This is Kona.
90% blind from diabetes. Mostly deaf. But she still enjoys a good nap.
Kona is solid evidence that not everything about getting old sucks. This little dog has a lot to teach me about life, I think.
I’m just sayin’…
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The Wisconsin Lie
So, maybe you’re thinking to yourself, “Well, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is a jerk but he has a good point. Why should Wisconsin taxpayers pick up the tab for all those unionized teachers’ and public employees’ pensions and benefits? They should pick up more of that tab themselves.”
And we could have a valid conversation about that. We could debate the relative merits of union compensation and the costs to taxpayers and society in general when taxpayers are paying for the benefits and pensions of public workers and the educators of our children.
We could have that conversation if the taxpayers of Wisconsin were actually paying anything for the pensions and benefits of Wisconsin teachers and public workers.…
Quote of the Day
Obama is not a brown-skinned, anti-war socialist who gives away free healthcare. You’re thinking of Jesus.
— John Fugelsang, stand-up comedian
I’m just sayin’…
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It’s only news if it hurts President Obama
There have now been FIVE federal court rulings on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Of this, only two of them have gone against the ruling and one of them was only against part of it (the federal mandate).
So, how has the media discussed these rulings? Here’s the answer in graphical from House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi:
Steve Benen at the Washington Monthly has more:
As a legal matter, none of these ruling is more important than the other — they’re all at the federal district level, they’re all dealing with the same law, and they’ll all be subjected to an appeal.…
An example of “shared sacrifice” right in front of us that WORKED
Lots and lots and lots of talk these days about “shared sacrifice”. But, somehow all the sacrifice seems to be on those in the middle class or below.
Comic by Mike Thompson – Detroit Free Press
But there’s an example of TRUE shared sacrifice right in front of us today. And it worked.
It’s the bailout and subsequent recovery of General Motors.
When the Obama administration made the decision to extend loans to General Motors to save their company, they imposed significant constraints on them. They replaced their leadership, they went into bankruptcy and they made cuts and adjustments from the top of the company down to the very bottom.…
One million animals per hour
I try not to be too preachy about my vegetarianism. It’s a lifestyle choice, for sure, but, more importantly for me, it’s also a moral choice. Still, it’s MY choice and I’m not judgmental of others.
That said, I was reading an interesting Daily Kos diary by Beach Babe in Florida and came across this shocking statistic:
Wow. Just wow.
I have a pretty simple rule. If you go to get something to get it ready for cooking and it runs away from you (or would have before it was killed), don’t eat it.…
Michigan’s dreams of being “Hollywood East” being scuttled by GOP governor
Several years ago under Democratic Governor of Michigan, Jennifer Granholm, the state Congress passed a very tidy set of tax cuts for filmmakers setting up shop in Michigan. The result has been large numbers of films being made here, spin-off companies starting up and a new movie industry being born in the Midwest. It’s safe to say that, at least in southeast Michigan, nearly everyone knows someone who has been in a movie or a television show, at least as an “extra”, that was filmed here.
When our new Republican Governor, Rick Snyder, the self-named “Nerd Governor” released his budget last week, those tax incentives, along with tax incentives for brownfield development and for companies making batteries for the electric vehicle industry, were eliminated.…
Paris Hilton’s boyfriend is SUCH a prankster!
Paris Hilton’s boyfriend, Cy Waits, is SUCH a prankster! Check out the tweet she sent on her 30th birthday:
“My boyfriend is such a prankster. As a practical joke when he surprised me with the car. He first had them pull up a yellow Lexus. I was in shock! The car is amazing! But yellow! So not my style! Ha. Then he had the real present pulled up, the Lexus in a beautiful pearl white. :)
Oh, ha and ha. Just for a minute there, she thought he had gotten her a YELLOW Lexus worth $375,000, instead of a pearl white one.…
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