He always liked to hire farm kids, a retired businessman told me, because they had a sense of what needed to be done and jumped in and did it.
Another farm kid, Zach Kinne, said he decided to work in agriculture when he went to Washington, D.C., and someone told him he functioned pretty well for [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Margin Call: Where are the children of the corn?
Posted in Margin Call on March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The last word in the economy is “me”
Posted in Margin Call on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
No more victim mentality.
No more blaming the economy for all troubles.
Sure, the economy is in the tank. Jobs are evaporating, the stock market is scraping bottom and bank executives are spending taxpayer money like it’s their divine right of kings.
But I’ve got a fresh financial philosophy to turn this thing around, put us back on [...]
I’d like to spit on the economy and jab its eyes out
Posted in Margin Call, tagged East Hills Shopping Center, economy, Kansas City Power & Light, Snidely Whiplash, St. Joseph School District on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s blamed for every evil in the world.
It’s the ogre that has devoured cheerfulness and turned us into dour curmudgeons. Name any ill and somehow it can be traced back to one insidious source: The Economy.
Kansas City Power & Light wants to raise electric rates. Because the economy is so tight, the utility doesn’t have [...]
Blessed by the Good Shepherd
Posted in Ministry, Uncategorized, tagged Beatitudes, Matthew 5, Psalm 23 on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a recent Bible study, we have studied the Beatitudes. We looked at what these mean to us and I discovered how much they relate to Psalms 23. I wrote these descriptions linking the two.
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when you are so bankrupt, you [...]
Margin Call: If the schools were a business
Posted in Margin Call, tagged St. Joseph School District on March 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m trying to weigh which would be a worse scenario: If the school district were operated like a business; or if employees had to get voter approval for better working conditions.
What would happen if workers, instead of taking their complaints to union negotiating committees, printed yard signs and coordinated letter-writing campaigns? They could come up [...]
