I'm Not Into It!

Did our forbears not come to this continent, form this country and give their lives so that we might live differently from the old world?  Why then, must we, in this generation, attempt to conform to what the old world has become?  If the global community does not like our point of view, let us work for more understanding.  Turning from our independence to make ourselves agreeable to those countries which denied our ancestors the freedoms they carved out for us seems betrayal to their toil.  Sinking into sameness will not benefit our children's children who may someday, condemn us for our willful blindness.  The great experiment must not fail because we are to lazy to keep that which was bought with rivers of their blood, sweat and tears.

Now, That's Serious

I already posted about my aversion to those cards or key chain tags you have to have to get the sale price in certain drugstore and supermarket chains.  Now I have more reason than just being grouchy, for my dislike of them.  If someone gets your card/tag and buys something, the printed receipt gives them enough information to find your house.  If they have your keys, they don't even have to break in. 

In other words, the criminal doesn't even have to be as smart as the key tag carrier to pull off a pretty slick crime!