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Gothamist – a NY group-blog that I have syndicated to my Friends page – is reporting that Times Square and Herald Square are about to become pedestrian plazas.

Starting on Memorial Day, two stretches of Broadway, from 42nd to 47th streets and from 32nd to 35th streets, will transformed into pedestrian plazas in an experiment that will last through the end of the year and may become permanent!

I hope so. That would be great — I mean, the only vehicles going through there now are cabs, limos, delivery vehicles and out-of-towners who don’t know better.

Broadway is an odd duck, moving diagonally across the traditional grid of streets and avenues in midtown — eliminating traffic along the most congested parts will free up traffic on the streets that are crossed, by preventing gridlock. Plus, much more pleasant for the majority, who walk!

From a recent post by , in which she writes:

“‘The Devil made me do it’ in any form is not a valid excuse. Humans are perfectly capable of being evil all on their own, without any influence from a big red angel in an inferno. I mean, even if there is a big red angel stuck in an inferno, he’s probably more preoccupied with the fact that he’s, you know, on fire, than with trying to get any of us to do anything, evil or otherwise.”

Just a suggestion for Our Friends in the GOP, on watching their response to Obama’s speech:

Using the fact that the Bush administration completely and unmistakably fucked up the Katrina response as an example to prove that the Federal Government can’t help in a crisis is…. um… perhaps not the best idea.

If Bobby Jindal is the best they’ve got — one of their big hopes for 2012 — well, they’re basically fucked for the foreseeable future.

Also: “Republicans went along with big government spending…” ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME??? “Went along” with????? Republican President, Republican House, Republican Senate for 6 of 8 years — and they “went along”?

They seriously think we’re goldfish. It’s the only explanation.