Brain Pellet Saturday Evening

• You read a lot of bullet points in this site because I like to get straight to the point and I think bullet points help me do that.
• Cutting taxes does help the economy grow. The problem is, our congress-critters refuse to cut spending.
• If conservatives who were so dead set against McCain turn around and support him, for any reason, prove that it isn't only Blacks who support Democrats no matter what.
• I communicate most with Miss D.S. (my daughter) using text messages via cell phone. She's either in school (yea!) or working during the day, which seems to be when she wants to contact me the most. I'm going to have to upgrade my plan because of it.
• Last week I get a text message from Miss D.S. asking me what was the name of the cat that would say, "Exit, stage left." So, I replied "Snagglepuss." I laughed. I figured she was in another "old school" vs. "new school" conversation with her co-workers. She came buy said that the co-workers were "picking" on her again and the topic this time was cartoons. She remembered the cartoon but not the name of the mountain lion. (I had to correct her from saying "cat."). She told me she remembered us looking at the cartoon and my mimicking Snagglepuss. It's interesting what gets remembered.
• There was another conversation with Miss D.S. that, again, let's me know she's listening even if she doesn't take my suggestions.
• I'm in a rough spot right now. We could get a decent sized home, with the latest in interior design, IF we buy in PG County, Maryland. But the county piggyback tax is 60% when the piggyback tax for most other counties in Maryland is 50%. The piggyback tax is a percentage of the state tax that is added on to your tax, which will be given to the county. (If I lived in PG county, and my state tax was $1000, my total tax bite would be $1600, with the $600 going to PG county). The problem is, the school system stinks. Although we plan on sending D.S. 2.0 to a private school, what happens if we can't go by that plan and have to send him to public school? Especially since all county public school systems are concentrating more on the NCLB tests vs. really teaching.