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Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2004 - 7:59 p.m. It is raining again for something like the 57th straight day. At least it feels that way. I bought 2 huge boxes of premium spring flower bulbs at the local Sam�s warehouse last Friday. Originally priced at $16.88, they were reduced to $2.50 per package. You know me- I can�t pass up a great bargain. So I bought one filled with Peony-flowered tulips, and another with two varieties of fancy daffodils. I�m talking about a bunch of bulbs, too. Something like 50 dafodils, maybe 80 tulips. Why did I buy them? I don�t know. I figure I can put them somewhere in the ground and have plenty of cut flowers for Lease to enjoy next spring. But the thing I didn�t take into account was the amount of rain we have suffered through here recently. Water is standing in the furrows left behind by my tiller last month. It will take at least 5 days to dry up enough to dare working the soil. Might have to find a bunch of plastic pots and force most of these bulbs if the rain doesn�t stop soon� The powers that be sent the night shift crew home at 11 am with a pretty non-threatening forecast (less than an inch on grassy areas AFTER midnight). Not that I mind, but if they don�t get called back in tonight the powers that be will be a little less likely to send the night crew home the next time around. And if history has taught me anything, I will be on the unlucky shift that puts in a full 8 hour day, only to be called back in to plow snow for another 12 hours shortly after. Happens far too often here at the NDDOT� Heard an interesting news broadcast on the radio today. The report originally aired on the big ABC television station in Bismarck yesterday. The morning crew at the radio station from that fine town (which I listen to most mornings at work) thought it was worth repeating. Here�s the skinny- our governor (Little Bigman) has 38 full time bodyguards assigned to him! Thirty-freakin�-eight different taxpayer-financed, highly paid police-types protecting his tiny little butt everyday! They work 8-hour shifts, round the clock. Still, that works out to at least 12 per 8-hour shift. And that doesn�t include the state trooper whose job it is to sit in his patrol car in front of the Gov�s house every night. I know he has an enormous ego, but why should we be paying so much to protect him? Hell, the president probably doesn�t have a posse that big, does he? Oh yeah, I forgot- he has made a ton of enemies all over this fine state. He might need all that firepower. Right�. They must encircle him wherever he goes. If you have seen any photographs of this pocket gopher of a man, you can understand why someone at work today mentioned that at least 1 per shift is employed just to carry his hair grooming tools around for him. According to the report, durring last summer�s presidential convention he took all 38 (along with many of their family members) along with him. Delegates from other states made jokes about how important he must think he is to need so much muscle protecting him. And late this summer Little Bigman and his bodyguards took a trip to California (the state that donated the most money to his campaign 2 years ago, btw). He flew in, but he had 10 of his men drive 5 state police cars ahead of his arrival. Their job? To block cross traffic and give him an unimpeded drive to whatever event he was attending at the time. Think about that- he used North Dakota state troupers to stop Californians from driving in his way! I thought only presidents got that kinda treatment. Too bad none of California�s finest didn�t decide to pull some of these out-of-their-jurisdiction police cars over. It wasn�t stated in the report if any California troopers crossed paths with this show of force, but if they did they must have thought our officers were escorting Arnold the Governator around, instead of just our Little Bigman� To put my bitching into perspective- The truck repair portion of the budget stated this fiscal year last July with just under $70,000 for our county (down from $82,000 last year- and our trucks aren�t getting any newer). Today, after I finished putting a few recent repair bills into the computer, I noticed that we are already down to $9,000. With almost all of winter (and over half a fiscal year) to go, we have less than 1/6th of our money left. We won�t make it to the month of January. Once out of money (we have been told there is none to be found), we will start parking trucks. They won�t be repaired until NEXT JULY! This leader keeps telling everyone that we have to change what have for our priorities. He tells the press that he only has the average citizen�s hope and dreams in his heart. Bullshit! Try convincing John Q Public that when the roads can�t be plowed next month. Oh well- it won�t effect him anyway. He prefers flying as much as possible anyway� On the positive side? I waded through the high water to check out my garden at work today. I was glad to see that my remaining Brussels sprouts are still doing fine (and are probably even better tasting, after the few frosts we have had recently). I still have a decent amount of Swiss chard to pick, along with the carrots I planted back in August. And I found 4 seed catalogs (3 that I usually buy from every year) in my mailbox tonight. That improved my attitude immediately. The way I see it? If I order my seeds soon, I can still grow our produce next summer. Even if our fine state declares bankruptcy and I find myself laid off in April, we�ll still have food on our table�..
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