Budget Fireworks
911 was getting a lot of calls from folks fearing the bright lights might be nuclear holocaust or worse–but no, they were told, it’s just Congress arguing over the budget . . .
All Bets Off
With Congress and the President at loggerheads over the budget and increasing the debt limit, all of the National Parks had been closed. Did that mean that that Jerome and his crew of Sandhill Crane buddies couldn’t land or feed at the National Migratory Waterfowl Refuge, their usual wintering place? It seemed that until the issue was resolved, all bets were off, and they might have to make reservations at Motel 6; would Tom Bodette still leave the light on for them? . . . . David, Sf.G.