Good Friday

It's a Good Friday on the Christian calendar today. I'm a bad Catholic and can't recall the precise meaning of the date. I think it's the day Christ was crucified, died and entombed. Easter Sunday is the day he "rose again."

Maybe the good part of this Friday is the U.S. gov't jobs report. Finally a job creation gain. It was 162,000 to the good. Of course 48,000 were temporary census jobs and some large part was from the "birth death model" of estimated job creation. But "Finally Jobs" makes for a good headline.

The weather is good this Friday here in southwest Ohio, the snake's nest of Republican cronyism and blind party faith that gave us John Boehner and the No Child Left Behind Act. Boehner said health care reform would pass over his dead body. Health care reform is the law, but Boehner's still with us. Another instance of empty hyperbole from the Tan Man.

Despite the fanatical fear stirred up by the opponents of health care reform, it is good for a lot of people. It will cost us all more, true, but we are getting something for it. Isn't that the essence of value? Getting what you pay for. That is a good thing.

Have a Happy Easter and a good weekend. Life is good and heaven is here on earth. Enjoy it while you can.