I was reading on the telegraph.co.uk website that there is a Nebraska state Senator named Ernie Chambers that filed a lawsuit last year against God!   I had not heard that before now, he apparently filed the case September of 2007.  Just this week a judge dismissed the case without prejudice, saying that God cannot be sued because he has no known address!

Boy, it sure takes all kinds, doesn’t it!  What a nutcase!  I hope that Senator does not win his re-election bid, we don’t need nutcases like that in our government!

Posted: October 17th, 2008 under Computers / Software, Internet, Life, News, Online, Politics, Technology.
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I was reading an article on the Time.com website about how a town called Riviera Beach Florida made it illegal for anyone to wear pants that dropped below the waist, exposing underwear or skin.  I know that the law was intended to be directed at guys who wear saggy pants that show their underwear, but it amused me because I had to think about all of the young women that I know who wear “low rise” pants that are below their waist, that exposes their beautiful midriff sections.  I had to wonder how many of these girls would get ticketed by police for wearing their clothes that way?  I just cannot even imagine these lithe young women wearing pants that come up to their waist – they would freak out!

Posted: October 5th, 2008 under Computers / Software, Internet, Issues, Life, News, Shopping.
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I was reading a news story today on the Time.com website about a New York police officer who committed suicide today.  This really is a very sad story.  He committed suicide because he caused the death of another man by ordering another police officer to fire a stun gun, which resulted in the death of the man who was shot with the stun gun.

Upon reading the story, it is evident that this was a very bad judgement call on the police officer, to have ordered the stun gun to be fired, and it truly is a tragedy for all families involved.

Posted: October 2nd, 2008 under Internet, Life, News, Online, Technology.
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I’ve been interested to hear about the provisions of the big bailout that the USA is giving to the big banks that have been having so much trouble recently.  What has interested me the most was the provisions capping executive salaries and golden parachutes.  For decades now I have felt that the salary of all top executives of all big corporations (and their golden parachutes) have been obscenely outrageously high.

I know the “argument” is that the companies need to pay their top executives that much money to attract and keep them running the companies, and all I have to say about that is “hogwash.”  That comment is an insult to the American consumer’s intelligence.  Their high salaries are sim[ply outrageous, period.

Posted: September 29th, 2008 under Business, Finances/Money, Issues, Life, News, Politics.
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A long time ago I saw a television show that was talking about what businesses do well during recessions. I remember the people talking about the best businesses to be in during a recession are the ice cream business and the gourmet cat food business. It seems that when people find money is tight they spend more on the “little luxuries” and less on the “big luxuries.” They feel the need to have some kind of self-gratification and ice cream does just that. I’m not sure why people spoil their pets more during a recession by buying gourmet cat food, but I suppose it is possible that people are eating it themselves! I’ve seen several television stories about people that are having a hard time making ends meet eating pet food instead of people food because it is so cheap. That is a sad thing to think about, but I know it happens!

Anyway, I was reading the local newspaper online this morning and saw an article about how a local ice cream business is expanding because business is good for them.  That’s what sparked this whole blog post, thinking about how some businesses do well in bad times.

Posted: September 24th, 2008 under Business, Computers / Software, Entertainment/Fun, Finances/Money, Internet, Life, News, Online, Shopping.
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