Persembe Peeves

Thursday, January 12, 2012 by Dick.

17,938 Monroe County, Florida, flood insurance policy holders are on the hook for about $896,900 in penalties thanks to FEMA. Policy holders will be charged an extra $50 “added to the premium of every new or renewed flood insurance policy sold within the county for a period of no less than one year from the effective date of probation.” FEMA put Monroe County on probation because a suit claimed that allowing flood insurance in endangered-species habitat violates the Endangered Species Act.

They are adding the surcharge because they can.

The surcharge will go into the black hole of the National Flood Insurance Fund, not to cover higher levels of flood damage, not to mitigate endangered-species habitat violations, but to “offset the extra administrative costs [at] FEMA.”

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Thor’s Day Trials & Tribulations

Thursday, January 5, 2012 by Dick.

Ron Paul says, “We should change Congress into a part time institution.”

I’m not sure how he hasn’t noticed. They already are!

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Tuesday Twaddle

Tuesday, January 3, 2012 by Dick.

John McCain says, “Every time we get close to a holiday, we get close to a deal.”

Looks like we need lots more Federal holidays.

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Thor’s Day Trials & Tribulations

Thursday, December 29, 2011 by Dick.

Pharmacists used to count pills out by hand and dispense them in a bottle with a simple cap until that became unsafe. Then pharmacists counted pills on the counter and dispensed them in a bottle with a “child proof” cap until that became unsafe. Now pharmacists slap a label on a prepackaged carton filled with double-blister wrapped, scalloped indvidual pill nests impervious to shock, awe, nuclear explosion, and fingernails.

Not only have we quadrupled the waste stream, I have to work eight times longer to get the @#$%^ things open.

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Persembe Praises

Thursday, December 22, 2011 by Dick.

2%. That’s the amount straight off the top of the (soon-to-be-bankrupt) Social Security “trust” fund.

Everybody in Washington wants to extend a tax cut that is a little good for your wallet today, a lot bad for your Social Security tomorrow. Nobody in Washington can get it together to extend that tax cut that is a little good for your wallet today, a lot bad for your Social Security tomorrow.

Where have I heard this before?

Why am praising these mutts? Because Congress shows us over and over and over again how good they are at this stuff. Gives you a warm, fuzzy feeling about throwing ‘em all out, now doesn’t it? Even the 2% of them who might know what they are doing.

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Thor’s Day Trials & Tribulations

Thursday, December 15, 2011 by Dick.

Cash is no longer accepted on Florida’s Turnpike and they won’t let you get out of your car if you drop your credit card.

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