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There are some who think that America’s federal tax rate is so onerous it has to be lowered or corporations will simply not invest here. The fact that you can do business cheaper in Third World countries because their standard of living sucks as much as their pay is never mentioned as a possible reason. No, it’s our darn excessive tax rate.

Given that last year GE realized a profit of $15 billion worldwide, $5 billion of which was generated in America, and paid zero in federal taxes, that argument is starting to sound a bit weak. By my calculation,

… if it didn’t entail dirt and bugs and bending over and digging and bugs… did I mention bugs? Can’t mention them often enough.

Just put Lindsay Lohan in jail forever and let’s all get on with our lives!

After the debacles of the royal marriages of the past, you’d think we’d at least be a little cautious in pronouncing the act of becoming a princess through marriage a fairy tale. Remember, not all fairy tales end well.

Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, my all time ever favorite NPR show… I like it even better than I used to like Calling All Pets and I didn’t think that was possible.. is coming to Fairbanks in August and not only are the tickets actually reasonably priced so that I can afford them, but I already have two coming to me in the mail. I may have actually been the first person to call and buy two right after the notice went up. I am way excited now. Yea!

Does anyone really know what all the keys are for that are stashed all over their house in various drawers and little boxes? If you do, know that I hate you. If you don’t, thank you. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who stares, mouth agape, at finding yet another key in another nook or cranny and not being able to remember, for the life of me, either putting it there, what it is for or whether I can muster up enough enthusiasm to try to find out what it’s for. But mostly, I can never bring

Ok all you school kids out there, here’s the lesson the Alaska Legislature is trying very hard to teach you. You CAN procrastinate on that spring break term paper on William Faulkner’s short story “The Bear” until the night before it’s due. You CAN then ask your parents to get your teacher to give you more time to complete your assignment because you just couldn’t get around to that darn book while taking advantage of the last good weeks of skiing at Alyeska. Your teacher WILL completely understand the dilemma you were in and happily give you another month to

Bobby Vinton is 76 years old. Shoot me. Shoot me now.

*N.B.- this is not meant to be a factual representation… anymore than the congressional record is.