... if only those children were zombies ...

I wanted to write something about Tim Pawlenty, his idiotic dismantling of GAMC and bankrupting of HCMC. It came off a little too rant-y. But I'll say this. He's cutting the healthcare of 60,000, switching some 20,000 over to the more expensive and less comprehensive Minnesotacare and abandoning the other 40,000. Additionally he wants to build a staggering new facility to incarcerate sex offenders who haven't been caught yet.

It's as if he thought, one morning while he was filing his horns,

"I hate poor people, but I hate sex offenders even more."

This is a way to fuck both of them over -- but only one party will enjoy it. Get it -- pun. Kidding aside, a hundred-million dollar home for imaginary sex offenders does nothing to solve a problem. It actually creates the problem of paying for indefinite incarceration, another bill Pawlenty is trying to pass. Indefinitely locking up 10% of the sex offenders caught (most are much better at not being caught) does nothing for a problem, except be expensive. Therapy for sex offenders and regular follow up with their PO is a ton cheaper, and works okay. And in terms of whether or not it's worth sacrificing the best hospital in the region, and the safety new for all Minnesotans to lock up an additional 400 expensive perverts ...

I hope the hospital with the hands makes it.