I like this holiday. I especially like seeing little kids in their costumes but it’s fun to see young and old enjoying themselves.
We didn’t have as many trick-or-treaters this evening as we typically have. I think more people are attending parties and festivities that are easier to schedule on a weekend night than during the week. Fortunately there is lots of fun here at Patterico.com, with plenty of treats and only a few tricks.
Mark Tapscott thinks the Obama campaign is flirting with Hugo Chavez-style censorship as it previews Caracas on the Potomoc:
“Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama gave us another preview this week of how he will deal with critics if he is elected to the White House when he kicked three newspapers that endorsed John McCain off of his press plane. Merely terminating access, however, is likely to look tame compared to what Obama has in store for his critics after he takes the oath of office.
Tapscott lists more examples at the link. Read the whole thing.
Incredible. The New York Timesagain cites Greg Packer as a typical man on the street, as if he hadn’t been cited as such in dozens of other stories. Writing about a Philadelphia parade celebrating the Phillies’ World Series victory, the Paper of Record says:
The parade drew fans from beyond the region, too.
Greg Packer, 44, of Huntington, N.Y., drove in for Game 5 of the World Series and stayed for the celebration. He arrived on Broad Street near City Hall at 5 a.m. to secure what he considered the best spot.
“In New York right now, we have no Mets, no Yankees, no stadiums,” he said. “I came here to represent and cheer our neighbors.”
No wonder this is the most admired paper in the country.
The Instapundit links to posts summarizing pension fund losses that signal big problems to come but it’s not just pension funds that are in trouble. It’s also hitting academia:
“The University of Texas at Austin endowment has declined by nearly $1 billion this year as a result of the turmoil in worldwide financial markets.
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The Permanent University Fund, of which two-thirds is earmarked for UT System campuses and one-third for Texas A&M University System institutions, was worth $13.8 billion at the start of the year. Its value dropped nearly 14 percent to $11.9 billion by the end of September, according to the investment company.”
The financial turmoil is expected to impact construction projects, faculty salaries and scholarships at all UT and Texas A&M campuses.
Gateway Pundit: “Obama Blasts “Selfish” Americans For Not Wanting to Pay Higher Taxes.”
Obama views middle class and wealthy people as selfish if they put material needs first, but Obama-Claus’s “astoundingly lengthy list of promises” to lower-income voters suggests he expects these voters to *selfishly* vote based on their wallets.
So many Americans have bought into Obama’s rhetoric that he is The One who can bring Hope and Change that even the Obama campaign sees a need to lower expectations — after the election, of course.
But it’s too late for one El Paso, Texas, man who apparently committed suicide this morning by jumping off an elevated highway interchange. Police confirmed he left a note in his car that read, “Obama take care of my family.”
Sad.
– DRJ
UPDATE 1 — More expectations from an Obama supporter:
“I never thought this day would happen. I won’t have to [work/worry] on puttin’ gas in my car. I won’t have to [work/worry] at payin’ my mortgage.
You know. If I help him [Obama], he’s gonna help me.”
UPDATE 2: Thanks for the Hot Air link and welcome Hot Air patrons.
UPDATE BY PATTERICO: Here’s what I hear:
I never thought this day would ever happen. I won’t have to worry about putting gas in my car. I won’t have to worry about paying my mortgage.
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