Time You Enjoy Wasting Is Not Wasted Time

Today marks the deadline for New York State to pass it’s budget on time. There is not a lot of good will being generated with this budget, although I find it interesting that the Rebulicans are complaining that the budget was created without their input when in the past the roles were reversed. I think the Republicans, whether nationally hoping that Obama fails or locally doing everything they can to derail the Democratic majority in New York, are doing themselves, the State, and the Country a great disservice. We’ve been under a Republican regime for 8 years, let’s give the Democrats a chance to undo the damage.

Here are some links for more information about the budget:

• NYS DoB – From the horse’s mouth so to speak.
• Google News results for New York State Budget – For a lot of different links.
• Article from the Buffalo News – The News showing it’s pro-business, anti-labor colors as always.
• Article from NYSUT – For the education perspective.

The internet is always a nightmare on April Fools Day. But there are usually a few things to chuckle at. Such as:

• Tauntaun Sleeping Bag – Think Geek usually has some amusing items for April Fools Day, but this is too awesome!
• Yahoo Ideological Search – Why bother with reading opinions of people who don’t agree with you? I thought that was one of the things the internet was for?
• Super Eco-Friendly Business Card - For when you have to laugh at how ridiculous parts of the green movement are getting.
• FreakingHugeURL – I’m not sure if this is strictly an April Fools Day thing, but it is a nice jab at TinyURL and all the other URL truncating services that send you to who knows where.

Also, I always enjoy The Simpsons telling of the origin of April Fools