A very unusual thing happened just past midnight this morning. NY State passed a budget a day ahead of the April 1st “deadline.” This is the first time that’s happened since 2005, and only the second time since 1984. Of course, it screws a lot of folks over (like kids and sick people), but – read my lips – no new taxes, and not even any old taxes (at least for rich people). This should make Governor Snotball even more of a legend in his own mind than he is now. Well, I have to give him credit as he really rammed this thing through, and everybody was terrified of opposing him (in stark contrast to Governor Blinky, who I think everybody found petulant and laughable). So good for him. But he’s no Mario.
Yesterday was a really nice day – warm (by our standards) and sunny. Until I got out of work. Then it was cloudy – but still warm. Our garage is now empty (well, hardly empty, but the stuff from the POD has been moved out), and the areas of the house that we don’t really use anyway are now full of crap (which is OK, ‘cuz it keeps the echoes down, and should help it stay warmer). Of course, the other house still has plenty of crap, too, so we’re not where we need to be just yet. But we’re getting there.
Today it’s kind of snowy and rainy. Mostly snowy. AKA, “spring.” In preparation for the snow finally being all gone (plenty of it still on the ground where the sun doesn’t yet get high enough to clear the trees), I got a new belt for my mower deck, and am eagerly awaiting the delivery (or at least the shipment; what’s the deal here guys?) of my bucket forks.
I also need to start thinking about getting a few yards of topsoil (gotta find the number for my dirt guy). And some stone, too, though that’s gonna be a while. Nice as it is to see some hope that winter will end one day, everything looks pretty brown and ugly at this point. Especially where I’ve got things torn up from plowing (I really need to figure out where the driveway ends, I guess). And the driveway has some pretty big cracks that need to get filled in. And then there’s….
Well, there’s a lot.
But first, I guess I have to go and do something to pay for it all (assuming Gov. Snotty hasn’t removed my salary from the State budget).
Governor Snotball really seems to fit our present occupant of that office. I knew you’d find a good name for him, PJ.
Jeremy Scahill and Fat Headdie chat about Libya.
Chat! :rofl2:
Hysteria over the government taking away our right to buy inefficient light bulbs has been sweeping through certain segments of the Republican Party. Representative Joe Barton of Texas, sponsor of the Better Use of Light Bulbs Act, says we’re about to lose the bulb that “has been turning back the night ever since Thomas Edison ended the era of a world lit only by fire in 1879.†Barton’s vision of the standard 100-watt incandescent is so heroic, you’d think it would be getting its own television series.
“When Congress dictates which light bulbs folks in South Carolina must buy, it’s clear the ‘nanny state’ mentality has gotten out of control in Washington,†said Senator Jim DeMint, one of 27 co-sponsors of a Senate bill calling for repeal of the new efficiency standards.
The great thing about this battle, which has spawned predictions of widespread light-bulb-hoarding, is that it will take your mind off Libya, Afghanistan, Iraq and the pending government shut-down. It’s a little like the Donald Trump presidential candidacy, only less irritating.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/31/opinion/31collins.html?_r=2&ref=opinion
When I watch the incandescent light bulb teevee show, I will refuse to watch unless it’s an analog broadcast transmitted to a black & white cathode ray tube set with rabbit ear antennas adorned with tin foil.
Because if it was good enough Tom Adams, George Jefferson, John Franklin, Ben Washington, Ronald Reagan, and the rest of the founding fathers, then by gum, it’s good enough for me.
Fat Heddie is such a jerk :spank: . I always thought he sounded just like Rush Limbaugh and his rude, loudmouth style is identical.
I’m glad Jeremy got the last word and I thought he did a masterful job of bringing out the bigger picture. I :love: Jeremy.
:fu: Fat Heddie. Progressive liberal my ass. He’s a loudmouth jerk.