Overheard at the breakfast table

[pegkerr]

Reading the newspaper over breakfast is just awful. S&P is the lowest it's been since April 1997. Minnesota gained . . . 107 jobs last month. In the entire state. And lost thousands. One bright spot: federal unemployment benefits are getting extended again. That's a big sigh of relief for my family.

Then there's the wrangling over the photo finish of the Minnesota Senatorial race. Both candidates are acting like asses. "I read this stuff," I grumbled to Rob, "and I just want to say 'A pox on both your houses.'" I glanced at Fiona. "Quick, what's that from?"

"It's Mercutio's line from Romeo and Juliet," she said immediately, "Except it's a plague on both your houses."

I beamed at her. "Very good. See? Education is good for something."

Comments

[irielle.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised more people didn't vote for the independent candidate in the MN senatorial race given the ads the candidates were showing on tv. I live just across the river in Wisconsin so it's like living in the Twin Cities without the vote.

As for job losses, my husband switched companies at the beginning of October and less than a month later the company he left laid off all of their MN employees plus others from other sites. We feel very blessed this Thanksgiving for just missing out on that experience, especially since we're already a single income family.

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

I guess I've missed the part about Al acting like an ass - I thought he's been laying low, for the most part.

From where i sit, though, there's no question that Weasel Norm (and his hatchet man, Fritz Knaack) has been a bad actor...