i think i will dwell less on the obamachron in time. it's the epitome of corruption to privatize a public park and give it to a huckster oligarch, but i'm sick of slurking at the scene of the crime, though i live across the street. r. did find one good thing about it, that since obama took out cornell drive it's quieter on wooded isle, but though it's a done dirty deal it's far from over, and the future of the commons is precarious at best, and i think it's gonna get loud.