But things changed last night... Drastically.

The bad cooks of public policy were put on notice.  Even with the burned out political taste buds that must inhabit the most liberal constituents in the state of Massachusetts, they finally realized what they were eating.  In a way most like that of John Belushi "popping a zit" in the food fight scene of Animal house, they sprayed back at their own creation, what must have foul tasting indeed.

While the administration wipes up however, we should expect them and their congressional apprentices to double down, adding a few more poisons to the kettle.  Though there will be some mess sergeant politicos seeking the tried and true blander recipes with meat and potatoes, perhaps hoping to remain not so offensive enough to lose their prep cook jobs, there will be some who will try for the Iron Chef position, insisting that we must eat it.. and then.. as they tell us to eat it.

Bring it on...  We'll have tea.

Unfortunately, Michigan must wait till 2012 to un-elect the tenderized meat puppet Debbie Stabenow.  Her renowned socialist soufflé  is quite bad and comes prepackaged from her handlers.  "Just add sour milk and a little global warming you can feel" and viola! Instant bureaucratic dependency!  Also, we must suffer through another 4 years of "Carl the ham" Levin, a heavily salting old school chef who's additives often make the meals seem tasty, but sometimes a little too well preserved, and over time quite harmful to the colon...  that might not be so ..Kosher.

And how about our state legislators? ... Yeah.. how about them?

Michigan should look to the way in which MA voters opened their taste buds long enough to realize that crap sandwiches do not taste so good, even if laden with enough pork and garlic to fend off a team of vampires and jihadists.  What MA voters smelled as dessert coming from the kitchen was even worse than what they were already eating as a main course, and wanted no more of it.  And they DID something about it.

Michigan voters can look at their legislators, their "servants," and determine if they are indeed willing to take some cooking classes.  The high temp "for the good of the people" efforts at restricting business practices, limiting reasonable land use, promoting specific medical practices, enticing "green enterprises," and artificial wage controls needs to stop.  The pressure cooker is about to blow.  The turkey is burned. The house is on fire.  Those who have added fuel to an already burning building need to return to a private life where they can do no more harm.

Look through the cook book of your legislator.  Is it dog food, staples or some exotic animal we might never have heard of that they are feeding us?

If he or she has shown a propensity to over "season" with restrictive and liberty diminishing laws, assume there are external guiding interests adding their own flavor to them.  All too often the legislative agenda is peppered with requests by "safety groups," "health organizations," "public policy" front groups for unions, and "children's advocacy" outfits.  The bills written all too often, are recipes which leave a bad aftertaste that just wont go away.