From yours truly, I was at the WGA East's solidarity rally in Washington Square today. Check out the story and of course pictures from the link. Cheers! And a heart "Si Se Puede" to unionized writers everywhere!

"Voters" are run around in circles for a year and a half before the primaries. They are wrung for every penny they have because "that's how we get people elected". We are given frames and triangulation, swift boats and pile-ons in the name of democracy. Yet when it comes time to count our vote, it's the superdelegates who get to play center stage? Are voters just stand-ins, background and bit players in what amounts to "other people's" political theater?

Throwing dog owners under the bus in NYC:

Hizzoner raises funds for Gotham's Prince of Darkness, Peter Vallone Jr.

So there's Hizzoner, cuddling for the cameras with a distinctly pit bull-looking pup. The photo-op was sound dog politics on the part of Bloomberg. So why's Bloomberg fundraising for Peter Vallone Jr.--the hate-mongering politico that will kill that puppy?

Full story at www.BlueDogState.com

Roberto's got the scoop on this alarming trend : In another sign that Latinos have become the anti-civilizational Other of choice, a young Bronx man was sentenced yesterday under statutes designed to punish international terrorists. According to this story from the NY Times, a Bronx jury found Edgar Morales, a recreational soccer player and gang member, guilty of manslaughter in the killing of a little girl during a christening party in 2000. Morales, 25, was sentenced under anti-terrorist legislation signed by former NY Governor George Pataki right after 9-11.

Suicide tourism? Their deaths cluster around some of the most famous, scenic spots in the city: the Empire State Building, Times Square and the George Washington Bridge, a new study shows.