The following blog is titled “When did America become a nation of frightened wimps? I found this article on Digg.com. Please read through the entire article….even though it is a bit long. It has many points about topics we should be thinking about more.
http://www.steve-olson.com/when-did-america-become-a-nation-of-frightened-wimps/
Enjoy!
According to the Kansas City Star, Coach Mangino recently had his check book stolen from the family car. According to the newspaper, while the car was parked outside of a Subway sandwhich shop the check book was taken from the car. Coach Mangino’s wife has reported that around $30 from the account has been used at local grocery store.
Here is my theory to the what might have happened. Could it be possible that Coach Mangino’s wife has put him on a diet….hence the reason they were eating at Subway? When Coach decided he could really use some more swiss cake roles and headed to the grocery to buy as much as he could….saying the few checks had been taken???? Just a thought!!!!
As proclaimed by the White House, the week of April 9th is National Volunteer Week. You as a volunteer are an integral part of many businesses and organizations.
I sometimes feel like a volunteer at my job. I only feel this way because of the pay or lack there of pay. Though no one is to blame but myself, I did choose education as a career after all. Being in the education field is like being a paid volunteer. Of course there is a salary (and with some extra education– the pay goes up), but you still tend to give a fair amount of you own time to the students. This is even more evident for teachers in the private schools. Private school teachers tend to donate more of their time for the students due not having the same budgets as the larger school districts.
One thing I have always wondered is if you could get fired from a volunteer position….it is your time that you are giving to them. It is not like a paid job where if you don’t do something they can fire you because you are wasting their money. But as a volunteer they are not paying you to do the job, they should be happy to have your time. If you have ever been a volunteer and fired or “let go”, please post a comment, it would be really interesting to know what it takes to be fired from a job that you are not even being paid to do.
Well since this is Volunteer Week – have a great week — you all are very much appreciated!
Well I felt that I had to put somthing on here about Bob Huggins leaving KSU. I will have to say that I was quite worried when he left as to what it ment for the basketball team. With Huggins leading us….we might get in trouble…but I knew we would win some games. He did take a team that could not play basketball to save their lives under Wolridge and turned them into an actual basketball team. But now that he is gone…..it is time to do somthing with all of these “Huggieville” shirts. According to a local news station in Kansas City, they reported the following: If you have a “Huggieville” shirt and would like to donate it to a local radio station in Manhattan, Kansas, they will then ship and donate them to a local homeless shelter near WVU. This to me sounds like the best idea. Not only is the heartland of America helping out, but also allowing Huggins to see what he left. Also Manahattan stores are now selling a new shirt…”Traitorville”.
Since Huggins is gone….it is time to get over it (unlike the KU fans when Roy Williams left) and welcome our new coach. Coach Frank Martin…..good luck next season!!!
“In Pensacola, Fla., a drunken man who passed out on the CSX train tracks sued because he was hit by a train. Pedro Duran, 56, lost an arm and suffered a broken back in the accident. The train’s engineer, who saw Duran but thought he was a lump of trash, blew the train’s whistle for 54 seconds before the collision. Duran was awarded $600,000 for damages.”
“A 27-year-old man was killed while rocking a vending machine that tipped over on him. The man was attempting to steal a drink out of the machine. Relatives in New York are suing for $400,000 in damages.”
“A lawsuit was settled out of court between a teen and a company that sold the nets used for basketball hoops. The boy lost two teeth when they were caught in the net while he was attempting to slam-dunk a ball. The settlement was for $50,000.”
“Jerry Williams sued and won $14,500 plus medical expenses after his neighbor’s beagle bit him on the buttocks. The dog was on a chain in a fenced-in yard. Williams had been shooting the dog repeatedly with a pellet gun at the time of the incident.”
“The Anheuser-Busch Company was sued by a man for emotional distress, because he had no luck with the ladies after drinking their product.”
These were just a few of the many frivolous lawsuits that are filled on a daily basis. It seems that people today are looking to make money, not by working to support there jobs but rather by suing for anything they can. Employers, shops, and restaurants have to fear the customer or workers, because one little slip and the person is suing for a multi million dollars so they never have to work again, but can and are healthy enough. In addition, the sad part of this is that people will real disabilities are fought and troubled when they really cannot work, because of people continuously trying to fight the system. In fact manufactures have had to dumb down there instructions tags….listen to these.
On Sears hair dryer: “Do not use while sleeping.”
On Marks and Spencer Bread Pudding: “Product will be hot after heating.”
On Nytol Sleep Aid: “Warning: May cause drowsiness.”
On a child’s Superman costume: “Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly”.
On a Swedish chain saw: “Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals”
It seems that today people wanting the free life have caused so much trouble that what people would think of as common sense has now became not so common sense. Come on do not sleep with hair dryer, do not stop with hands or genitals, may cause drowsiness. HELLO this is common knowledge….who would be stupid enough to even think of these things. Well obviously, someone at some time has caused such a problem and or sued that people now have to say everything just to cover there rears.
Until recently, I would have just laughed and said whatever. However, after the Super Boob show during half time, I would have to say yes I was shocked, but not enough to say I was scared for life. In many countries, they show full nudity and no one complains, it is normal. Nevertheless, in the Country law makers and civilians are in an up rise saying it was horrible and scared them. Well I think one boob is not going to scar you and if it did, I would say you have more problems. In my final thoughts, how about thinking before complaining. Contemplate as to what you are suing about before it happens, and lawmakers think before you act. Do not change things or allow people to win, when obviously they were in fault and truthfully probably desired what they got. I know I learned a lesson as to never rock a pop machine or lay down on the train tracks….but I guess I knew that before reading what I did.
Hello everyone! I am a 26 year old male who live in Kansas City, KS. I love to express my opinion about anything. Since most of my friends have heard my on my soap box, I felt it was time to let more people hear what I have to say. I will write about topics that are happening locally, nationally, or internationally….then tell you what I am thinking about it.
