Having solved all the other problems in the school district, the Federal Way school board voted 4-1 to continue to allow students to wear flip-flops to school. Whew, I sure am glad they settled that! It was weighing heavily on my mind. Let's forget about over-crowding, lack of funding for our schools, low teacher pay and focus on the really important matters like FLIP-FLOPS?! Explain to me how a school district with a $1.5 million dollar shortfall has time to vote on crap like this. Here's a quote from the one asshat that voted yes on the ban: "Board member Charlie Hoff cast the dissenting vote. He continued supporting banning flip-flops so board members could “fulfill our responsibility to develop an appropriate learning environment.” This quote comes after the fact the board voted to cut 20 librarian positions throughout the district. HUH? So let me get this straight, flip-flops create an "inappropriate" learning environment, but firing nearly every librarian in the district doesn't? Come on, let's get our priorities straight here. I know if I lived in Federal Way, who wouldn't be getting my vote next time. Stupidity in action.

Here's a link to an article about this if you want to read it: Federal Way Stupidity

Labels: gov't dumbness

OK, OK, so I know I'm really (and I mean REALLY) bad about posting to my blog. Bad me. Maybe I should protest my own stupidity... but that's another post. I am going to try to post the dumbest thing I see each day. That way, I get in the habit of posting more often and you (the reader) get highly entertained, or so I hope.

Here is my challenge to everyone out there. I read somewhere that the average American household receives 8 credit card solicitations PER DAY. Inside each of these solicitations is a postage paid envelope right? I say it's time to send the credit card companies a message about all the junk mail that they clutter my mailbox with. So here is my idea. Take the blank application you get from credit card company A and place it into the postage paid envelope to credit card company B and vice versa. Don't fill out any of the information just place the blank form in there and send it off. Do this with however many solicitations your receive. See the credit card companies only pay when those are sent back (or somewhere). If enough people did this it might just hurt their bottom line enough to make them think twice about sending me an offer every damn day, or eight for that matter. Come on people are you with me?!

Labels: payback