There are real tragedies in this case, of course. And, politically, I suppose, the whole affair is one more argument against continuing tax cuts to the rich, even if Spitzer did invest his money here rather than in China.

Well put Bearded Bruce--as I said earlier---you might consider him patriotic for New York by not outsourcing to DC hookers.

Reminds me of a conversatin I recently had at Tiffany's where the sales clerk saw my zip-code ( I was buying a gift for a relative) and said "many young people in your area support us"--I said--"I doubt that--rather they are shopaholics" His reply--They are helpng the economy" --which, as I told him makes them patriotic.

I guess our hypocritical, politically evangalizing (not in the religious sense),arrogant, and now, hapilly, EX-governor falls into the patriotic category for buying locally. Gee, is that like only buying locally grown vegetables?

Bill Hahn