Conflicts

These days it seems that everyone has decided to play the game when it comes to resolving conflicts.  In most cases, the victim ends up being someone who is not even involved in the conflict itself.  What doesn't (sadly) surprise me is that the principle parties just flat out don't care.  Here are 3 examples:

Our wonderful federal government is example number one.  They were happy to go to the literal last moment to keep themselves open.  This over playing political games over hot button issues that should not have anything to do with the budget.  In the end I am sure they are high fiving one another over their "courageous" last minute solution.  However, I, for one am almost more upset than if they had a shut down.  Don't get me wrong, i am happy they wont be shutting down but this last minute solution could have been reached a while earlier and saved a lot of people the grief of being worried about being out of a paycheck.  As I have said before, if there is a solution out there, why not get to it BEFORE the last second.  Our soldiers and their families (to name one party) deserve a TON better than that!

NFL and NFLPA both asked to day for mediation.  They have no real intention on finding an impartial mediator to solve this, but they are beginning to realize they are getting close to losing a ton of money and it is almost the 11th hour on their $$.  Meanwhile, employees have taken cuts and jobs have be lost to save money .  FOLKS, it again are the everyday workers who pay for this.  I for one am sick of it.  A deal will be made and there will be NFL in 2011 or 2012.  Why not get the deal done in February this year and save the working people?  Absolute joke!

Federal prosecutors spent 8 years on the purgery trial of Barry Bonds.  This is a case where all the people he was testifying about already plead guilty and yet they think spending 9 years on a prosecution is a good waste, uh cause to spend our money.  Other athletes said the same thing he did, but they were not prosecuted!   At trial, the government called 3 (or more) witnesses that were found to have lied (or at least had convenient inconsistencies) during the trial.  How sadly ironic that they are depending on witnesses who lied to prove Bonds lied.  Why didn't they offer him a plea bargain?  He pleads no lo contendere (sp?) to 2 counts of lying to grand jury (make neither one about using steroids but about minor points) with no jail time,  He pays a small fine (lower than lawyer fees for trial would have been) and no jail time.  They make a point.  Bonds pays a very minor price.  We don't spend money hoping we can get people to lie on the stand to prove he lied.

In all cases we are going to have people who aren't getting hurt claiming to have saved the day while the hard workers are the pawns whose lives and livelihood aren't important enough to take care of these issues earlier!

Notes for fun:

I think it would be awesome if Tiger Woods won the Masters, spit on the trophy, and then turned WWE-style heel.  I don't now why, but I think it would be good for golf.

I'm a Red Sox fan.  Been one all my life.  Being at Game 4 of the 2004 World Series changed my sports life.  The Sox start out 0-6 and I am still convinced they will win it all.  Go figure!

Bye bye Manny.  Thanks for the memories.  I will never demonize you like others do, but it is time to take your $$ and memories and hit the road.  Good luck to you.

I just read the Commodore 64 is making a return.  Old look, new technology.  Man, how sweet!!!  I loved my C64.