Teflon Deal, Gubinator of Jawhjah

Some where, there is evidence in a brief case or cardboard box which will send Deal to that great retirement home for crooked politicians. Maybe you know it as federal prison. See some details here at the Raw Deal/Story.

As his string of recent crimes are investigated, maybe we should think about Lt. Governor Casey Cagle.

Well, Casey isn't his real name. Stacy. That's it. Stacy.

I filed an ethics complaint against Lt. Governor Stacy Cagle in 2009? I alleged the man committed several state ethic violations by never disclosing all his employment positions. With the help of Donald Bloom, Stacy created a corporation called Strateia Group Atlanta, Inc. Stacy was CEO. Mr. Bloom was Secretary and CFO.

Under Georgia Law, Stacy position as CEO and his ownership position should have been disclosed to voters.

Well, I guess not since he's never done that. Never told people he ran a business consulting firm in Atlanta. Never bought a phone listing. I bet he never printed a business card.

I'm sure Mr. Donald Bloom would correct me if I'm wrong.

But, Stacy did list his position as CEO with the SEC and other regulatory agencies. When he formed a bank in Oakwood, Southern Heritage Bank.

I'm still waiting for Mr. Lt. Governor Lowell Stacy Cagle to respond to me.

Did you issue 1 million shares of stock in that corporation?

Did you file any tax returns?

Did you tell the other organizers of the bank you were a business consultant?

Or, did you tell them, "I operate a bridal shop and tux rental store?"

So while Teflon Deal continues to flirt with retirement, let's look at the possible replacement.

$9.5 Billion in revenue for a tax exempt non-profit organization called the NFL

It's kick off time.

The Falcons want taxpayers to buy them a new stadium. Why not we bought the current one.

I think the National Football League should buy the stadium. With $9.5 billion in revenue last year and a tax exempt non-profit status, I know they have the cash.

Details on how the Waffle House waitress supports NFL owners with her tip income.

From MSN.

Yeah, the article doesn't mention my favorite waitress. Do I need to draw you a line from her pocket to Arthur Blank's?

I didn't think so.

When your in space and the toilet leaks

NASA plans 3 space walks to fix a leaky value on the space station.

Public statements indicate the leak is hurting the cooling system.

Ham radio operators say that's full of it. Because of budget considerations, the space station has only one toilet. Seems that, for some reason involving 'human error,' there has been some 'major blow back' in the system operations.

Various solutions were tried but without a plummer's helpers, the stoppage remains.

Not to worry. As soon as emergency repairs are made, things will be flowing smoothly again. And spewing into space litter.

Link

Guns in school

A few years ago, the Gwinnett County school system expelled a female student for carrying an unloaded gun to school. I remember very few details but my children were in the Gwinnett system at the time.

The word on the street said the young lady didn't want to attend school any more. So, she carried a small caliber semi-auto hand gun to school in her back page. It might have been a .25 or .22 bullet. She whipped it out in front of a teacher knowing the zero tolerance policy on guns.

Wow!

Now in little ol' Hall County, we have law enforcement making random checks at all the schools. I hope the increased presence has some positive effect. Maybe the parents feel better. I would. Maybe someone thinks it will stop another senseless gun worshiping murderer from killing kids.

Maybe.

Despite all the attention being given school security, we're still seeing students carrying guns to school in a back pack Then, killing the innocent before a resource officer or other law enforcement can intervene.

I might need some help here. Any one remember a school shooting being stopped by law enforcement? Don't most of these gun worshiping killers kill themselves?

So we've gone from don't carry a gun to school or you get expelled to the new policy. Carry a gun to school and get shot.

As if that makes sense. Even the most mindless killer expects to get shot, die, or spend life in prison.

Still doesn't stop them.

So my beloved Gainesville School System is arming resource officers with M4 rifles. Story from Access North Georgia.

The cost is somewhere around $3,000.

Wanna bet there's no trauma kit in the school? Nothing more than band aids in the nurse's office? Wanna bet she buys them without being reimbursed?

I'll go further. Wanna bet there's a movement among conservatives to do away with school nurses?

We have money for M4 rifles and biometic gun safes. We don't pay school nurses competitive wages. We don't stock the clinics with band aids. We won't extend Medicaid with a 100% federal subsidy.

Guns or butter has become guns or brains.

Half a billion dollars in Lotto money. May you win it at least in your heart tonight.

Bought my mandatory lotto ticket about 3 hours ago. Had to stand in line. Very nice, very polite group of people. Some ESL speakers let me go ahead of them. The clerk was smiling and wishing everyone luck.

So I took a moment. Did some sort of Zen thing. Reached out whatever passes for my human feeling. Knew that thousands of people were buying tickets. Let myself imagine I had something in common with all of them. Maybe I didn't just imagine that.