May 22
Total current budget for Maine nuclear inspectorate: $276,000/year.
Number of employees: 2.
Salaries: $71,000/year for nuclear safety inspector, $76,000/year for his advisor.
Year when safety inspector job was supposedly eliminated: 2005.
Total nuclear facilities in Maine: 0.
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Salary of Clerk of Court in Pasco, Florida: $136,576.
Number of days you have to fail to bother to turn up in order to be sackable: 44.
Resulting number of days of work required per annum: 8.
Number of days you have to be retired to get full retirement benefits: 1
Additional income the current Clerk of Court gets because he retired for a day during one of his absences: $6,242.34 per month.
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May 02
Official White House proclamation:
The Congress, by Public Law 85-529, as amended, has designated May 1 of each year as “Loyalty Day.” This Loyalty Day, and throughout the year, I ask all Americans to join me in reaffirming our allegiance to our Nation.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 1, 2007, as Loyalty Day. I call upon the people of the United States to participate in this national observance and to display the flag of the United States on Loyalty Day as a symbol of pride in our Nation.
Coming soon: The Three Minute Hate, every night at 6pm on FOX News!
Update for the sake of clarity: No, this stupid idea was not invented by Bush and crew. Given that Congress is controlled by the Democrats, it’s unlikely they would go out of their way to pass laws asking people to be loyal to the President; sorry if I led anyone to believe otherwise.
Feb 14
White House switches from Lotus Notes to Outlook for e-mail. White House suddenly develops massive e-mail lag problems.
The switch is, of course, totally unrelated to Bill’s generous donations to George W’s election campaign.