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“The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.”
- Theodore Roosevelt

New York Governor, Elliot Spitzer, long-time politician, and, until today, well-known and well-respected man of the community, went considerably beyond his own, until now, self-imposed boundaries. He admitted to being involved in a “prostitution ring”, in which the “call-girls” charged up to FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS for an appointment, and the anguish of hearing his confessions was clearly revealed on the face of his wife, who was standing at his side, and, of course, it is as yet not known as to whether or not their marriage will survive. Why he felt the need to pay FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS for an appointment with a prostitute is also virtually incomprehensible, with such a beautiful woman, to whom he has been married for a considerable period of time leads, obviously, to speculations about his own perverted desires.

Elliott Laurence Spitzer was born on June 10, 1956, and raised in The Bronx, a borough of New York City that does not, by and large, with the exception of one or two “safe” districts, have any kind of reputation for the safety and security of anybody, including women and children. There are daily stories of robberies, rape and murder in The Bronx, whose reputation is very similar to that of Harlem, also part of New York City. Spitzer’s parents were Austrian/Jewish, and they lived in the affluent Riverdale section of The Bronx Spitzer’s parents were not particularly religious, and he did not have a “bar-mitzvah.”

He is a graduate of Horace Mann School, with a score of 1590 on the SAT exam. Spitzer attended Princeton University, and majored in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International affairs. He was elected Chairman of the Undergraduate Student Government, and graduated in 1981. It was there that he met his wife, Gilda Wall Spitzer, who later founded “Children for Children” – a non-profit organization.

Spitzer achieved a perfect score on the LSAT, and went on to graduate from Harvard Law School,after which he married Gilda Wall, on October 17, 1987, and they have three daughters: Elyssa (b. Dec. 12th, 1989), Sarabeth (b. July 27th, 1992) and Jenna (b. May 23rd, 1994.)

Elliott Spitzer was an editor of The Harvard Law Review. One of his classmates at Harvard Law School was Jim Cramer, host of CNBC’s “Mad Money”, on which Spitzer has appeared or called in, on three occasions.

Upon receiving his Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree, Spitzer clerked for Judge Robert W. Sweet, in Manhattan, after which he joined the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison. He stayed there for less than two years, before leaving to join the Manhattan District Attorney’s office.

Later, Spitzer joined the staff of Manhattan’s District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau, where he became clerk of the labor-racketeering unit, spending six years pursing organized crime. His biggest case came in 1992, when Spitzer led the investigation that ended the Gambino’s organised crime family’s control of Manhattan’s trucking and garment industries.

Spitzer’s work as a lawyer also included pursuing cases against companies in computer chip price fixing, investment bank stock-price inflation, and the 2003 mutual fund scandal.

Spitzer devised a plan to set up his own sweatshop in the city’s garment district, turning out shirts, pants, and sweaters, for which work, he hired 30 laborers. The shop manager eventually got close to the Gambino family, and officials were able to plant a “bug” in their office. The Gambinos, rather than being charged with extortion, which was hard to prove, were charged with anti-trust violations. Thomas and Joseph Gambino and two other defendents accepted the deal, and avoided jail by pleading guilty, and paying TWELVE MILLION DOLLARS in fines, and agreeing to stay out of the business.

Prior to being elected Governor, Spitzer served as New York State Attorney General.
Elliott Spitzer took the office of Governor of New York City on January 1, 2001, and remained in this same very respectable position until March 12, 2008. He was served by his lieutenant David Paterson, and Spitzer succeeded to this position following the resignation of the former Governor of New York, George Pataki.

Spitzer is an American lawyer and politician – a member of the Democratic Party. He has served as Governor of New York City since January, 2007, until he announced, on March 12, 2008. that he plans to resign.

In 1992, he launched a successful investigation that brought down the Gambino family’s, an infamous member of New York City’s Mafia, control over Manhattan’s garment and trucking industry. In the next six years, Spitzer worked at the law firms of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meager & Flom, and also for Constantine & Partners.

In 1998, Spitzer defeated incumbent Republican Dennis Vacco, by a slim margin, to become elected as New York State’s Attorney General. His campaign was financed, in part, by a controversial multi-million dollar loan from his father.

In 2006, Elliott Spitzer was elected Governor of New York, after defeating Republican John Faso in the November election. During his time in office, he has proposed a bill that would legalise same-sex marriage in New York, and issued an executive order allowing illegal aliens to be issued driver’s licenses, which both attracted controversy.

In July, 2007, Spitzer was admonished for his administration and involvement in ordering the State Police to record the whereabouts of State Senate majority leader Joseph L. Bruno.

It is hard to believe that such a man – intelligent, well-educated, well-respected, and well-off financially should have felt it necessary to break his own barriers, and feel the necessity to commit somewhat minor crimes, thereby tarnishing forever his former good name.

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Your desire for something is becoming very intense and, as it does so, you are starting to worry. You fear it may be unwise to raise your hopes so high. If you avoid complications and focus on priorities, you’ll clearly see you won’t be disappointed.

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There is a sense now in which you are rather unhappy concerning something that once seemed full of sweet promise. Your doubts are based on spurious information. Hope is still alive and kicking as you will see later this week.

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Holy shit!

I can’t even believe it.

Maybe it was the $1.4B lawsuit for anti-competitive practices that finally opened their eyes, but IE8 is actually going to “interpret web content in the most standards compliant way it can” reversing their previous position of ‘Fuck everyone else and the horse they rode in on, we’re Microsoft’. Click here to read the article at IEBlog.

The update log of IE reads more like a comedy act than a globally used software designed and updated by paid professionals. One of these days I’ll get around to posting more specifics as to why IE sucks so much, but for now just trust me, it’s a pathetic state of affairs.

It’s good that they are finally starting to think forward at Microsoft, but they really should have thought of that years ago.