Priorities. Also, Kilkenny Cats

Okay, so we have a proposal for the largest Federal budget in history, with the largest Defense budget (in "adjusted" dollars) since WWII.  So how come the Maine National Guard has less than half its authorized equipment?  They took the stuff with them when they deployed (Iraq, Afghanistan, multiple times) and left it there.

These are the guys we count on to clean up after, like, tornadoes and floods...

Meanwhile, both parties continue to devour their own candidates.  The "neocons" (hate that title) would rather have Hill 'n Bill in the White House than McCain, while Ms. Clinton and Mr. Obama seek the precise best point to insert a MK II Gerber Survival Knife in the back of the other...

Hey, if the nation is lucky, they'll all succeed.  "...except for their nails and the tips of their tails, instead of two cats there weren't any."

Snow relocation project continues

Another 2-3 inches of snow overnight, light fluffy stuff.  Has been relocated from functional surfaces.

We'd save a lot of time and energy nationwide if the delivery system just left snow where we wanted it...

The religious fringe-groups confuse me

Okay, Mitt has dropped out of the race.  Much weeping, wailing, gnashing of teeth, sack-cloth and ashes, you name it, on the far right.

Thing is, a fair chunk of the Christian Conservative movement regards Mormons as heretics.  Not even Christians at all...