Unclear on the concept: New Orleans cracks down on prostitution

Workers who come to New Orleans to rebuild the city are patronizing too many prostitutes, an AP story says. The funniest paragraph says:

"Everyone talked about the increase in prostitution, street hustlers, panhandlers," Anderson said. "We keep telling people to visit us, telling conventions to come to town, so we need to have the streets look cleaner and safer."

Oh, yeah, spoil the fun for the conventioneers. Why do you think people go to conventions in big cities, you dopes?

Speaking of which, the SF Chronicle's rather lurid series on forced prostitution in San Francisco continues to draw criticism. In addition to these letters, a large group of Korean-American and other Asian American people and groups signed an op-ed yesterday.

And just for fun: drug dealers in Colorado allegedly hid drugs in Elmo dolls.