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February 6, 2006:
Iraq:
Now we learn from ABC news that our troops are detaining and
threatening women in order to get at their husbands who are suspected
terrorists. One of these victims was a woman who was nursing
a 6 month old baby. May I ask, how are we different from the
people who kidnaped Jill Carroll? Where is the line that separates
us as good guys and them as bad guys?
Another Good Republican:
Chuck Yeager reveals himself as one of the few thoughtful politicians
in Washington. He told George Stephanopolous that the energy
crisis should become a modern Manhattan Project. It should receive
the same kind of resources before it is too late. It may already
be too late, but we should still try. Do you remember the Manhattan
Project. For most youngsters, it is probably seen as ancient
history. It was circa WWII. I was a kid at the time. Imagine
that? The Manhattan Project was a 2 billion dollar effort that
we put forth to build the first atomic bombs. These were the
bombs that took out Hiroshima and Nagasaki to cause the unconditional
surrender of Japan to the allied forces on August 14, 1945.
GM:
From the media we learn that they have lost some 8 billion dollars.
Good Gord! How much money do they have? I would be distressed
if I lost 8 dollars. Dinosaurs take a long time to die, but they
do die. Wake up GM! Do something. Make a car that is unique.
Make a car that someone can afford and wants. Except for the
Caddie, which is grossly overpowered and overpriced, all of your
cars look like the Taurus.
Meanwhile:
Fields is shaking things up at Ford. He may be successful. I
hope he is, but he needs new products in addition to firing people
and closing plants. As I guessed, some plant managers are already
working against him. One plant has told employees they cannot
park in the parking lot unless they are driving a Ford. The is
nothing like having disgruntled employees when you want to turn
out a quality produce. Good luck Fields. There is one thing we
can be sure of. If Fields is successful, Ford will fire him.
It's tradition.
Palestine:
Hamas won. Bad stuff. Hamas got to power by doing the same kind
of things Castro and Guevara did in Cuba. They provided services
for the peasants. It's simple stuff, education, medicine, and
food. This is a time when we need a Solomon. Unfortunately all
we have is George Bush. Oh my!
One Good Thing:
The senate managed to block the Alito Filibuster. He has been
confirmed and sworn in. The vote was 58 to 42 for conformation.
The limp-luster left could not get enough fools to join them.
Go home Kennedy. You have not los it. You never had it. By being
negative on everything, you make reasonable dialog impossible.
You and Nuke-em-Newt belong in the same bag. Even Michael Moore
and Rush Limbaugh are not a silly as you two are.
USPS:
We had another one of those frequent shoot ups at a mail processing
plant in California. This former employee came in and shot a
bunch of people then offed herself. If this kind of thing happened
so frequently in any other business, congress would start an
investigation. There is something terribly wrong in the USPS
and no one seems to want to notice it.
Bettis:
He's very down to earth. What you see is what you get. Wouldn't
it be nice if we had a president like that?
Jane Dana:
The military teamed her and her dog Rex and, of course, they
bonded. They were a good team. Then she got shot up and was sent
home. The army kept Rex. They said he was property. What crap!
Congress had to pass a special law for her to get her dog back.
I repeat, what crap! When you bond a person with a dog, that
dog becomes part of that person's family. We should not need
an act of congress to reunite a family. The army is just stupid,
that's all. Army brass is crass!
Speaking of Dogs:
When I become God Emperor, we will have a four year police academy
much like West Point. Each police cadet will be trained with
a dog. That dog will then belong to that policeman when he graduates.
The only thing that could separate them is the death of the dog.
Then the cop will have the opportunity to train with another
dog. Dogs, like some humans, are good friends. When a friend
dies it is painful and we grieve for a time. Then, if we are
healthy, we make new friendships. So it is with dogs and people.
These highly trained cops will bring honor and dignity back to
law enforcement. That's something it has lacked for a long time.
United Airlines:
These managers ran the company into the ground, into bankruptcy,
and then gave themselves bonuses and raises. They said it was
necessary to keep such great managers from leaving. This is not
just bizarre, it is the epitome of madness. Those people are
insane. This is the same thing the Delphi managers did, and the
media reports it as though it were rational. Of course, our government
is colluding with these criminals and allowing them to escape
with the worker's and stockholder's money. When people fail,
they should be punished not rewarded. Where is Skinner when we
need him?
Mohammed:
Now the Arabs are all up in arms about a joke. It seems their
great prophet has been characterized. So what? Are we supposed
to take this guy any more seriously than we take the Hebrew thunder
and lightning god? Why? It's all hooey. Come on, if you really
believed in ths God, you'd be hiding in your basement. This Mohammed
guy was allegedly the Arab prophet of Islam. At the age of 40
he began to preach as God's prophet of the true religion. He
set up a theocratic state at Medina a long time ago and started
to convert Arabs to Islam. I repeat, so what? So far as I can
tell, a Mosque is just a hideout for gangsters and Mohammed is
an imaginary character.
Conditional:
One of the worst things we do to our kids is make our love conditional
on their performance. That's wrong. Rewards can be conditional
on achievement. To have any value at all, our love for our kids
must be unconditional.
Black Rose:
There is no such thing as a true black rose. Why is that? If
you wee going to breed a true black rose, how would you go about
it?
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