Five Words   
12:25pm 10/07/2009
  The latest meme; [info]glamoursnipe hit me with five words she associates with me, and below the cuts are what I think about them etc. If you want words, comment with WORDS - if you otherwise want to comment, fire away. And because I can, each one is illustrated with an icon!

Cut because it got long...
( Gratuitious Sex & Violence )
( Southern California )
( Photography )
( Star Wars )
( Video Games )		  
     

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Lies, Damn Lies, and USA Today   
09:31am 09/07/2009
  USA Today is reporting that Obama is paying off those who voted for him by giving those counties more per capita stimulus money.

Before anyone froths at the mouth any more, I have 2 other pieces of data for you. First, a map of electoral support per county in 2008; next, a census bureau map showing estimated population density by county.

Even without doing exhaustive quantitative analysis, it's pretty easy to see similar trends between the two. I would therefore submit that more densely populated areas are receiving more per capita, which makes logical sense as well.		  
     

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Banks to Cali: Choke On It   
09:43am 07/07/2009
  Major American banks refuse to take Cali IOUs.

Note to the nation: better or worse, California is too big to fail. If you keep overtaxing us for services while refusing to help us in our time of need, the whole nation is being doomed.		  
     

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Everyone Has A Price   
09:00am 25/06/2009
  North Carolina is paying girls to not be pregnant.

North Carolina, it's worth noting, has the 12th lowest per capita federal tax burden in the nation (page 10 of the linked pdf). I guess this is how they're using all the money they're saving?		  
     

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Preach It, Brothah   
12:25am 15/06/2009
   
     

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TV Transition Day   
03:43pm 12/06/2009
  Poor Jennifer didn't get her digital antenna converter.



Don't be like Jennifer.		  
     

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