In just the past 24 hours-

1) New Jersey votes to roll back benefits and increase contributions for its parasitic unionized state workforce. Not as far as I would have liked, but a massive and bi-partisan legislative victory.

2) New York's governor indicates he will veto a bill bought by the teacher's union that would allow local school districts to allow school districts to borrow up to $1 billion to pay for teacher pensions. This would create a sort of massive, almost off-books local government debt crisis like the ones brewing in Spain and China.

3) Greedy Connecticut unions suicidally vote against modest concessions, instantly blowing a $1.6 billion hole in that state's budget. This is only revolutionary in that it hastens the reality.

4) NY legislators wake up and approve gay marriage. Finally something positive that will welcome more people to NY. And keep more of my gay friends sticking around.

5) It will probably be easier to get a taxi in NY for those who take them, thanks to a defeat of an entrenched political interest.

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I leave the northeast for two weeks and reason seems to be breaking-out all over the place. I'm away for another two weeks, who knows what will happen now?