Simple Observations

The following list of non sequitur observations is simply that, observations. Some naturally trigger questions that the media never gets around to asking. Maybe they go unasked because the media doesn’t care for the answers.

Drug Testing
Most American businesses require a job applicant to pass a blood/drug test before being hired and are subject to future random testing as a condition of employment. Why aren’t applicants for government welfare, or for that matter, any public assistance required to do the same?

Is it possible that they are on public assistance because they can’t pass the drug tests?

Subaru
Without liberal support, it’s doubtful that Subaru would survive. Keep an eye out! The bumper stickers placed on them by their owners near universally tout Senator Obama, Senator Clinton or other Democratic candidates. Animal rights and environmental slogans are also commonly displayed on Subaru’s.

Racist Labels
It’s understandable why African Americans are excited by the prospects of the first black candidate being in strong contention for the Oval Office. Senator Obama is winning the votes of about 96% of the black electorate. They are obviously voting for him because of his race and maybe because of his politics.

This begs the question: Why aren’t black voters decried as racists if they vote for him?

TV Commercials
Have you noticed that the characters depicted in TV commercials that are incompetent, clumsy, or stupid are always white males. Asians play neutral roles and blacks and women are portrayed as intelligent problem solvers.

Tenure
Just about every person employed by government is protected from termination by tenure or civil service laws. Most American tax payers would agree that government delivers few quality services efficiently. Thus, it’s reasonable to ponder if job security encourages lackadaisical, sub-standard performance, or if the incompetent are attracted to tenured positions out of a sense of self-preservation.

Carbon Credits
It seems that the super wealthy are the most vocal alarmists about global warming. And they are all big proponents of carbon credits. These credits are actually private donations to companies dedicated to re-forestation and renewable, non-carbon generating energy technologies.

It’s nice that these wealthy environmentalists compensate our nation for their outlandish energy usage. Hey, just a second! Wouldn’t the planet be better off if these jet-setting alarmists immediately reduced their energy consumption (carbon footprint)?

Not to be a cynic, but it seems that buying carbon credits entitles the wealthy to maintain their “me first” lifestyle, while condemning everyone else for consumption.