COME ON AMERICA SHOW YOUR STUFF NOW

Call the American Red Cross NOW!

THIS JUST IN

Looks like the nutzzz on the right win.

CAN YOU FIGURE THIS STUFF OUT

Why does big business deserve a pass when they go bankrupt and dump their retirement plans on the Government.

It seems to me they signed a contract over the years just as I do when I get a credit card. If I run up my credit card debt and then decide I want the Government to pay it off, how far would I get? That is exactly what is happening with the airlines and now GM and others as well.

I don't get it. How can they sign these agreements over the years and just walk away. It seems to me congress needs to pass a law that says if you hire someone and agree to some pension plan than whatever amount of money they agree to put aside for that plan MUST BE PUT ASIDE in a trust. They can't touch it remember it's a pension.

WHY DID THEY DO IT

This whole big thing with Rove and Scooter is crazy. What the hell where they thinking. Forget the law that they may or may not have broken. In fact say they didn't brake any law. Can adults be any more childish than these guys when they out some ones wife because they disagree with his politics.

Explain how that makes him less creditable. It's just nuts.

WHY CAN'T THEY PAY FOR IT THEMSELVES

NASCAR wants to build a NASCAR Race Track here in Kitsap County. On 60 Minutes a few weeks ago they did a thing on the owners of NASCAR.

NASCAR is also one of the biggest businesses in the country still owned and run by the family that founded it.

Third generation Brian France is the CEO and he says that annual revenues for the industry are currently "north of $3 billion" and going up. "We're trying to make sure it goes up. Expand NASCAR, expand our fan base."

Most of that money comes from America's largest companies. A NASCAR race is a constant blur of corporate logos, hawking everything from beer, booze, soldiers and sex.

So my question is the same question I ask about any major league sports event, WHY DO THEY NEED COUNTY DOLLARS to build this track. With 3 billion annual income it just doesn't make sense.

WAL*MART - DEVIL IN THE DETAILS

Back on 10-24-5 I talked about WAL*MART doing the right thing by expanding their Health Plan for workers. In that POST I said "The Devil is in the Details."

Well turns out I was right. Today I come across a WAL*MART Memo. Here in part are some of the main points.

In the memorandum, M. Susan Chambers, Wal-Mart's executive vice president for benefits, also recommends reducing 401(k) contributions and wooing younger, and presumably healthier, workers by offering education benefits. The memo voices concern that workers with seven years' seniority earn more than workers with one year's seniority, but are no more productive.

To discourage unhealthy job applicants, Ms. Chambers suggests that Wal-Mart arrange for "all jobs to include some physical activity (e.g., all cashiers do some cart-gathering)."

The memo acknowledged that Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, had to walk a fine line in restraining benefit costs because critics had attacked it for being stingy on wages and health coverage. Ms. Chambers acknowledged that 46 percent of the children of Wal-Mart's 1.33 million United States employees were uninsured or on Medicaid.

You just can't trust'em.

STILL COUNTING

PRETTY GOOD JOKE

An Old Farmer's Advice:

* Once, Yogi's wife Carmen asked, "Yogi, you are from St. Louis, we live in New Jersey, and you played ball in New York. If you go before I do, where would you like me to have you buried?" Yogi replied, "Surprise me." . . . Yogi Berra

THINK ABOUT IT

Posted by thebscorner at October 27, 2005 06:25 AM