Today’s Joke comes from Bob and Tom.

A lawyer runs a stop sign and gets
pulled over by a Sheriff’s Deputy. He thinks that he is smarter
than the Deputy because he is sure that he has a better education.
He decides to prove this to himself and have some fun at the
deputy’s expense.
Deputy says, “License and registration, please.”
Lawyer says, “What for?”
Deputy says, “You didn’t come to a complete stop at the
stop sign ..”
Lawyer says, “I slowed down, and no one was coming.”
Deputy says, “You still didn’t come to a complete stop.
License and registration, please.”
Lawyer says, “What’s the difference?”
Deputy says, “The difference is, you have to come to a
complete stop, that’s the law. License and registration, please!”
Lawyer says, “If you can show me the legal difference
between slow down and stop, I’ll give you my license and registration
and you give me the ticket, if not you let me go and no ticket.”
Deputy says, “Exit your vehicle, sir.”
At this point, the deputy takes out his nightstick and starts
beating the ever-loving crap out of the lawyer and says, “Do
you want me to stop or just slow down?”

My Way News

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada took a tentative step to the right in Monday’s federal election, ousting the Liberals after 12 years in power and voting in a fragile minority Conservative government, television networks said.

Now there is reason to move to Canada!

Half the Google Case:

• Google Digs In Against Feds
• Google vs. the Government
• Yahoo, MS: No personal data surrendered
• Google’s reputation at stake in fight with government

Interesting.

RENO, Nev. – There’s no physical evidence that the family who gave the Donner Party its name had anything to do with the cannibalism the ill-fated pioneers have been associated with for a century and a half, two scientists said Thursday.

No cooked human bones were found among the thousands of fragments of animal bones at that Alder Creek site, suggesting Donner family members did not resort to cannibalism, the archaeologists said at a conference of the Society for Historical Archaeology in Sacramento, Calif.

Do you remember the first time you heard this grim story in school? Most stories have a moral that reveals a layer to the human race. The Donner Party tale pretty much says that when mankind is at the brink of death we will go to any means necessary to survive. Including, killing each other for food. If the Donner Party didn’t have a human flesh feast then perhaps we have hope as a species.

The article continues…

If cannibalism did occur at the Alder Creek site, in what is now the Tahoe National Forest, bones were not burned or boiled along with the flesh, the authors said. Such bones endure in the ground a very long time, while unburned or unboiled bones turn to dust in a relatively short time.

I’m not an expert at human flesh dining etiquette, but I would assume you would want to remove the bones and filet the meat before cooking. I would be kind of disturbed seeing an arm roasting on the fire.

AP: National ID a ‘Nightmare’ for States

An anti-terrorism law creating a national standard for all driver’s licenses by 2008 isn’t just upsetting civil libertarians and immigration rights activists.

State motor vehicle officials nationwide who will have to carry out the Real ID Act say its authors grossly underestimated its logistical, technological and financial demands.

In a comprehensive survey obtained by The Associated Press and in follow-up interviews, officials cast doubt on the states’ ability to comply with the law on time and fretted that it will be a budget buster.

“It is just flat out impossible and unrealistic to meet the prescriptive provisions of this law by 2008,” Betty Serian, a deputy secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, said in an interview.

Nebraska’s motor vehicles director, responding to the survey by the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators, said that to comply with Real ID her state “may have to consider extreme measures and possibly a complete reorganization.”

And a new record-sharing provision of Real ID was described by an Illinois official as “a nightmare for all states.”

“Can we go home now??” the official wrote.

Oy! I think I can sum up this article with a single word: Lazy.

Amazingly this is not a rant about the local snow removable program within city limits.

Residents will find out next week whether a plow is still part of Polk County’s official image.

County leaders decided earlier this year to dump a decidedly rural-flavored black-and-white seal used for letterheads, signs, etc. The simple design dates back at least six decades.

A public relations firm was paid $9,358 to determine that the plow is outdated and probably doesn’t convey the image Polk County wants to show the outside world. Of about 140,000 properties in the county, an estimated 6,500 are classified as agricultural.

County leaders on Tuesday will unveil a proposed full-color emblem — “POLK” is printed boldly against the backdrop of the Capitol — that includes the slogan: “Leading the Way.”

There’s no plow in sight.

The new logo:

Not a bad logo, but I’m not sure how it will top the old logo:

Hmmm…

DES MOINES, Iowa – It’s been dark and gloomy around central Iowa for days, and it may be affecting people’s moods.

There has not been a full day of 100 percent sunshine in the area since Dec. 22.

A central Iowa therapist has some common-sense cures to beat the winter blues, also known as Season Affective Disorder.

Doctors say therapy using lights can help.

“I tend to think we’re a lot like plants. We need light,” said Lindsey Swan, a therapist.

Thank You Lindsey Swan. Let’s see, we both need light, food, grow, and have offspring. The similarities stop there. When plants lack sunlight after a set period – THEY DIE. They don’t go into depression and sulk about life. They sulk in dirt.

For those of you who might have wondered why I took a LONG vacation from blogging will be disappointed to hear that I was not the winner of last month’s powerball drawing:

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Beaverdale man is now a multimillionaire thanks to six lucky numbers he picked.

Hugh Hawkins, 44, came forward Tuesday to claim Iowa’s largest-ever lottery jackpot.

“I thought to myself, ‘Wow, some lucky stiff right here in my own home town won the jackpot.’ I had no idea it was me,” Hawkins said.

Hawkins came forward with his wife, Cindy, and their children to claim their $113.2 million Powerball jackpot.

Not so long ago I heard an interview on Bob and Tom with another new millionaire from Utah. When he had a suspicion that he might be the winner he went directly to the nearest gas station to verify he won. The young girl at the cash register ran the winning ticket through the lotto machine. Then her eyes got two sizes too big. She began to dance around in circles while firmly holding the ticket as if she was the winner. The real winner was afraid that he might never get the ticket back from her. In the end he was able to get the ticket. (Of course he left without paying for the gas, but that’s a different story)

I would be over paranoid between that time I know I’m the winner until the point it is verified with the lottery office. I’m not even sure I would tell another living soul. More than likely I would not even share the news with my own parents. You never know how someone would react once a ticket worth millions is brought up. Now I’m not saying my parents would attempt to steal the ticket… or worse, but how can you plan for this event?

They say once you’re aware the numbers match to immediately sign the ticket. I guess by signing the ticket I could avoid being overly paranoid. Then again, I’m not the winner so there is no need to dwell on such a dilemma.