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Re: Sorta like the school lunch program......

Kingixolib — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:54:46 -0400

I wish I worked in that cafeteria.......I would spike the food with enough stuff to keep them on the throne all day.

That way they could still stink up the joint but they wouldn't hurt anybody doing it.

Sorta like the school lunch program......

domewatcher — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:49:48 -0400

Top ten comments from imaginary legislators concerning the legislative cafeteria:

10. “We open it to the public so that they can come in and mingle with us. You know that we are pretty big deals and we like to give the common folk a thrill.”
9. “I love this place. It’s so cheap and I have saved so much money on meals that I’m now worth 2 million dollars!”
8. “We subsidize the legislative cafeteria so as to get the legislators to eat here regularly. That way we can spice up their food with saltpeter (potassium nitrate) and thus save the pages.”
7. “What’s wrong with cheap food? McDonalds and Wendys and all them places have a dollar menu. We’re eating on the cheap so that we can show the poor people that we know how it feels......”
6. “Who blew the whistle on the cheap food in the legislative cafeteria. Don’t tell me it was that Three Stooges reporter. What’s his name?…..let’s see…. Moe? Larry? Curly? Yeah….that Curliss or Curls4less or whatever. These reporters need to get a hobby or something. Leave us alone and let us get on with our mandate.”
5. “We’re afraid that if we stop subsidizing the cafeteria then we will not attract such top notch legislators.” (LOL)
4. “This cafeteria was started as a part of the 'No Legislator Left Behind Program' under Speaker Black, I believe.”
3. “We put this in so that the lobbyists could eat here on the cheap. That way they’ll have more to spend wining and dining us. It’s just fantastic the ideas we come up with! Public service sure can be rewarding.”
2. “A cheeseburger with fries may cost $60.00 ‘over there,’ but not here. For $60.00 you could eat here for several sessions and have money left over.”
1. “Read my lips………that ‘naner puddin’ is good…..and it’s homemade!………and cheap too! I don’t know how they do it!”

Re: Bill laments graduation project

stoops — Wed, 06 May 2009 09:59:46 -0400

Kudos to Love, Bryant, and others who acknowledge the serious problems that will come with a large-scale implementation of this silly idea.

The fact that the NCAE likes the idea indicates how out of touch they are with actual teachers. Teachers already feel overburdened by the machinations of DPI, US ED, and LEA bureaucrats, and the graduation project would make matters worse.

Re: The Tobacco Growers Caucus

cdtew — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:42:06 -0500

Another wrench in this problem...how much Medicaid money does the state allocate to each county. Here's a map:

http://www.dhhs.state.nc.us/dma/2007report/2007tables.pdf (Go to p.13)

I imagine that has something to do with being able to force cooperation in voting for a smoking ban, even though a representative might represent a "Grower" district.

Now I'm just getting academic, and I have no substantive basis at all to claim such muscling is going on.

Re: The Tobacco Growers Caucus

tecolote — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:04:51 -0500

Sorry, R.T.
I just couldn't resist. At least it demonstrates
readership!

Re: The Tobacco Growers Caucus

ryanteaguebeckwith — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:10:57 -0500

Welcome to the Dome copy desk.

— RTB

Re: The Tobacco Growers Caucus

tecolote — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:09:37 -0500

Re::Sager and Stewart was not in the House at the time."

" . . . were not in the House at the time." ??