Congressional Fool of the Day: Mark Begich

AK Senator Mark Begich Misses Votes for Hawaii Trip

"Begich's staff initially said he missed the vote because the "polar vortex" impeded his travel. 

Later, they admitted he was in Hawaii for a conference and two fundraisers for his reelection in November."

Happy (belated) Birthday, Mr. Bean

That is to say, Rowan Atkinson! 

(January 6th)

 

2014 Year of the Horse

This will begin on the 31st of January 2014 and will end on the 18th of February in 2015.
 

Seventh in the cycle of the Zodiac, the Horse is the symbol of power.

Elements: Water, Fire, Earth Wood, Metal

Wood Horses: 2014

Occupying the 7th position on the Chinese Zodiac, the Horse symbolizes such character traits as strength, energy, and an outgoing nature.

Stable and strong, Wood Horses are better able to make decisions. They interact well with others; a trait that enables them to have more successful personal and professional relationships.

Horse people make very good friends. They are open-minded and honest when asked for their opinions.
 

Horses are extremely intelligent and capable of multi-tasking; however they don’t always finish what they start because they’re forever chasing the next opportunity. 
 


Horses, being spontaneous, have a tendency to fall fast and hard for others. They tend to give themselves fully in each new relationship; this exhausting trait mellows with age and relationships are stronger and more stable later in life.

Horses are compatible with a Dog or Tiger and incompatible with a Rat or Monkey.

Horoscope and Numerology Elements:
  Yin Yang: yang
  Auspicious Directions: northeast, southwest and northwest
  Lucky Colors: brown, yellow, purple; 
                      Avoid: blue, white, golden
  Lucky Numbers: 2, 3, 7; Avoid 1, 6, 5
  Lucky Flowers: calla lily, jasmine, marigold

Some Famous Horses:
Louisa May Alcott, Neil Armstrong, Jackie Chan, Chopin, Sean Connery, Davy Crockett, Clint Eastwood, Ella Fitzgerald, Harrison Ford, Aretha Franklin, Genghis Khan, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Isaac Newton, Sandra Day O'Connor, Rembrandt, Teddy Roosevelt, Jerry Seinfeld, John Travolta, Denzel Washington, Emma Watson, Oprah Winfrey    

  Sources:

chinese zodiac

the year of the horse

 

Some New Year's Resolutions

... that just might be achievable!

 

 

Moochelle's Happy Birthday

Barack Hussein Obama has left Moochelle in Hawaii after their 17-day Holiday vacation as a birthday present to her ...

 

 and the U.S. Taxpayers are picking up the tab yet again.

So that's airfare home, and by airfare I mean something the size of AF One. 

Plus Secret Service detail, plus meals and someone to cook them, plus cleaning, laundry and someone to do them, too, etc etc etc.


But this is nothing new for Moochelle.

Remember several years ago when she could not wait to get away to Hawaii, so she left in advance of her husband ...

    to the tune of an estimated $63,000 -$100,000 additional cost to the U.S. Treasury? 

President Leaves Michelle in Hawaii as Birthday Present

 Some Comments:

schnefferpepper

  Man, 60,000 to 100,000 more just for an extension of a vacation...that is just depressing. I haven't had a vacation in years and as a tax payer this costs 3-5 times the amount I make in a year. They don't give two sh*ts about the poor imo and the laws coming out of Washington are suffocating. When is this gonna stop. I'm tired of getting pissed on by these "caring" people.

muzzleloader

  Nancy Reagan, both Bush first ladies, and for all I know, H Clinton, did not chronically take vacations apart from their husbands. Moochell O. has done it to the point of obscenity. She has taken separate flights to Marthas Vineyard hours ahead of or behind her husband, at a cost of tens of dollars to the taxpayer.
   This 17-day vacation of the Obamas has cost us over $3 million already. Now, queen Moochelle is going to easily cost us that amount again.
   At a time when over 90 million Americans are without jobs, and our brave men and women In uniform are having benefits slashed, what the Obamas are doing is WRONG.