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I-JOBS really means --

I just don't see the JOBS

And the scientific community is united in that fact.

This headline verifies that...

Iowa unemployment rate reaches 23-year high

The February rate edged up to 6.7 percent from 6.6 percent in January.

What's the solution for the Big Lug Nut and the Dummycrats in the Legislature?

Culver gets $150 million more for I-JOBS

That's in addition to the $830 Million this borrowing scam already has us in debt for.









GOOD THINKING!

Throw more money at it, it's obviously done so well up until now.

That's why the BLN is lobbying to get more casino's built, as I-JOBS is funded with existing state gaming revenue and is to be accomplished ALL WITHOUT RAISING TAXES!

However, casino revenues have been down, as of last fall (I Yay Yay).

The Iowa Legislative Services Bureau reports that Iowa casino tax revenue growth has been negative for eight consecutive months.

For the past 12 months, Iowa casino taxes have totaled $287.5 million, which was down 4.1 percent from the same period a year earlier, state officials said.

I love how the Ragister justifies the I-JOBS borrowing scam debt -- That amounts to less than $5 per person per year.

Remember, the last part of I-JOBS is BS.

Attorneys in General

It's no wonder Shakespeare suggested the first thing was to kill all the lawyer's and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The Nebraska Attorney General is challenging a ruling that allows an Indian tribe to build a casino on their land in Carter Lake Iowa.

Carter Lake is on the Nebraska side of the Missouri River, just northeast of downtown Omaha. Its land was originally on the river’s east side, but flooding and shifting in 1877 left 2,000 acres on west side of the river, according to the city’s Web site.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1892 that Carter Lake belonged to the state of Iowa, and not Nebraska.

The A.G.'s weak ass argument...

given Carter Lake’s unique location, people headed to the planned casino would have to drive through Nebraska to get there.

Never mind that Nebraskan's have to drive through Nebraska to gamble at casino's in Council Bluffs, Onawa, Sloan and Sioux City.

Which is why my favorite line from UNFORGIVEN is...

English Bob to Little Bill Daggett: "Well, I thought that you were dead."

Little Bill Daggett: "Hell, I even thought I was dead...'til I found out I was just in Nebraska".

CHA-CHING!

I Yay Yay

At the bottom of this Ragister report

Iowa Lottery: Sales up, profits down

The Iowa Legislative Services Bureau reports that Iowa casino tax revenue growth has been negative for eight consecutive months.

For the past 12 months, Iowa casino taxes have totaled $287.5 million, which was down 4.1 percent from the same period a year earlier, state officials said.

That can't be good and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The Big Lug Nut's $830 Million borrowing scam is funded with existing state gaming revenue and is to be accomplished ALL WITHOUT RAISING TAXES!

Wanna bet?

I-JOBS has funded 19 projects in my county at a cost of $4,768,429.31.

However the web site can't tell me how many JOBS it has created.

I'm confused

I thought Corporate America was BAD!?

Some of Iowa's biggest corporations and interest groups helped foot the bill for Gov. Chet Culver's inaugural celebration.

Kirke Financial Services, MidAmerican Energy, Iowa Farm Bureau and Principal Financial Group donated $50,000 each.

Nine companies gave $25,000 each, including John Deere, Pioneer and Wells Fargo.

Here's more of the list:

Kirke Financial Services L.L.C.	$50,000.00
Mid American	$50,000.00
Farm Bureau Management	$50,000.00
Principal Life Insurance Company	$50,000.00
The Rasmussen Group, Inc.	$25,000.00
Interstate Power & Light Co	$25,000.00
Hawkeye Renewables	$25,000.00
Nationwide	$25,000.00
John Deere World Headquarters	$25,000.00
Altria Corporate Services, Inc.	$25,000.00
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc	$25,000.00
Iowa Tix LC	$16,774.85
Iowa Health Systems	$12,500.00
Iowa Health Systems	$12,500.00
Brownells	$10,000.00
Qwest	$10,000.00
Shrine Bros Corp	$10,000.00
Ameristar Casino Council Bluffs	$10,000.00
Tyson	$10,000.00
Wellmark	$10,000.00
Union Pacific	$10,000.00
BNSF Railway Co	$10,000.00
Bridgepoint Education	$10,000.00
Monsanto Company	$10,000.00
AFSCME	$10,000.00
AFSCME/Iowa Public Employees	$10,000.00
Kehl Family Foundation	$10,000.00
Mediacom Communications Corp	$10,000.00
Riverside Casino & Golf Resort LLC	$10,000.00
Goldstein Group Inc	$10,000.00
Meredith	$10,000.00
Life Investors Insurance Company of America	$10,000.00
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	$10,000.00
Verizon Corporate SVCS. Corp	$10,000.00
Pfizer Inc	$10,000.00
Rockwell Collins	$10,000.00
Saber Software, Inc	$10,000.00
Anheuser-Busch COS, Inc	$10,000.00
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	$7,500.00
Wells Fargo Financial, Inc.	$7,500.00
Iowa Health Care Association	$6,000.00
HyVee	$5,000.00
The Oaks Development Co	$5,000.00
Walter's Homes LTD	$5,000.00
Archer Daniels Midland Company	$5,000.00
Anonymous	$5,000.00
ING USA Annuity & Life Insurance Co	$5,000.00
ING USA Annuity & Life Insurance Co	$5,000.00
Iowa Motor Truck Association	$5,000.00
Home Builders Association of Iowa	$5,000.00
AstraZeneca	$5,000.00
General Motors Corporation	$5,000.00
Caseys General Stores	$2,500.00
Bankers Trust	$2,500.00
Care Initiatives, EOE/AA	$2,500.00
Anderson Erickson	$2,000.00
Cash-	$1,717.00
ABCM Corporation	$1,500.00
IFDA Political Action Committee $500.00
United Staff Union of Iowa Political Action $250.00 The Devolder Law Firm $250.00 Merchant Investment Inc. $250.00

Sheet Metal Contractors of Iowa, Inc.$250.00
Iowa Rural Water State PAC$250.00

Here's the obligatory we can't be bought bs...

Brad Anderson, the governor's communications director, said the donations won't make a difference in how the governor relates to the groups and businesses that helped pay for the festivities.

Dummycrats...Aren't they a kick in the ASS!

Iowa's Biggest Slot Machine

The Big Lug Nut personally solicited political contributions from two of the four groups that applied for casino licenses.

Culver solicited second casino group

The state got a real lemon with this governor and the scientific community is united in that fact.

TILT!

SHOOT

I was in Junior High when I received my first George Carlin album as a Christmas present.

I played FM & AM over and over that break, much to the chagrin of my parents because of Carlin's cursing and long hair.

I loved Carlin's ability to utilize the English language.

In the first bit on the F.M. side, SHOOT (SHIT with two O's), he spoke of getting fired from a gig in Las Vegas for saying "SHIT" onstage in a Casino that had a CRAPS table.

He was sure there was some high roller at those tables cursing his bad luck with " AW SHIT, I CRAPPED".

The first cut on the A.M. side was (SON OF WINO) about Wonderful WINO radio where the time was always "(Bing Bong) 5 minutes past the big hour of 5 o'clock".

Where if you played the newest John Lennon single backwards, at really slow speed, it screwed up your needle.

Where the AP reported 218 people had been killed in traffic accidents this weekend, the National Traffic Safety Council expected a total of 500 "You're not trying friends".

Al Sleet, the Hippy, Dippy, Weather Man, was part of The 11 O'CLOCK NEWS.

Tonight's forecast was dark, continued dark overnight, with widely scattered light by morning.

Al ended his segment with, "And if you don't like the weather....MOVE".

Around the back of the album were inane little comments: The Gross National Product is Gross; When stepping on the brake, your life is in your foot's hands; The U.S. Plywood Building is made of steel and stone; Recycle confetti.

CLASS CLOWN (with the SEVEN WORDS YOU CAN NEVER SAY ON TELEVISION) and OCCUPATION FOOLE are two other album's I purchased on my own.

I recited his THE HAIR PIECE in Junior High speech class.

I list my Occupation as FOOLE in my Blogger Profile, as well as the questionnaire for my Thirtieth High School Reunion, adding the final E just to piss them off and the scientific community is united in that fact.

George Carlin dead at age 71, SHIT!

Tumbling Dice?

I missed this story while I was road tripping.

Iowa casino revenue down in fiscal 2009

First time ever!

Down $2.56 Million!

That must be why the Big Lug Nut is sweating, after all his I-Jobs borrowing scam relies on that revenue.

In mid March, during his SHOVE(L) IT tour, BLN told Iowans...

“This is a practical, pragmatic step. It a responsible step. It’s fiscally sound. There’s not a risk here.”

The short term risk is to his second term, hopefully Iowans will send him searching for a new I-Job and the scientific community is united in that fact.

The 20 year long term risk has this coming out of the state's general fund.













“I want to make sure everyone understand that this isn’t some crazy idea. That this is well thought out and makes sense.”


Always in a hurry, I never stop to worry, Dont you see the time flashin by. Honey, got no money, Im all sixes and sevens and nines. Say now, baby, Im the rank outsider, You can be my partner in crime.