We received some criticism when we used the Nazi flag to make a point about Memorial Day. See our 5/28 posting. This blog is not and will never be "politically correct." We tell it like it is. We will have it no other way. The photo on the left is of an Iranian cop (goon) forcing a man to put his mouth on a device that is used to clean one's rear end. His clothes were criticised as being "unIslamic." The photo, taken by Ebrahim Norovzi of the Fars New Agency, is from a story in today's (The) New York Times. Other items drivers should be aware of:(1) From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: "Lawmakers in an urban Georgia county are poised to vote on a plan to bar companies who hire illegal immigrants from county contracts. Under proposed changes in the Gwinnett County purchasing ordinance, contractors would be required to verify the legal status of their employees."
(2) From The New York Times: "Army Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba unflinching honesty showed the United States at its best: following blame wherever it led. He concluded that responsibility for Abu Ghraib extended beyond just a few bad apples on the night shift, as the Pentagon referred to cast it. Taguba was quickly ordered to a desk job - then forced to resign this past January. He confessed to feeling as if he had joined the Army, but wound up in the Mafia."
(3) Katie Zezima of The New York Times: "Boston, June 20 - For several years, the Maine Troop Greeters have welcomes soldiers from every military transport plane that has landed at Bangor Int'l Airport with hugs, handshakes, cookies and homemade cookies. But the visits, and the soldiers bellies, have been a bit emptier since airport officials asked the greeters to stop serving food last month because of concern about liability and food safety."
(4) Michael Fairley, retired captain, US Airways: "In the late 1970's, economist Alfred Kahn, President Carter and Congress decided that the American public deserved better airline service, more competition and lower fares. The result was the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978. This was done in spite of the fact that airline service in the USA was by far the best and most efficient in the world. Since - and because of - that legislation, airlines have gone out of out business, tens of thousands of airlines employees have lost their jobs and employee pension retirement dollars have been erased from the books. Meanwhile, airlines executive pay has climbed to obscene levels, accompanied by enormous bonuses for their brilliance in emerging, yet again, from bankruptcy reorganization."
(5) From the Associated Press: " Circuit City , the #2 electronic retailer, posted a $54.6 million first quarter loss. In March, the company announced it would lay off about 3,400 retail employees and replace them with lower-paid workers."
