Day103 Friday 12/10/10

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• Idaho was the forty-third state to join the union on July 3, 1890, seven days before Wyoming and one year after Washington.

• Population, as of 2009, is 1,545,801.

• Senators are Mike Crapo (R) and James E. Risch (R).

• Representatives are Walter Minnick (D) and Michael Simpson (R).

• Idaho has four electoral votes. Historically, the state has voted for republican presidential candidates since 1952, except for the landslide victory of Lyndon Johnson over Barry Goldwater in 1964.

Reading news about the goings-on everyday in our nation’s capitol is one of the most counter-intuitive and taxing excesses I’ve ever pursued. While I can’t claim that I’m not somewhat entertained by many of the random congressional “Space Cadets” that step onto soapboxes as if they were starships, I can’t help but wish they would just shut up and quit behaving like children in a schoolyard quarreling over the ownership of a candy bar that belongs to America.

1,829.4 miles to go.