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DEL.ICIO.USLadies and gentlemen, start your engines
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The state Capitol is empty, and will remain so through Monday.
Some people think this is Presidents Day weekend, and in some places it might be.
Here, it’s the start of the NASCAR season. If history is any guide, an elite delegation of state legislators has been dispatched to the Florida shores to see why Daytona 500 drivers prefer left-handed turns over right-handed ones.
Political observers will be watching to see if Republicans have brightened up any, and have included any Democrats on the junket — to give it a bipartisan look that might tone down any criticism. That’s how Democrats did it when they were in power.
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By GC
February 16, 2007 5:41 PM | Link to this
Hey fellas, don’t give them an suggestions. Well, on second thought after having been on the outside for so long they will not listen because they have an unhealthy need to enjoy their vengance for a while longer.
By Sam Sludge
February 18, 2007 11:33 AM | Link to this
The State Capitol is empty for 5 days not because of NASCAR but because Represenative Ed Rynders (R-Albany) has given out so many salmonella tainted jars of peanut butter and the Capitol pharmacist ran out of pepto-bismol. The lines to the restrooms just became too long. Recess for everybody!