Former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk has agreed to pay back taxes totaling $10,000.00, something I'm sure he wasn't planning on doing. What brought about the change of heart? President OH-bama nominated him to serve as U.S. Trade Representative. It was then, he came under scrutiny and it was discovered he owed the ten grand in taxes since earlier in the decade. The disclosure was the latest in a string of top-level OH-bama administration appointees found to have underpaid their taxes (That's a kinder way of putting it, isn't it?), following Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and Tom Daschle, who withdrew as candidate for Health and Human Services secretary. Nancy Killefer, OH-bama's pick for chief performance officer, also bowed out amid tax problems. One thing about OH-bama, although he's obviously lousy at picking staff members, you have to admit, he is EXCELLENT at ferreting out tax cheats.

Finally, thesmokinggun.com is reporting the story of Latreasa Goodman of Fort Pierce, Florida (By the way, for those of you who are keeping count, this is the second nutty story to come out of Fort Pierce this week. What's going on down there?). Latreasa ordered and paid for Chicken McNuggets at McDonalds. It was then that she was told they were out of McNuggets. She asked for her money back. Now, I never knew this, but apparently McDonald's has a very strict "no refunds" policy. They'll give you credit, but no cash refund. They offered to give her a McDonald Burger and fries, which costs more, but she didn't want it. Here's were it starts to get stupid. LATREASA CALLED 911, and not just once. She called 911.......THREE TIMES! Each time, she was told an officer was on the way, but kept calling back saying things like, "This is an emergency. If I would have known they didn't have McNuggets, I wouldn't have given them my money! I want my McNuggets!! My McNuggets are an emergency!!" Well, it turns out, she never did get her McNuggets, but she did get a ticket for misusing the 911 line. My guess is that unless that ticket is battered and deep-fried, she probably doesn't want that either. But here's my question: Exactly how fat IS this woman??????????????

Tomorrow morning: The story of the man who couldn't wait (literally couldn't wait) to get off the plane upon arriving in Charlotte, North Carolina. You'll love this one.

posted by Denny  # 5:55 PM