A little roundup

A couple of quick things before I shuffle off to work for the day.

THE NOR'EASTER It has been raining here almost non stop since Saturday evening. Real windy too. But compared to tropical storms in Florida or the dire warnings of the New York Weathermen, the Nor'easter wasn't really that bad. Just really wet and windy.

THE SCHOOL SHOOTING What can be said about this tragedy. It's happened before. It'll happen again. Banning all guns or arming everyone are impractical ideas. The Va. Tech police should have warned the campus that the gunman was still free - but that is hindsight. It is understandable that thought the first shooting was an isolated incident and that the gunman probably was long gone. They were wrong - but it is easy for me to understand how they could have made that mistake. The only person to blame is the killer.

ALBERTO GONZALEZ I took Tuesday off to watch his testimony and then it was changed to Thursday! Fortunately I have that day off too. I am really looking forward to sitting in front of CSPAN all day watching it. I want to know just how much Karl Rove was doing the job of the AG and exactly what are the backgrounds of DOJ staff. My understanding is that a disproportionate number are under qualified or graduates of the universities run by Jerry Fallwell and Pat Robertson. I want to know who Gonzales has placed in positions of high influence and just what qualifications these folks have.

GOVERNOR CORZINE That's big news here. I feel terrible for him - especially since he was travelling to mediate between Imus and the Rutgers Basketball team. He was travelling at 91 MPH without a seat belt!!! Everyone please (re) learn the lesson to always buckle up.

PAUL WOFOWITZ One of the architect of the Iraq fiasco, Wolfie was rewarded with an appointment to the World Bank. So, what does he do? Promote his girlfriend (another architect of the war) to an sky high paid position in the organization. I have never seen crooked and stupid so intertwined as I have with this Bush Administration. Maybe that's why Karl Rove seem to be calling all the shots. He is not stupid but makes up for it with his attempt to lock in Republican party rule for life. He is the smart fascist of the bunch bullying all the lightweights like Gonzalez around.