Spectre’s Sayings

From their website:

1. How do you rate the way that George W. Bush is performing his role as President? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
14% Excellent
17% Good
16% Fair
52% Poor
1% Not Sure

2. How do you rate the way that Rod Blagojevich is performing his role as Governor? Excellent, good, fair, or poor?
5% Excellent
11% Good
37% Fair
46% Poor
1% Not Sure

Let’s see. 31% Good or Excellent and 68% Fair to Poor for Bush, 16% Good or Excellent and 83% Fair to Poor for Blagojevich. I’d say the Rod Man is in some trouble. Note, please, that George Ryan’s disapproval rating bottomed out at 69%.

Michael J. Totten posted a really neat 20-minute video of a dismounted patrol in Ramadi in August. Go watch it.

Just a few days after I posted about Bella Trattoria, it was damaged by fire. *Sigh.* I’ve retyped the following from the “Police Beat” section of the print version of the SJ-R:

Fire badly damaged an old two-story building and a portion of the recently-opened Bella Trattoria cafe in Williamsville early Saturday morning.

The blaze was reported about 1:30 a.m. at 100 W. Main St. and continued burning for more than four hours.

Flames consumed the building, which is currently used for storage. At one time, it held an old movie theater in the upper story and a barbershop below.

The lounge area of Bella Trattoria was destroyed, but the adjacent cafe appeared to suffer mostly smoke damage.

The cause of the blaze wasn’t immediately known.

Fire crews from Athens, Sherman, Pleasant Plains, Riverton, and Springfield assisted Williamsville firefighters.

The American Red Cross responded to provide canteen support to the roughly 50 firefighters on-scene, a news release from the agency said.

The agency’s caseworkers are also assisting one person who was displaced by the fire.

We just can’t keep the restaurants I like, for some reason.

Update: Here’s a link to the online story.