacon:  St. Louis rally to kick off “Keep It Made in America” bus tour highlighting U.S. auto industry

Being as half of the parts in “U.S. auto industry” produced autos aren’t made in America, it seems a little moronic, oxy and otherwise.

Reuters:  GM says open to moving HQ from Detroit

To Bangalore.  Mark me.

AP:   Oprah Winfrey to say goodbye to Dr. Oz

He’s getting a show of his own, too?

AP:  ‘Rockefeller’ wants to use that name at trial

Way to connect with a jury in a recession, take the surname of a family worth billions.

AP:  NY mass transit agency approves fare increases

Note to those of you who sneak onto NYC subways, i.e. most NYC subway passengers — the fares have just gone up.

NPR:  Postage Stamp Prices Rise Again

That’s funny, a stamp now costs more than twice as much as it did when I first started having conscious memories of stamps, but it doesn’t seem that the service is twice as good.

Politico:  Sessions: ‘I can vote for a gay nominee’

Oh no, don’t tell me Obama’s going to appoint Lindsay Graham to SCOTUS.

PC Mag:   Hackers Obtain 160,000 Records from U.C. Berkeley

All for naught, because 60% of them are in various Oriential languages they can’t read.

In the Hunt For 2012?

There has been a lot of internet gossip about Utah Governor Jon Huntsman making a run for the Republican nomination in ’12, which bubbled up to the surface of semi-credibility when it was mentioned on yesterday’s McLaughlin Group.

I don’t know much about him, other than he’s Mormon and the Governor of Utah, and has adopted two kids from Asia.  But all I wonder is this:  What of the other Mormon, Mitt Romney?  I think his recent decision to sell a couple of his houses is all for PR purposes, as he saw all the flack John McCain took for owning seven houses.

Similar to how the Southern Baptists are an unofficial organizing structure for the Republican Party in the South, the Mormon Church serves that similar purpose for the GOP in the Mountain West, not just in Utah.  Therefore, any Republican nominee is going to have to make nice with official Mormondom.  However, it’s not enough to make a Republican nominee — Romney had it in the bag and monolithically in 2008, but McCain won the nomination.  But Mormon disappointment meant that McCain’s margins of victory in Utah and Arizona weren’t as large as the usual R-over-D spread for Presidential elections, and was a factor in other western states.

I think that either Romney or Huntsman will run, but not both.  Both running will mean they split the Mormon vote, thereby guaranteeing that neither wins the Republican nomination.  The calculus to figure out which one runs will be this — Will the economic situation in 2012 make Romney more credible, or will it be that by 2012, Romney will be 64 years old and out of public office for six years, while Huntsman will be 52 and only months removed from being Governor of Utah.  Will that factor play into people’s minds, the age and credibility thing?

UPDATE 5/16:  Lo and behold.  President Obama just named Gov. Huntsman, a fluent speaker of Mandarin, as Ambassador to China.  What this means for his Presidential ambitions in 2012, which the WaPo admits he has, is unclear.  I think President Obama thinks that a credible Huntsman knocks Romney out, and therefore knocks out the Republican that could most outperform Obama on economic issues, if the economy is still an issue in ’12.  I am of the opinion that this hurts Huntsman among rank-and-file GOP voters for ’12, because a Sinophile won’t be able to get too many votes from pro-life and therefore anti-China Christian fundagelicals in the South.  Either way, Mitt Romney is now yesterday’s news.

Very Annoying

Mayor Slay:

Five very annoying types of outlaws:

# Illegal dumpers
# Brick thieves
# Park/playground vandals
# Litterers
# Visitors who uproot downtown/neighborhood plantings

Five very annoying types of outlaws:

* Murderers
* Rapists
* Armed robbers
* Burglars
* Pandering Mayors