Unions not the bogey man

With a bailout of the U.S. auto industry being talked about, unions are being blamed for being a major part of the reason for the tough times.  While there are certainly problems with high wages, the critical decisions made by the auto companies and not the unions.

It wasn't the unions that said let's keep making gas guzzlers.  It wasn't the unions that said ignore the extras that imports put into their cars.  It wasn't the unions that said ignore what people really want to buy.

Workers will pay for the mistakes of management.  Unless there are changes made in management decisions, a bailout will only buy some extra time.

No communion for you. No tax exempt status for you.

A report today says that a South Carolina priest told his parishoners they can't take communion if they voted for Barack Obama because of reported pro-choice stands.  They need to go to confession to have this "sin" resolved.

Reports also say that the U.S. Bishops hold similar views.

Meanwhile, I wonder if the Catholic Church's tax exempt status could be in danger because of their political activities?  Tax-exempt groups can lose their status if they have a political agenda.

Surge helps us forget

The surge may be working in Iraq, but in the need to embrace anything that looks like success do we forget about how the U.S. got there in the first place?  The surge is also a distraction from how we got there.

If you had to impeach a president, which would you choose?  One who lied under oath about sexual conduct or one who lied to the American people and took a country to war using information manufactured by his people?

Repeats....or are they?

Were you ever watching television and an epsiode of a series you watched in the past pops up, but can't remember ever seeing it before? Just when you thought you had seen all of episodes of Saturday Night Live, Star Trek Next Generation, or even Leave it to Beaver one comes on and you are amazed. I wonder if there is some sort of Television Tri-Lateral Commission making new episodess of past tv series and passing them off as repeats.

Why? No idea.

Maybe it's just because they can.

Maybe there are more vaults out there than the Walt Disney one.

Leave us alone

The political candidate who promises to leave people alone may have the best opportunity to win.

I know the old adage is that it is the best system we have, but the system is not working.