The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Due to his policies as Mayor of New York, the homeless have not been Michael Bloomberg's most ardent supporters. Just recently, the New York Times featured a series on a homeless family in New York City, where the central piece of the story was 11-year-old Dasani. When asked about this family and story, Mayor Bloomberg responded with this: "This kid was dealt a bad hand. I don't know quite why. That's just the way God works. Sometimes some of us are lucky and some of us are not." While I would strongly agree that some of us are luckier than others, his seeming shrug of the shoulders when saying, "That's just the way God works.," irked me a great deal. Instead of taking some ownership, that quote says to me, "There's nothing I could have done about it. Just place your faith in an invisible man and hopefully a miracle will ensue." It could also be interpreted as, "It's not my fault. It's God's. Take it up with h...

Ah, remember Anthony Weiner? Well, the former New York Congressman is back in the news again! He's kept his junk in the trunk (so to speak), temporarily at least, and is thinking about running for mayor! In case anyone has forgotten, Weiner got caught in a tweeting-his-bulge scandal and resigned from office as a result. New Yorkers should be rejoicing right about now, especially those whom didn't much care for Mayor Bloomberg's vision with regard to soda pop and guns! While Bloomberg believes in banning supersize soda, Weiner has shown that he believes bigger is better! Also, while Bloomberg believes in stricter gun restrictions, Weiner believes people should show off and fire their guns as much as is humanly possible! If that's not enough to convince New Yorkers that they should stick up for Weiner and stick him into office again, just hear what the former Congressman's brother had to say about the new and improved Weiner: "I wouldn't stand for oth...

One has to love how many polls are coming out with regard to the 2012 Presidential Election. Within a 3-day span last week, we were showcased two polls which revealed just how pointless they are at this stage in the election season. Conservative-leaning Rasmussen released polls which showed Obama at -10 in approval rating (44% approve, 54% disapprove) and had him trailing Mitt Romney by 5 points. Just a couple days later, Bloomberg released a poll which showed Obama at +9 (53% approve, 44% disapprove) with Obama ahead of Romney by 13 points (53-40). So, what can we make of that? In my opinion, absolutely nothing. The two candidates haven't even debated yet. Let's calm down with laying claim that there is any significance in these polls until the two actually duke it out once or twice via debates. While the Republican Primary seemed never-ending on certain levels, we still have over 4 months to go until election day and what a fun 4 months that will be on cable "news"....