…especially since I’ll be there this coming Friday night. Nevertheless…

A naked man terrorizing passengers on a NYC subway train.

President Barack Obama, staying ever classy as the true statesman he is, mocks Republicans for wanting to secure our nation’s borders:

“Maybe they’ll say we need a moat. Or alligators in the moat.”

Well Mr. President, we already have a moat – at least in Texas – it’s called the Rio Grande. And we don’t need alligators down here, just plenty of National Guard folks allowed to patrol with guns containing, oh I don’t know, real ammunition. Like the kind used to kill Osama bin Laden. Y’know that trophy you can’t seem to let go of?

And how about a fence? Oh never mind, we here in Arizona are going to build our own. No point in waiting for you or your administration to show leadership on this (or anything, for that matter). But if we need a Campaigner-in-Chief we’ll let you know, that’s obviously where your interests lie.

Herman Cain wins another GOP straw poll, this time in Washington state. Don’t expect so-called “mainstream conservatives” or the usual Beltway prognosticators with their so-called “conventional wisdom” to notice, however. They’re too busy yakking about Donald Trump, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, or Mike Huckabee – none of whom, BTW, stand a ghost of a chance of winning the GOP nomination, let alone beating Barack Obama in a presidential contest.

You know how you’ll be able to tell when Herman Cain is starting to make serious inroads? When you hear from “unnamed Republican” or Party insiders whispering about his prior health issues, or Democrats starting to calling him a “Uncle Tom” or ridiculing his past business experience. Hmmm….

I bet if a bunch of Christians attacked a mosque anywhere in the world it would front-page news everywhere. But the violence against the Coptic Christians in Egypt is both disheartening and heart-breaking. That the Obama administration doesn’t condemn this is truly despicable, although not surpring. I don’t care what anyone says, if Barack Obama is a Christian, then I’m Kenyan.

And all the while, the Mississippi River keeps rising and moving southward. I’d be concerned if I lived anywhere near New Orleans. I’ll bet a lot of business there are already over-extended after the Katrina disaster, if there were serious flooding there it might be the last straw for a lot of people and businesses.