Can you tell when politicians are more concerned with numbers than how society actually operates? Maryland Senate President Mike Miller feels blessed that we don't have a large manufacturing industry here in Maryland as the unemployment numbers would be high.

http://www.steinershow.org/radio/the-marc-steiner-show/january-13-2010-hour-2

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On a lighter note, Speaker of the House Michael Busch wants to have convicted sex offenders chemically castrated.