You've Gotta Be Kidding Me

This morning, the news channels were covering two stories that border on the ridiculous. The first being that The President doesn’t have any women players when he plays basketball. Come on America. Is this really an important issue? We’re at war on two fronts (three if you count the drug war to the south). The economy is struggling to keep it’s head above water. And, numerous other issues that are considerably more important. But hey! There’s a special interest group that’s concerned there are no women playing basketball in the afternoon with the guys. It must be a slow news day.

The second topic that borders on comical, if it weren’t for the fact that someone is spending considerable coin on development, was airbags in airline seats. When a car hits something at 55 mph, that’s one thing. When an airplane hits something at 300 mph, that’s another. The cost to the airlines would be huge. It wouldn’t prevent any deaths in a crash and would actually make it harder to evacuate an aircraft with all those airbags inflated. The really “large customers” wouldn’t be able to buckle them properly anyway and someone would sue the world if one went off and broke their glasses. Here’s an idea. Why not put four point harnesses in each seat (just like the pilots and race car drivers wear). How many people would want to be strapped in for four hours like the pilots? At least you won’t slump forward when you fall asleep . . .