Rewarding failure

If anyone truly believes that America doesn't reward failure, then he or she mustn't have paid attention to the last two years. After all, TARP was all about that because the big banks got at least $700 billion of our money. Of course, when Congress asked them about how that money was spent, the banks and the Fed told them that it was none of their business. Another example came last week when the NCAA strongly considered placing 5-7 teams in bowl games since they are worried that they would not have a lot of 6-6 teams to fill slots for extremely insignificant postseason games. So, the NCAA wants to add sub .500 teams into bowl games but not even consider a plus-one for the BCS national championship.

Burger Survey

Consumer Reports just came out with a survey on the best and worst hamburger chains in the country, and as it turned out, the big chains were at the bottom. Five Guys and In-N-Out tied for the top spot while McDonald's was dead last out of 18 chains. Burger King, Jack in the Box, and Krsytal were tied for 15th. This survey tells me that the way to combat Mickey D's, the King and Wendy's is to eat at chains that are local or regional, not boycotting the majors because they put who knows what in their food. I'd rather have a fresh made hamburger that came from a single cow and a real milkshake than be stuck with a burger made from hundreds of cows sprayed with petroleum products and a milkshake with 56 different ingredients, some of which are carcinogens.