Of course Dog the Bounty Hunter wants us all to forget his use of the "N" word in a call recorded by his own son, Tucker.
My position on this is that people are always sorry when they get caught. The bottom line is that Dog wouldn't have apologized if his entire career wasn't on the line.
A the end of the day I'm not gonna loose sleep over this another piece of trash that probably still uses the "N" word in private:
"HONOLULU, Hawaii (CNN) -- It's been more than a year since a racial slur threatened to end the television career of Duane 'Dog the Bounty Hunter' Chapman. But the incident still weighs heavily on his mind.
A&E briefly suspended his top-rated reality show in late 2007, and his reputation was on the line.
Now, with his show back on the air and at the top of the network's ratings list, Chapman insists that he does not want the controversy to be forgotten.
"They said, 'It'll pass,' and I said to the guy, 'You know what? I won't let it.' "
Chapman, 56, spoke candidly about accusations of racism on a recent windy Saturday afternoon on the sidelines of 8-year-old son Garry's baseball game.
It was his other son, Tucker, who recorded a profanity-laced conversation with his father and reportedly sold the recording -- which included Chapman repeatedly using the "n-word" -- to the National Enquirer in 2007.
Some African-American leaders called for the cancellation of his show.
Chapman said he was advised to lay low for several weeks, but he refused." Source: CNN
Memorial Services for Sandra Cantu have been set for today. My heart still goes out to her family. I cannot imagine what they must be going through right now.
I can only hope that seeing justice done will help to ease their pain, although it won't bring little Sandra back.
The woman accused of this heinous act deserves to die for it. It's just that simple:
"CNN) -- Eight-year-old Sandra Cantu will be remembered at a memorial service Thursday in the central California community where she lived and was later found dead.
The girl, who police say died at the hands of a Sunday school teacher, was last seen alive March 27 in the mobile home park where she lived with her family in Tracy, California. Police found her body April 6, stuffed into a suitcase and submerged in a pond at a dairy farm in the area.
Police arrested Melissa Huckaby, 28, and charged her with killing and raping Sandra, who was a friend of her 5-year-old daughter. She faces charges of murder, kidnapping, the performance of a lewd and lascivious act on a child under 14, and rape by instrument.
Huckaby, a Sunday school teacher at Clover Road Baptist Church, lived in the nearby mobile home park that Sandra's family lived in.
If convicted, Huckaby would face the death penalty or life in prison without parole, San Joaquin County District Attorney James Willett said this week.
The service for Sandra is scheduled for 4 p.m. ET at a high school in Tracy. " Source: CNN
In another development in the Sandra Cantu murder, authorities say that the child may have also been raped before being murdered:
"(CNN) -- A Sunday school teacher accused of killing a Tracy, California girl may also have raped the 8-year-old, authorities say.
Melissa Huckaby, expected to be arraigned Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET in the death of Sandra Cantu, will face additional charges, including rape, police told CNN.
"When she was booked, she was booked on charges of kidnapping and murder," Tracy Police Sgt. Tony Sheneman said on "Larry King Live" on Monday night. "And we're informed by the district attorney that she'll be charged with abduction, murder, rape with a foreign object and lewd and lascivious acts with a child."
Sandra's body was found April 6, stuffed into a suitcase and submerged in a pond at a dairy farm. Huckaby, also of Tracy, California, was arrested on April 10 after questioning by police.
Sandra was last seen alive March 27 in the mobile home park where she lived with her family -- the same mobile home park where Huckaby lives with her own 5-year-old daughter. The two children were close friends and played together frequently, police said." Source: CNN
We told you earlier that missing California 8-year-old, Sandra Cantu, was found dead in an irrigation pond. Now we learn that the home and church of a local pastor have been searched by the police:
"The Clover Road Baptist Church on West Clover Road is just down the street from where Sandra lived at the Orchard Estates Mobile Home Park in Tracy. The church was cordoned off by yellow police tape today as officers awaited a search warrant. No arrests have been made.
Police Sgt. Tony Sheneman said investigators planned to search the church in conjunction with a search of a residence in the mobile home park. Neighbors said the home being searched was that of the pastor." Source: SanFrancisco Chronicle
I am speechless at the latest turn of events in this case. Of course all suspects are innocent until found guilty, but to think that a pastor could have had something to do with this act is unfathomable!
This story is one reason why I wonder whether the NAACP's usefulness has come and gone. This civil rights organization always seems to be focusing on the wrong things. They are handling today's issues of race and diversity like they did half a century ago, proving that they seem unable to change with the times.
I'm sure I'll ruffle a lot of feathers with my comments here, but the NAACP has yet to prove their usefulness in the 21st century. Instead they serve more as an organization that exists to serve the black political machine in various chapters around the country.
Why on earth are they seeking to ban a flag?
The flag is a mere symbol of the hate, but I must ask is the removal of the flag going to make these ignorant groups hate minorities any less?
People need to learn not to be distracted by this type of silliness. Instead, I would personally like to see more focus on the issues that are destroying the community from within. These are the problems that are truly affecting the community. Let's focus on education, violence, and the apparent systematic destruction of the family.
Progress can be made if we turn our attention to the things that we can affect. These ignorant fools will be marching and waving their flags from now to kingdom come. And it's unrealistic to allow ourselves to be so distracted by what they are doing that we fail to focus on what we should be doing.
Let's face it. Crime and other internal issues within the black community have destroyed far more lives than a bunch of hicks waving Confederate flags!
More from the story:
"HOMESTEAD -- The NAACP and other civil rights groups have joined black Homestead residents in seeking to ban the Confederate flag and groups that support it from city-sanctioned festivities.
''That flag is flown to strike fear in people, and it's no different than a swastika being displayed in front of Jews,'' said Brad Brown, vice president of the Miami-Dade NAACP.
The issue came to a head on Nov. 11 during the 2008 Homestead/Florida City Chamber of Commerce parade, when organizers allowed Confederate army organizations to participate in Veterans Day ceremonies and display Confederate flags.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) marched in the parade. Some rode atop vehicles emblazoned with Confederate states' banners; others walked with Confederate battle flags.
The demonstration outraged black residents.
City officials said they did not organize the parade. Parade organizers, who are linked to the local chamber of commerce, defended their right to display the flag." Source: Miami Herald
As the investigation into the Madoff scheme deepens, other prominent names are coming to the forefront. I say that it's time for all these fat cats to pay for what they've done.
I celebrate each and every indictment that comed from this case, and hopefully this will make people think twice about pulling these types of shenanigans on people...
But it probably won't; the lure of all that money is too much for most to resist:
"New York Atty. Gen. Andrew Cuomo today charged money manager J. Ezra Merkin with civil fraud in the Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme, alleging that Merkin funneled more than $2.4 billion in clients’ funds to Madoff while ignoring 'glaring red flags.'
Merkin, a well-known New York philanthropist and the former chairman of General Motors Corp.’s financing arm, GMAC Financial Services, 'profited enormously from Madoff’s scheme, reaping huge commissions while investors lost all their money,' Cuomo said in a statement.
Merkin earned $470 million in management and incentive fees over time by steering money to Madoff, Cuomo said." Source: LA Times
Apparently the White House mistakenly distributed a phone sex number to journalists. When the conference call number was dialed, the participants were greeted by a seductive female voice requesting a credit card number from callers who"feel like getting nasty." They were supposed to be listening to a briefing call with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and National Security Advisor Jim Jones to discuss the NATO summit.
I agree that it was stupid for FOX News to cover this as a bonafide news story. However, the folks at the White House really need to be more careful in order to stop giving ammunition to critics who are happy to yell incompetence:
"In a press release, the White House accidentally listed a phone sex number for journalists seeking an 'on-the-record briefing call with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton a
Journalists seeking to talk a little foreign policy with high-profile Obama administration officials live from the G20 meetings in London this week were solicited for phone sex instead after ringing up the toll-free number given by the White House.
After several efforts to make sure that the phone number was correctly dialed, a call to the White House resulted in a corrected press release. "If you are having trouble dialing into the call, please try this number as an alternative," and listed the international line included for reporters abroad to dial.
By this time, the conference call was already under way.
Asked for comment about this mishap, Deputy White House Press Secretary Bill Burton responded: "A corrected phone number on a press release is probably one of the stupider things FOX News has covered lately." Source: Fox News
With fellow South Side of Chicago roots, I could not ignore the opportunity to tell you about the new stamp honoring, author Richard Wright.
As a young adult, I read his books, Black Boy and Native Son. His writings are a timeless window into the the effects of racial prejudice; a must read for anyone who dares to learn more.
I am proud that Wright has been chosen to be honored with a stamp by the U.S. Postal Service. And if I was a stamp collector, I would promise to get one. However, since I'm not, I will settle for the pride of knowing that a well-deserving individual has been honored:
"Mississippi made him, but Chicago made him a writer. It was Chicago—with its bright churn of possibilities and its darker realities—that transformed Richard Wright from a shy Southern kid into a popular and internationally acclaimed author.
Chicago broke his heart, but it gave him his mission: to illuminate the dehumanizing effects of racial prejudice in 20th Century America.
That is why, according to officials at the U.S. Postal Service, when a new stamp honoring Richard Wright (1908-1960) was commissioned, they decided that the stamp's background simply had to be the South Side of Chicago, where Wright lived and worked during a crucial, formative decade.
And when a location was needed for the public ceremony Thursday at which the stamp will be unveiled, that was a snap: Again, it had to be Chicago." Source: The Chicago Tribune
Given the history of secret government experiments on Americans, this story comes as no surprise to me. The real question at hand is whether it's ethical for the government to conduct these experiments in the so-called "name of science?"
Supposedly the people who participate in receiving illegal drugs for experimentation sign consents. Are you serious?
How can a drug addict give informed consent to participate in a study? Are they really of sound mind and judgment to make that call?
The bottom line is that the government sees these addicts as expendable, which allows them to justify this practice:
"The federal government is giving crack and powder cocaine, morphine, and other hard-core drugs to taxpayer-funded researchers for testing on addicts, The Examiner has learned.
For decades, the government has authorized, funded and lobbied for studies in which otherwise illegal drugs were given to addicts in cities such as Washington, Bethesda, Baltimore, New York, Minneapolis and San Antonio. The studies continue today and have an array of aims, from documenting the ways cocaine warps the brain to the intensity of pain from morphine withdrawal.
Government records obtained by The Examiner show that the researchers gave test subjects:
* Morphine at the Veterans Administration in D.C. * Cocaine injections at the U.S. military’s Uniformed Services University in Bethesda. * Crack cocaine in several major cities.
Most government officials are not aware of the experiments, even though they have been going on since at least the 1970s. [...]
The subjects of the tests signed consent forms before engaging in the studies and were paid.
Most of the studies have been funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, a government agency based in Washington that is part of the National Institutes of Health. Officials there declined to be interviewed for this story and have not responded to requests for documents relating to the studies. Records show the studies date back to at least 1979.[...]
“The question is whether the results justify using these individuals as disposable subjects,” Walters said. [...]
According to NIDA’s Web site, researchers in New York still are looking for “volunteers.”" Source: The Examiner
Do you think that the government should be giving people illicit drugs in the name of scientific research?
I can really appreciate that Spike Lee is giving encouraging, yet realistic advice to students at the University of Pittsburgh. It's so important for young people to understand that "paying one's dues" is inevitable on the path to success. I also agree with Spike, and to add to his advice, doing what one loves makes it easier to pay those dues on the way to success:
"Film director Spike Lee, one of the few African-American filmmakers to achieve widespread success, prescribed a formula last night to college students who want to follow his example: Find a trade they love, hone their skills and work hard even when they don't feel like it.
'Do not believe this thing called overnight success -- there is no such thing,' he told a throng inside the David Lawrence Hall on the University of Pittsburgh campus last night. 'Anyone who's a success had to bust their ass for it. That means when you're tired, when you're grumpy, when you're sick, you have to do more.'" Source: The Post-Gazette
I recently had a conversation with my Dad about Spike Lee, which led to a very interesting discussion about "eating one's vegetables." When asked to give advice to people, Spike is known to tell people to eat their vegetables.
Although this advice is so simple, it can be hard to swallow. The fact of the matter is that most people want to eat cake, not vegetables. And it's the desire to eat this proverbial cake, and the pursuit thereof that actually keeps them from attaining their goals.
So I agree with Spike Lee, and my advice to you is to eat your vegetables!
These days most celebrities have at least one stalker who highlights the evergrowing need for security:
"Jamie Foxx claims he was gripped by fear when an unknown man forced his way into the actor's hotel room -- while Jamie was still inside.
It all went down at the AKA Hotel in Philadelphia on March 22 -- sources say Jamie had to physically struggle to shove a 49-year-old perp out of his room, after the guy tricked Foxx into thinking he was Beyonce's producer.
We're told Jamie realized something was wrong as soon as he opened the door, but the suspect quickly tried to push his way inside. Fortunately, Jamie overpowered him and slammed the door in his face. Law enforcement sources say the man, later identified as Willie Brown (pictured above in a 2006 booking photo), then fled from the scene.
But Tuesday -- 9 days after the alleged incident -- Jamie's private security spotted Brown just a few blocks away from the hotel and contacted police. Brown was arrested for burglary, criminal threats, stalking, false imprisonment and harassment." Source: TMZ
Looks like Jamie's security is on point. Hopefully they continue to keep a look out for this deranged fan when he is released from jail.
I came across this benign looking tidbit of news about changes to mark-to-market accounting rules. Now when a layperson hears mark-to-market, they might think of the accounting practice that helped Enron to appear fiscally healthy although it wasn't.
Admittedly, I need to do more research on this, and will provide an update once I make heads or tails of this. Specifically, I want to know if this is going to help companies falsely inflate their fiscal healthiness better understand how these changes could potentially impact us given the current economic situation.
In the meantime, please let me know what you think.
From the article:
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. accounting rulemakers on Thursday agreed to make adjustments to a proposal to change mark-to-market accounting rules concerning when transactions would be considered distressed. [...]
The board, at a meeting in Norwalk, Connecticut, said it would remove a presumption in its original proposal that would have allowed all transactions in an inactive market to be considered distressed unless proven otherwise. It said that particular language could have had unintended consequences.
FASB also said the objective of mark-to-market, or fair value accounting, in inactive markets would be to determine what an asset could fetch in an 'orderly' transaction between market participants. It said an 'orderly' transaction would not include distressed transactions or fire-sales.
The board is continuing discussions on the rule and another rule on other-than-temporary impairment issues that affect when writedowns have to be taken on financial assets that have suffered a decline in value." Source: Yahoo! News
For those of you who are unfamiliar with mark-to-market-accounting and Enron, here is a excerpt from the Journal of Accountancy:
The role of mark to market accounting in the rise and fall of Enron Enron incorporated “mark-to-market accounting” for the energy trading business in the mid-1990s and used it on an unprecedented scale for its trading transactions. Under mark-to-market rules, whenever companies have outstanding energy-related or other derivative contracts (either assets or liabilities) on their balance sheets at the end of a particular quarter, they must adjust them to fair market value, booking unrealized gains or losses to the income statement of the period. A difficulty with application of these rules in accounting for long-term futures contracts in commodities such as gas is that there are often no quoted prices upon which to base valuations. Companies having these types of derivative instruments are free to develop and use discretionary valuation models based on their own assumptions and methods. The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) emerging issues task force has debated the subject of how to value and disclose energy-related contracts for several years. It has been able to conclude only that a one-size-fits-all approach will not work and that to require companies to disclose all of the assumptions and estimates underlying earnings would produce disclosures that were so voluminous they would be of little value. For a company such as Enron, under continuous pressure to beat earnings estimates, it is possible that valuation estimates might have considerably overstated earnings. Furthermore, unrealized trading gains accounted for slightly more than half of the company’s $1.41 billion reported pretax profit for 2000 and about one-third of its reported pretax profit for 1999. Source: Journal of Accountancy
In our original article written by Janet Shan (reposted here), we told you how LaHeather Wilson allegedly left her 7-month-old son, Christian in his car seat over night (after picking him up from day care), which resulted in his death.
As the story unfolds, we now find that according to the affidavit, Wilson was high on the prescription drug, hydrocodone and didn't even call 9-1-1:
"CEDAR HILL - A woman whose infant died after being left overnight in a car made four telephone calls, none of them to 911, after she discovered her son's lifeless body, according to a police affidavit. A neighbor finally called the emergency number.
Cedar Hill police say LaHeather Wilson told them she 'blacked out' on Tuesday evening after taking Hydrocodone prescribed for a knee operation and drinking wine.
The affidavit says she awoke at 6:45 the next morning on the couch, only to discover her son's play pen empty. After a frantic search, she found 7-month-old Christian still strapped in the car seat in the back of her 1994 Plymouth Acclaim parked in front of the house[...]
Wilson said Tuesday afternoon, she took two pills before she picked up her three children from day care, then a third when she returned home. She brought the diaper bag inside from the car, but not the baby, according to the affidavit." Source: Fox News
I still stand by my original opinion of Laheather Wilson:
Barring mental illness, there is no way that a mother could forget her baby in the car overnight unless she was on drugs or something. Either way, she should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
And if an unfortunate incident (such as being beaten with a bag of nickels) befell her while in prison, I would have no objections.
Being back in Chicago now, I've woven weekly visits to the libraryinto the fabric of my life. A couple of weeks ago I happened to be returning a few DVDs about 10 minutes before closing. It was a Saturday, and the patron ahead of me had extra questions about items she had checked out.
Well the librarian (I think she was actually the hear librarian) had such a nasty attitude, and proceeded to complain about people coming in at the last minute to check items out. Mind you it is 10 minutes before closing.
She continued to talk loudly about how "we" (the library workers) want to go home too. I was actually appalled at her lack of professionalism, and continued to observe her ranting until it was my turn.
I told her that I thought the library closed at the top of the hour. She proceeded to apologize and told me how tired she was and how she was ready to go home. Aside from the fact that I was thinking that it wasn't even closing time, yet she was complaining about getting out of there, I heard her out.
After reading the following article, I began to put two and two together on what could be happening at my local library branch. I had observed that the library was packed on most days and there was a high population of what appeared to be homeless people there each time I visited.
More from the article:
"Like libraries across the country, Arlington Heights Memorial had strived to keep pace with the changing times, ensuring its relevance in the digital age by becoming something of an indoor town square, and emphasizing that its money-saving services catered to the community’s needs.
These days, however, community need reaches far beyond reference help — and in many libraries, it is turning a normally tranquil place into an emotional and stressful hotbed.
As the national economic crisis has deepened and social services have become casualties of budget cuts, libraries have come to fill a void for more people, particularly job-seekers and those who have fallen on hard times. Libraries across the country are seeing double-digit increases in patronage, often from 10 percent to 30 percent, over previous years." Source: New York Times
I want to hear from you on this one. Have you seen a similar occurrence at you local library?
I am glad to see that the officer resigned. He does not deserve to represent the people of Dallas given his conduct in this case, and in previous cases:
DALLAS—The police officer who pulled out his gun and threatened an NFL player with jail instead of allowing him inside a hospital where his mother-in-law was dying resigned Wednesday. Officer Robert Powell had been placed on leave for the March 18 incident when he stopped Houston Texans running back Ryan Moats' SUV outside Baylor Regional Medical Center in suburban Plano after the vehicle rolled through a red light. Moats' wife, Tamishia, and other relatives were also in the car. [...]
Police said the ticket issued to Moats was dismissed. Police Chief Kunkle has apologized to the family over the incident, saying, "When we at the command staff reviewed the tape, we were embarrassed, disappointed."
Bob Gorsky, Powell's attorney, said his client felt it was "time to move on." He said Powell had no immediate employment plans but hopes to return to law enforcement.
"He wanted to keep his job very much, but he considered the toll this story was taking on his family and himself," Gorsky said. Source: Boston Globe
What do you think? Should Officer Powell have resigned?
It is commendable that Natalie Cole has come forward as a champion for the cause of end stage renal failure and chronic kidney disease. I watched an interview she did with Larry King on CNN where she discussed the fact that she is in need of a kidney transplant because her kidneys are functioning at less than 10%.
Cole is a former cocaine and heroine addict who contracted hepatitis C from her IV drug use. She discovered this in 2008, and underwent chemotherapy to rid her body of the virus. After four months of chemotherapy, Cole's kidneys failed. She immediately began dialysis three times per week to replace her kidney function.
Cole stated that she believes it was the Interferon chemotherapy treatment that caused her kidney failure. Although she readily admits that her drug used caused the hepatitis C, it seems quite plausible that this may have also contributed to her kidney failure as well.
Of course I have no idea what it is like to face renal failure, and I want to make it clear that I wish nothing but the best for Ms. Cole. However, I was surprised that she said that if she got a living kidney donor she would ask them to wait until the end of the year due to her busy schedule.
Are you kidding me?
Because of my line of work, I have come in contact with many kidney dialysis patients, and there was nothing in my experience that would lead me to believe any of them would have said this. Someone is giving you the gift of life, and you have the nerve to say, "I'm busy, can we wait until the end of the year?"
When King asked her why she would delay the transplant, she told him that it's because her kidney failure is not a life or death thing. What!
Well here's what the American Association of Kidney Patients has to say about renal failure and whether it's life or death:
Life expectancy statistics for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients are sobering. According to the 2003 U.S. Renal Data System report, “The poor long-term survival of ESRD patients continues to be an area of concern. Expected remaining lifetimes for dialysis patients are only one-third to one-sixth those of the general U.S. population.” For a healthy 20-year-old, life expectancy is around another 58 years – compared to 14 years in dialysis patients. A 50-year-old dialysis patient can expect another six years. Source: AAKP.org
At one point during the interview, Larry King held up a stack of papers and told her that all of these people had written in to find out how they could be tested to see if they were a match for her. I think it's great that her celebrity status has raised awareness about kidney disease, and I hope that those potential donors might consider donating a kidney to someone else if they're not a match for Cole.
Here's a link to the CNN article, and you can view the video below:
Now Sebelius has admitted to paying over $7,000 in back taxes in what she characterizes as "unintentional errors:"
In her letter to Baucus and Grassley, Sebelius wrote that the accountant discovered these errors:
--Charitable contributions over $250 are supposed to include an acknowledgment letter from the charity in order for a deduction to be taken. Out of 49 charitable contributions made, three letters couldn't be found.
--Sebelius and her husband took deductions for mortgage interest that they weren't entitled to. The couple sold their home in 2006 for less than what they owed on the mortgage. They continued to make payments on the mortgage, including interest. But since they no longer owned the home they weren't entitled to take deductions for the interest. The same thing happened with a home improvement loan. Sebelius said they ''mistakenly believed'' the payments were still deductible.
--Insufficient documentation was found for some business expense deductions. Source: New York Times
At this point, I would like to see exactly how much of the $7K was from each of the areas Sebelius noted in her statement. Even though 7K is a lot of money, this may turn out to be a whole lot of fuss over nothing. Based on the statement, it doesn't sound that bad,but of course that was the point...
Do you think this latest revelation will cause Sebelius to withdraw her nomination for Health and Human Services?
It's a good idea to require facilities providing abortions to allow women to see the ultrasound image of their fetus for the purposes of ensuring that an informed decision is being made.
On another note, the timing of the passing of this bill is interesting considering that Gov. Sebelius is nominated to lead the Health and Human Services Department.
From the article:
"The measure, which the governor signed on Friday, requires abortion providers who use ultrasound or monitor fetal heartbeats to give their patients access to the images or sound at least 30 minutes before an abortion. The amended law takes effect July 1." Source: New York Times
It's great what Walgreens is doing to help those who are jobless in this economy. I didn't even know that Walgreens had clinics in their durgstores until I had a minor, yet urgent illness a few months ago. The clinic accepts walk-ins,and with my experience I was in and out. They even billed my insurance for the visit!
As we all know, there are so many people who are uninsured in this country, whether due to joblessness or unaffordability of ever-rising premiums. I imagine a trip to the local Walgreens will be much faster that going to a state-run free clinic, and healthier than forgoing treatment all together:
NEW YORK — Drugstore operator Walgreen will offer free clinic visits to the unemployed and uninsured for the rest of the year, providing tests and routine treatment for minor ailments through its walk-in clinics, though patients will still pay for prescriptions.
Walgreen said patients who lose their job and health insurance after March 31 will be able to get free treatment at its in-store Take Care clinics for respiratory problems, allergies, infections and skin conditions, among other ailments. Typically those treatments cost $59 or more for patients with no insurance[...]
Patients must present proof they are unemployed, including a federal or state unemployment determination letter and an unemployment check stub. They will have to sign a form at the clinic saying they have lost their jobs and health benefits. If they find a new job or get new health insurance, they will no longer be eligible for free care.
Spouses and children are also eligible for free services if they don't have insurance of their own. Source: Huffington Post
For more information on these clinics at Walgreens, please visit their website:
This takes sleeping on the job to a completely new level. Apparently a JetBlue worker decided to sleep on the job take a nap during his break, and chose the cargo hold as his resting place.
The poor guy didn't wake up until the flight was already in the air:
BOSTON — A JetBlue employee says he took a free flight from New York to Boston — after falling asleep in a plane's cargo bin.
The man was discovered by baggage handlers at Logan International Airport after the plane landed there Saturday. He told police he'd been accidentally locked inside the pressurized luggage compartment while taking a nap.
The 21-year-old man says he called JetBlue Airways officials when he realized he was no longer on the ground.
A state police spokesman says the man wasn't charged with any crime and was returned to New York when it was determined he wasn't dangerous.
Hopefully this guy has learned his lesson, because he could have been killed during this act of negligence. And of course you know if this had happened, the first thing his family would want to do is sue.
I believe that JetBlue should fire this employee for both sleeping on the job, and for his negligence in where he chose to sleep. Of course I'm sure he's not the only one doing this, but if for no other reason than employee safety and potential liability, they need to get rid of this guy.
Of course Dog the Bounty Hunter wants us all to forget his use of the "N" word in a call recorded by his own son, Tucker.
