GM and the idiots in Washington.

Here we go. Obama will tell you that we cannot let the major car manufacturers fail. Well what is he really saying? That he cannot let all of the Democratic Union members lose their union jobs with their inflated salary and benefits packages. One thing that many folks don't realize is that if these companies go bankrupt the union contracts will go out the window. That could actually be a beneficial thing. Make folks trim the fat. I have to do it why shouldn't GM or AIG have to do it. Hell I'm paying for their bailout anyway. Shouldn't I have a voice? When is the shareholder meeting. I want to have my voice heard and my vote counted.

The fact is that unions have their place at times. But, these are not the times. Years ago with unsafe working conditions, unfair practices and underpaid workers the unions had their place. Furloughed workers collect 90% of their salary and GM workers have access to cheap health care. The retirees pay a mere $752 annual premium for family health care. Are you kidding me? Where else in any other business does this happen? You cannot stay competitive in this market with these types of policies. There were some minor concessions in the last round of negotiations, but not nearly enough to save any of the bigh three. The fact is that if these union folks don't accept some concessions they will end up with nothing.

Oh, but be sure Papa Obama won't let his biggest supporters fall in that bucket. He'll continue to bail these folks out as he has with the banks and the investment house. And you and I will continue toiling away to make sure these folks keep their jobs. Meanwhile the mom and pop operation on the street corner is allowed to go under and fail. Where is the equity in that?

Just the opinions of an average guy.

The big bad "Pig Flu". Swine Flu?

Ok. Seriously. Are we all really that scared of the big bad pig flu? There are over 109 million people in Mexico and roughly 100 people have died from the flu? Some organizations estimate that over 30,000 people in the US alone die from complications from the flu each year. People! This is the flu, Influenza. If you take normal precautions and are not already immunosuppressed you should be fine. The very young and the very old are susceptible. The rest of us should use common sense. Wash your hands regularly. stay home if you are sick, and try to avoid having physical contact with sick individuals. This virus will be spread from person to person. You cannot get the flu just walking down the street and passing someone that has it. You will have to come in direct contact with large droplets of infected material. Hand shaking can be a problem if you don't wash your hands often. This is because people with infections are regularly touching their noses and can have infectious material on their hands. The fix? Wash your hands. Restraint folks. Practice restraint.

100's of people are already reporting to emergency rooms all over the country and they don't have any symptoms. Are you kidding? All this does is put an additional strain on the already overcrowded and abused Emergency Rooms across the country. If you want a check up go see your primary care physician. Don't rush out to the ER because you have a runny nose. Please folks let's use some common sense here and not make a mountain out of a mole hill. At this point you are much more likely to contract many other diseases and infections than you are the "Pig Flu".

Just an average guys opinion.