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for those who have to do the job he’s supposed to be doing

Clarion Ledger: ‘Acting governor pay’ adds up during Barbour travels

Well, isn’t that special.

I have to wonder why, if the governor was “always reachable” and “doing his job”, did Lt. Gov. Bryant get paid?

Also, I have to wonder when the Haley Barbour is going to reimburse the taxpayers of MS for Bryant’s extra pay for those trips which weren’t for state business.

Not much to say, been outside all day working, planting, building.

Absolutely not related to anything I did today, but this appeals to the science geek in me:

While I never imagined, in my wildest dreams, I would ever receive much traffic on this site, I intentionally made it as open as reasonably possible so that anyone could visit and, upon registration, comment on anything I post.

For those who I personally know or for anyone (of any ideological bent) who demonstrates the capability to write coherent, fact-based posts, I also wanted to invite them to be contributors.

Having said that, however, I have had a number of user registrations from folks with obviously bogus email addresses. Some of these are setups for possible hack attempts, to be sure. The majority, I suspect, are from the unhinged malcontents who squat in the local mullet wrapper’s online forums, hoping to create trouble for me, particularly with regards to my run for office. To them, a message:

Well, bless your heart!

It’s a good thing that blogging is only a part-time hobby for me and I’m not paid for what I write. LOL!

The past few weeks have been probably the most chaotic and hectic for me in quite a while. Having to work for a living (how unfair!), coupled with growing season being upon us (despite the lack of rain here, there’s quite a bit to do outside) has kept me extremely busy.

And, dealing with the Byzantine labyrinth that is the mostly unregulated insurance industry in this country courtesy of the March 18 accident which totaled our 2005 Honda Accord and sent my youngest son to the emergency room. I spent at least 4 hours on the phone yesterday dealing with my medical insurance company, the ambulance company (which is granted a monopoly by our Board of Supervisors), the insurance party of the party at fault (who shall remain nameless at this time) and a third-party “arbiter” (contracted to my medical insurance) will ensure that my medical insurance company is reimbursed for 100% of the claims paid by them out of whatever settlement we ultimately receive. I’ll write more extensively on this later but, suffice it to say, the entire system has the appearance of being deliberately designed to be as opaque and difficult for the average person to navigate as possible. It’s no wonder folks hire attorneys.

Melmo was chained in her own yard when an over zealous police woman responding to a call next door shot her six times. Please sign the petition and let law enforcement know we expect our pets to be safe in their own yards and homes.

They knew Rosie was in her own yard and talked about how to get her out of her yard because “they hated to shoot her in her own yard”. They even discussed tsaring the St. Bernard (Rosie’s brother) that was in the fenced in back yard. And keep in mind the footage is from the police own cameras.