Random...

Let's see- if you tell your boss bite me, you'd prolly get fired, right?
If you publicly disagree with your boss- you'd prolly lose your job, right?
Agree with him or not- the General must be fired- his boss just happens to be the POTUS, and that means you can't say these things- opinions aside.

It's pretty obvious to everyone that most of the problems with public schools systems involve one of three things, Bad parenting, Government testing, and teachers unions. One of the wonderful things about charter schools- is they are free from unions- meaning the teachers there don't have to join the union. Why isnt this talked about more as a way to fix one of the three major causes of the problems? Get the good teachers out from under the arms of the union- and let them teach.

When a company starts to have problems- they bring in someone who has expertise to help them get through it. It might mean a new marketing strategy, an exit plan, or a reorganization or selling of assets. Why then- do governments continue to discuss amongst themselves how to get their financial house in order? Why on earth do they not bring in some outsiders with financial knowledge, and no connections to people in the city- to basically tell it how it is- and make something happen? Makes too much sense I guess.

Listening to John Kerry on NPR this morning was very disheartening. I know he means good- but come on- tax carbon to make things better? That doesn't actually do anything but redistribute more money. We all know we have an energy problem- and most people would like more renewables. But the fact is- even if we invest in these things- we can't get the power where it needs to go. Let's start by rebuilding the energy grid- from the ground up- as a smart grid, and smart homes, and cutting energy costs where we can through simple things like insulation, conservation, and retooling of old, inefficient power plants. These things we know would help. Let's do- rather then look at theory to something that may or may not work.