Juan Williams

National Public Radio must have lost their collective minds. Juan Williams was fired for basically saying what many people feel when they fly. It isn't that their all bigots either. Some people feel a pang of fear when they see a person in what they assume is traditional Muslim attire.

I certainly wish I didn't feel that way as I am certain that nearly every Muslim in this country has no desire to harm me. Yet, I admit that it crosses my mind. I am not immune to fear, even irrational fear. I bet I am not alone.

In fact, because Juan Williams was honest, I know there was at least one more.

I know some Muslim folks and they are kind, friendly, and respectful. I like them and have no fear of them. So I know that I am not just irrational about all Muslims.

As a side note, people calling for the U.S. Government to stop funding public TV and Radio, should know that very small percentage is paid for by government. Yes they made a ridiculous decision but the body of their work is bigger than this mis-step.

Various Ramblings Again

Been a while since I have blogged. Frankly, the world has been a bit bland.

• The elections are coming and the level of advertising, on both sides, here in AZ is troublesome. Nothing positive, only negatives. Would love to have a candidate say, "this is what I think and would fight for." Not yet.
• Dan Quayle's son is running for congress. You remember the former Veep who famously corrected a school kid and said potato is spelled, "potatoe." Ben Quayle seems a bit smarter.His first ad he claimed that Barack Obama is the worst president in U.S. history. B.O. had been president about 18 months at that point. Idiotic statement designed to mobilize hardcore Republicans during the primary. It worked.Now, he quite correctly espouses that both parties have failed to look out for the electorate. Now he is talking. If he wins, I do hope he can spell.
• As I opined a while back, apparently the electorate is leaning toward putting the Republicans back in charge of the House of Representatives. Historically, a Democrat President and Republican House is the best at getting results. So I guess I hope that the Republicans win back the House.
• I hope they do not get the Senate back however because I don't yet trust that the Republicans learned any lessons from the debacle that created in the banking industry - the debacle that nearly collapsed the world's economy.
• Most reputable economists believe the stimulus package wasn't big enough, and without the smaller version, the economy would have collapsed in an even worse manner.
• Brett Favre - I wonder if anyone in his inner circle is saying, "what were you thinking?"
  I wonder if anyone in his inner circle is even speaking to him right now. I hope that he didn't hit up the female worker and didn't send pix of his naked self. Jeez.
• Football is hot right now but baseball is suffering. The "national past time" is no longer baseball. Too slow I suppose for our now fast paced society.
• The elections will be interesting with the so-called Tea Party candidates. They seem a bit out of touch with reality but who knows.
• The feds are suing many states for many things and I guess I think they should stop. I understand why they are doing it - there are ridiculous things going on all over in this country, but the suing needs to stop as a waste of precious resources right now.

Reasonableness, in my estimation, continues to elude us.