NewscomaGot A Two-Pack Habit And A Motel Tan

You know, it’s shocking that he stayed longer than Mitt “my hair is a helmet” Romney.

I’m giving Chuck Norris credit on this.

So, here’s a link if you don’t buy it.

And McCain, who was in like Flynn a month ago is now official.

Now Obama or Clinton?

No one knows. And if they say they do, they are wrong.

Will find out later.

Just saying.

I have no idea.

I’m waiting. Aren’t you?

While you are waiting, have a Goo Goo and wait for the polls. OR, you can put Busy Mom in jail. You know, this is awesome. (Homer’s favorite blogger. Yeah, put her in jail. Damn you, Homer.)

Help her out. It is, of course, of the good.

It could be another six weeks of primary ugly. Or not. And, you know, put Busy Mom in jail.

It is of the fun. She needs some do-re-mi for a good cause.

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You know, I played this song on Nashville is Talking a while ago and I still love it.

And, as I’m a new round of bronchitis drugs, I just felt is was right.

And if this ain’t wicked sexy, I don’t know what is.

If I had bought a loved one a Sharper Image gift card, I think I would be uber pissed right now.

You know that Sharper Image gift card you got for Christmas? Right now, it’s worthless. And other gift cards in your wallet could lose their value, too.

As more retailers file for bankruptcy or go out of business, more than $75 million in gift cards are at risk of becoming worthless pieces of plastic this year.

I love gift cards. I have four in my pocket and I guess I’ve been saving them for a rainy day fund.

I may have to go spend them. Right now. (Wait, two are for Wal-Mart. I just hate going to Wal-Mart and that’s why I haven’t redeemed them. Wal-Mart is never going away. Sigh. But I need a new tire so money spent.)

It does make you think though.

I just wrote today about Primary Election Fatigue. Apparently Jack Cafferty and I are on the same page this morning.

Over at his blog he asked about Primary Election Fatigue. Here’s what some folks said:

Nick writes:
Instead of counting sheep at night, I find myself counting delegates.

Sabrina from Las Vegas writes:
When you actually want to spend more time with your family.

Dustin writes:
Your wife no longer accepts a simple denial that you have the toilet seat up, but rather insists that you both denounce and reject said action.

Emily from Richmond, Kentucky
When you look forward to a presidential press conference. (Note from Newscoma, Never do I look forward to a ppc.)

Dave from Portland, Oregon writes:
I know I have primary fatigue if I no longer find Cafferty’s comments on the primaries incisive and amusing… it hasn’t happened yet.

Eric writes:
When I get home from work and turn on MTV instead of CNN.

Yvonne from Charleston, South Carolina writes:
When you can recite a candidate’s stump speech better than he or she can, you know you’ve had enough.

Matt from O’Fallon, Missouri writes:
When you find delegate math on random notepads and sticky notes all around the house.

Michael from Fort Wayne, Indiana writes:
Jack, Thank you for defining it as ‘primary election fatigue’, I thought I had the flu.

We’ve had 14 months of this. Yeah, it’s primary election fatigue. Of course, tonight, I’ll be watching the results like a crack addict on a five-day bender.

I don’t know about you guys, but I know I’m suffering a bit from political fatigue.

Today will be the day that will set the tone for the rest of the race. I’ve been paying far too much attention to this race, because, I don’t know. Could it be that the last eight years have been the worst in my memory? Probably.

I was talking to Big Daddy not too long ago and for the first time in my history, he and I seem to be on the same page. You know, we are all discussing stagflation except we are calling it “Crap, I don’t have enough money.”

Let me break it down for you because stagflation sounds like some sort of staph infection that you get on your face.

But it’s a different kind of infection, campers, that tears at the seams of our personal financial freedom.

Yeah, we can look at unemployment rates but people are making less money. You can have jobs out there, but some of those jobs are p/t at 20 hours a week. Gas is more expensive. Until they get public transportation here, then I’m stuck driving a car to get to work and toodle about doing my job. The last time, which has been months, that I filled my car up was in December. It was roughly 45 dollars. I just put in what I need right now. Food is more expensive. Goods are more expensive. Anything brought into whatever area you live that needs gasoline to have it transported there, well, that means those costs are handed over to the consumer.

Yet, many of us are making the same amount of money we did two years ago. Or, at least, I’m speaking for myself here. As I just paid my property taxes, I’m a little broke and my car needs work. SQ and I have taken on second jobs to keep our heads above water.

We make due and we realize we are lucky.

When our country is borrowing money to be in a war and I have tons of people who used to have manufacturing jobs (not any more, the plants are gone, campers) willing to work for minimum wage to just have a bit of money in their pockets, to feed their kids, then when I hear about employment numbers, I flinch. It’s fuzzy math.

So, of course, I’m watching what’s happening on a national level. I honestly don’t think anyone can fix this immediately. The damage done in the past few years will take more than a new president to repair this mess.

I go back to it’s one person at a time.

Today, four states are going to the polls with an amazing amount of delegates up for the taking. I hope whoever wins them remembers there are people’s futures attached to each one of those delegates.

And I hope they remember that.