Some people give back to their community. Then there’s Fresno County School Superintendent Larry Powell, who’s really giving back. As in $800,000 — what would have been his compensation for the next three years. Until his term expires in 2015, Powell will run 325 schools and 35 school districts with 195,000 students, all for less than a starting California teacher earns. “How much do we need to keep accumulating?” asks Powell, 63. “There’s no reason for me to keep stockpiling money.” Powell’s generosity is more than just a gesture in a region with some of the nation’s highest rates of unemployment. As he prepares for retirement, he wants to ensure that his pet projects survive California budget cuts. And the man who started his career as a high school civics teacher, who has made anti-bullying his mission, hopes his act of generosity will help restore faith in the government he once taught students to respect. from bagofnothing.comWow...this is incredible. I bet that was a hard decision to make.
School superintendent gives up $800,000 in pay
Monday, August 29, 2011
Selfless act of the year?
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
U2 > A Fan Joins The Band > U2 360° Tour 2011
This is pretty sweet. Bono brings a blind fan up on stage to play a song with U2, and lets him keep the guitar afterwards.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
The TSA gets my two cents...
We keep hearing these stories about the TSA and how they subjected this person to this type of treatment, and how outrageous it is. I believe the latest stories involve a three-year old girl and a 95-year old having to remove her adult diaper.
I personally have no problem with this, and here is why.
The minute that the TSA starts to make an exemption for a certain type of passenger, it will become the number one way to exploit the security measures.
If the TSA announces that they will no longer search people with adult diapers, then that is exactly how contraband will make it through security.
Don't think for one second that if the TSA won't search children under three, that there won't be some sicko out there who will use that to his or her advantage. We have seen much, much worse being done over the course of history; why would it stop now?
Yes, there is a line, and we should respect that human beings have a certain level of dignity to expect. I also think that we really need to stop getting so outraged at the fact that, in 99% of the cases, these people are doing their job. The minute we relax is when it will all happen again.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
The Dalai Lama doesn’t get a joke a news anchor tells him
I have tried this joke on several occasions...I have found that the success rate is about 50/50.