Archive for October 3rd, 2008
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Man overboard!
No Comments » - Posted in economy by l3wis
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Absentee voting has begun
I voted today because the precints and super precints in Sioux Falls are such a f’ing mess I prefer to absentee vote.
How I voted:
Obama-Biden
Johnson
Herseth-Sandlin
Constitutional Amend G: No
Constitutional Amend H: No
Constitutional Amend I: Yes
Constitutional Amend J: No
Initiated Measure 9: Yes
Initiated Measure 10: Yes
Initiated Measure 11: No
(I left out the local races - but I did vote [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Election 2008 by l3wis
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
No Rescue for the Hungry
From the Washington Post;
According to this commentary by Joel Berg, executive director of the New York Coalition Against Hunger, he and other social services advocates have trouble understanding why the federal government is ready to spend “a trillion dollars” to bail out the financial sector, while millions go hungry across the U.S. “When advocates point [...]
No Comments » - Posted in economy by l3wis
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
Gene ‘Montgomery Burns’ Rowenhorst defends the fleecing of taxpayers in SF
Like a good Munson soldier, Gene tells us that paying more taxes is necessary (Argus Leader);
I would like to put this discussion in context. In March 2008, the mayor and the City Council commissioned a citizen survey that reached 3,000 households in Sioux Falls. Citizens were asked to rate the statement, “I receive good value [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Sioux Falls, Taxes by l3wis
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
I think I’m falling out of love with Sarah Silverman
Kristen Schaal is my new girl. She has been on the Daily Show a few times, and I love her hokey-nervous-clumsy attitude towards comedy. I think she would work better on The Colbert Report though.
