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You have to admire optimism

And I should be damn grateful too!!

Despite what Gallup is saying, I'll take the under on this Friday's Jobless Claims Report and I am afraid it is going to be uuuu-gly. After Dubya admitting he, once again , ignored dire warnings, I don't think this recession has even remotely bottomed out, even though recessions typically last about a year. This is going to be the daddy of all modern-day recessions I'm afraid. Continuing to be employed through this one will be no easy feat.
Who could have predicted that the Bush administration would continue to fuck things up until the very last minute? Um, anybody could have? You are correct sir! Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner! I just threw up in my mouth a little.

I knew shoveling snow was dangerous, but damn...

I was joking with a friend yesterday morning that the sun will "shovel" my snow tomorrow, and besides, shoveling snow can be dangerous, either from physical injury or heart attack. Didn't realize you could be shot too... Breaking News: Man found dead in Stetson Hills shot to death From what I've gleaned from neighbors and friends and the sketchy details from the local media and constabulary, a 46 year-old man was shot to death in front of his home Sunday morning while shoveling snow. I was taking my son to his Mom's house Sunday around noon and noticed an unusually large police presence in my neighborhood... figured they'd perhaps cleared a multi-car pileup or something earlier because of the weather; there was about 6 inches of snow on the roads. I had no idea that some poor guy was gunned down in really quiet (normally) suburban neighborhood. The fact that nobody has been arrested yet (it has been over 36 hours) is leading me to believe that perhaps if this