Here's the deal

Gangsta mayor lays-off 3,000
Probably should have fired or laid off more, starting with himself, given the city’s storm reaction and preparation. Workers were referred to as “non-essential.” Well if they were non-essential why did they have a job in the first place? Workers were encouraged to return cars, credit cards, phone cards and other city property. Yeah right. If the workers were not in New Orleans, a contact number was given to arrange the return of the City’s property. There’s the problem right there. None of them were probably anywhere near New Orleans. They probably used the city car and credit cards to get the hell out and now no intention of returning to the entitlement pit known as New Orleans.

Looking for a hand out
Anyone else tired of seeing people sitting around complaining to the nearest TV person about how the government is not doing enough to help them? None of the “journalists” ever bother to ask the “victim” why they stayed in the path of a cat 4 hurricane or what they have done to help themselves since it hit. In an area larger than the country of England, the government is not going to be able to reach out and touch everyone affected by this hurricane. As the late Sam Kinneson said or shouted "MOVE TO WHERE THE DAMN FOOD IS!" The worst thing that probably happened was the politicians announcing the hundreds of billions of dollars that were going to “flood” the area. Given government efficiency, there won’t be enough money to fill a bathtub by the time the bureaucracy is done siphoning it off.

Death with dignity
The Supreme Court is looking into Oregon’s law allowing assisted suicide. The people of Oregon have voted twice to allow this practice. Had a state court said it was ok, I’d have rejected the idea of Dr. assisted suicide out of hand. But since the people have voted on it, I only object to the idea that the people who are supposed to be saving us are now responsible for killing us. It would be better to have one of the lowest class of people offing us than the ones heretofore responsible for saving us. I propose lawyer assisted suicide. By the time the creep got done running up the “billable hours”, the patient would likely die naturally. Also, when the inevitable law suites come around, it would be a case of lawyer on lawyer cannibalization. One guy on the radio put it best when he said, “$5,000 a month for a nursing home!!! Dad wouldn’t have wanted to live like this. He’d much rather see his family using his money to vacation in Hawaii.”

Rove to be indicted
Another weak conspiracy indictment on a Republican is likely to come down by the end of the month. After investigating something for two and half years, what respectable lawyer – yes an oxy moron if ever there was one - is going to be able to show his face on the club golf course if he can’t bring the full weight of the federal government down on some hapless government servant’s head?

Taking a meritorious day off on Monday to contemplate Columbus' discovery of the New World. Actually we're travelling. See ya Tues.