I’m a little tuckered out this morning, but it’s definitely shaping up to be a good Friday, indeed.

So, after we flew a couple of B-2 bombers over South Korea, North Korea decided to point their rockets at us (or at least our bases in Hawaii, Guam, South Korea and Japan). That doesn’t seem very friendly.

I mean, we could probably do without Guam, but we get a lot of neat toys from Japan and South Korea (though I’m sure Apple wouldn’t mind if they dropped a few rockets on the Samsung factory). So, what’s next? Do we go back to war with Korea? I don’t think the Chinese would care for that. In fact, I would think that China is kinda pissed at these people for drawing so much attention to the region. You’d think they could just tell Li’l Kim to knock his shit off already. I mean, it’s just not good for business.

As you’ve no doubt heard, the GOP is trying to remake itself as a kinder, gentler, less stupid and arrogant party. As part of that, they’re trying to reach out to Latinos. That’s the word now, right? We don’t use Hispanics anymore? I can never keep track of these things, so I guess I’ll go with whatever enlightened Republicans are saying these days. Like Alaska Representative Don Young.

“My father had a ranch; we used to have 50-60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes,” he said while discussing economic trends of the last few decades. “It takes two people to pick the same tomatoes now. It’s all done by machine.”

Ah.

Now, I know what you’re thinking: they have tomato ranches in Alaska?

Not that I’m an expert, but I’ve never seen a tomato ranch (then again, I’ve never been to Alaska, either). I wonder if they have a problem with tomato rustlers up there, too?

Speaking of Republicans, our good friend Steve King of Iowa (where they have lots of corn ranches) is none too happy with the Obama kids going to spring break in the Bahamas. I’m not really sure why, though I guess it has something to do with Obama needing to practice a little “austerity” in this time of Republican-manufactured fiscal crisis. I have to agree. Michelle should just see if the girls can tag along with Rush Limbaugh on his next trip to the DR.

Oh well, time to get some work done (and by “get some work done” I mean read every sports section I can find online).