Tuesday, December 2, 2008
interesting article on what is actual victory in the middle east
http://www.newsweek.com/id/171254 What is actually a victory in the middle east, with how the economy is right now and the government is sinking millions of dollars a day into operations over there what is an actual victory? The war that was suspose to be small and quick turned in to a long drawn out 8 year obligation that is taking billions of dollars away from other programs that need the money here in the U.S
Ford CEO to work for a $1 a year
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28012984/ Found this interesting article on MSNBC on how the CEO of ford will work for a dollar is the government will lend the automakers 25billion dollars. The CEO of GM is considering doing a similar thing so that congress can see that the auto maker are making a true effort here and are really in need of the 25billion. Ford has also made a promise that they will increase gas efficiency by 14% by 2009 and have an overal program for better gas millege and electric cars over the next 7 years. I believe that even though im sure the CEO can still live off a dollar for the year because he has made millions over his lifetime, it is still a nice jesture to try and get the loan and i would like to see more CEO's do things like this to help their business
Killing to get a good deal
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Economy/story?id=6371057&page=1
When I heard that a man(a Wal-mart employee) was trampled to death when he opened the doors on Black Friday by a mob of people trying to get the best deals, i was absolutely disgusted! No one had the common courtesy to help him up?! or NOT step on him? I actually said I bet this happened somewhere in the Northeast(no offense to anyone from the new york or new england area) but they tend to be more selfish, and rude than people in other parts of the country. This is something that could have easily been avoided and there was ABSOLUTELY no need for it to happen. An innocent man lost his life so these people could be first to the best deals. Unfortunately, this wasn't the only tragedy over the bargain weekend. There was a shooting in California at a TOYS R US! which ended in the death of the 2 men. Was that toy for your child really worth them losing a parent? An armed robbery in Miami left one dead, and a shooting in Atlanta injured a pregnant woman. The economy is being blamed for these peoples outrageous actions.
1. I don't think that's fair. The economy is bad for EVERYONE, we are ALL suffering, however, most of us still have our morals in line and know not to KILL in order to get a good deal.
2.What kind of an excuse is that anyways? The stores are providing unbelievable sales, promotions, deals, etc. to help people still buy presents for their loved ones to prevent robberies, violence, etc. That totally backfired.
3. These people are going to ruin these sales for the rest of us, who wouldnt trample over someone, or would stop to help them up, who would rather disappoint their children by not getting them the toy they wanted and will be sick of after a few months to ensure we be there to help them grow. What kind of role model are these people to the youth of today?
This article sickens me.
When I heard that a man(a Wal-mart employee) was trampled to death when he opened the doors on Black Friday by a mob of people trying to get the best deals, i was absolutely disgusted! No one had the common courtesy to help him up?! or NOT step on him? I actually said I bet this happened somewhere in the Northeast(no offense to anyone from the new york or new england area) but they tend to be more selfish, and rude than people in other parts of the country. This is something that could have easily been avoided and there was ABSOLUTELY no need for it to happen. An innocent man lost his life so these people could be first to the best deals. Unfortunately, this wasn't the only tragedy over the bargain weekend. There was a shooting in California at a TOYS R US! which ended in the death of the 2 men. Was that toy for your child really worth them losing a parent? An armed robbery in Miami left one dead, and a shooting in Atlanta injured a pregnant woman. The economy is being blamed for these peoples outrageous actions.
1. I don't think that's fair. The economy is bad for EVERYONE, we are ALL suffering, however, most of us still have our morals in line and know not to KILL in order to get a good deal.
2.What kind of an excuse is that anyways? The stores are providing unbelievable sales, promotions, deals, etc. to help people still buy presents for their loved ones to prevent robberies, violence, etc. That totally backfired.
3. These people are going to ruin these sales for the rest of us, who wouldnt trample over someone, or would stop to help them up, who would rather disappoint their children by not getting them the toy they wanted and will be sick of after a few months to ensure we be there to help them grow. What kind of role model are these people to the youth of today?
This article sickens me.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Abandoning teen children?
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/Story?id=6290489&page=1
In Nebraska, there is a Safe Haven law that allows parents to drop their kids off at a Nebraska hospital without being prosecuted for abandonment. It was intended for people who had infants and weren't able to financially support or take care of them. However, there has been a growing problem with people dropping their children through teenagers off at these hospitals. Also, not only are Nebraskans doing it, people are driving from all over the country to drop their adolescent children off at these "safe-havens." Finally, in the beginning of this month when the number of teens being dropped off rose above 30, an investigation began. Most of these people were in similar situations, having extremely disturbed children and have exhausted all other hopes of helping them. Many of these people still plan on trying to help their children, but in the process of finding them help were too scared they were going to hurt them, their siblings, classmates, or themselves. I can see both sides of this, if my child was a threat, I would have to find him treatment, and many of these families simply can't afford some of the treatment centers because of the poor economy. However, are the parent's t0 blame for the kids turning out the way they have? Shouldn't they take responsibility instead of the easy way out? What happens when they set an age limit for the safe haven laws, which they are in the process of? I think clinics to help these troubled children should lower their prices and allow special cases, insurance companies should also pitch in. I cannot imagine giving up my kid after at least 12 years of raising them, these families need to get help, and I don't think its just the children that need it.
In Nebraska, there is a Safe Haven law that allows parents to drop their kids off at a Nebraska hospital without being prosecuted for abandonment. It was intended for people who had infants and weren't able to financially support or take care of them. However, there has been a growing problem with people dropping their children through teenagers off at these hospitals. Also, not only are Nebraskans doing it, people are driving from all over the country to drop their adolescent children off at these "safe-havens." Finally, in the beginning of this month when the number of teens being dropped off rose above 30, an investigation began. Most of these people were in similar situations, having extremely disturbed children and have exhausted all other hopes of helping them. Many of these people still plan on trying to help their children, but in the process of finding them help were too scared they were going to hurt them, their siblings, classmates, or themselves. I can see both sides of this, if my child was a threat, I would have to find him treatment, and many of these families simply can't afford some of the treatment centers because of the poor economy. However, are the parent's t0 blame for the kids turning out the way they have? Shouldn't they take responsibility instead of the easy way out? What happens when they set an age limit for the safe haven laws, which they are in the process of? I think clinics to help these troubled children should lower their prices and allow special cases, insurance companies should also pitch in. I cannot imagine giving up my kid after at least 12 years of raising them, these families need to get help, and I don't think its just the children that need it.
Detroit car company bailout
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=6296266
This story has been on the news a few times now and definitely caught my attention. In Detroit, 3 big, well-known, automakers are asking the government for a $25 billion bailout for the auto market claiming if they don't receive it they will have to declare bankruptcy by the end of the year. One side of this argument is, these companies employ millions of people whom would all lose their jobs without the bailout. There are also many jobs related to car sales and without these major car companies, the selection to purchase would be very slim.
On the other hand, if the government bails them out, who will be asking for a bailout next? Should the government have to bail everyone out and put our country in even greater debt? Also, how did these companies get in such bad shape? They were giving signing bonuses in large sums and if they were in such bad condition, they should have known not to hand out cash unnecessarily. There should have been job cut backs, lay-off, etc. in order to keep their companies functioning. These corporations became large enough without help from the government so they have to know how to run a company, what happened to make them fall under? Is this really the economies fault, or is it the car companies' fault?
This story has been on the news a few times now and definitely caught my attention. In Detroit, 3 big, well-known, automakers are asking the government for a $25 billion bailout for the auto market claiming if they don't receive it they will have to declare bankruptcy by the end of the year. One side of this argument is, these companies employ millions of people whom would all lose their jobs without the bailout. There are also many jobs related to car sales and without these major car companies, the selection to purchase would be very slim.
On the other hand, if the government bails them out, who will be asking for a bailout next? Should the government have to bail everyone out and put our country in even greater debt? Also, how did these companies get in such bad shape? They were giving signing bonuses in large sums and if they were in such bad condition, they should have known not to hand out cash unnecessarily. There should have been job cut backs, lay-off, etc. in order to keep their companies functioning. These corporations became large enough without help from the government so they have to know how to run a company, what happened to make them fall under? Is this really the economies fault, or is it the car companies' fault?
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Economy dealing with Airlines
I have been flying for the last ten years, and along with the economy falling, it even hurts us through transportation (not only in gas anymore). You used to be able to book a flight and that usually included at least a drink on the flight, sometimes food/a meal depending on how far and long the flight is and checked bags. Today in the air industry when booking your flight you are asked how many bags you are checking and have to pay anywhere from $10-$20 for each bag you are checking. Also on the planes, no more complimentary food or drink service. You can buy coke's and waters for $2 or drinks pertaining alcohol run from $5-$7. With gas prices sinking more and more now a days, hopefully something will be done with the airline industry as well.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Ethics in real life at work
I've been working as a server at restaurants for about 4 years now. I have noticed that there is a great deal of favoritism in this type of work, coming to the schedules, who gets what section, etc. Granted, before i started working in the restaurant industry, I did have other jobs where favoritism was noticeable if looked at, but not just plain obvious as it is in the restaurant industry, does favoritism take place in all industries of the market? Is there anything we can do to make it stop? On top of that, my current employer(I won't say where, haha) does things and takes actions that are extremely unprofessional, and in my opinion very unethical. Examples are managers talking to staff about how they wish they could "fire his ass" or not scheduling someone for a whole week based on hearsay, causing them to lose hundreds of dollars that could have been made(especially in myrtle beach in the middle of summer). The East Coast VP-who was recently promoted to this title-lacks people skills completely, how does someone get a job with that title when they lack the skill thats the most essential to success in the service industry? Makes you wonder whats going on behind the scenes and what, if anything, can be done to change this type of behavior.
Monday, September 22, 2008
stock feelings
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3683270/ just want to get an idea on what people think about how we are pretty much going into the next depression unless bush or the new president this upcomming year bails us out of a horrible month on wall street and people freaking out and selling stocks like crazy
car repair shops( my two post for the week lol)
Car repair shops are probably the eaisest place to get ripped off unless you know about cars, you pretty much have no idea what your paying for or what there talking about. They could pretty much say anything about your car and make up names for parts and you will just shake your head yes and pay four figures for what you just thought was an oil change turned into you re-amping your engine. this is probably one of the most unethical businesses out there unless you actually can find that needle in the haystack and find an honest machanic.
gas station business ethical or not....
so i will make this short for my first post i dont want to put in too much thinking on this topic because its made me broke but, gas prices increased over $1 when hurricane ike hit even though the price of gas per barrel was still under 100$ and declining so is it right that gas stations can charge whatever they want even though their wholesale price of gas is going down. Its almost like a monopoly that gas stations can play because they know they we all have to pay whatever they say. i think the government needs to put in laws on how much gas stations can charge with whatever price the barrels their buying are, so that gas stations can not over charge us and rip us off.
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