May 9, 2007 by Jeremy.

I have changed the look once again. I think this one is a little harder to read, but I kind of like it. Let me know which of the three you like.
Anyway, we now have a store that you can get some great Coherent Thought gear! Let everyone you meet know that you use common sense and are a coherent thinker! Just click the CT Shop tab and take a look!

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May 8, 2007 by Jeremy.

This topics is where I get to directly step on a lot of toes, but keep in mind I look at things from a common sense perspective. Ford said on Monday that 25,000 factory workers had left its payroll after taking buyout offers, and it announced plans to close a Cleveland casting plant and idle a nearby engine plant for a year. Many people don’t truly understand why Ford and GM are having the current problems they are having in their industry.

There is a truly common sense answer and it can be found at the UAW website. Toyota has been taking over the automobile market. They are able to do so because they can offer cheaper cars to the consumer. This is great and its how the market was intended to work. Unfortunately, if you read that list on the UAW website, you will not see only two Toyota vehicles on that list and both of those cars are sourced from the United States and another country which also help keep the cost down on those particular makes of vehicles.

It may sound as though I’m complaining about Toyota having an unfair advantage because most of their vehicles are not made by Union Labor, but it is exactly the opposite. I am a Ford customer. Every vehicle I own is a Ford. I like the vehicles and I like the fact that they are made by American owned companies. That’s why you’ll never see me buy a Toyota. Ford and GM are both held back by their high cost from health care and pension benefits that they have to pay because they were forced years ago into hiring UAW workers.

That means, in order for Ford and GM to stay competitive with their pricing, they have to take a loss on profits. Toyota doesn’t currently have this problem. I propose, in order to fix this problem, that we dissolve the UAW and forgive Ford and GM from the benefits and pensions they are currently paying. I understand this is bad for those individuals, but at some point we have to decide what is good for the total job market and the U.S. economy.

I hope that one day I will live in a country in which I never have to look for the union label.

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May 7, 2007 by Jeremy.

I have just changed the look of the site. I am trying something different to really give the feel of coherent thinking. If you like this look, let me know. If you prefer the old, let me know that as well.

I have another look that I will try soon, but we’ll keep this one for a while!

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May 7, 2007 by Jeremy.

In light of this post a few days ago, it seems another double standard had crept into the scene. Maybe it’s just me but I haven’t heard a think from the Mainstream Media about Michael McGee Sr. and the comments he made.

I don’t approve of what Imus said on his radio show but I feel that what McGee said was far worse than what Imus said. Yet through all of this I have heard virtually nothing of what McGee said but what Imus said was on every media outlet across the country.

I’m not here to tell you what to believe, but this seems like a total double standard to me.

What do you think?

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May 4, 2007 by Jeremy.

I recently read an article that I would like to share with you. It is entitled Is the U.S. Government Out to Undermine English? and it takes a very common sense look at the issue of English as our National Language.

Now ask yourself two things: Why is the government undermining the efforts of charities to encourage people to learn English? And doesn’t it have better things to do with our tax dollars?

I think these two questions are great! Why should we penalize an organization for trying to help someone better themselves and why would the government be against such a good thing?

Here’s another great point on foreign-language ballots. I have argued this point many times with people before and you really can’t take a more common sense perspective on something. I’ve but the comment in bold that is a total common sense and coherent thought.

But as I’ve argued before in “Winning the Future,” the Voting Rights Act has been misapplied in recent years. One section, for example, requires something I have long advocated be repealed: the printing of foreign-language ballots. And the reason I advocate this is simple: If U.S. citizenship is a precondition for voting, and knowing English is a precondition for citizenship, then why would any citizen exercising his or her right to vote need a foreign-language ballot?

I don’t see how anyone could possible argue with that logic, but I hope some of you will try!

He really ends the letter well and brings the whole issue into perspective.

No legitimate American voter should be denied access to the polls. And no person should be discriminated against on the basis of his race or national origin at his place of work.

But don’t we want a federal government that reinforces English — not one that searches for lawsuits against learning and using English?

A far better — and more humane — use of our tax dollars would be for Congress to first make it clear that employers are permitted to require that English be spoken for legitimate business purposes while on the job, as long as the policy is clearly posted and known to employees before they are hired. Congress should also require that the DOJ receive a complaint before filing a lawsuit for alleged voter discrimination.

And then Congress should create a voucher program for adult immigrants to receive intensive English instruction. Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee has proposed such a program, which would allow immigrants who want to become citizens to meet their residency requirements in less time, thus giving them an incentive to learn English.

Allowing employers to require English on the job and insisting that English be the official language of government does not reject or undermine the importance of our heritage as a nation of immigrants. In Benjamin Franklin’s day, German was very widely spoken in Pennsylvania. In the 19th Century, Italian, Yiddish and Polish became common languages in many neighborhoods. Today, Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Chinese and dozens more foreign languages are spoken by Americans who are proud of their heritage. Every American should be encouraged to learn a foreign language in order to better understand the world. Promoting English as the official language of government is part of supporting everyone’s having an equal opportunity to pursue happiness and prosperity.

As you have heard me say many times before, English is the language of American success and cultural unity. Americans, new and old, deserve nothing less than a government that seeks to protect and preserve English, to defend the need for employers to require English on the job and to help those who want assistance in learning English.

So why should I have to press 1 for English?

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May 3, 2007 by Jeremy.

Normally I like to have my own views and thoughts on things, but I came across a blog that expressed my views precisely. So I am just going to link directly to that blog and hope that you will come back here and express your views on the topic.
Outrage? Obama Campaigned In Church, Congregation ‘Prayed For Him to Become President’

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