It seems the Govenator has a solution for the economic problems facing our country. Don't be economic girlie men!. Wow! Why didn't we all think of that before. Maybe if we say nan-a-nan-a-boo-boo to the North Koreans they'll hand over their nukes.

The latest actor turned politician also tried to suggest that the troops serving in Iraq don't see the two Americas Senator Kerry is honest enough to talk about. My question for the governor is are those the troops who were lucky enough to get body armor or those whose family had to buy it and send it to them? Without a doubt they are experiencing the two Americas, while they watch the Haliburton mercenaries beside them make the vice president rich(er).

Here's to hoping Joe Lockhart does as good a job for the next president as he did for the last.

There is a quote each day in my planner book. Today's is a particularly good one. "When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world," said Jim Henson. Jim, you died young but you definitely made a difference in the world. The world could use some more of the bright colors and care-free happiness your creations taught us to value.

Sarah is signed up for a class that uses a student response unit from eInstruction. I'll be interested to see how well it works, but so far I'm skeptical. First of all there is a $3.75 purchase for the "unit". There is a note that it can be "sold back" to the bookstore (at 50%) at the end of the term... Once you have the unit you simply log in and pay $15.00 to register for your class. So hundreds or thousands of students, having paid tuition to the state, purchased their books form the bookstore, and paid their technology fees to the university they are attending are now asked to pay an additional $15 to a third party so their instructor.

So what do you get for this extra $20 per class? Well, you get the ability to answer questions using a keypad... Answer all the multiple choice questions that someone can throw at you. So you don't have to really learn anything but how to spit back the right choice on a multiple choice quiz or test.

But what else happens? Students are required to give their private information, including credit card information to a third party, not the school, not a store where the student has any choice. Make it easy for the professor to take roll and require that a student give personal information to someone who has no interest in protecting the student's rights.