Drop everything

A friend just sent me a link to this Australian news story about a helicopter disabled by a goat while on a mission of mercy. Clarification: the helicopter, not the goat, was the one on the mission. A goat on a mercy mission would REALLY be news.

Off topic, one bill being kicked around at the bad idea factory, aka WV legislature, is photo ID/voter suppression. Here's a good take on this from the Huntington Herald-Dispatch.

And one more for the road: here's a recent poll of presidential favorites in WV with some surprising results.

Strange priorities

Winding down the week, I think Bill Clinton gets the award for best sound bite:

"A great democracy does not make it harder to vote than to buy an assault weapon."

Happy Labor Day! And please remember what it means.