at the end of memorial long weekend

Crap-O-Day !

A man owned a small Ranch In Texas.  The Texas Work Force Department> claimed he was not paying proper wages to his help and sent an agent out to interview him.  "I need a list of your employees and how much you pay them," demanded the agent.
 
"Well," replied the farmer, "there's my farm hand who's been with me for 3 years.  I pay him $200 a week plus free room and board.
 
The cook has been here for 18 months, and I pay her $150 per week plus free room and board.

Then there's the half-wit.  He works about 18 hours every day and does about 90% of all the work around here.  He makes about $10 per week, pays his own room and board, and I buy him a bottle of bourbon every Saturday night. He also sleeps with my wife occasionally."
 
"That's the guy I want to talk to ... the half-wit," says the agent.
 
"That would be me," replied the Rancher. 

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“Rush will not get his wish and Mr. Cheney was misinformed - I am still a Republican,” former Secretary of State Colin Powell reassured his party on Sunday.

Colin Powell fires back at Rush Limbaugh, Dick Cheney

Sunday 24 May 2009

by: Jonathan Martin  |  Visit article original @ Politico

In the latest round of the increasingly heated intra-GOP feud, former Secretary of State Colin Powell Sunday defended his Republican credentials and fired back at radio host Rush Limbaugh and former Vice President Dick Cheney, saying the party had to expand beyond its conservative base. (Full Story)

A Blue Cross building in North Carolina. The health insurance company is running inaccurate television ads warning people against the prospect of a public health care option. (Photo: Bill Warren)

Blue Cross Millionaires Are Scared to Compete With a Public Plan
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The boys running the show at Blue Cross in North Carolina are running scared. They're worried that President Obama is going to treat them like autoworkers and make them actually compete in the market. The Blue Cross boys think that they belong in the same league as the Wall Street bankers and should just be allowed to collect their multi-million-dollar salaries without being forced to worry about things like competition. (Full Story)

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