Thursday Music – Green Day Edition
Happy Thursday! Today’s edition of Thursday Music features a personal favorite of mine, Green Day. I’ve been listening to Green Day since Dookie, their major-label debut in 1994. First up is their take on “Working Class Hero,” a song originally written and performed by the legendary John Lennon on his first post-Beatles solo album: Next up is “Minority,” which for my money is on of the band’s better efforts: And finally, here’s “21 Guns,” one of the singles off Green Day’s newest album, 21st Century Breakdown:

Dobbs for president?
Appearing on former Sen. Fred Thompson’s radio show on Monday, former CNN host Lou Dobbs continued to fuel speculation he’s considering running for president as a third-party candidate in 2012. When asked if he might make a run at the White House in 2012, Dobbs said, “Yes is the answer.” “I’m going to be talking some more with some folks who want me to listen in the next few weeks,” Dobbs told Thompson. “Right now I’m fortunate to have a number of wonderful options.” Though I’d never in a million years support Lou Dobb

Thanksgiving is even more important during tough times…
….tough times no doubt made even tougher by a boss who wants you to take a big pay cut and will likely try his hardest to eliminate your job in the coming year, if he hasn’t already eliminated your job. Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker is thankful for a lot today, and among the things he’s thankful for is “the ability of these people to overcome the hard times to remake our state better than it ever has been before.” I wonder if, when he wrote his Thanksgiving message, Scott Walker ever paused to think of the hundreds of County employees for whom Thanksgiving w

A quick word tally
Here’s an interesting nugget of information: No Child Left Behind: 280,000+ words House version of health care reform legislation: 319,145 words Senate version of health care reform legislation: 318,512 words I wonder if those same conservatives who are decrying how big the health care reform bill were singing the same tune when George W. Bush and Republicans in Congress were working to pass No Child Left Behind.

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