Waste of tax money on a witchhunt....

I just read another article about the wonderful witchhunt conducted by the FDA and that gloryhound Novitsky.
Lance Armstrong is being investigated based on the claims and accusations of Floyd Landis...a cheat that got caught and stripped of his Tour de France title.
The strange part is LA has been the most tested athlete in the world. What's the point? Would we consider him a hero? Cancer that would have taken the average persons life. 7 Tour de France championships. A cancer cure foundation that has helped countless people. I think so. Seems some people think we shouldn't have a hero anymore...
Lets face it there are drugs in sports. But you just can't give any old schmoe some steroids, epo, and GH and they become the next Barry Bonds. These athletes have the genetics to be there. And lets face it as fans our selfish desire to see more homeruns, faster 100 meter times, and bigger hits is all part of this.  

looking at yourself in the mirror...

I am reading all the reports on the oil spill in the Gulf and BP. A few striking things about this....
BP neglected the safety of the rig workers, they hurried a job to get oil, mucked about getting things fixed.
The CEO went to a yacht race and BP lobbied to release a convicted terrorist....I suppose having all that money from the billions in profits makes it easy to look at yourself in the mirror. Greed does some amazing things.
Sometimes we chase after stuff and hurry through things to satisfy our greed, like ravenous wolves feeding on a deer carcass. We throw aside sanity and reason to fulfill our own needs, careless of who or what gets in the way. The small selfish things begin to bloom into larger monstrous weeds that overtake our lives. When does it stop?
Take some time to think...What we do has long lasting effects that extend past our own lives. Just like the small things that got us to this point, it is the small things that will get us out of it. Not an easy antidote or smooth road but a much more beneficial path.

keyboard warriors

i need to rant....



i am getting sick of the keyboard warriors out there. whether it is a forum or just the nameless faces posting comments to news articles. it is old. all people do is hate lately...



is it the stress or dissatisfaction of their lives? are these folks unsatisfied, unfulfilled, and plain miserable? the internet offers an outlet for that but at what cost? our society has gone from being able to discuss and debate to name calling and insults. very sad and demeaming and a pathetic use of the medium.



criticism should be constructive and not hate filled. compliments should be made more often than not...karma people!

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Like Aretha sang it....

Respect. What is it? Something earned and something given. Often it is taken for granted.

You earn respect as a leader by being the first to do what needs to be done. But you also listen to those around you, which is giving respect. Respect for another person means you tell them the truth, even if it hurts. It is listening to both sides of the story. Respect requires fairness and equity.

How bout a little repsect for people you don't even know? Ever let someone go ahead of you in the grocery line or let a person get into traffic? Open a door for someone or just say hello. Seems we lack that kind of common decent respect that we ourselves would like.

Respect is something that comes back to us. Give it and more than likely you will receive it. Never demand it...