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What I wrote today:

Hello Governor,

I believe I have a major part of the puzzle for the CIB mess. At the same time we hear about the shortfalls for CIB, we also were getting media stories about money owed to Hoosiers. Escheatment in Indiana doesn’t seem to occur for 25 years. While California is controversial with its efforts at 3 years, it is my belief that Indiana could use an adjustment to 7-10 years and use some of the 59 million dollars on the books for CIB rescue. This one-time windfall meets the needs of what should be a one-time need, and does so without much adjustment or effort. This change may offer the least pain in a rather bleak scenario.

I get the sneaking suspicion that no one reads this.

I’m posting to test whether Blogo has fixed its bug. Otherwise, ignore this.

Yes, *that* house. The one the car drove through the garage on Ferris Buehler’s…

http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/370-Beech-Street_Highland-Park_IL_60035_1109385563

From CNN:

In dissent, Justice John Paul Stevens said “customs of speech” and context made the Federal Communications Commission’s position unworkable.

“As any golfer who has watched his partner shank a short approach knows, it would be absurd to accept the suggestion that the resultant four-letter word uttered on the golf course describes sex or excrement and is therefore indecent,” he wrote. “But that is the absurdity the FCC has embraced in its new approach to indecency.”

And Stevens wondered why the agency was going after words that he said had a “tenuous relationship” to sex and bodily functions, while at the same time prime-time commercials “frequently ask viewers whether they, too, are battling erectile dysfunction or are having trouble going to the bathroom.”

John, you are my favorite Jurist. Thank you for the common sense.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/26/opinion/26rich.html

Frank Rich nails it.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124034036512839857.html

I couldn’t agree more. The details are mental garbage. The main idea is that if a company is “too big to fail”, it must either be carefully regulated or broken up. There is no other option. For anyone that thinks that this isn’t ‘capitalism’, this is the boundary of anarchy. If a company cannot fail, it has no more capitalistic “downside”, and can therefore act without the fear of going away. Allowing a company to achieve this status is eminent socialism.

If we really are a capitalist nation, we need to prevent this de-facto socialism, and maintain competition between companies. The days of unlimited corporate power is numbered, and for excellent reason.

From CNN:

Obama said “one of the great strengths of the United States” is that it does not consider itself “a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values. I think modern Turkey was founded with a similar set of principles.”

http://www.slate.com/id/2215267/pagenum/all/#p2

From Slate; a former MS rag:

“People want that stuff from their computers. When they’ve got money, they’re willing to pay extra for it; that’s why Apple dominated the notebook market last year. By focusing only on price, Microsoft is telling us only one thing about the Windows logo: It’s what you look for when you’re settling.”

Perfect.