What I learned today 3-15

A lot of noise is being made over the “Nan” Pelosi’s use of military, luxury G5 Gulfstreams to taxi her back and forth to San Fran and to other points of interest on weekends and holidays. Seems that Fran is costing us a little over $5 mil a year in expenses.

Well, for $5 mil we could save a bundle if we bought her a mansion in D.C. for $3 or $4 mil and amortize over her term. Then she could either video conference, “Webinar” or “GotoMeeting” with her 5 constituents and her former buddies of “E” wing at the asylum. Or better yet, we could just jet her 5 constituents back and forth, first class, and save even more.
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After one night as a guest of the U.S. Government at the Federal Detention Center in New York City, Bernard Madoff wants bail and release until his sentencing in June. I’m sure that his counsel underestimated the ambiance, when they told Bernard about the “piece of cake” the next 90 days were going to be before he was shipped off to Club Fed.

Well folks, there is some bad news for Bernard coming down the pike. First, since he bilked tens of thousands of people out of tens of billions, the only shadow he will be seeing for the next several years, is his own. His life is worth zip in general population. Second, while he is trying to fall on his sword, as the only perp in this fiasco, the victims and Feds aren’t buying it. Wifey and the sons will be stripped clean in Civil Court if the Feds don’t do the right thing.
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And under the “I told you so” dept., word has slipped out that buried within the 1,100 page Porkulus Bill are provisions that ALL jobs created under the Bill would be “prevailing wage” jobs. Which means that all jobs from the highly technical or trained to the lowly ditch digger and cleanup man will be paid union wages, whether union or not.

Now, that is not only one great way to increase the union flock and make your tax dollars shrink, but a real slap in the face to all of us non-union taxpayers, who will be paying the higher wages of the union counterparts.
Gee, who could have seen this coming? The Dumbplumber