A Rant Potpourri!!!

So much has happened this week it’s hard to choose a topic for the rant, so I will rant over several.

1) The National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses has issues guidelines that are used by Homeland Security to identify potential terrorists. These include Americans who feel their way of life in under attack; are nationalistic; are anti-global; are suspicious of a central authority; are reverent of individual freedom; and believe in conspiracy theories. I kid you not!!!! Where do I turn myself in? It would be funny if it weren’t so scary…this is what our government is using.

2) The June jobs report was a disaster. The economy only produced 75,000 jobs last month. Obama claimed it was the fault of the Republican congress which should pass his jobs bill which hires teachers. That’s his solution to unemployment…hire teachers? Really?

3) Chico, California is now providing free breakfasts and lunches to anyone who cares to show up for them…no proof of need is necessary….or proof of citizenship. And you wonder why California is broke. By the way, if Obama is re-elected, guess who will be paying for the free lunch? As the saying goes, there is no free lunch.

4) A Hallandale Beach lifeguard was fired for rescuing a drowning person that was outside of his “zone”. His private company employer claimed that it was because of “liability issues”. But the firing was rescinded after an investigation (where the employer realized the liability that would have accrued to the company would have been worse if the lifeguard had done nothing by staying in the “zone”). They offered the guard his job back who politely and rightfully refused it. Good for him.

5) Barack Obama came to the Mahoning Valley today, and ended up talking at an elementary school in Poland. Could they have found a more out of the way venue? Only 250 tickets were issued to the invitation only event. Obama rode in the bus made in Canada…good for international relations. While a few lined the motorcade route, it was the second, not the lead story on WKBN evening news. But to add insult to injury, sometimes a politician can’t catch a break. The female owner of the restaurant in Akron where the President unexpectedly stopped for breakfast had a heart attack after the President left the establishment and died. Thoughts and prayers for the owner’s family…and for President Obama who I am sure wish he would have stayed in Washington.

C ya next time!!!