Archive for February, 2012

Really, Terry??? I don't get the premise of the WSJ position. Is a poster that informs workers they have a right to minimum wage discrimination in the workplace propaganda. Is a poster stating that the workplace cannot impose discrimination based on race a piece of propaganda based on some radical pro-equality agenda? Last I checked, these are basics parts of democracy, just as it has been a basic right for over 70 years to form a union for collective bargaining purposes. Grow up, people. Collective Read more [...]

I had an HP with 64bit AMD Athlon bought way back in 2004. Despite a lid that wouldn't stay up, this computer still purrs along, now with Window7. My HP has outlasted my brother's Dell, bought around the same time. I bought another HP laptop for my daughter and my only complaint is that it runs hotter than it should...but it is fast with great design. We have also had Compaq in the past. I have never had a complaint with HP except for their low battery life. They need someone with vision over there Read more [...]

Have I hit a nerve? You should try not to look for racial slurs where they don't exist. I was specifically talking about the people from my work. In fact most of the people (well, the engineers) at work but yes, asians in particular. Do you know how the article talks about the mother giving a choice of two musical instruments. Well, i think that engineering is one of the 2 choices that these pushy parents give their children. Given the horrible style of authoritative parenting as described in the Read more [...]

Actually, it was the racists response to MLK's words that made people rethink their own executive positions. That is why legislation such as the CRA keeps racism alive. The masses are not faced with the ugly reality of racism and aren't forced to rethink their positions. Obviously, governmental racism should be outlawed but private businesses should have the right to discriminate. The racist businesses will soon go bankrupt and the racists will be forced to rethink their positions. Allowing businesses Read more [...]

Cherry picking. This is really the premise of Matthews article. It is easy to pick off a group that stays in 1 job forever making consistent wages. However, Social Security is not truly a retirement savings account account. It is social insurance. Many people are not in 1 job over 40 years. They have ups and downs. Social Security enables everyone to make something when they are too old to fend for themselves. I see my in-laws and how they are able to live off of Social Security and some of their Read more [...]

I am amazed by the great quantity of BS some people will cheerfully swallow when served on a supposedly conservative platter. All the pseudo-conservative references to the common sense kitchen-table family discussions on balancing the budget, conveniently forget statements such as: -- Hon, we are not able to put the kids through college unless you also get a job (meaning more revenue, not just cost reduction), or -- We need to ask Grandpa for a loan each year until Sun and Daughter graduate and get Read more [...]

If you didn't get the memo back in 2008-09, the measure is fail. Fail for 7 Japanese (and Korean and German) auto companies. That's what you get - that is the measure - same measure. Take your medicine from the Big3 spoon. 7 brides for 7 brothers was only a television show to measure stress. The brides were never you. You won't be taking astronauts to the shuttle - it's gone. Too much money going offshore and too much military support building these auto companies. You measure too much fail to others Read more [...]

I have always taken a view on abortion that I have not seen. I am pro-choice. But I also take issue with those who don't or won't call it what it is - takchanges in my lifeg some level of human life. But we as a society will and do take human life for all sorts of reasons, including war - which often has collateral damage of civilians, as well as of course capitol punishment. By all means let women make a choice, but let's make sure that all of us know exactly what choice is being made, and not using Read more [...]

Your perception seems to be that Bush caused the housing crisis based on #9 and 10. (See how easy that was to reference.) My perception is that Barney Frank and friends created the problem by trying to make home ownership available to everyone in spite of ability to pay. There are many writing regarding that issue, one at Forbes by Wallison and Pinto that shed some light. It was to a significant degree a social program that went awry. You seem to think the low interest rates are unconditional positive Read more [...]

Our bottom quintile of students will outcompete those of India or China. What, there's no competition in that league? Imagine if we put together athletic teams this way. Conduct a try out of kids who show up. Those who are natural athletes and have played the sport before and are fired up, we tell to go scrimmage at the end of the field. The reasonably athletic, reasonably motivated, unskilled we assemble with the Assistant Coach. The clueless, uncoordinated, disinterested, we assign to the Coach Read more [...]