This'n'That; January 12th [Blogging;RIT;NY Budget]

Blogging Here; Elsewhere I've spent most of the weekend trying to add another "hit counter" to this blog. The one that I added about two years ago just suddenly "went away" last week. I found a free hit counter on bravenet.com. After several futile attempts to add it to this blog I went to bravenet.com with the thought that if I blogged through their site, it would be much easier. WRONG!!! That site is far more confusing than this one is!! Being the "A-D-D" kid that I am, I had decided to give up blogging altogether.....b-u-t........I like to blog!! It takes alotta time; I do alotta research so that the entries are as factually accurate as I can make 'em, which is probably why I like bloggin'.....the research!! Hackers! If you have: ever attended R.I.T.[Rochester Istititute of Technology], ever worked at-or for-R.I.T., ever had any dealings with R.I.T., ever attempted to spell R.I.T., you might want to contact them. It was revealed that last Wednesday, a hacker broke into their records and accessed information on about 400 current and former students. The institution says it'll provide credit protection for one year for those accessed. Are You Ready? "Hang onta yer socks, We're off like a dirty shirt!!!" We're about to get the "change we need!!" Man, do I gotta lota crap ta learn!! Seems the Democrats were having trouble force-feeding their "liberal" crap to the general populous so sometime during the last year or so, they've changed the label on their crap to: "progressive"..... whata Hell ever they think that means. To me, progressive means "to progress." Are we showing progress to continue the giveaway programs that will indebt generations to come?? The current and forthcoming indebtedness will have it's designed outcome... more power for the Washington Elite, more control over more facets of American life!! If all this government power and control really worked..... The Soviet Union would still be going strong; China would be the seat of the financial world; There woulda been NO NEED for the Berlin Wall-people woulda been tryin' to GET IN-not-GET OUT; Ronald Reagan woulda been just a footnote in Hollywood-not one of the most influential politicians of the twentieth-century!! Til Nex'Time....... Hey Dave.... Ya Forgot Ta Tax This...... A cuppla weeks ago Lonsberry [ www.wham1180.com ; www.lonsberry.com ] had a really good idea for something Guvner Dave forgot to tax..... that being Political Contributions!! So....Dave...... I took the liberty of doin' some'a the gazinta's for ya. Your buddy, just before he got caught "dippin' his wick," raised $30,054,178 in contributions, give-or-take a cuppla hookers. Then add the $20,018,736 in Assembly contributions + the $40,497,744 in Senate contributions. The total comes in at a whoppin' $90,570,658!! Then ya put on a, say...... 25%, tax on the gross receipts. That'll equal about $22,642,664.... to the state treasury!! Then..... and here's the novel part of the plan....... for those monies that aren't actually spent on political campaigns.... those funds that the candidate usually folds into his personal account and pisses away any way he or she wants.... yup, that money: If it ain't spent on a campaign, it's subject to a 65% re-designation fee. Say the crooks for state-wide offices only spend 50% of their receipts-that'll leave about $33,963,997 subject to the re-designation fee..... 'n' the fee'll bring an additional $22,076,598 into the coffers........PROBLEM SOLVED!! Maybe Guvner Dave already thoughta this, cuz in his "state-a-the-state speech, he proposed both cutting spending AND allocating more money for new and improved giveaway programs.........