The Life of Bryan

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Sadly, Banking bailout/rescue bill passed the house. Now it has been signed by the president. But to get it passed, the bill grew in length by 150 times.  Let’s take a look at all the Pork added to this bill to get it passed.

Plugin Hybrid Vehicle Credit

Increase in subsidy for biodiesel production

tax break for owners of motorsports complexes

wooden arrows for children

tax breaks for rum industry

$148 million in tax relief for U.S. wool fabric producers

subsidies for people who bike to work

Both Obama and McCain agreed in the beginning that this bill needed to be passed quickly and without lots of stuff added in. McCain has been a huge opponent to earmarks and pork barrel spending. Buying votes has to stop.

If you want to waste time you can read the bill itself.

So last night I went with my family to see The High Kings in concert. The High Kings are an Irish Folk group that tour all over the world. This is their first American tour, and apparantly we were the last stop on their tour. I am sure that any performer will tell his audience they were great, but The High Kings told us we were the best audience of the entire tour. We were the loudest and most engaged audience they had while in America.

This was an amazing concert. It was at the Majestic Theater in downtown Dallas. The whole show was fun and they music was great. They had us sing along on many occasions. They sang great songs like “Paddy’s Green Shamrock Shore”, “The Parting Glass”, and many others.

This was my kind of concert, because I was able to sit in a comfy seatt and enjoy a good show. I’m not a big fan of concerts where I have to stand the whole time to see and everybody is screaming loud and obnoxiously. I’d like to go see some concerts at Bass Hall sometime.

So if you want to explore a genre of music you may not know, I highly recommend that you check out this group.