TDOM | July 28, 2009
Should Vick have been re-instated? In response to my latest rant about Pete Rose, I was asked what I thought of Michael Vick. But that begs an even bigger question, is Vick even the worst case in the NFL? What about the rest of the thugs in the league? We only have to look back [...]
TDOM | July 27, 2009
Pete Rose, Jim Rice, and the Hall of Fame I see that MLB Commissioner Bud Selig is considering whether to lift the lifelong ban on Pete Rose and allow him to be eligible for the Hall of Fame. I think this is a mistake. Rose bet on baseball games while still the manager of the [...]
TDOM | July 24, 2009
What’s the point, anyways? Ok, I don’t really have all the facts in this case, but I’m gonna follow our President’s example and talk out of my ass anyways. As I was driving home from work this evening, I passed a sign “Sobriety Checkpoint Ahead.” I looked ahead. I could see more than half a [...]
TDOM | July 24, 2009
The President still doesn’t get it It’s nice that President Obama phoned Sergeant Crowley and attempted to resolve the situation. It’s nice that he now admits that both Crowley and Gates “overreacted.” What’s not nice is that he still hasn’t addressed the fact that HE overreacted by speaking BEFORE he knew all the facts. I [...]
TDOM | July 23, 2009
Racial Profiling and Racism Goes Both Ways The President’s recent comment that a White police officer “acted stupidly” when he arrested an African American professor may have been even more stupid than the actions of either the officer or the professor, both of whom apparently “acted stupidly.” But Obama chose to criticize the White officer, [...]
TDOM | July 18, 2009
Does Disney promote female violence against males? This morning I was watching Hanna Montana with my granddaughters. They seem to like the show and for a children‘s show, it seems quite well done. It does have some funny moments. However, I was shocked to see the violence on today’s episode, especially in light of recent [...]
TDOM | July 18, 2009
The Saga Continues Well, my wife managed to work things out with the guy. He came and got his parts, re-installed the old parts and returned the second check, though he had already deposited the first one. We put a stop payment on it so it won’t go clear. With that settled, my daughter got [...]
TDOM | July 17, 2009
The Motto of the Democratic Party As long as I’m ranting about the Supreme Court, I might as well get the Sotomayor nomination out of my system. Her judicial qualifications (or lack thereof) aren’t what concerns me in this case. It’s her personal opinions and beliefs that are cause for concern. If a White man [...]
TDOM | July 17, 2009
Could Forest Grove end public education as we know it? A recent Supreme Court ruling may improve Special Education Services for those in need, but it could destroy public schools altogether. In Forest Grove School District v. T.A the court has forced public schools to provide special education services or to pay for parents to [...]
TDOM | July 11, 2009
Tyring to Save a Buck In an attempt to save a few bucks, my wife hired the husband of her former supervisor to take a look at our air conditioning unit. He checked it out for free and informed us a circuit board needed to be replaced for $175. We ok’d the repair. While replacing [...]