You can block anything in the world, in certain environments. But the whole idea of supervision, the cop on the beat, the parents on the beat, really is overrated by an awful lot of folks, we found.

Adults have at least some idea of how to take care of themselves. But children don't have the life experience and are feeling totally abandoned. They have to be plucked out of this as quickly as possible.

If you're bright as a pimp, and thank God a lot of them aren't, you move them every two to three weeks.

Ernie is Mr. Smooth, politically correct, and I'm everything but. Ernie is a consensus builder and negotiator. I blow up bridges.