PLUG INCOMPATIBLE

i recently got a new kindle dx for travel; so i can brink multiple books without the bulk and weight. it is a great device but the battery sucks; it doesnt hold a charge. so when i took it out to read on vacation last night it needed to be charged. no problem; i brought my little back of chargers with me; took out the white charging wire only to discover that one of the parts was missing; why companies make chargers with multiple parts that plug into each other is a bit of a mystery. so here i am in the middle of the french countryside with an unusable kindle.

it got me thinking; here we are in a world facing so many hard to solve issues, the economy, climate change healthcare, peace in the middle east; and here we have a ridiculous but easily solved problem that we chose not to solve

i have alot of devices. a blackberry, casio cell phone, a sony lap top, a nikon camera, the aforementioned kindle and more i am sure and none of the damn things can use the same chargers. i just went to verizon and got the new generation of the same casio phone and my old charger doesnt fit!!!!!!!!! this is truly a crime against humanity.

think of the time, money, waster etc that could be saved my merely having standardized plugs?

from the industry that brought us the term plug compatible it is truly time for the words to mean what the words are supposed to mean

HEALTHCARE HORSESHIT

Obama is saying the recovery of the us economy is dependent on nationalizing the us healthcare system. what demogoguery! give me a break. we should not be panicked into rushed legislation on 17% of the economy.

HEALTHCARE; THE MATH

there are probably only 12million people who want healthcare and cant afford it. the rest of the 40million or so either can afford it or have chosen not to have it in the case of young people. those 12 million are a real issue but are 4% of the populaiton. should we nationalize 17% of our gnp/gdp for 4% of our population. there must be a better, cheaper, less risky way

PELOSI PERFIDY RE CIA

nancy pelosi either was or was not briefed on interagation techniques. i think she was and she has lied. flinging mud at the cia for a clandestine plan to kill senior terrorists and not briefing congress on an effort that was never operational is deplorable. it misses the point. it is an act of misdirection.

as regards the cia's plans to knock off senior terrorists; what took them so long?

CIT: NOT TOO BIG TO FAIL BUT TOO IMPORTANT

just how dumb is our government? dont answer that question. the geniuses at the fed, fdic etc. have decided that cit doesnt represent systemic risk; it is not too big to fail. this both misses the point and may be wrong.

CIT is one of the most important financiers of small to medium size companies in america. if it fails the gap will NOT be filled adequately and or fast enough. who is going to do it? so by letting cit fail, they are putting 1 million american businesses at risk. these are the companies that create jobs and the owners of which the democrats want to tax to pay for universal health care

DUMB

OMG: BIDEN SAYS SOMETHING INTELLIGENT

integrity requires acknowledging when someone who usually acts like a dufus says something intelligent.

vice-president joe biden, commenting on north koreas frequent premature missile ejaculations, described the behavior as "predicitable, attention seeking behavior by the reclusive state.

i think he is right in his analysis; however unlike a screwed up kid, these guys are playing with missles