#23 The death of Journalism. Every time I think today's "journalists" have sunk as far as they can go, one steps up to prove me wrong. On Tuesday House Republicans selected their Standing Committee Chairs for the 114th Congress. Here's how Daniel Newhauser of the National Journal decided to cover that story:
November 18, 2014 House Republicans have selected white men to chair all but one of their standing committees next year.
The secretive Republican Steering Committee announced its recommendations late Tuesday after an all-day meeting to pick the heads of 17 committees, with all of those slots going to white men. Rep. Candice Miller, who was previously reappointed by Speaker John Boehner to lead the House Administration Committee, will remain the only woman to wield a gavel.
Mr. Newhauser, not only are you NOT a journalist, you're a jackass. You piss me off!
#24 JetBlue Airways Corp. has decided to improve it's lagging profit margin by making air travel even more unpleasant! They will be cutting the "leg room" between seats to about 33 inches, so they can squeeze in more seats and, if you fly coach, they'll be charging you to check your bags. Now, I know other airlines have done the same but, call me crazy, I'm not a CEO, if your goal is to attract more customers wouldn't it make more sense to offer more for less instead of less for more?
#25 We all know that the Federal Government has a hard time managing it's (our) money but this is just ridiculous. So far this year, Medicare has shelled out $45 Billion dollars in erroneous "Fee for Services" payments. That's an error rate of nearly 13% for just one program! The Feds have doled out more than $100 Billion in "improper" payments a year for the past five years! It boggles the mind.
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