If you employ a fictional guest blogger occasionally, you will now have to make sure that he or she carries a union card and is up to date with his or her union dues. Some people are saying that this is a step backward for the blogosphere and that this union will inevitably become corrupt.

I for one welcome this important development. I think fiction guest bloggers have been exploited for far too long. I have never employed one because I had ethical qualms about it. I think that I can feel good about it now that they are guaranteed minimum wage and bathroom breaks. Wait a minute, I’m the boss of this blog and I don’t get those kind of benefits.

The Internet is going to be closed on Christmas Day with the exception of essential services.

This will take effect at 12:00:01 am on December 25th.

Merry Christmas Everyone

I have been hearing a lot about the destruction of records in Washington lately. Some people are even suspicious of the recent fire in the White House compound. The secrecy, and the reasons for the secrecy are troubling, but what bothers me more is the waste and the pollution involved in these actions. The Bush administration has been talking the talk with reference to environmental issues in recent months, but they need a lesson in the three Rs. Reducing, reusing and recycling all that incriminating paper and videotape would be much better for the environment than burning it. I created this illustration to suggest a great photo opp; decorating the White House Christmas tree using shredded paper and unwound videotapes.

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The Presidential clocks described on the Grandfather clocks blog are really intriguing. These clocks are especially ornate and they tend to reflect the era from which each President came. If Barrack Obama ever gets a Presidential clock named after him, I think it will be one that has really big hands. If Fred Thompson were to have a Presidential Grandfather clock named after him, it would make those noises from the Law and Order theme song. If Ron Paul were to have a Presidential Grandfather clock named after him, that would be redundant, as the end of time would have occurred before then. Feel free to comment with any other suppositions related to past present or future Presidents. All joking aside, I really like the Howard Miller Eisenhower Grandfather Clock that is pictured here.