Hootin' Anni's Day Trippin'

Thursday, March 26th, 2009
3:10 A.M.


Before I begin with my Thursday list of 13, I wanted to vent a little bit. In yesterday's Yah*oo News, I read this:

AIG executive resigns on NY Times op-ed page--

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – An American International Group Inc. executive who received a bonus worth more than $742,000 after taxes has resigned publicly — in an Op-Ed column in The New York Times. Jake DeSantis, an executive vice president at AIG's Financial Products division, said Wednesday he's leaving the company and will donate his entire bonus to charity. The letter, addressed to AIG's CEO, Edward Liddy, criticized Liddy for, among other things, agreeing to the payments but then calling the bonuses "distateful" as he testified before disapproving members of Congress. New York-based AIG has been criticized for awarding $165 million in bonuses to employees of the financial products division, a global unit at the root of AIG's downfall.

And I say as the Senator from Iowa a couple of weeks ago...I wish they ALL would resign, leave the country and never re-appear. This is a true black mark on the American people and its country. I know, I know...things like this more than likely have been going on under our noses for generations, but to disgrace the taxpayers' loyalty and deface our economy with such horrendous acts of deceit, RESIGN!!!! Please!!!!








13 Easter Treats & Facts





1] Americans spent nearly $1.9 billion on Easter candy

2] Ninety million chocolate Easter bunnies are produced each year

3] According to 76% of Americans, chocolate bunnies should be eaten ears first

4] Each Easter season, Americans buy more than 700 million Marshmallow Peeps

5] As many as 4.2 million Marshmallow Peeps, bunnies, and other shapes can be made each day

6] In 1953, it took 27 hours to create a Marshmallow Peep. Today it takes six minutes

7] Americans consume 16 billion jellybeans at Easter

8] If all the Easter jellybeans were lined end to end, they would circle the globe nearly three times

9] Jellybeans did not become an Easter tradition until the 1930s. They were probably first made in America by Boston candy maker William Schrafft, who ran advertisements urging people to send jellybeans to soldiers fighting in the Civil War

10] Children indicate their favorite Easter jellybean flavor is cherry

11] Chocolate eggs, the most popular Easter candy, were first made in Europe in the early 1800s

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12] Hot cross buns were among the earliest Easter treats, made by European monks and given to the poor during Lent

13] Pretzels were originally associated with Easter. The twists of a pretzel were thought to resemble arms crossed in prayer


Info courtesy of "Easter Facts"