Wisdoma

A story going around today is that Sears is closing about a hundred underperforming stores as holiday revenue comes up short for the company.

That is a pittance of the thousands of stores Sears has.

After a horrific experience buying a refrigerator, that left us over a month without a main refrigerator, let me say I’m glad to see a hundred stores closing, and may a thousand more close.

From top to bottom – literally – from the staff on the floor to local management at the company to regional management all the way up to corporate (yes, I had to deal with them all), a horrible company that deserves to die.

Of course, keep in mind that “Sears” today is not the Sears of decades ago. Kmart bought the company and renamed itself Sears.

I think Sears today is still living off that old positive image. Do yourself a favor – avoid Sears / Kmart. There really is no reason to shop there. Lower prices at Wal-Mart and better selection at big box specialty stores can be found.

ABC News is reporting that a mentally ill man with a fixation on the White House apparently fired a gun that hit a window at the White House.

According to the news story, D.C. police, police are concerned the man “may pose a threat to President Obama.”

May?

Please let the D.C. police know if you have any ideas about helping them figure out whether someone shooting a gun at the White House is a threat to the President or not!

There is a story today about Bill Clinton having a rare, near photographic memory. For example, he can remember a phone number of a friend’s parent, told to him a decade ago.

Where was that photographic memory when he was being questioned in lawsuits, asked about sexual harassment claims, ‘bimbo eruptions’ and Monica Lewinsky?

Here are the easy steps to turning off the annoying oil maintenance light – especially when the dealer forgets:

1. Turn the engine one. Full. Press brake and the start/stop button.

2. Press the trip odometer button until it goes to “A” mode.

3. Turn engine off.

4. Press the trip odometer button and hold it down.

5. Press the start/stop button twice. This is not a full engine on. Do not press the brake pedal.

You will see the maintenance sequence reset and a notice will appear when it is complete.

You’re done.

Only Yahoo, a well known extreme left website based in the San Francisco would promote this headline all over it’s site:

Teen Gets Branded a Felon for Life for 7 Cents

Oh, how terrible.

Until you learn the facts of the story:

Anthony Stewart took a bb gun that looked like a real gun, beat down a 73-year old man, punching him in the face, and then robbed the man of everything he had on him.

Stewart then fought the charges instead of pleading to a lesser crime, and was ultimately found guilty by a JURY of first degree robbery.

The fact the victim only had 7 cents on him hardly lessens the malicious crime.

Because what the victim endured was made so much more pleasant because he was not carrying money on him.

As a result Anthony Stewart was sentenced to 2 to 6 years in juvenile detention.

Yahoo called it a “mere 7 cents”. I call it thuggery worthy of the punishment, and so did the jury and judge.

Maybe if the writer at Yahoo had their grandmother punched out, threatened, and robbed they might write a different story. Or they could read their story to their grandmother in the doctor’s office while getting treated, saying, it’s ok, you only had 7 cents on you.