Hold on to your hats folks; restaurants are feeding us more than we want to eat.  (Obviously these researchers didn’t eat at the now defunct Lindy’s).  That’s right, you are getting more food for your buck.  This seems like a good thing doesn’t it?  But it seems that there is growing concern that this is one cause of obesity.  Do I smell lawsuits?  So by that rationale, skinny people are the result of skimpy food portions.  Well tell them to “Super Size” for God’s sake.  Skinny people can get down right mean in a court of law.

 

Frankfort today, in the wake of the budget crunch, is taking a hard look at better fiscal control of contracted services.  Okay.  Why now?  I guess if the money is abundant, then it’s okay to spend it willy-nilly.  That does seem to be a typical state of mind.  Maybe that same logic is what keeps lawmakers in control of our retirement savings.  They think that if we have access to our money, then we won’t show restraint and we’ll spend irresponsibly like our leaders.  They think that we’ll come to them after the retirement account is cleaned out and want more.  Why not?  That is the example that our leaders are setting.  When they spend our money, they always want more.  But you know, if we gave our government every damn cent we make, they’d still go broke.

 

Stripes or no stripes?  That seemed to be the $400,000 question recently discussed by police.  In the end, stripes lost out.  We can all rest easy now knowing that a major hurdle in clothing Louisville’s police officers has been resolved.  Personally, I was scared to death.  I just knew that a cop was going to respond to some emergency of mine and not be appropriately attired.  So the next time you see a cop dressed in his new uniform, be sure to acknowledge how nice he looks.  And if you want a real fashion parade, then call 911 and see them come running stripe-less.

 

A little while back, I wanted to know the status of our taxpayers’ refund in the wake of the Lindy’s fiasco.  Remember?  They went belly up with $100,000 of our money that Dan Johnson loaned them.  Isn’t it odd that there is silence on the subject?  Did Johnson and his Lindy’s cronies make some under the table deal that we don’t know about?  I want some answers and action!  However, the last time that I asked for some information and action (published in the Jefferson Review), a rock was thrown through my kitchen window.  There was no message tied to the rock.  Next time, just call me and hang up; that will be a little less inconvenient and a lot less costly to me than breaking a $100 window and still leaving me in the dark about Lindy’s (Johnson) versus taxpayers.

 

The bill is HB618 and was sponsored in the House by Perry Clark (D).  It was co-sponsored by D. Butler (D), J Thompson (D), M. Weaver (D), 3 Republicans and 2 others whose parties are not noted in the “Who’s Who”.  The bill in the Senate is SB102 and was sponsored by J. Denton (R) and D. Seum (R).  T. Shaughnessy (D) amended the bill to reflect an implementation date of 1-1-04.  It passed with an implementation date of 11-01-03.  Mr. Anderson, are you going to choke to death in those two precious months?  Better run to the hospital, son.

 

As reported on MSNBC this morning 1-22-03, “U.S. soldiers are training heavily now in preparation for war.  Even the simulations are real.”  What?