Random Thursday

When I was a baby, sleeping in my crib, a car backfired just outside my open window and scared the bejeezus out of me. I've been afraid of fireworks ever since. At least, that's the way my mother always explained away my bizarre behavior on the Fourth of July every year. When it was dark enough for the fireworks, I hid in the bathroom until the show was over. I still don't like them very much, but, now I have my own apartment, and I can just hide in the living room. It's much more comfortable.

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Did you hear that the women of that sect in Texas whose children were taken away for a time have decided to start their own clothing line? Think about that for a minute. I'll wait. Call up a mental picture of those women as they appeared on television. I don't know about you, but when I first saw them, my first thought was, "Wow! Where can I get some dresses like those?" I guess if the clothing line goes over big, the next step would be to open a chain of beauty salons. Because, you can't wear just any hairdo with those dresses, now can you?

Wait! Maybe the media got it wrong! Maybe the ladies are going to start manufacturing CLOTHES LINES! No? OK.

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The powers that be in the state of Utah have declared a four-day work week, of ten hours a day. Not the worst idea I have heard of. In my working life, I wouldn't have minded having a three day weekend every week. Maybe it will catch on.

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A government audit has found that government employees snooped on the records of entertainers, athletes and other high profile Americans over a 5-year period. There were 20,500 workers with access to the electronic system that maintains the records. Most of them worked for the Department of Homeland Security.

Where's the surprise? This is what happens when one branch of the government goes unchecked by the other two. The House and Senate are just as much to blame for these invasions of privacy as the Executive Branch.

Bush has gotten away with so much more than we will ever know about. You heard it here.

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Have a fun Fourth!