a little of this and that

So Governor Elect Walker said yesterday that if State Employees to now bow and take MORE involuntary pay cuts he will just absorb all of them into his body! "GET IN MY BELLY!" he was heard saying after the press conference. 

On Keith Olbermann's Countdown - Walker has been "The Worst Person in the World" twice!

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Drive safely tonight going home, 2-4 inches at drive time and 3-6 inches Saturday before we drop to -30F wind chills Sunday night.
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Get this - there was a dude, Arnold Schonberg, that suffered from triskaidecphobia, the fear of the number thirteen.  He died thirteen minutes to midnight on Friday the thirteenth.

I have Tonsurphobia - the fear of haircuts, but I'm getting my semi annual one tonight I think.

Phobatrivaphobia is the fear of phobias and Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words.  SOMEONE has a sense of humor!!!

Speaking of Kentucky!  Did you know that by law every citizen of Kentucky is required to take a bath at least once a year?   They also have a law that reads

"No female shall appear in a bathing suit on any highway within this state unless she be escorted by at least two officers or unless she be armed with a club." The law was later amended with: "The provisions of this statute shall not apply to females weighing less than 90 pounds nor exceeding 200 pounds, nor shall it apply to female horses."

Well at least we got THAT straight!!

And speaking of laws - the new tax-cut bill that Obama signed I believe is a good thing. While on the outside it LOOKS like he caved in to the Republicans in the long run it is a sweet deal.  A screen pass per say. 

By 2012 the deal's "big new stimulus" component will most certainly lower unemployment and help the economy in the short term. By MAKING Obama cut this deal they have basically helped Obama win re-election in 2012 and Obama knows that!

The GOP has won the battle but in doing so is losing the war. The bill contains all sorts of GOOD things for Joe Common, unemployment insurance for another 13 months, EITC expansion, college tax credits, and a pay-roll tax cut.

As the far left get all anal about Obama moving towards the Center by not making the uber-wealty not pay taxes the GOP all of a sudden can not vilify him by being stubborn.  

I think most democrats are dumbass's and most republicans are just angry cry babies and the tea party . . .well . . . sigh . . . ANYWAY - the GOP got played on this one!

And that bill which is HUGE?  HA!   Internet Poker players are watching this as there might be a tiny little bill slipped into the middle that would allow Las Vegas Casinos to have their own internet poker rooms!  Sort of like how the Republicans slipped the anti-poker bill into the anti-terrorism just after midnight!

Have a warm day - we should hit 30F degrees (T-shirt weather finally) tomorrow.

Rod