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2011-07-08 -Short Attention Span Theater-

California lawmakers move to sign new bill...defining what makes a hot dog

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Posted by Fred 2011-07-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 hot dogs are also know as bologna, frank, frankfurter, garlic bologna, knockwurst, red hot, Vienna or wiener.

Indeed.

What in the hell happened to the No damn Ketchup clause?

Posted by S 2011-07-08 02:13|| 2011-07-08 02:13|| Front Page Top

#2 I'm glad to see they solved all the other problems in California before tackling this burning issue.

Posted by DarthVader 2011-07-08 08:52|| 2011-07-08 08:52|| Front Page Top

#3 California voted for Obama. yes, it did.

And now employment growth in the entire United States has ground to a halt in June, with employers hiring the fewest number of workers since this time last year.

Nonfarm payrolls rose only 18,000, the weakest reading since September, well below economists' expectations for a 90,000 rise. Sr' bout dat.

The unemployment rate climbed to 9.2 percent, the highest since December, from 9.1 percent in May.

The government revised April and May payrolls to show 44,000 fewer jobs created than previously reported. The report shattered expectations everywhere Obama policies made promises.

The good News was government employment shrinking 39,000 because of fiscal problems at local and state governments. At least the bureaucrats are losing their jobs too.

There are now 14.1 MILLION unemployed. 8 Million of those jobs have been lost during the Obama administration began to "help" the economy. The Stimulus Package blew multiple multiple billions out the wazoo with no visible sign it did an ounce of good for anybody. And you will never see that money again.

The economy needs to create between 125,000 and 150,000 new jobs PER month just to absorb new labor force entrants.

Construction employment fell 9,000 last month after declining 4,000 in May. That's accelerating. Government employment declined for an eighth straight month as municipalities and state governments continued to wield the axe to balance their budgets.

The report also showed the average workweek fell to 34.3 hours from 34.4 hours. Employers have been reluctant to extend hours because of the uncertainty surrounding the recovery.
Pretty soon we will have an economy as vibrant as that of the EUroweenies. We can sit in our chairs and sip French wine while we wait for our unemployment checks, cut our Social Security benefits, downsize the Pentagon, bring all the troop home and enjoy peace throughout the earth. And look to Turkmenistan for examples of how things "ought to be."

Do you own a gun?

Posted by de Medici 2011-07-08 09:32|| 2011-07-08 09:32|| Front Page Top

#4 I believe this is superseded by the very detailed FDA regulation on the subject, which I became aware of in the early 1970s. My mother made a pie chart of permitted ingredients for one of her grad. school health education classes, which included maximum levels of rat dung and insect parts. I've never eaten non-kosher hot dogs since, as the kashrut standards are more stringent.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-07-08 10:59|| 2011-07-08 10:59|| Front Page Top

#5 "Mmmmm! Hebrew National chili dawgs!"

Posted by Fred 2011-07-08 11:09|| 2011-07-08 11:09|| Front Page Top

#6 I swear on a stack of Bibles that the California state legislature should be abolished. Day in and day out I have to live with the stupid things these crooked morons do. It sucks. I can't think of anything they've ever done right but I can think of a whole helluva lotta things they've done wrong. I can't think of any laws that the people of this state couldn't enact or refuse to enact for themselves with ballot propositions. Really, in all seriousness, we don't need these people.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-07-08 11:53|| 2011-07-08 11:53|| Front Page Top

#7 I love California, it's just all the damn Californians I can't stand. My only hope is that eventually we'll drive everybody out of the state, and then I'll have it all to myself.

Posted by AuburnTom 2011-07-08 12:32|| 2011-07-08 12:32|| Front Page Top

#8 Ah yes, Auburn. No smog. No traffic jams. Nobody out at my favorite surf spots. Walk right in and sit right down at my favorite restaurants. Small class sizes in schools. Lots of farms and roadside stands where they sell fruits, vegetables and organic honey. Plenty of open space for quiet walks and for children to play. All the damn bulldozers stopped dead in their tracks.

Unfortunately, the people who leave will be the productive taxpayers. They'll be the nice people that you like to meet. The people who stay will be the lowlifes, leeches, illegal aliens and criminals.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-07-08 13:44|| 2011-07-08 13:44|| Front Page Top

#9 You mean "the people that are leaving are the productive taxpayers".

Posted by Pappy 2011-07-08 14:27|| 2011-07-08 14:27|| Front Page Top

#10 after 30+ years in North and South stae, and working for state government for the last 12 before retirement from my second career, I can honestly say that the only reason more of us haven't left yet is the housing crash. My home went from 740k to 430k in three years, and selling it in this enviroment would be a bloodbath. I love the state, and find that the good productive people have been overwhelmed by the freeloaders, illegals and morons who get a government check, subsidized housing, medicaid, food stamps, and SSDI. Its a disaster, to the tune of even the Mayor of L.A. building a six foot wall around his house to protect his family, on top of his LAPD detail. Tragic how we took paradise and truly screwed it with liberal policies that are based in fairy tailes, not reality.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2011-07-08 15:51|| 2011-07-08 15:51|| Front Page Top

#11 You mean "the people that are leaving are the productive taxpayers".

Past, present and future.

But there are those of us who, for any number of reasons that do not include welfare, are stuck here regardless of how the state defines hot dog. We'll pay the taxes and pick up the trash every damn time. We're the chumps.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2011-07-08 16:45|| 2011-07-08 16:45|| Front Page Top

#12 I dunno.

Pollyanna and I were born and raised in the Golden State and our kids were born and raised here. They're fourth generation Californian on my side and were born in a nice college town recently named the Happiest City in the Galaxy or some damn thing or another.

We have visited many states and lived for a while in one of them (Montana). Living in another state again has always been an option (the Four Corners and the South are nice). But for some damn reason or another it has always been a relief and a pleasure to return to this beautiful train wreck.

"It's a mystery!"

Posted by Pollyandrew 2011-07-08 18:09|| 2011-07-08 18:09|| Front Page Top

#13 born and raised here (from Nevada parents). I choose to stay and fight

Posted by Frank G 2011-07-08 21:58|| 2011-07-08 21:58|| Front Page Top

#14 Its a disaster, to the tune of even the Mayor of L.A. building a six foot wall around his house to protect his family, on top of his LAPD detail.

OOh, wow, I guess someone believes in walls and borders.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-07-08 22:26|| 2011-07-08 22:26|| Front Page Top

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