Being a felon will look good on your job application.

David Richardson says that "being a felon is not necessary (sic) a negative." He says that if he has the choice of hiring a former drug-dealer or someone with no drug abuse history to be a youth mentor in a drug-infested neighborhood, he'll hire the drug-dealer. He says "his past gives him important credibility."

I guess his help-wanted ads read, "Only felons need apply." Is it just me, or has common sense completely left the planet? I guess we all need to go out and commit some felonies so we'll have "important credibility" when we apply for that next job.

"Mentor a felon? So what?" The Dallas Morning News; July 22, 2012; p. 3P.