Why is Western Medicine and Research so remedial??

Article. It took a big research being paid lots of money and doing years of research to figure this out. This has been common knowledge for those with common sense for years. I can forecast the next big studies to release that will "shock people" will be:

1. Those who get a full sleep tend to be in better moods
2. Positive attitude affects your moods and health
3. Those who enjoy their jobs tend to be happier and well adjusted
4. Those in happy marriages tend to be well adjusted

It really does take a rocket scientist in the U.S. to figure these kinds of things out.

Divorce Courts

Pun aside from the last post. The divorce courts are often so unfair to men. Why else would a man with a good job and no history of violence do something so radical? His kid is taken away from him, his money is taken away from him. He loses a lot of rights to his kids. It's so easy to blame the man for the problem. Take a well adjusted man, take away his rights, his family, his money, and his dog, and make him work for no reason with a big cut in pay. Add in a lot of torture and mental anguish and see if a man with no history of violence will act crazy.

The courts need to change. Men have been abused by the divorce court system for too long.

Can never trust those Christian types you see working at Churches

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Steve Jobs Health

Article. It's obvious Steve Jobs' health is suffering and in bad condition. The guy is so negative about everything and dishonest about the way he markets about Microsoft, of course it is eating him up inside. Back in the early 80's, when I had the Apple computer, Steve Jobs was my hero. The ultimate story of success. However since he has gone super negative with super dishonest marketing, I have since lost respect for him. He is paying the price for his behavior.

I've used the Apple computer longer than most of these Mac lovers ever put their hands on one. It is a mediocre product that is over marketed. Like any religion, people will buy into the lies of how great their god is.

The First Good Thing the Republicans Have Done

Demanding concessions from the United Auto Workers association is a must. These people are overpaid for what they do. There needs to be some concessions from them. Taxpayers aren't going to foot the bill for UAW's high pay. This must be the first good thing I've seen the Republicans do in a long, long time.

Bailout for GM

It is interesting that GM wants money before year's end ... within a month of them asking for money. Do they not keep track of their finances to know when they will run out of money ... only to find out that in one month, it will be all over. This speaks of gross mismanagement and massive incompetence at all levels. How many people are in their accounting and finance department? Does the CEO not care what happens in finance?

Ford and Chrysler seem to be doing much better keeping track of their finances to know that they'll run out of money in 3+ months from time of asking.

Personally, I think GM doesn't want Congress to look at their accounting books to see how they mismanaged funds. So everything has to be immediate ... it's an emergency. There's no time for someone to examine their books with that kind of timing.

I worked as an administrator for years that had strict policies. There would always be these lamers who would come in and request things due to an emergency and bypass all protocol. My answer would be NO. After a couple of NO's, they get used to it and stop asking for emergency processes. Congress needs to do the same. These emergency lamers were often highly incompetent in the management of their projects.

Auto Aid Plan with Czar

Article. I think the idea behind current plan is good. I disagree that the car czar would be named by Bush. He could name some corrupt individual, much like many in his administration, who overlooks problems and sweeps it under the rug. So in effect, there really is no overseer.

Another issue is that they need someone who is better at leading those companies out of a bankruptcy. The current CEOs got them bankrupted in the first place, and this is not the first time GM has asked for money from Congress. They need new leadership, otherwise the money would go to waste and the companies go bankrupt in a few years with the loans never being paid back. It's like giving a loan to people who mismanage companies to do more screwups at taxpayers expense. Just give them more money, they'll make it *this time*. (Rolls eyes). These companies need new leadership. They need to be forward thinking.

Automaker Loans

I'm requesting 1.5 million dollars in loans from the government, in order to make it through these hard economic times. Please. Please help.

Automakers

These big three automakers have refused to make gas-saving cars, make cars that break down often, and fought against environment friendly cars. It's no wonder they are out of business. Not to mention that they don't like new ideas, their upper management is mostly old school white guys. It's no wonder they are running out of business. Now they expect me and other taxpayers to foot the bill for the way they run business?? and keep it going??

Auto Makers Bailout: Why?

Why is this bailout necessary? Most of the $15 billion will go to exec bonuses and such while they still produce no results. I don't buy cars that break down often. Now it seems I and other taxpayers will be paying for bad cars anyway.

If there's any bailout, it should be to give severance pay to the auto workers. It'll be much cheaper than $15 billion. It seems some of the automaker lobbyists have handed money under the table to the right Congressional people. It is a shame what this world has come to.

And that thing about the CEO taking a $1 annual salary was a joke. Right. We know that CEO's make most of their money from bonuses and stock options. So in the end, he will still make more money than any of the auto workers. Just pure marketing ... trying to sell themselves.

If Congress is going to be giving handouts, I want them to get me a new car and a new house that's paid off. It would lessen my worries with the economic conditions.