YOU HAVE NO CHOICE  That's what a committee designed to push tens of millions of dollars in new taxes on Oklahoma County residents want you to believe.

They insist you have no choice.  You must pay for the improvements to the jail or ELSE.   The "or else" is apparently having the federal government force us (somehow) to do it.

One of the biggest problems is, according to the committee, understaffing.   They need more staff, but what kind of staff can they afford to hire?  They don't pay the staff they have now much, so what are they going to do, hire more underpaid staff?    Like it or not, jobs with authority but no pay, tend to attract some pretty undesirable people ho do it for the power, not for the profession.

While I'm sure there are some professionals in those jobs, based on lawsuits and problems they've had with staff behavior,   I'm pretty sure they tend to get their share of problem employees.  Employees that end up costing taxpayers millions in lawsuits.

The report’s conclusion quoted Winston Churchill:  "Society can be measured by the way its prisoners are treated.”

"If that is true, Oklahoma County is failing,” the report said.

Please.    Do not try and make me feel like I have an obligation to the scum bags who end up in Oklahoma County jail.    

Random Thoughts

- The Secretary of State has never negotiated anything.   The head of the CIA has no experience in intelligence.    Homeland Security?  Headed by someone again with little experience.   This is THE CHANGE we're getting from Barack Obama.

- Let's hear it for Bill Richardson!  The first member of the Obama government forced to resign due to (an appearance of) wrong-doing.   Obama may end up connected with more scandals before he takes office than Bush had in eight years.

- For those who think you can negotiate with terrorists, look what happened when Israel negotiated "land for peace" with the Palestinians in Gaza.  

- There seems to be so little confidence in OU being able to beat Florida, it makes me think this is probably the year they do win the big game.   It always seems like when the fans are cocky that the team doesn't live up to expectations.

IT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY

Porky Pig makes his world debut in a Warner Brothers cartoon, "Gold Diggers of '49." When Mel Blanc joined Warner Brothers the following year, he became the famous voice behind Porky as well as the Warner Brothers characters Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Sylvester, and Tweety.

Even after he was supplanted by later characters, Porky continued to be popular with moviegoers and, more importantly, the Warners directors, who recast him in numerous everyman and sidekick roles. He is known for his signature line at the