The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year!

Some people are expressing anger/disappointment about Pres. Obama completing a Men's NCAA Basketball bracket for ESPN or that he is going to appear on Jay Leno tonight. But, it was not so long ago that Pres. George W. Bush was in office (sometimes) and took more vacation days than any other President in American history. If people have paid attention during the year, it may take 20 minutes to fill in their March Madness brackets.

I know our country is going through a rough time, but Barack Obama is just like anyone else with other interests. I mean, so what he filled out a bracket. It isn't as if he spent time on the job researching his picks, and he isn't going to be watching every game while at work - like millions of people do everyear, costing companies millions of dollars.

Lighten up & enjoy the Madness!!!!

Go Tarheels!!!!!

Random Thinking: What's Gonna Happen To America?...

Because of the greed and over-consumption in America, do we deserve to fall flat on our faces? Recently we have become outraged with "the big boys" who make all the money, angry at their practices, and annoyed with their excuses, etc. Wall Street and big business were operating with the same mentality before the recession as they are now, so why do we seem surprised? How has America become a reactive nation? The close call we had with the near collapse of our financial services sector (and by default our country) should have served as a warning about being complacent and ignoring the important issues that can either contribute to the benefit or detriment of our society... but as we've seen, those responsible for our problems have not changed their ways which makes it enevitable that we will ourselves in this place again.

Education among the worst of any industrialized nation, the health of our citizens is lagging behind, and we're becoming ancient in our thinking processes. When will we look ahead five, ten, twenty-five years from now, instead of just focusing on the 24-hour news cycle/political election cycles so that we can be prepared to meet the awaiting challenges.

Get involved in your government! Democracies are participatory...

Absinence Only Sex Ed...Still?

With the Pope's latest remarks reinforcing the practice of foregoing comprehensive sex education, along with the report about the AIDS epidemic in Washington, DC , the conversation about sexual health has been propelled into the forefront.

Abstinence only education is unrealistic. The argument that educating young people about sex will encourage more of them to have sex is ridiculous. If anything, the discussing of sex without details or information will make them more curious and increase the likelihood that they experiment with unsafe sex, because they won't know about contraceptives or the consequences for failing to protect yourself.

I am a proponent of disseminating knowledge and information, as well as encouraging abstinence. All of the females that I know say they wish they had waited until they got older before having sex. This is due to experiencing the physical and emotional consequences of sex. Unfortunately, teenagers think they know everything. If the teenagers exposed to comprehensive sex education decide to have sex, they can make an informed decision. However, if they chose not to put the information they've received to use, they will have no one else to blame.


Sex education of any kind, along with other information should start at home. With that said, it is important to talk to children early, before their friends tell them everything, and then there's no room for what you have to say. There are websites to give parents tools and tips regarding this and other topics, use them.

CEO's: "Gimme More"...

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/15/AIG.bonuses/

So, you do a crappy job running a bank and in order to Not fail you need money from taxpayers... And after all of this you think you deserve to be heavily compensated? Seriously? If your institution received taxpayer dollars not only should there be no bonuses given, but their salaries should be limited.