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I don't know about you all, but I was very happy to find out that Mel Gibson avoided jail time with a plea agreement, and the Spiderman musical is being completely revamped...

I've yet to get my Charlie Sheen update for the day, and I think I just missed a story about Lindsey Lohan because of a bathroom break, so I don't know the latest on her.

The fact that it looks like our Federal government is headed for a shutdown on the 18th...well, I had to get my Jamie Dupree FB update to get that information. Although, the Big 3 did take a blip to show a story how the Wisconsin GOP basically told the AWOL Democrats to 'shove it' and voted on their Collective Bargaining bill anyway. I am always, always, always intrigued to see hordes of Union members protesting and yelling 'Shame!' If they put a tenth of the effort into doing their jobs that they do into protesting, picketing, and bargaining, they'd have no need to do any of the three.

I do feel badly that the police and firefighters are lumped in with degenerates like teachers' Unions and other Civil Service Unions. From what I understand of the Wisconsin bill, at one point anyway, it was to exclude police and fire from the restrictions on Collective Bargaining. We do have they opportunity to vote on tax levies that affect Public Safety, but you have the Fear Factor that does not come into play with other issues. Public Safety hold us hostage with a soft fist. Vote down a levy and lose policemen. Vote down a levy and lose a fire station. Vote down a levy and lose a medic.

Teachers' Unions...Vote down a school levy and you don't lose teachers so much as you lose programs, bussing, sports, books, computers...And you NEVER lose an Administrator.

So. With regard to the Unions, I will remind you that they are protesting a government that gave them everything they wanted without regard for the long-term costs. Bottle-fed for decades. Now the government is trying to take away the bottle and Unions are having temper tantrums.

SHUT UP AND GET BACK TO WORK! IF YOU ARE OUT OF WORK, YOU PROBABLY HAVE YOUR UNION AND YOUR GOVERNMENT TEAT TO BLAME!

That said...The Governments themselves, who are literally one and the same with Public Sector Unions, need to do some house cleaning of their own. Your salary, your gold-standard life-long benefits...GONE! Our Representatives from top to bottom need to keep their day jobs. You should get a 'modest' (see 'median household income') stipend for your efforts. That stipend should come from whatever money you raise in your campaigns...

Well, my real life makes demands, and the rant endeth here...for now.