Tuesday, October 29, 2013

A catch up on ketchup

 McDonald's after decades has dropped Heinz ketchup.  No not on the floor, but from their stores and it's because a Burger King executive - or should we say a former one - is now working for Heinz. Fast food news, slow news day.

Thursday, October 24, 2013

A drug trend 

In the first poll in 1969 whether marijuana should be legalized, 12% said yes and 84% said no. Just last year 48% said yes and 50% said no. This year 58% said yes and 39% no, this trend may be very tough in the future for drug dealers of America.

Friday, October 18, 2013

Did they read the bill???

Republicans asked for the following, in exchange for reopening the government and lifting the debt ceiling: Defund Obamacare, delay Obamacare, delay individual mandate, deny coverage for the president, deny coverage to the cabinet, deny coverage to congressional staffers, deny birth-control coverage, approve keystone pipeline, means testing for Medicaid, change federal employee pensions, expand oil drilling, block net neutrality, tort reform, weaken regulations for coal-fired power plants, tax code changes, thwart EPA coal regulations, repeal medical device tax, change rules on debt ceiling. What they got was means testing for Medicaid, which was already in the bill...we thinks they didn't read the bill.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

NFL finally gets red-faced on the Redskins

Obviously the term "Redskin" is offensive to many, not just Native Americans.  That said, to those who would ignore the feelings of others or make a joke of the term "politically correct" let us offer this: those whom we demean, whom we marginalize, and whom we objectivize, are those who we can - and historically have - harmed. A far better  term than "politically correct" would be "humanly correct"; if we start from there, we can well finish in a good place or at least a better one.

Tuesday, October 15, 2013

A Corker of an idea

Sen. Robert Corker, Republican of Tennessee said today "you know we spent two months focusing on the wrong thing defunding Obamacare". First of all it's the Affordable healthcare act, secondly it's the law, and thirdly you finally figure this out now? It only took two months!!!

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Quality enemies

As one fraction (the Tea Party) of one third of our government affects the lives of all those governed by it I am struck by their unity. And that unity seems to be that they truly are against anything and everything that Barack Obama supports, no matter who or how many are hurt. Their single minded enmity brings to mind  the memorable sentiment of Franklin Roosevelt, that he is happy to be judged by the quality - or should we say lack thereof - of his enemies.
 

Acting like a grown up

When Obama lost on his attempt to get an assault weapons ban and background checks he took it like a grown-up. When the Republicans lost in stopping healthcare they have obviously taken it like people who are in need of  a grown-up.

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