Although nobody’s actually interested in his opinion (especially the NY State Legislature), the Governor of NY has jumped on the “don’t bring the scary terrorists to trial in NY” bandwagon. Apparently it’s just too darn soon after the attacks (it’s only been 8 years, after all), and NYC is “not over” it yet (jeez, get over it already, New York). I’m sure it has nothing to do with Paterson wanting to stick it to Obama a little bit, what with Obama telling the Blinkster he ought to spend more time with his family and all (that’s no way to treat a brother). As evidence, the Guv cites the fact that there’s still just a big hole in the the ground where the Twin Towers used to be. Well, can’t argue with that, I guess. How can NYC try criminals with such a shortage of office space (and why hasn’t Obama rebuilt the WTC, anyway? Fer crissakes, he’s had like 10 months already; might as well give the terraists something to aim at)?

Our favorite yellow-toothed teabagger – Dough Hoffman – licked the boots of his hero, Glen Beck, and says he’s un-conceding (if he can) from the NY 23rd Congressional race, what with the vote margin being down to about 3,000 with 10,000 absentee ballots still outstanding. So, that makes him both a quitter, and a moron. No wonder Sarah Palin endorsed him.

Speaking of our poor Sarah, she’s apparently not too happy with Newsweek for using a “sexy” photo taken for Runner’s World on the cover of their magazine. First, Sarah is only “sexy” when compared to Dick Cheney. I know she’s the current star of the masturbatory fantasies of old Republican men everywhere, but that’s just ‘cuz the best they could do before were Liddy Dole and Bay “Pat in a dress” Buchanan (and maybe Larry Craig).

Second, aw, c’mon Sarah. You know you love it. I think thou doth protest too much. That photo will sell you a bunch of books, and, let’s face it, you’ve only got a short amount of time left to exploit those Miss Alaska second runner-up looks and fancy pageant-walkin’ skills. A few more years, and it’ll be time for Todd to float you off on an ice berg.

On a side note, Sarah Palin is one of the few people who have attended more colleges than I did before finally graduating from one, having attended Hawaii Pacific University (one semester; probably bitched she couldn’t get a decent hunk of salmon the whole time she was there) North Idaho College (home of the Golden Potatoes, where she spent two semesters before making the move to the more prestigious University of Idaho), then heading back to Alaska for a semester at Matanuska-Susitna College, then back to the University of Idaho again for three semesters, finally graduating in 1987.

Tom Harkin says if the Republicans try to delay passage of a health care reform bill by forcing a reading of the bill, the Democrats will keep them there “24/7.” Well, not ’til after their Thanksgiving holiday, of course. Woo-hoo, that’ll scare ’em, Tom. Sounds good. I’ll believe it when I see it.

The SU women’s basketball team won big against Presbyterian College last night. I mention this mainly because the PC team’s nickname is the “Blue Hose,” which I thought is a pretty goshdarn stupid name for a team (especially a women’s team). Not sure what genius came up with that one (maybe it’s because they wear blue socks?). I wonder if Don Imus would get in trouble if he referred to them as the “nappy-headed Hose.” Though, from the game photos, most of them appear to be blonds (which is probably why SU beat them by 41 points).

Robin Williams comes to town today. I’d go see him, but it would mean leaving the house on a school night, and I don’t even leave the house at night on the weekend. I’ve got one of his concert DVDs around here somewhere – that should be just as good.