What's So Special about a Special Session?

So, soon the lege will descend upon us again, making Sullivan's and the other upscale downtown eateries full of lobbyists and such, making it impossible to get a table, as if anyone else could afford their prices. But, all reports are that the suits are aiming to be in and out of here in 3 days or less. They all have politicking to do back home for the 4th, so they want to get 'er done. Considering the fact that they had 140 days to get this same stuff done recently and some of the Dems decided having a gabfest that lasted four days, it seems hard to believe that they could get anything done in 3 days. Of course, our famously wealthy and until this past weekend, famously single, Lite Gov. Dewhurst has a honeymoon to get back to...he finally has a wife to put in those Christmas photos with four stepkids as a bonus....Last year he sent out a black and white photo of the Capitol featuring trees without leaves on a gray day...it definitely was not Christmas cheer unless you are a Scrooge who has read too much Edgar Allan Poe. And the year before he had every member of the Dewhurst family, including his third cousins twice removed, in a photo. But, no wifey. Now, he finally has a wife again, and the gov ruined his honeymoon by calling a special. So, he is motivated to finish this session.....he is probably afraid that another Poe Christmas card will ruin his chances of ever moving up to....Husband of the Year.

Don't Be A Crybaby!

I guess SC Gov. Mark Sanford's dad never told him not to be a crybaby. I mean, really, this guy is an embarassment to the GOP for being a real schmuck. First of all, he leaves town for five days while being the top governmental official in charge of a state of 4.5 million folks and thinks none of the 4.5 will notice he is gone. Most politicos want to be noticed, but apparently, this guy thought he could turn that off and on. And, he was known for using photos of his wife and four sons in all his campaign ads. Well, no, it did not turn out that folks did not notice his absence. Big surprise, some of the folks he had beat or not supported politically went to the media when he left the country for four days without explanation. Duh!! Then, he has to admit that he was having an affair, and not even with a local gal...he had to go all the way to Argentina to cheat on his wife. Again, did he really think the 4.5 million South Caroliners are not going to notice if he leaves the capitol of Columbia and travels to say, another country on another continent for five days, but thinks, no one will figure it out. He also writes the chick emails. Now, how dumb is that? He has to know that any computer geek with a seventh grade education can hack into emails these days. Did he not hear about what happened to the DA from Houston, who also wrote unfortunate emails? So, he leaves for five days, and when he comes back, he has a news conference and, give him this much, admits up to it. But then, he cries. Come on, please. He was most likely crying because he got caught and because his wife, for once, did not pull a Hillary and stand beside him. She told him to take a flying leap, and you cannot blame her. My message to the guv: Stop crying. Please, you are a grown man. Stop writing emails unless they are "really" official business. And, stop taking trips to Buenos Aires. Not necessarily in that order.

After I had given birth twice, my husband and I decided that was enough. Okay, so it was mainly me, but....I did not order him to have a vasectomy like that bossy chick, Kate Gosselin, from the Jon and Kate Plus 8 tv show, orders around that guy. My husband decided to go see a doctor that a friend had used, and I am not kidding you the guy's name was Dr. Richard Chopp. Of course, he goes by the name of Dick Chopp. I kid you not. Go to his website for proof: http://www.urologyteam.com/our-doctors/dr-richard-chopp.htm. I, of course, thought it was funny that someone who does vasectomies would be called Dick Chopp. So, right before the surgery, in the pre-op visit, I say something like, "What a coincidence, about your name and all." And, he says, in a very angry voice, "What do you mean?" So, basically, he tries to act like I am the first one to bring it up and that he has no idea what I am talking about...I mean, really?? This whole incident reminds me of what the Democrats in the Texas Legislature are trying to do right now. They spend the last week of the regular legislative session delaying action on bills on the House floor. They told reporters that they were going to do this on purpose to block passage of the voter ID bill. Rumor has it that our very own representative, Diana Maldonado, participated in this. Now, they are saying the reason nothing happened, and important bills for them such as the expansion of CHIP or children's health insurance program, is because of lack of leadership from the GOP. Just like I said to Dr. Chopp, "Really???" Sometimes things are so obvious, it is hard to believe they would really think we would not notice it. And, I have to say, my husband is still mad that I brought this up to Dr. Chopp....he said I should not have joked around about the man's name right before he did surgery on him. I guess he is right, but, like the Democrats' antics at the end of the session, some things are just too obvious to not remark upon them.