OK, I'm down with the whole 'it's all good' thing and that we should be working together and all (and of course we do), but -- New York you are on. Cough up some equitable challenge numbers, gadboy, and we will so go toe to toe. I'd like to point out for the record that, in the interest of fairness, no 'challenge' number should be constructed without taking into account the weighted population numbers of our respective cities. Fair is fair. Furthermore, it should be noted that NYC has coughed up its biggest numbers for what were, in effect, NATIONAL mobilizations, which is simply more of the usual bicoastal privilaging.

You win and you get to perpetuate your unfortunate 'first city' syndrome, a regrettable manifestation of a hopeless attachment to the inequities of heirarchy. We win and you take Daley AND his entire family, preferably on a skewer. We'll deal with the aldermen ourselves...