NCIS: Gilligan's Island

Inside sources are telling me that CBS is adding to it's multi-platform NCIS franchise. NCIS: Gilligan's Island is currently being cast. Eric Stonestreet is regarded as the favorite for the lead role of Chief Investigator Thurston Howell V. Other names mentioned are The Rock, Vern Troyer and that "You can call me Ray, you can call me Jay" guy who, despite what you thought, is still alive.
The producers are denying that the role of Goth/Nerd forensics gal has been offered to Lisa Minelli. Queen Latifa, J Lo, J Law, or Kim Kardashian's cloths-wearing sister are more likely to win the role.
Old Wise Doctor will be played by Mr. Barbra Streisand James Brolin, who got his TV medical license on Marcus Welby M.D.
Filming is scheduled to begin April 31, next year.

What's The Problem In Kansas?

When commenting on the State of Kansas’ budget shortfall, House Speaker Ray Merrick is quoted as saying, “We do not have a revenue problem. We have a spending problem." In Mr. Merrick’s mind the fact that you, as a Kansas citizen, want drivable highways, is a problem. The fact that you want restaurants inspected before you contract e-coli is a problem. The fact that you would like BTK and the Carr brothers to remain incarcerated is a problem. What is definitely not a problem, in his view, is the fact that owners of “S” Corporations have been excused from paying state income taxes. The Speaker believes that it is not a problem that the employees of those corporations, and all the other workers, are expected to pick up the revenue shortage.
Governor Brownback and his GOP minions will have a difficult time solving the state’s financial mess because they are incapable of recognizing that the actual problem is Governor Brownback and his GOP minions.


Note: The photograph does not depict Mr. Brownback or Mr. Merrick, it is just a generic guy failing to recognize problems.

Welcome to Kansas, Pat and Sarah !

Headline: Sarah Palin to appear at pancake breakfast with Pat Roberts in Independence, Kansas
Note of welcome to the state from the TTFFIATT(IAT):

So happy that you and Mrs. Palin are visiting Independence! I have made a Google map that highlights some things you two can look at. I've marked a car dealership that employs local people selling cars built in America. Remember how you wanted to all those people to lose their jobs? Then swing by the hospital where people who can now afford health insurance go when they are sick or injured. I have also marked the location of one of the cemeteries will people will end up if you "repeal and replace" Obamacare. I realize that deaths from treatable disease will never affect you or Mrs. Palin, so maybe you should go take a look at the graveyard. I've shown on the map a block in a "working class" neighborhood, just in case you never see these in Virginia. The people here are much less likely to be unemployed, now that that the GOP is no longer in the White House. Also, many of these people have 401k retirement plans that are in good shape now (remember how you railed against the "failed stimulus"). The citizens of Independence, Mrs. Palin, and you have all benefited from the huge increase in the Dow-Jones, so drop on by the stock brokers and check your portfolios. Sen. Roberts, enjoy your visit to Kansas. https://www.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0...

Hey, State of Kansas, send me some information

The State of Kansas is one of the stingy states that has decided not to expand Medicaid to cover those citizens who do not qualify for subsidies under "Obamacare"; you know, one of the states that has an excuse to let citizens of low to moderate means get sick and then die.
We here at the Think Tank have written the following letter/Open records request to agencies in Topeka as small reminder to those in charge that we have noticed what they have done. A tiny reminder that they have publicly displayed their disregard for certain groups of potential voters.
Letters have gone to the Governor, the Department of Revenue, the Insurance Commissioner, and the Secretary of State.

Sir:

I am requesting information under the Open Records Act. There are citizens of the State of  Kansans who, because of their income level, fall into a health care dark zone. They make too much money for Medicaid in the State of Kansas but, they are too poor to receive subsidies to help pay for private insurance under the Affordable Care Act.

Please send me list of all Kansans who do not qualify for Kancare and make less than 138% of the poverty line. Include their addresses and phone numbers so that I can contact these people and point out that elected officials in Topeka are deliberately making their lives more difficult. I will also make sure they know that they have the right to register to vote and elect officials who do not hate citizens who make less than 138% of the poverty line.

Thank  you.

Sincerely,

AB Campbell

I expect to get letters of denial but maybe I'll get audited, or maybe my voter status will be revoked, or maybe I'll get a speeding ticket whenever I leave the house. Such occurrences would only confirm what the refusal to expand Medicaid has shown us; the government of Kansas hates the citizens of Kansas.