VBVW for Oct 26: Nobody Walks in LA

• The Very Best •

Louisiana elected Bobby Jindal as its first non-white governor in over 100 years. Maybe those Southerners are finally thinking of putting away the Kingsford-brand crosses.

The dollar falls to a record low against the euro. This is fantastic news for consumers . . . as long as they don’t live in the United States.

President Bush walked the ground in Southern California scorched by fire storms, which some have called So Cal’s Katrina, instead of flying over it.

• The Very Worst •

According to a new Associated Press report, sex abuse of students by teachers is rampant in America’s public education system. This should quiet all those naysayers who claim that public schools can’t compete with Catholic schools.

Over a million people have been evacuated from their homes in Southern California as wildfires march across the state. The lack of water to fight the blazes has caused residents and politicians to recall that “Oh yeah, this was all built on a desert.”

In Amarillo, Texas, pit bulls killed a pony that was given to a terminally ill boy by the Make-A-Wish foundation. We encourage everyone who still believes that pit bulls are just misunderstood pets to adopt as many of them as you can. Then our wish would come true.