by on March 26, 2008

White Paper Only

There has been a sign at work for months that makes me laugh, no matter how mature I try to be. My witty side, ala Alan Alda, keeps busting out and I crack a grin every time I pass it.

There is a huge locked garbage bin, much like you keep in the garage, with a flip lid and a slit to drop paper in, that stores sensitive documents until the document shredding company comes. Above it, our janitor person placed the following message for all:

WHITE PAPER ONLY

For whatever reason, the very first time I saw that, within seconds I wondered what the NAACP would think about such a racist trash bin. By the time I got to the door down the hall, I had re-vamped their acronym to suit the situation and wondered what the National Association of Colored Paper would have to say about this travesty.

Where’s Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton now? At the very least, its eerily reminiscent of “white trash” comments. Anyway, that’s a little nugget from me.

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by on March 19, 2008

Teachers Staying Home on Good Friday

Here in Tampa, Hillsborough County schools have always had Good Friday off. Always.

Until this year, that is.

This year, in their infinite wisdom, they have decided that it is too much of a pain to be ‘selective’ in the school holiday policy, so they are ignoring ALL religious holidays. Yeah brilliant!

What is supremely amazing to me is that it is the Jewish community that is up in arms that previously only Good Friday made the cut as a Jewish-recognized holiday that merited a day off from school. This prompted the school to do what every school, court, and civil organization has done in the last 5 years regarding Christmas decorations and such: ban them all. Good move, guys. You just lost your only ‘approved’ holiday.

Open mouth. Insert foot.

As a result of the sweeping change in their normal plans and the teacher’s work schedule, a record number of teachers, bus drivers, and students are planning on taking a personal day on Friday. The debate is raging on whether or not to cancel school if they are going to have to combine classes just to hold session. I say the kids aren’t even going to get to school.

When is this crap about being politically correct and doing everything in the world possible to make sure no one could possibly be offended by someone’s religion?

I’m offended at the thought.

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by on January 3, 2008

Leave it at Home

I was over at my in-laws on New Years for food, the Rose Bowl parade, and the Wii (of course). I’ve never really sat down to watch the parade before these annual pig out events, but since massive amounts food during frequent feeding times are the custom, the tradition is growing on me.

So, I’m sitting on the fireplace ledge with the coffee table pulled up to my feast and I see a group of nincompoops along the back edge of the main TV zone holding up a string of “R O N P A U L” signs. My jaw hit the floor and I couldn’t contain my sentiments of these people. What is it with these people in particular? They call the talk shows non-stop to get “their man” on the air only to have him decline an interview, drop cards in public restrooms, just to name two things I’ve personally witnessed in the last week.

When we changed the channel to the much better coverage on Discovery HD Theatre, there was a big banner saying, “IMPEACH” on it! Good grief, people! Free speech, my butt! There is a big difference between free speech, free advertising, and ANNOYING. Can’t we just watch a parade without being reminded that the election is in 11 friggin’ months?

There, I nailed both sides of the fence for idiocy, so what’cha got to say about that? Are you as fed up with the primaries as I am?

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by on October 18, 2007

Why Iran Should Not Attain Nuclear Capabilities

Castle Romeo blast

Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD)

What better reason do you need than self-preservation? Anyone who lived through the Cold War is all too familiar with this military doctrine, but we aren’t all that old, are we? Even if we were, memory of the masses has been known to deteriorate incredibly fast under the influences of constant propaganda, so let’s cover the basics.

The Cold War

At the end of WWII, the U.S. was the nuclear powerhouse. Hiroshima, Nagasaki… anyone? It was quick. It was not painless, though, and the world realized how dangerous a nuclear bomb is. They were immediately recognized as something to be saved as a last resort. No one wanted to suffer a nuclear blast ever again, and the world changed from that point on.

The greatest military minds in the world collectively came to the same conclusions that are still in effect today. The biggest names in the nuclear power struggle after WWII were the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. Russia quickly caught up with the Americans in the arms race and we lost our First Strike capability. [Read more...]

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