Today was a great news day. I’m a closet news junky and would spend 10 hours a day reading newspapers, magazines, combing web sites and blogs and watching TV if I could. I love it. I should have gone after a career in intelligence writing daily news briefs for corporate CEOs or government officials. While most news stories are about tragedy and idiots doing stupid things and pain staking sad or barbaric acts, today was pretty good. First we had the UAW union members going on strike and of course that lunatic visiting from Iran.
73 thousand union members went on strike today. The auto industry, like the airline or banking sectors, are at the core of our economy. The United States lives or dies by how well the auto industry does. This strike could cripple the US auto market but who cares, 73K people need pensions and secure jobs. Since there are a lot of people who are pro-union and a lot who are anti-union, I am going to keep quiet on my position on the topic. For now.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
This lunatic was invited – INVITED – to speak at Columbia University. I have no problem with free speech, it's a tenant to my way of life, but it was strange how institutions like Columbia will shout down conservative speakers who want to talk about immigration or social programs but welcome this nut job. Anyway, the president of the university Lee Bollinger tried to make himself look like he is a tough guy by insulting Ahmadinejad before he spoke. GREAT drama.
I have no problem with the media focusing on duck heads being ripped off by drunken hotel guests or the latest geezer to plow into a crowd with his car, but stories like today keep my mind sharp.
One more thing. The best site to find regional web sites is ceoexpress.com, it’s a great aggregator for news links.
Just thought I'd share.
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