North County Sprinter…Soon You Will Be Able to Get Downtown on Public Transportation in Only 3 Hours*

*Offer only valid on weekdays from 6 to 8 a.m. in which the moon is full. Cost to be determined, but it will certainly cost more than driving yourself.

The U-T reported today that North County’s Sprinter Commuter Train traveled through San Marcos for the first time Monday night.

Residents of San Diego’s North County, always trying to make public transportation as inconvenient as possible, will soon be able to hop on a train in Escondido, ride it for 45-60 minutes to Oceanside, transfer to the Coaster, ride the Coaster for another 60 minutes to Old Town, transfer to the trolley and ride another 10-15 to Downtown. Simple as that.

Well, at least CSU-San Marcos students will finally be able to join in the local college tradition of trolley-ing to the border.

I’m Going to be Sleeping Much Better Tonight Knowing This…

The UT had a story today informing us that Petco Park ranks fourth best among “vegetarian friendly” Major League Baseball ballparks. Don’t they know that the baseball is a leather hide stitch together and the players use gloves made of leather? I guess that didn’t figure into their calculations. I have nothing more to add here.

Dick Cheney is Psychic, He Just Forgot

A friend recently sent me a video from 1994 of the Vice President offering his opinion of what would happen if the United States were to take out Saddam Hussein.

Apparently Dick Cheney is psychic (see video below). Nine years before the invasion of Iraq, he was able to correctly predict the quagmire the United States now faces in Iraq.

I guess he just had the Alberto Gonzales syndrome, and could not remember his own prediction.

It’s too bad the mainstream US media couldn’t do a little research and uncover the Vice President’s vision of post-Saddam Hussein Iraq.

CNN’s Anderson Cooper at least spoke to Sharif Ali Bin Al-Hussein and Faisal Qaragholi from the Iraqi National Congress. In each interview, Cooper asked the men their thoughts of a post-Saddam Iraq.

Good job, pretty boy. Maybe you should have asked a few follow up questions, or searched the archives of Operation Desert Storm.

Friends of Pete

Some interesting names found on the “Friends of Pete” list Honoring the “Governor Pete Wilson, Horton Walk: San Diego’s Walk of Fame.” Along with the typical-Republican establishment, there was your smattering of so-called business Dems, like Murray Galinson, Alan Bersin and George Mitrovich, no big surprise there. But, also listed was our City Attorney –Mike Aguirre and his spokeswoman Maria Velasquez. I didn’t know we had “Friends of Pete Wilson” in the City Attorney’s Office, that’s a little scary. Another interesting name was former (Democratic) Senator Wadie Deddeh. I can’t say I am surprised by the politics of that one. But, how does this affect his nephew, newly-converted Democrat Auday Arabo, who is running in the Democratic primary for the 78th AD? Another indication of the family’s right of center politics?