Me and the Senate

Today's Link
Country Roads

Saying for the Day
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. ~John Quinton

Picture of the Day
My Backyard

If I ever wanted to be a Senator without having to go through that annoying process of being voted on or having ever served in public office I know now it is impossible. There are three things that keep me out of the Senate.
1. I live in the wrong state.
I need to live in Illinois or New York
2. I don’t have enough money.
Illinois Senate seats don’t come cheap.
3. I have the wrong last name for New York.
Linna doesn’t cut it. You need to be a Kennedy
This is stuff they don’t teach in political science 101 .This is real life. This is the way the process really works.
Darn!

News from Pigeon Falls

The little town in my basement where the trains still run, dragons fly, and life is back to normal.
Kivi & Maki had their big after Christmas sale yesterday. Well! It used to be called the day after Christmas Sale but yesterday they called it “ Jump Start the Economy Sale “. They had big signs in the window that said “ Economic Renewal Starts Here” , “ We Can Do It”, and “ Do Your Duty. SPEND!”. If it was any indication of where the economy is going the nation ois in deep trouble. Returns, it seems outnumbered sales almost two to one.
The traditional “After Christmas Sale” didn’t go any better over at Wink’s Woods. Business is so bad that Wink said he was thinking of taking the corporate jet to Washington and looking for a bail out. He was kidding, of course, he doesn’t have a corporate jet.
In reality the economy in Pigeon Falls is not really that bad. The mill is still running, the mine is working, the dairy cows are still producing milk, and tourists are still coming to see the ghost piano . Not many people lost money in the stock market crash because not many people had stocks. The real estate boom never got to Pigeon Falls so there was no real estate bust. The only people on the edge of bankruptcy are those who visit the big Indian Casino on a regular basis.
Sometimes being a poor little town has its advantages.

Wrap Up

Had planned on visiting Peter today but the fog here was really bad and it stayed all day. So I spent most of the day on the computer. I made some adjustments to my link list which is still too large. Then I visited every link on the list and left a comment on every blog that had a new entry since my last visit. That took a long time. Then I did some reading. Betty and Pennie ventured out into the fog late in the afternoon. Now I need a breathing treatment.
GBYA

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