Saturday, April 9, 2011

BloggeRhythms 4/9/2011

For many folks, yesterday was unnerving, for others it was exciting. But, no matter which side of the coin they were on, the day proved to keep them on edge to the end. Because many expected a complete shutdown, while others thought that there would be a last minute surge to keep things moving in the right direction.

And that's exactly what happened.

Because with his back to the wall and to keep his hopes of a title alive, Tiger shot five under par over the last eight holes at Augusta to finish the round tied for third in the Masters. So, whether you're a Tiger fan or not, he'll be around for the weekend and likely in contention all the way. And for golf fans, maybe it will come down to Tiger, Phil and Freddy late Sunday afternoon. And what that means is...I'll probably wind up in intensive care from the tension.

As far as the other thing goes, the budget soap opera played out to the end. And as anyone with half a brain knows, the government was never in danger of closing, the whole shebang was an act likely agreed to by both sides some time ago.

When you look at what was finally accepted, it was $38 billion in cuts to the budget which sounds like a lot to you and me. But for a country that's close to 15 TRILLION in debt already as I type, the cuts aren't even chump change.

However, the most astounding thing to me, because I never heard the number before, is how many Federal employees there are. Had 800,000 been furloughed due to funding loss, there still would have been 1.5 million of them employed by exemption. So, my question is: What on Earth do all these people do? While I realize that it takes two, three four or more government employees to do the work of one in the real world, that's still a lot of bodies occupied. And, what's worse, we're all paying their freight.

So, I guess the only thing we can hope for is that next election there'll be enough votes to shut them down completely by booting every last one of them out.

That's it for today folks.

Adios

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