I would form my own country if I could, but I don’t necessarily want to be in charge… I’m all for anarchy.

What should I call it? Melonland?

Oh… brownies would be pretty cool, I concur.

“the beatings will continue until morale improves. Meanwhile, try to do your job as your agency infrastructure falls apart.” Ooo, it’s like that on the Federal level too! I work in law enforcement on the Fed level so nothing good ever comes our way. Our old building was condemned two years before I got here in 2002, but we stayed in there until 06 because “don’t you know there’s a war going on and we don’t have the money to get you a new building”! They think we’re crazy to wnat to not have the possibility of an earthquake coming along and trapping us all in that death trap where the hallway leaked when it rained and all but one of the toilets didn’t work! And even our new building is falling apart, it used to be an old schoolhouse and they just started clearing out the asbestos in the walls. But, they did give us a 59, which means they let us go home 59 minutes early one day a few months ago because we all do such a “great job!” They’d get further with cake. Or brownies. Brownies are delicious, too

What is frustrating to me is that those who received refunds through direct deposit get their “stimulus” check two to six months before those who owed this year. All of us that sent in our payments have to wait a loooooooong time. Ironic, huh? Hell, I haven’t had a refund since the 2000 tax year… and since George hadn’t been around to do enough damage yet, he can’t claim any kudos for that one. I wouldn’t give them to him, anyway.

Somehow, I find it interesting that the IRS couldn’t get these checks out a lot faster. They do seem able to get a hold of the contents of your bank account or paycheck fast enough if they want to.

As for the State Employee Appreciation Day, well, our Governor issued a proclamation to make it so. I think it had something to do with boosting morale. Uhhh… it’s more along the lines of “the beatings will continue until morale improves. Meanwhile, try to do your job as your agency infrastructure falls apart.”

You may have more luck (and funding) for cake at the Federal level, though. Good luck with that.

Diesel’s $4.30 a gallon here and today I filled up with the cheapest gas I could find at #3.91 a gallon. Well, I didn’t exactly fill up because I drive an Impala and I don’t get paid until Friday. So I couldn’t afford it. However that nice $600 bucks GW is sending our way oping we spend it on frivolous items is going into the savings account. So bite on that, George.

Wait, there is a State Employee Appreciation Day?! Is there a Federal Employee Appreciation Day, because i need to know this now! Maybe I can get a piece of cake or something out of it.

Tigereye, I know what you mean. It seems that the people who really need the stimulus the most are being screwed. I mean, what about the other seven years those not in Georgie’s tax bracket were *bleep*ed out of a bunch of cashola? I mean, hell, we would have probably been a little better off if we had just burned it. At least it would have generated a little heat (but who knows the environmental impact of burning money - we should ask Dicky C since it seems to be a specialty of his). It’s too little, too late as far as I’m concerned. ARRRRRGH!!!

I’m beginning to wonder if we can survive until January with this schmuck.

Here in the Bay Area most gas stations are charging about $3.95 or so for gas. However, last night I went through Marin to go to Spirit Rock, and on that side of the bay, several of the stations were now at the $4.00 a gallon mark.

I’m usually not one for free floating anxiety about the state of our nation, our world. But lately . . . sometimes it’s hard to catch my breath with how dire it all feels.