Barron of Blog Wife, Libby, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Recovery Act: One Year Anniversary

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Cost vs. Life Expectacy

Graph of the cost of health care (in US$) mapped to the average life expectancy at birth. Make sure to click the image to get full view:

One of these things is not like the others...
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I Can’t Quit You… Oh Wait, Actually I Can!

So what's a former Alaskan Governor who quit less than halfway through her term going to do now that she's on a book tour? Quit again! While visiting Noblesville, Indiana this past Thursday Sarah Palin decided that the last 300 people who just spent three hours getting wristbands and an additional three hours waiting in line just weren't worth her time anymore.

Were they pissed? You betcha'!! The mob boo'ed and yelled as she pulled away in her book tour bus:

I would be angry too. If I ever write a book and have a signing you can bet dollars to donuts I'm not going to leave until all the books are signed, my hand falls off, or all the sharpies at the store run out.

Only 1,000 people were allowed to be in that line to have their books signed, so she let down almost a third of her most devoted fans. Many of them got there very early in the morning just to wait in that line. I feel bad that those people had to learn the hard way that Sarah is, in reality, exactly the twit they used to claim she's not.

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Interesting Marijuana Panel