ridiculous?

A conglomeration of the ridiculous.

Object lesson for newspapers; the sports page, the comics, the target ad, the front page and an Ipad lay spread out on the ottoman in my man cave for Sunday’s reading perusal. 9 out of 10 people coming into the room picked up the Ipad first. Two hours later someone picked up the target ad followed by the comics.

Yesterday while cutting wood for the stove, I was listening to the radio and the Indiana High School Athletic Association (ISHAA) ran several ads stating that high school sports were an integral part of a well rounded education. According to my crude modeling, 360,000 students are in high school in the state of Indiana. According to the National High School Federation, last year there were 167,000 participations. I am guessing that if you take out all of the multi-sport participations you have at most 80,000 student athletes. That leaves ¾ of our students who are missing out on an integral part of a well rounded education. Mandatory sports for everyone is the answer. That would be gym right?

Yesterday also while listening to the radio, I heard a report of a young Iowa male student wrestler who refused to wrestle a young female student wrestler, also an Iowan. Mandatory coed wrestling may be the answer to the quandary of the previous paragraph. Except for those who refuse on religious grounds and they could coed bowl. Who doesn’t like bowling? Of course, coed wrestling may blur future boundaries in the work place. But they will be well rounded and should be able to handle the transition.

Protest alert; Greece, Egypt, Iran, Bahrain, Libya, Jordan, Wisconsin. Just keeping up with the Jones. Oh yeah, I almost forgot the Chinese are starting to feel rambunctious again.

Protest reason alert; Country debt forced reduction in benefits, food prices and repression, repression, repression, repression, repression, State debt forcing reduction in benefits. Chinese don’t think it is right to fund US debt to provide medical care for 300 million Americans while 1.3 billion Chinese will have to pay their own insurance. Oops.

Protest outcome alert; protesters lost, protesters won maybe, too soon to call, too soon to call, too soon to call but 200 dead protesters, too soon to call, too soon to call but democrat legislators have left the building. China undeniably the best at putting down descent turned off the websites and stopped it without even warming up the tanks.

1,500,000,000,000 current annual deficit

      74000,000,000 Amount republicans want to cut. = 4.5% of deficit or 2% of 3.7 trillion spent

1,426,000,000,000 Amount still in deficit in other words my family of 4 needs to look in those couch cushions for another $20,000.

Now that’s ridiculous.

Take Care

Roger

Blog update; two weeks ago I wrote in a blog titled  “Random Thoughts”; “If organic foods are good for you, why won’t the mouse in our house eat the organic peanut butter I have put on the mouse trap. If I put a little Jif on there the problem will be solved. Now he is coming out taunting me like Stuart Little driving his little toy car down to the McDonalds drive-thru getting a big mac, large order of fries, and strawberry shake. Maybe he will get stuck on Lake Shore drive and die of exposure.  That will teach him not to live a simpler life.”

Update; I put Jif on the trap last Monday night, and within two hours his taunting ways had come to an end. That proves it, organic foods do extend life expectancy.

Take care

Roger