“We believe that the best of America is in these small towns that we get to visit, and in these wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard-working, very patriotic, very pro-America areas of this great nation.” – Sara Palin, October 16, 2008

Jon Stewart often defends Big City Values on the Daily Show but yesterday’s show was really excellent. I recommend watching the full show, but here is a clip.

Blurry Boston Sunset

I love visiting cities; there are always new, innovative programs to discover. When visiting a new city, I try to take public transportation if possible. I had a lot of bags this time and couldn’t find a shared shuttle at the airport to take me to my hotel. I resigned myself to the fact that I would need to take a cab. I wandered up to the taxi stand when a sign caught my eye. It said I could request CleanAir CAB, aka hybrid. I didn’t mind waiting as the women at the taxi stand called around to find one in the area. Go on Boston. What a great Big-City Value! It’s really nice to be back in New England, on the lovely Northeast Coast!

The Daily Show team tries to get definition of Small Town Values at the RNC.