Finding fault with British Petroleum
It doesn’t appear that British Petroleum caused the gulf oil spill through its own negligence; apparently it was just an unfortunate accident. Want to read more?
Donating Money to Public Institutions
Here is an idea that might to be of value to those of you who raise money for an organization that also receives government funding. Want to read more?
Midterm Elections 4; Undecided Races
Here is a list of the races from the midterm election that are still being recounted. The original list is from Real Clear Politics and includes 7 races in the House of Representatives along with the Minnesota Governor’s race.
I checked recent news articles about each race and added the most current published vote differences to the list.
This information is accurate as of November 10th.
| House of Representatives | ||||
| District | Democrat | Republican | Leader | Vote Margin |
| CA11 | McNerney | Harmer | Democrat | 2269 |
| KY6 | Chandler | Barr | Democrat | 649 |
| CA20 | Costa | Vidak | Republican | 27 |
| IL8 | Bean | Walsh | Republican | 350 |
| NY1 | Bishop | Altschuler | Republican | 383 |
| NY25 | Maffei | Buerkle | Republican | 687 |
| TX27 | Ortiz | Farenthold | Republican | 799 |
| Governor | ||||
| Minnesota | Dayton | Emmer | Democrat | 8751 |
Midterm Elections 3; Be Careful of what you Wish For California
Democrats dominated the midterm elections in California; but do Californians really know what this means?
California has an enormous budget deficit on their hands. They have an unsustainable pension plan that covers their gigantic number of state workers along with many local government employees.
Their budget deficit is $24 billion according to the L.A. Times. And even worse; if they completely slashed all of their one time spending, they would still be $12 billion in the hole.
Californians will soon come to the Federal government looking for a bailout.
But will they get any help there? Want to read more?
Midterm Elections 2; Senate Democrats just faced an Easy Election
The Democrats just lost 6 seats in the Senate during the 2010 midterm elections, but this was the easy one. Just wait until 2012.
In 2010, there were 37 Senate seats contested; 18 of those seats were held by Republicans and 19 were held by Democrats. So, things should theoretically have been easy.
However in 2012– Democrats will have to defend 23 seats, including the 2 independents; while Republicans only have to defend 10 Senate seats. Want to read more?
Midterm Elections 1; The GOP knocks off One Liberal Senator
I have been busy at work and have been slow to throw my election opinions into the electronic ether. I will try to make up for it by attempting to point out things that you might not find elsewhere. I first thing out is;
Only one Liberal Senate seat was lost during this election cycle.
I don’t want to rain on anybody’s parade, but while the elections in the Senate might have been very good for Republicans they were less successful for conservatives. Want to read more?
Career Choices
I have spent the last several days adjusting the inventory in my warehouse. This involves searching for serialized products in our facilities and sitting in front of the computer and changing 5’s to 6’s and changing 7’s to 2’s.
My eyes are bleary and my brain is fried. Have you ever noticed that simple repetitious work is more tiring than work that actually involves thinking?
I would have never have imagined doing work like this when I was a kid. I was always going to be an astronaut. I remember those Gemini Capsules where I could have just sat there and enjoyed the ride. Want to read more?
The World’s Greatest Artistic Performance
It was very interesting to follow the midterm elections. But I think that we should pause just a moment to admire what is possibly the greatest artistic performance since Leonardo da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa back in 1506.
Here is Steve Martin performing King Tut back in 1979! Want to read more?
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