Wanda Sykes' Comments

I am sure she is ready for her starring role on "The View" now. It is kind of funny to see how the press is reporting Obama's reaction to her comments. The news originally reported Obama "laughing" then "smiling" and now "appeared to smile" as the story grew...

Same Sex Marriage

I see Maine has become the 5th state to allow same-sex marriage. You know, with all of the crap (Iraq, the economy, pirates, corporate greed and public malfeasance, etc, etc) going on in the world I just don't care who marries whom.

I know, as one who leans more to the conservative side, I should care since most conservatives feel marriage should be between a man and a woman, but somehow it just doesn't mean jack to me.

Oh, well, I guess I shall have to get worked up over things like the gazillion dollar debt my children and grandchildren will inherit, sports figures getting paid millions of dollars, but using illegal substances to generate the kind of stats (oh, wait, the article says he may have used that for Erectile Dysfunction [yeah, right] that influence owners into paying those high salaries...

Ford Gains in US auto sales

Nice work, Ford! Keep it up!

Wal-Mart Trampling Death

Remember this story from Black Friday? In case you forgot, or never heard, a bunch of nut job shoppers trampled a Wal-Mart employee to death in the interest of saving a few bucks on the slave-labor-made junk Wal-Mart sells. Well, I guess Wal-Mart is going to pay $2M to avoid charges in the death probe.

However, the vast majority of the money is not going to the family of the man who was killed. Oh, no, instead they are going to give $1.2M to some local youth board that helps with job training and education, $300K to the local United Way, and oh, yeah, $400,000 for a "victim's compensation fund." But that fund is for anyone who was hurt in some form or fashion during the melee, not just the guy who was trampled.

Read the story, the DA could not be more pleased with herself. Funny, she did not put forth nearly the same amount of energy to find those individuals responsible for the actual death, even though they have surveillance tapes. Hmm, I guess it easier to go after a big corporation as opposed to possible voters...

My Daughter as an Obama Advisor?

Wow, my daughter and I had just recently talked about this very issue, and she stated that Obama needs to change the "rules" so US companies can not ship jobs overseas. Pretty smart, I guess she is a lot like her dad!
Read more about it here: Obama seeks tax change for U.S. firms overseas

Kent State Rioters

This group must have been part of the "no-fail" education system I wrote about below...

America's future leaders???

"No-Fail" Grading System?

This is another example of what is wrong with the education system in this country. We are afraid to hold our children accountable for their actions (lack of study and hard work results in failing grades) for fear of hurting their self-esteem. Well, wonder what happens when they get into the real world and their boss (as most mangers) does not subscribe to this line of reasoning?

Maybe the schools I went to when I was younger were not perfect, but at least you understood that if you don't put in any effort, well, I hope you liked the 8th grade, 'cause you are sticking around for another year!

Pitiful.

Read about it here: Are "No-Fail" Grading Systems Hurting Or Helping?