Stuff

This 'n' that:

-- The cold/flu/virus/whatever that's going around sure saps one's enthusiasm for blogging, or for reading blogs for that matter.

-- I'm mystified that the DI management would come down so hard on its editors and pull the 'offending' cartoon page from its website. If there was damage, it already was done. Pulling the page accomplishes nothing. It's like trying to un-shoot a fellow hunter. Then there's the issue of running the cartoons in the first place. Regardless of the perceived motives of the editors, it's impossible to have an informed debate about something like those cartoons without knowing exactly what you're talking about. Saying something's offensive is one thing. Seeing it something else entirely. Seems to me the best place for an intelligent debate on something like that would be an an institute of higher learning. But I guess that eliminates the UI, huh?

-- How in heck does that stupid CU tram idea keep resurfacing? How many ways does the populace have to say NO! before they get it?

-- When a driver is pulled over for possible drunk driving and alcohol is smelled on his breath, usually he'll say 'I just had one beer, officer. Really. One.' When a vice president shoots his hunting partner and then waits until the next day to talk to the authorities.... Draw your own conclusions.

-- It appears that political ambition and the drive for power knows no bounds. The Champaign School Board is currently pushing a very controversial and unpopular bond issue. The School Board president has resigned. Yet there is no shortage of candidates to take his place? Isn't that kinda like volunteering to be a firing squad practice target? Or a vice presidential hunting partner?

And so it goes.