Sarah Palin Rest In Retirement

Thanks for the lovely poem Sarah, enjoy your retirement.

Sarah's Palin's farewell Speach:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0u5mOXzCKA#t=1m30s

William Shatner reciting Sarah's speach as a poem (verbatim):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol6GxAYw2gM#t=0m43s


(A youtube direct comparison between William Shatner poem and Sarah Palin)

Here is what she has to say:

..soaring through nature's finest show. Denali, the great one, soaring under the midnight sun. And then the extremes. In the winter time it's the frozen road that is competing with the view of ice fogged frigid beauty, the cold though, doesn't it split the Cheechakos from the Sourdoughs? And then in the summertime such extreme summertime about a hundred and fifty degrees hotter than just some months ago, than just some months from now, with fireweed blooming along the frost heaves and merciless rivers that are rushing and carving and reminding us that here, Mother Nature wins. It is as throughout all Alaska that big wild good life teeming along the road that is north to the future. That is what we get to see every day. Now what the rest of America gets to see along with us is in this last frontier there is hope and opportunity and there is country pride.

If you appreciated this check this:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/27/sarah-palin-vs-that-crazy_n_245779.html

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You will need a big knife to slash $26 billion dollars from your budget!

Go for it Arny Mr. Austrian Republican, let's see what you can do to slash the budget by $26 billion. Good luck with the suggestions people send you.




The governor posted a video to his Twitter account in which he is seen holding and admiring a large hunting knife.

In the video the governor thanks Californians for all the great ideas his office has been receiving about how to fix California’s budget crisis.

“Hey, guys, I just want to say thanks for all the great ideas you’ve given me. ... I love your ideas, give me more of those ideas, we need it,” Schwarzenegger said.

One of the brilliant ideas Schwarzenegger mentions he received was to sign state cars and sell them since he is not only governor, but a famous actor. The autographs may increase the value of those vehicles!

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/07/22/2009-07-22_california_gov_arnold_schwarzenegger_says_thanks_for_ideas_to_fix_budget_crisis.html#ixzz0M41v4mQs

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/07/22/2009-07-22_california_gov_arnold_schwarzenegger_says_thanks_for_ideas_to_fix_budget_crisis.html

Healthcare

Welcome to the civilized world America!
It's a start. A weak start, but a start.

"America's Affordable Health Choices Act" (1000 page PDF):
http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-BillText-071409.pdf

I am very pleased to hear they are adding in some serious consumer protections:
http://edlabor.house.gov/documents/111/pdf/publications/AAHCA-CONSUMERPROTECTIONSINSURANCEREFORMS-071409.pdf

• Out-of-pocket can't exceed 5k (individual) or 10k (family) per year to prevent bankruptcies from medical expenses

• Insurers can only drop coverage in cases of fraud

• Insurers can't exclude/deny coverage because of preexisting conditions

• Insurers won't be able to charge different rates based on gender, health status or occupation

• Age can only affect rates by a certain margin (rate ratio is limited to 2:1 band)

It's about damn time. Let's see how much of this bill survives until it's all done and the whole thing goes into effect.

http://www.metafilter.com/83259/It-Begins

Arnold Bucks! IOU Crisis in California

This is just unbelievable!
California is printing IOU money!
(over $3.3 billion dollars already!)
...but not for much longer!


More info here: http://www.couragecampaign.org


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IOU time

"That's as good as money sir. Those are I.O.U.s"
Dumb & Dumber

Bank of America said it will accept IOUs from existing customers until July 10, with no dollar limits. Wells Fargo and Bank of the West have not yet decided whether to accept them.

Wow.... so what happens after July 10th? (I wonder...?)

Read on:

California plans to begin issuing billions of dollars in IOUs today to scores of creditors, including private businesses and county governments.

Bank of America said it will accept IOUs from existing customers until July 10, with no dollar limits. Wells Fargo and Bank of the West have not yet decided whether to accept them. About 19 California credit unions will accept the IOUs, including Chabot in Dublin, Contra Costa in Martinez, SRI in Menlo Park, Provident in Redwood City, San Francisco in San Francisco and Kaiperm Diablo in Walnut Creek."
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/02/MN3E18HI04.DTL&tsp=1&ref=patrick.net
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