RNC in NYC

The police are out in force today. But why are they guarding the hotels around the Chrysler? It's going to be a royal pain to get around over the next 5 days. I guess that'd be compensated by seeing Jon Stewart & company tear into the RNC.

I spoke to my father this morning. For some reason he's gotten the impression from news reports in Bangalore that Republic protestors are getting violent, and ... get this: spreading AIDS as a protest against Bush's policies.

Now I know the Republicans are a bit nuts. But so are the Democrats. But I don't think either party is this militant ... yet.