Election

I was in NYC all last week and was thrown right into this year's election hysteria... I was walking back on 53rd street back to my hotel one night after dinner and the NYPD had blocked the whole road.. Even foot traffic. The movie "W" was having its premiere earlier that day on the same street. To go off on a tangent, I saw Oliver Stone, Richard Dreyfuss, Josh Brolin, and Elizabeth Banks. I also saw the farmer from the movie "Babe". I can't remember that guy’s name. Anyway, I thought the movie premiere was over, why were there cops still out here? There were about 20 cops and at least another 20 guys in suits with those clear ear pieces in their ears. Well, maybe the movie "W" is a threat to national security. Maybe it was some elaborate hoax to get people excited about the movie... As I walked up the street further, I was stopped by a clean shaven man in a black suit with a large semi automatic pistol underneath his jacket and I asked what was going on. "John McCain and his wife Cindy are checking into the Hilton." Okay, you had to shut down a street for this? There are snipers on rooftops, armed personal everywhere, and about 15 assistants carrying in luggage and other bags. I understand this guy is a senator and somebody might not like his policies, but come on. Who is fitting the bill for the 8 Black Escalades, NYPD police details and sniper crews, secret service personal, and all the other accoutrements that must go into this... Campaign contributions or since he is a senator, taxpayer dollars? I hope it is not the latter. What happened to the Straight Talk Express? There isn't a bed or a cot on that thing? Along with McCain checking into the hotel were all the yahoos and weirdoes with McCain/Palin T-Shirts screaming and yelling hoping for a small glimpse of the man as he walks 10 feet from the car to the hotel door. This is what is wrong with society. Don't you have anything better to do then stand outside for hours, hold a sign that can't be seen for a 2 second viewing of the back of a 70 year old man as he runs into a hotel at 11:00 at night? Wait a second. New York is full of weirdoes. Earlier that day, as I was walking up 8th avenue, a man was standing on the corner pointing at everyone who walked passed him as he was saying, "I love you". I muttered, "right back at you buddy" when his finger pointed at me... the poor guy probably used to work for Lehman Bros.