Random Bits

Here are some random thoughts:

• Democrats seem to think sending out rebate checks to everyone will stimulate the economy. Why don't they also see that tax cuts stimulate the economy?
• Why can't I have a spam filter for my TV to get rid of Viagra and Cialis commercials just as I have a spam filter to get rid of the same kind of ads in my email? And what's with the people in the bathtubs?
• I've heard the government makes more money off a gallon of gas than the oil companies.
• The development process known as "SCRUM" is badly broken in my opinion. Unfortunately it seems to be spreading like a cancer through software development groups as the latest silver bullet to make software engineering a science rather than an art. I predict in five years everyone will have jettisoned it and be scratching their heads wondering, "What the hell were we thinking?"
• Neal Boortz is getting meaner by the day, but I still think he's great!
• Why is it that Republicans are constantly painted as the party of racists when it's the Democrats that constantly want to classify people as members of certain groups?
• Speaking of race, is a white person from South Africa who moves to the U. S. called an African-American?
• Greta van Susteren is annoying!
• The United States is not a Democracy. It is a Republic. There is a huge difference.