A strong case can be made that when it comes to energy and climate issues, Mr. Bloomberg is the most visionary public official in the country. [More]If by "visionary" you mean nightmarish and hallucinatory, I guess...
This is not Bloombergian hypocrisy; it is a paradox, shared by most of humankind...It is probably not a good idea for the rest of us to look down our noses at people who cannot resist such temptations until we can afford them ourselves.No, it's hypocrisy. And it would not be if "we" could afford it, if by "we' you mean people like me. That's because "we" don't believe in using state-backed coercion to ram this crap down other people's throats.
But you do, Jim Dwyer--which makes your excuse-making a disgusting display of "urinealistic" servicing of Furious Mike.
And that's a vision I could do without...