Stupid Things I Have Seen Recently

     Of course, there are decisions and events that I do not agree with, but which can be argued wisely and cogently.  While I do not believe we need to be bombing Syria by ourselves, without international support, I have read strong rational arguments for that action.  But sometimes there are just plain stupid decisions made. The last couple of weeks there have been two glaring ones:
     1. The decision to override the Governor McCory's veto of the drug testing for welfare benefits. The Governor thought that was an unproductive bill. Two states, Florida and Colorado, have already done that and discovered that the number of people found to be doing drugs was smaller in percentage of that population than the general populations.  The program cost both states money. It did not reduce the amount of welfare benefits by enough to cover the costs of the test.  So here you have the governor telling the legislature that this was a bad move; the evidence from two different states showing it was a bad move, and the N.C. Republican legislature going ahead and overriding the veto.  Just plain stupid.
     2.The second action was from South Carolina at a Wild Wings Cafe.  A family gathering of 25 people had come to Wild Wings to have a "going away" party for one of their members. They waited in line for 2 hours to get seats enough for all of them. They were seated as a group, and no sooner had they been seated than the assistant manager came and told them they would have to leave. Why? because one white customer felt "threatened" by them.  My label of stupid is not on the race issue. It is the plain economic issue for the manager. 25 customers versus 1 customer.  Which makes the larger impact on your bottom line?  Why didn't the manager just ask the one white customer to leave if he/she felt threatened?  Is that what we tell people? If you feel uncomfortable in your surroundings, then it is wise to get out of there?   As a PR problem Wild Wings has it big time. But it was just plain stupid of the Assistant manager.
      Ken Copeland and his ministry telling his people they need only trust God for their good health and not get vaccinated or do to the Doctor is another stupid thing as far as I am concerned but I will let them have their measles and hope they don't give it to others.