More Idiocy From Tallahassee – The Clown Car Still Runs

So here we go again with the Florida Legislature. So far, not one new job has been created by this august group, and several thousand jobs were lost thanks to Rick Medicare Fraud Scott unilaterally turning down the high speed rail money. But there’s a little something for everyone. Abortion Restrictions, Droopy Pants Laws, liftin environment protections, shortening voting periods, letting insurance companies pay hurricane claims whenever they feel like it, and drug testing welfare recepients but not legislators.

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Canned Goods and Ammo

I’ve been joking with a co-worker this afternoon that, given what happened today with the economic bailout package, and Wall Street’s reaction, we need to get to the grocery store to buy canned goods and ammo. Unfortunately, that may not be too far from reality. Most of the Republicans, and enough Democrats voted against the bail out plan that it failed and the Dow Jones Industrial Average nose-dived over 777 points. That’s the largest one day drop ever.

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