I'm Andrew.
This is my web log, where all of the answers to your most difficult life questions will be answered... eventually... maybe. Okay, a more appropriate description of this blog might be aimless ponderings of a nerdy, white boy in Mid-Michigan. Yeah, that's probably a more accurate characterization.
"So what enlightened insights have you to share, Andrew?" Well, nothing too incredibly special right now. But there are a couple of news stories I wanted to share.
First, according to a Pentagon statement released Tuesday, the US government accidentally shipped Intercontinental Ballistic Missile components to Taiwan instead of the helicopter batteries the Taiwanese were expecting. Honest mistake, I can see how anyone would mistake ICBMs for helicopter batteries. But is anyone as mortified by this as I am?? A plane full of these missiles are flying over middle America and the pilot doesn't even know about it! "Hey what are those tubes in the back?" "Oh, those are 'copter batteries, I think. Ya know, they look just like..." BALLISTIC MISSILES! Yeah, anyway, the Taiwanese sent them back, probably because they didn't know what they were. And although the US government shuffled its feet and mumbled an apology to China, the Chinese are not to happy about it. Some DOD officials lost their jobs, and it looks like there will be some investigations to appease China. Interesting story, to say the least; crazily scary might be more accurate.
In other news, fuck Wal-Mart. For the past 2 years, Wal-Mart has been involved with a mentally-handicapped woman, whose son died while serving in Iraq. The woman, Debbie Shank, was involved in a car accident 8 years ago, which was the cause of her mental handicap. Two years ago, Shank won $1 million from a lawsuit against the trucking company in the accident ($417,000 after legal fees). Wal-Mart, Shank's former employer, took this money because a clause was included in the fine print of its health plan that stipulated that Wal-Mart could take back any medical expenses if an employee collects damages in a lawsuit.
Wal-Mart, which makes billions of dollars a year and has a firm spot near the top of any richest-corporations list, stole $417,000 from this poor woman, who weeps everytime she re-learns the news that her son is dead. $417,000 isn't much sometimes when it comes to medical bills (especially for Wal-Mart), but it is a hell of a lot better than nothing. It would have helped this family, who fought so long and hard for the money.
Heh heh, "firm," "long," "hard."
Sorry.
I might be going to the Wayside tonight, a Mt. Pleasant bar/club that allows under-21-year-olds to get into the club part. I'm not much of a clubber, so I'm not a huge fan of that half of the scene. However, I do like the bar, the main reason I'm going. I was told I could find a slutty, drunken 18-year-old (which is what the Wayside is all about) to rebound with in the club, but that's not really my style. I think I'll stick to cheap beer and March Madness in the bar area and avoid that disaster of a setting.
Probably.
I plan to include much more personal stories and information in future entries, but I had to get those news stories off my chest today.
Until next time, Love, Peace,and ICBMs?
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