Tony Brewer

I was just reading on the msnbc news website, under the weird news category that one of the White House trees is supposed to have about 370 hand decorated ornaments on it.  The ornaments were done by artists from around the country.  One of the submitted decorated ornaments has been rejected by the White House because it was saluting the impeachment resolution submitted by Rep. Jim McDermott who was trying to get President Bush impeached.  I am amazed at the total lack of taste that the artist showed by even submitting such an ornament!  I’m not a big fan of the decisions that President Bush has made, but I think that he does deserve more respect than that!  I am totally shocked that any artist would even think to submit such a tasteless ornament!  Amazing.

I was driving to work this morning and heard on the radio that Virginia’s largest tree, named “Big Mama” has died and unexplained death.  I was just reading more about it on the Internet, having “googled” it, reading various stories.  It seems that it was a cypress tree.  I found that interesting because I didn’t even know that there were cypress trees in Virginia!  I don’t know why, I just always thought that those kinds of trees stayed south of the North Carolina border!  Anyway, the cause of death is unknown, which is a shame.  The articles were saying that a few months ago it was discovered oozing a red colored sap, but the article did not say that anyone collected it for a sample to analyze if it was a particular disease.  Anyway, I think it’s a shame that Big Mama has passed away.  She lived a very long life, maybe that’s just the average lifespan of a cypress tree.  What do you think?

I was reading an article on yahoo news that more young soldiers are re-enlisting in the service because they are afraid that they won’t be able to get a good job in the civilian workforce because of the bad economy.  What a very sad state of affairs that is!  To re-enlist, knowing that you will probably go to battle, because you are afraid that you won’t be able to find a job in the civilian world!

The article was explaining that it is pretty much standard fare that when the economy is bad, people join the military because it is a steady paycheck with benefits.  I truly hope that the fighting ends soon; I hate to see any of our citizens put in harms way!

I was just reading that the CEO of Ford Motor Company, as part of his plan brought before Congress, has agreed to be paid a salary of only $1 per year if the company has to take any government money.  I was reading the story on the Internet at the yahoo news site.  The article did not say how many years he would do that…..  I found that very interesting, and I think that all of the CEOs should follow suit. 

It will be very interesting to watch and see what the plans are that the big 3 will bring before Congress, and whether or not Congress agrees to bail them out.