Consequences?

So you don’t follow procedures and as a result compromise the private data of 26 Million veterans. Think this civil service employee will get fired. Neither do I..

Donald Rumsfield

Several retired Generals have recently criticized Donald Rumsfield and pushed for his removal; I don’t know how well they do or don’t represent the opinion of other retired Generals but they don’t represent me. I spent 20 years in the USAF and served under several Defense Secretaries. The two who had my deepest respect where Donald Rumsfield and Casper Weinberger.

Where Conservatives Come From

Hope for whiny kids. Of course this study relies on the statistical skills of psychologists.

Lost and Found

Living in Utah, I’m no stranger to people getting lost in the mountains, usually hikers, hunters, or snowmobilers. These people leave a small footprint and sometimes searches can be difficult. I’ve got to wonder about this story from Oregon – six members of a family in a RV went missing for 17 days! How do search crews miss a 35 foot RV?

Headline Gotcha

I read this article in the DesNews. It had the following headline and subheadline:

2 in trouble with law after game gets out of hand
Racial slur, mooning among
apparent offenses in Farr West

For a paper that believes in freedom of speech, you would think that they know no one goes to jail for a racial slur. It did stop the game though.

Yeah, We Got A Constitution

I read this in the DesNew today:

Panel says minister didn't violate rules
Los Angeles Times

A Presbyterian minister under scrutiny for officiating over the unions of two lesbian couples was recently found not guilty of violating the constitution of the Presbyterian Church (USA).

The commission of the Presbytery of the Redwoods, whose jurisdiction skirts the California coast from north of San Francisco to the Oregon border, ruled this month that the Rev. Janie Adams Spahr acted within her "right of conscience" as a Christian when she performed the commitment ceremonies, said Robert Conover, stated clerk of the Presbytery.

The decision in Spahr's favor does not change the church constitution's same-sex marriage provisions. "It doesn't translate to, 'Now, they're OK to do.' Not in this Presbytery, anyway, and certainly not in this denomination," Conover said.

Are you as confused as I? The minister did not violate their constitution even though she did? I don’t see why they are worried about it being changed – if they aren’t going to use it does it mean anything anyway?

Yail

Not to be outdone (see second entry below) Yale lands an ex-Taliban official. Reminds me of the fellow Yanny Yohnson who said he was educated at Yail.

Blogs Read by Media Elite

I would think Francis Peak would be on this list.

A University Past It’s Prime

The university that has the notable distinction of participating in the education of John Adams cannot now tolerate diversity of thought and inquiry - even with its president.

Skipping class

I have a hard time believing this story but its AP and they’re never wrong, right? Students paid $1 a day to skip gym. Six students supposedly paid $230. To skip gym? What’s wrong with them. If they were paying to skip math that would be more believable. The story says the teacher may have collected thousands of dollars, but the scheme was only from September to December. Lets see… a typical school year runs 180 days (this is America, right?) half that gets me say 90 days. One student, one semester = $90. Just over 11 students would net a thousand dollars. So for two thousand dollars (the story did use the plural) one would see 22 students running around loose. But if there were six periods that would only be 3 to 4 students blending in with the legitimate hall pass crowd each period. O.K. maybe it wouldn’t have been noticible.