[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: My Annual NASCAR Post 2009

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
My Annual NASCAR Post 2009
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   More than one of you out there likes to note that the Superbowl means
   that pitchers and catchers will soon be reporting for Spring Training.
   Very true, I like baseball, too, but something else comes even sooner
   - The Daytona 500.
   In fact, Speed Week in Daytona is already well underway. The Bud
   Shootout was Saturday Night and qualifying was Sunday. I must note
   that veteran Mark Martin (age 47) is on the outside pole. Bill Elliott
   (age 53) qualified fifth. Hey, even 10 year old Sussex Spaniel
   "Stumpy" won Best in Show at the annual Westminster Kennel Club Show,
   another post-football, pre-baseball classic. Maybe this is the year of
   the Geezer, a comforting thought given that I have a major birthday
   coming up.
   A caller to Joe Soucheray had a good idea, that our State Legislators
   wear suits like the NASCAR drivers, with all their sponsors emblazoned
   for all to see. Among the usual suspects, of course, would be:
   Education Minnesota, Minnesota Public Radio, ASCFME, cities too
   dependent on LGA, MnSCU, lobbying firms, school districts, lawyers,
   Metro Transit, and all those wacko Environmental Groups.
   I like it: real Truth in Taxation.