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Pew Research Center Poll: 64 Percent Think There's Too Much Coverage Of Michael Jackson's Death - wbztv.com

LOS ANGELES (AP) ―Nearly two in three Americans say news organizations have given too much coverage to the death of Michael Jackson, but half say the media have struck the right balance between covering the pop star's personal life and musical career.

In a Pew Research Center poll published Wednesday, 64 percent of those surveyed said Jackson's death last week in Los Angeles has received too much coverage, 29 percent said the story received the right amount and 3 percent said the story got too little attention

Pew Research Center Poll: 64 Percent Think There's Too Much Coverage Of Michael Jackson's Death - wbztv.com
Put with the 2/3 group.  A week later and they seem to make up stories about things.  Please can we let the story go.  A lot of people have died this week.  Some are true heroes.

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A marked man...

Mayfield said outside court Wednesday he would travel to Daytona, but wasn’t sure in what capacity. His suspension covered both his roles as driver and owner of his car, and he wasn’t sure he could put something together in time.

Larry Gunselman and Tommy Baldwin, two owners who potentially could have given Mayfield a ride, said they weren’t considering him for Saturday night’s race.

“Whether he’s right, wrong or different right now, he’s marked,” said Baldwin, “and that’s going to hurt him probably for the rest of his career.”

Mayfield not at Daytona when garage opens - NASCAR - Yahoo! Sports

It is a shame that it has to be this way. I am not a Mayfield fan, I think in someways he is a jerk, but I think NASCAR was wrong and have defended him. The 3 ring circus that NASCAR set up for drug testing was an exercise in stupidity. That being said I must agree with Baldwin here. He is going to have a hard time getting any car he drives/owns through inspection much less being noted for infractions on the course. NASCAR has effectivly killed him.

Mayfield Wins against NASCAR ... or does he?

The Brighter Light

Notes from my pastor's (Pastor Bob Yandian) sermon called the Brighter Light are available on my Sermon Notes Page.

What and Idiot

Why I can never be a Kyle Bush fan. No respect for what he won or what went into the making of it.

NASCAR – The Big Bully?

From Nascar.com

 

LONG POND, Pa. -- NASCAR has filed a countersuit in federal court against driver Jeremy Mayfield and denied each of the suspended driver's arguments why his failed drug test should be overturned.

NASCAR spokesman Ramsey Poston, speaking Friday from Pocono Raceway, says the countersuit was filed against Mayfield for willfully violating NASCAR's substance abuse policy, breach of contract, and defrauding NASCAR and its competitors of earnings.

Among the claims of the lawsuit are that Mayfield knowingly participated in NASCAR competition using a combination of drugs in violation of the substance abuse policy and violated his contracts with NASCAR and the standards of care he owed fellow drivers and spectators.

Mayfield was suspended May 9 for failing a random drug test conducted eight days earlier at Richmond International Raceway.

The bolder text is what I want to emphasize here. I love NASCAR. Some may think it is as boring as watching paint dry but if you watch it you see the high speed chess match that it is. Should a driver take 2 or 4 tires, do we have enough Gas to go the distance, and any of a lot of other questions.

And yes, they should have a substance abuse policy.  By all means.  When you are going near 200 MPH you need to know that the guy next to you is not on some trip.

But how could Mayfield what drugs are on the substance abuse policy?  No driver has been told that.  NASCAR, IMHO is acting like the big bully here.  Mayfield started this team with barely any money and he just wants to race. He has not been a ‘start and park’ car, he is actually trying and was having a bit of success.

NASCAR, tell us all, or at least the drivers, what they need to watch out for.  Revise it as necessary. But do not tell the drivers not to take any drugs at all.  He says he took Claritin and a prescription. Tell us what he took or let him race.  This has gone on long enough.

I guess some people have not enough to complain about!

From FOXNEWS.COM:

 

A social services accounting clerk wants compensation for missing his lunch break on April 3 during a horrific upstate New York immigration center massacre that left 13 dead plus the gunman.

James Kauchis, a government employee of the Broome County Department of Social Services, confirmed that he filed a formal complaint last week seeking the pay, according to the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin.

But he wouldn't discuss it with the newspaper.

"That's a matter between me, the administration and the union," Kauchis said.

How can this guy complain when so many lost their life that day.  What a shame.

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April Fools

Today was an interesting day. I did my usual teaching and went to work. I was aware of it being April 1, April Fools day, but no one had tried to pull an obvious joke on me so I was not thinking about it.

Driving to my real job I was listening to a talk show on local station KRMG, the Neal Boortz show. I usually listen to him as I do not agree with everything he says but it is interesting. He started to describe during his Government outrage segment how Obama had told GM and Chrysler that if they wanted any more money they would have to withdraw their participation in NASCAR. Boortz was upset! He cannot tell them how to advertise.

Needless to say I got to work and started to tell a co-worker about it. We both agreed it was the wrong thing to do. I figured I would blog about it so I started to search about it. Seems that the Internet was abuzz about it. One article said Obama and NASCAR was the biggest Google News search for the day, and it all started with an article at the Car and Driver magazine web site. Well Car and Driver meant it as an April Fools joke but it seems that it took on a mind of its own. Some places have not retracted the statements yet either.

So while I did not get hit directly, I guess I got it indirectly.

Of course my stepdaughter got it. She got a Facebook message that said Obama and her were second cousins and clicked the link.

Obama was the subject of a lot of the jokes today. Hope he does not mind.