Out
Of Step
March fourth, 2011
I look at things in an Aren't-We-There-Yet?
sort of way.
How can women be in the military and in harms way and yet not
be combat troops?!? It boggles the mind.
Give 'em a gun already.
There
is plenty of ammunition for the
argument that women are already fighting... that there are no distinct
front lines in today's combat.
NPR
reports that more than 200,000 women have served in
Afghanistan and Iraq but are restricted from direct ground combat:
The
Pentagon says it is reviewing policies that define where women can and
can't be assigned, and in the next two weeks a congressional commission
is expected to recommend that the military lift restrictions on
assigning women to direct combat roles.
It's about time.
Music Association: Eddie Rabbitt
- Step By Step
Traffic Psychiatry
March 3, 2011
Despite all the interconnections in the modern world, Dr. Stan is
looking for some way to give his business card to certain drivers.
I suggested drive-thru psychiatry, maybe teaming up with an
existing drive-thru like McDonald's.
"Hi, I'd like a Big-Mac and a
conversation about impulsive behavior.
Oh, and I want all three
desserts you have on this sign."
Dr. Stan didn't like that idea, so much as to partner with the
Department of Transportation to provide assistance to drivers that need
help.
Not understanding, I asked how MN-DOT
could identify the drivers.
Dr. Stan rattled off various conditions and their outward signs, like
the following which he labeled, Inferiority Complex.
I suggested that he get a bumper sticker that says, "I Brake for
Inferiority Complexes."
Music Association: Cars - Drive
"You know you can't go on, thinking nothing's wrong. Poor
thing."
Department of Redundancy Department
March 1, 2011
The
U.S. Federal Government is in jeopardy due to a Government Accounting
Office (GAO) report released today, which identifies redundant programs
and offices within
the government. The report is available in a summary and a detailed
version.
"Don't tell anyone about the GAO report!" two or three government
officials pleaded.
"Redundancy means we're going [in] the right direction. When you are
driving
down the road with other traffic and you see some cars slowing up, then
you slow up," two other officials said in separate interviews.
"The
road shouldn't close just because everyone is doing the same thing,"
several others said.
"When I e-mail more than 100 people, I'm providing job security,"
twenty-seven officials said by e-mail, some misspelling 100 with extra
zeros.
The 345-page
GAO report lists each redundancy only once.
Music
Associations: Greg Kihn - Our Love's In Jeopardy; Steely Dan - Do It Again
