March 2, 2010 by Jeremy.

Saturday, however, looks like it may be the one thing that keeps USPS from completing their appointed rounds. I think this might be a good idea though.

Postal Service Seeks Permission to End Saturday Delivery

I am a little upset though that the way they want to save some money is by taking services from the people who pay for them. I’m willing to make that sacrifice though. Then they throw the price increase on it and then it seems even more ridiculous. I’m all for finding ways to cut cost, but they always seem to want more of my money.

I think our local Post Office had it all figured out a couple of years ago. They put a self-service machine in the lobby that was available 24/7. So that would be a great option for Saturdays. The maintenance and installation of one of those machines has to be cheaper than the workforce that is employed at the Post Office. I say put in a couple more of those and give the employees that Saturday off. That would help the mail intake anyway. As for the deliveries, well we just have to take one for the team.

The problem is that our local office removed the machine just a while ago. It was my favorite way of mailing items out. It was quick and simple. Now I have to go talk to someone all over again which takes more time and money.

So the idea of cutting deliveries on Saturday gets my vote because it is just good Common Sense (though it does take away from those paying for the service), but I would like to seem some other ideas implemented as well.

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February 22, 2010 by Jeremy.

I know the Common Sense has been rather slow around here lately. Sorry, that’s my fault.

However, I had to make note of this:

Pediatricians Urge Choke Warnings on Food

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January 20, 2010 by Jeremy.

 Brown Win Forces Democrats to Re-Evaluate Health Care Reform Game Plan

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November 9, 2009 by Jeremy.

That’s all that he was trying to say people when Kenneth Gladney was attacked for his beliefs.

I Am Kenneth Gladney

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October 9, 2009 by Jeremy.

I think it is a little absurd to be award a man who has been President a matter of months the Nobel Peace Prize. Apparently I am not the only one who thinks this.

Praise and skepticism greet Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize

In that piece it seems a Democrat agrees with me.

Gideon Rachman, a foreign affairs columnist for The Financial Times, wrote an online blog under the headline “What did Obama do to win the Nobel Peace Prize?”

“I am a genuine admirer of Obama. And I am very pleased that George W. Bush is no longer president. But I doubt that I am alone in wondering whether this award is slightly premature. It is hard to point to a single place where Obama’s efforts have actually brought about peace - Gaza, Iran, Sri Lanka?

“While it is OK to give school children prizes for ‘effort’ — my kids get them all the time — I think international statesmen should probably be held to a higher standard,” he wrote.

I think our society has built up this type of mentality though. Like Gideon said, we do this for kids in school so why shouldn’t someone like Obama expect he “A” for effort. So we’ll throw him a Nobel Peace Prize for thinking about maybe doing something in regards to peace. I guess it could also be the consolation prize for not bringing the Olympics to Chicago.

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September 29, 2009 by Jeremy.

It amazes me that in an era where it is completely wrong and almost criminal to mention God in a public school system that worshiping a man is of no concern.

The new NJ School Kids Video is quite disturbing and I can’t believe we’re just now hearing about it.  I’m all for a lot of the positive quotes that the kids make. I really do think that we all should some something for the betterment of this country, but then the song takes it that creepy step farther.

It become all most a praise song of Barack Obama. He is our President and he deserves respect but what those kids were doing was adorning him and his message. That kind of indoctrination does not belong in the classroom.

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August 10, 2009 by Jeremy.

I keep thinking to myself that this CARS Program as it is called now (really known as Cash for Clunkers) is just another absurd welfare program. I find myself thinking that because I know that’s exactly what it is.

Then I tell myself that I might as well get a piece of this pie. I mean someone is going to get it anyway. This is my chance to finally cash in on the system!

I drive a 2002 Ford Windstar and my second vehicle is a 1995 Ford Bronco. It leaves quite the carbon footprint. However that is not the “clunker” that I would like to have demolished (I love it too much for that).

My wife drives a 1995 Ford Thunderbird with over 200,000 miles on it. It still runs just fine but is a little rough around the edges any more with rust and fading paint taking over the car. We haven’t gotten our use out of time and time again. I told her that we are getting her a newer car next spring. Then this CforC deal comes around and I find myself thinking that I might as well take advantage of it. I just can’t see demolishing this useful vehicle though when it could be a good vehicle for someone who needs a cheap car. Because that’s what happens to these “clunkers” they get scrapped.

So as Stimulus goes this really doesn’t do much but move the date up in which we were going to buy a car. It seems like someone else on the Wall Street Journal website agrees with me: Cash From Clunkers Let’s have a $4,500 subsidy for everything.

So as it stands we have a personal stimulus on homes and vehicles so I I wonder what the next “logical” progression would be for this thought process? Maybe we should give a subsidy for everything. With this current thinking process that would just be Common Sense! That’s not the kind of Common Sense I want though, how about you?

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