Weekend Rants....Statue Edition

Over the weekend,, the Governor of Pennsylvania, Edward G Spend-dell, once again proved what a pompous ass he really is. The Commonwealth is currently without a budget and thousands of state workers will continue to work, but will not be paid until a budget is passed and signed. The unions worked with the Commonwealth Employee's Credit Union to offer zero percent loans for state workers who qualify.

When asked about state workers missing their pay checks, Spend-dell said "They outta put a statue of me on their mantles. I got them zero percent loans to get them through this."

Eddy! Is it because you can't run again that is making you loopy? You may be the best Governor Philadelphia ever had, but to treat your workers the way you do, that takes a big sack of stones!

Now, the unions asked for it, they are not all faultless. They put this horse's ass in office again after he stuck it to the unions in his first term. Their first contract with "Fast Eddie" resulted in no pay raises for the first couple of years of the contract and then an increase in medical contributions with their pay raises in the second part of the contract. They turned around and supported this joker and helped get him re-elected! As he did in Philadelphia, he balanced the budget on the backs of hi state workers. I know what we all think of state workers, but fair is fair. If they work, they should be paid.

Now, they will be paid, but it will be after a budget passes. When that happens will be anyone's guess, that's a whole new column. The idea of erecting a statue to the Governor who is CAUSING the budget stalemate, well that is just rich!

Let's hope the statue captures the correct profile of the governor.

The little judge from the Bronx goes before the Senate today to answer questions about her judicial past. The democrats already have her confirmed and these hearings are just a formality to her confirmation. The GOP will ask serious, hard probing questions and will be labeled as "anti-Latino" and she will take her seat with a lifetime appointment.

I keep hearing that she may disappoint the liberals with her views and possible opinions on abortion. I doubt that would happen, BHO's people I am sure has vetted her closely and would not let that one pass. We could only hope. After all, why should that just happen to Republicans? (See David Souter)

Leon (I've got a secret) Panetta has come out and said that the CIA did mislead Congress and that a S E C R E T program started by then Vice President Dick Cheney has been shout down. Now the Congress is all a twitter with the hopes of nailing Cheney.

First of all, with members like "Leaky Leahy," "Bagdad Dick Durbin" and "Jay there are no secrets Rockefeller," it's no wonder why the CIA would mislead members of the congress. How about Shelia Lee (who thinks we have landed on Mars) who's pushing hard to honor Michael Jackson? Give me a break. If would would trust these 'Chuckleheads" with real national secrets, we'd all be speaking Arabic in two years. As for Cheney, I have said before BRING ON THE TRIAL!

That's all for now, my stone has arrived and I have to get my hammer and chisel and start working on that statue.