The I-35 bridge in Minneapolis reopened this morning (100 days ahead of schedule). I can only imagine how much easier that will make life for everybody in the Twin Cities area. Not sure I’d have wanted to be the first person over, though.

If only we could fix the whole financial industry thing in 13 months. It’s particularly difficult here in NY State, since we’re out even more tax revenue over this mess, in a year when they’ve already had to make deep cuts in non-essential areas – like schools and hospitals. They say the recent collapses have already negated $475 million in budget cuts the NYS Legislature enacted in an emergency summer session this year. I sure hope they don’t have to rescind tax cuts for rich people and corporations.

Looks like McCain thinks Spain is part of Latin America, and isn’t willing to meet with the Prime Minister (‘cuz he’s one of them Socialists, which is worse than being an al-kayder, I think).

And then there’s this from RFK Jr:

Fascist writer Westbrook Pegler, an avowed racist who Sarah Palin approvingly quoted in her acceptance speech for the moral superiority of small town values, expressed his fervent hope about my father, Robert F. Kennedy, as he contemplated his own run for the presidency in 1965, that “some white patriot of the Southern tier will spatter his spoonful of brains in public premises before the snow flies.”

That’s not change we can believe in.

Back to my least preferred location this morning, which kinda sucks. Could be some light at the end of the tunnel in that respect. We’ll have to see how things go.

Have a good one.