PETA wants to downsize Phil!

Remember PETA's campaign to rename fish "sea kittens"? Did you hear what they're up to now? They want to downsize Punxutawney Phil. They want to replace him with a robot. They say Phil's working conditions aren't fair. My guess is he's probably one pampered groundhog! After all, the little town of Punxutawney makes a lot of money off Phil. It's to their advantage to make sure he's a healthy happy critter.

And let's face it, a robot has no emotions. It wouldn't be afraid whether it saw a shadow or not. And there goes another tradition down the drain! Let's just send PETA down the drain instead. They can hang out with the sea kittens.

"PETA proposes robotic groundhog for Pa. festival." The Paris News; January 27, 2010; p. 5.

Hablas espanol?

Did you know that if you own a business in the United States, you could get into trouble for requiring your employees to speak English? According to the EEOC, businesses are "allowed" to enact an English-only policy if it is "needed to promote the safe or efficient operation of their business." A group of nursing homes in California and Texas learned it the hard way -- they are required to pay up to $450,000 to employees who said they suffered discrimination for speaking Spanish at work. And a casino in Colorado is out $1.5 million for requiring its housekeepers to speak English.

The latest is a bookstore/cafe near Yale University. The owner of the store enacted an English only policy for employees who interact with customers. Tim Stewart-Winter, a bleeding heart professor from Yale, says he is appalled! "I think diversity is a strength of this country." Well how great is diversity when you don't know what in the heck your waiter is saying, and he doesn't know what in the heck you're saying? Another case where the little sound bites make you look good, but when you analyze them, they translate to stupidity in any language!

"Lost in translation." The Dallas Morning News; January 23, 2010; p. 6A.

Where do you shop, Eileen?

Eileen Garcia thinks we don't spend enough on food stamps. Incidentally, we don't call them welfare cases anymore -- the new pc term is "food-insecure households." Don't you just love it?

Anyway, Eileen says "food-insecure" families often resort to cheap junk food. Most of the junk food we buy is pretty darn high! I'd like to know where Eileen and these "food-insecure" people are shopping!

"Junk food becomes cheap option." The Dallas Morning News; November 28, 2009; p. 22A.

What does it take to be a real threat?

Jack Brumbelow of Plano is upset with the FBI and their investigation of Hosam Smadi, the terrorist who thought he was detonating a car bomb in downtown Dallas last fall. He says that "The feds spent probably incalculable resources on their investigation instead of applying those resources to real threats." Hmmmm -- a radical islamist dials a cellphone to set off a bomb in a crowded metropolitan area, and Jack doesn't think he's a real threat? Wonder what he does consider a real threat. He says he wonders when common sense will raise its head. We could say the same about you, Jack!

"Smadi probe a waste." The Dallas Morning News; November 28, 2009; p. 22A.

Does this make sense to you?

The company I work for received its new unemployment insurance tax rate from TWC. It is triple what it was in 2009, yet our company hasn't let anyone go and has had no claims filed.

Now I realize that the reason given for the increase is the recession, but then I saw in the newspaper where a local daycare received a $10,000 grant from TWC to buy toys. And another daycare says they also received "a huge grant for equipment." Does it make sense to be buying stuffed animals when the business owner is already overtaxed? Does it make sense to tax him for tricycles and swings when that just might be the tipping point where he has to let someone go and the recession gets worse? Doesn't make sense to me.

"Reaching for the stars." The Paris News; January 4, 2010; p. 1A.

Was He, now?

Lynn Wolfe of Plano says that she's willing to be the first Democrat to ask WWJD regarding abortion. She says He was a tolerant, liberal, forgiving man who wouldn't judge it.

Oh, really now? About the only thing she got right there was "forgiving." Abortion is like any other sin -- there is forgiveness and Jesus remembers it no more when it's covered in His blood. However, He is NOT tolerant. Remember the money-changers in the Temple? He is NOT a "liberal." Jesus purposely distanced Himself from politics. Any commands to take care of the poor were to the individual -- not the government. Jesus would never advocate stealing from the rich to give to the poor. Stealing is a sin, despite what that goofball Church of England guy said a few weeks ago. And judging? Has Lynn never heard of the judgment seat of Christ where all the deeds done in the body will be judged?

So, Lynn, you might do a little research next time before you spout off about someone you obviously know very little about.

"More on Jesus' abortion views." The Dallas Morning News; January 7, 2010; p. 12A.

I feel much better now!

Guess who's going to be in charge of distributing drugs and medical aid should we be hit with a biological weapon such as anthrax. The U.S. Postal Service! The same U.S. Postal Service that recently took 21 days to get a letter from Tampa, Florida, to my home in Texas. In issuing this executive order, Obama cited "the agency's capacity for rapid residential delivery." I feel so much better now!

"Medical aid would go through Postal Service." The Dallas Morning News; December 31, 2009; p. 7A.