TO THE SHRINK, TO THE SHRINK! – AT 8:45 P.M. ET:  Mike, we hardly knew ye.  It's Mike Bloomberg I'm referring to, three-time mayor of New York, and a man who is losing his marbles, one by one.

The mayor's ego is out of control.  He should immediately call the ego police to push it back.  No one would care, but there are strong rumors that billionaire Mike will make an independent run for the presidency in 2012.  After some of his quotes come out, he'll be lucky to make an independent run at assistant dog catcher in an upstate community.

Recently, Mayor Mike said that anyone who opposed the mosque at Ground Zero should be ashamed of himself.  Apparently, that included relevant relatives of 9-11 victims.  Also, recently, Mayor Mike called President Obama the most arrogant man he'd ever met.  Now, that may be true.  But when you're mayor of a city dependent on federal aid, you don't say that kind of thing within earshot of someone who has reporters' numbers on speed dial.

Now the mayor has outdone himself, as Fox reports:

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, traveling in Hong Kong over the weekend, warned that the new crop of politicians elected to Congress last week could spark a trade war with China because their criticism of the Asian superpower is bred in ignorance.

The billionaire mayor reportedly said Americans who voted for these politicians may do a disservice to U.S.-Chinese relations because the incoming freshmen aren't worldly enough to grasp diplomacy or the economic upside of China's emerging economy.

"If you look at the U.S., you look at who we're electing to Congress, to the Senate -- they can't read," The Wall Street Journal quoted Bloomberg as saying.

Yeah, this guy Rob Portman from Ohio, a key budget officer in the Bush 43 administration, has trouble with words.  This guy Toomey from Pennsylvania, vastly schooled in economics, same thing.  We hear his mother reads to him.  And Marco Rubio.  Everyone knows he's an illiterate.  I mean, that is what Mayor Mike is saying, isn't it?

"I’ll bet you a bunch of these people don't have passports. We're about to start a trade war with China if we're not careful here only because nobody knows where China is. Nobody knows what China is," he reportedly said.

COMMENT:  The mayor might occasionally avail himself of the opportunity to shut up.  He was an effective mayor during his first two terms, but something has gone seriously wrong.  He might seek medical help, or even visit a pharmacy.  Over-the-counter stuff is available.

And forget about 2012.  We'll need a psychiatric bill of health first.

November 8, 2010