[mountaineer]

For all interested in state government and the financial woes thereof, here's a link to the National Governors Association Fiscal Survey of States. Not surprisingly, the conclusion is that many states are in deep financial doodoo.

[BigWaveBetty]

That Fiscal Survey of States is taking a long time to load, I'll check it later to see how deep the doodoo is around here, thanks for the post.

Krauthammer sums up in this paragraph what really made me even angrier at Lott than I already was.

Lott has subsequently provided even more evidence of his moral unfitness for leadership. In desperation to save himself, the clueless Lott has now groveled his way to supporting affirmative action. Two weeks ago he was pining for 1948 segregation; now, on BET, he embraces 2002 racial preferences--without even a pit stop at 1964 colorblindness! It's an amazing trajectory, and a disgraceful one. It can only happen to a man without a principled bone in his body on the issue of race. Townhall.com

I would add just that Lott doesn't have a principled bone about anything. In this statement Lott tars every American for his new found pandering to blacks. From the BET transcript, NYTimes:

GORDON: Let's talk about the King holiday.

LOTT: I want to talk about the King holiday. I want to go back to that.

I'm not sure we in America, certainly not white America and the people in the South, fully understood who this man was; the impact he was having on the fabric of this country.

OMG! I just about flipped my wig when I heard this one! This SOB drags all of us "white Americans" through the "we knew white America was racist" black extrememist mud just so he can spin HIS vote on the Martin Luther holiday. $&*# %$$^#@ %##@&$#!!!!!!