Martin's Musings
Blog URL http://www.martinmusings.com
Tags chicago and joliet, current events, marketing trends, media and journalism, technology, paranormal, rants, politics
Spotlighting the serious, the silly and the stupid that society has to offer… some of which deserves serious thought-provoking analysis while the rest is ridiculed or simply laughed at.
Latest Blog Posts
- 911 Mom on Nov 20, 2009 in Rants
Early this morning, I wrote about a spoiled brat who called 911 after his parents took away his Xbox. While children disobeying their parents and challenging their authority by calling 911 is bad enough, it’s even worse when a parent calls 911...
- Homeowner Rights on Nov 20, 2009 in
Exposing laundry lines outside the home has been in scrutiny for years now. As a kid, I remember my mother use to hang specific things on our laundry line, such as shirts, towels and maybe shorts – nothing like underwear or bras, which is obvio...
- Xbox 911 on Nov 19, 2009 in
Last week, I wrote an extensive blog about youth violence, and concluded that many kids today have absolutely no respect for their parents or school teachers. When children have no fear of their elders, they are left to rule the asylum. The story of...
- Men’s Fashion, Young and Old on Nov 19, 2009 in Personal Reflection
When on the radio last week, we got into a huge discussion on men’s fashion after I brought up the question of whether it is “ok” for a young male (starting in high school through the age of about 30) to tuck in his shirt while wear...
- Detainee Shuffle on Nov 17, 2009 in
I’m not quite sure I buy the Republican’s argument that the transferring of terrorist suspects from Guantanamo Bay to Thomson, IL somehow make us less safe. A maximum security prison is pretty hard to break out of, I would think. A maximu...
- The Ultimate Shuffle on Nov 17, 2009 in
I’m not quite sure I buy the Republican’s argument that the transferring of terrorist suspects from Guantanamo Bay to Thomson, IL somehow make us less safe. A maximum security prison is pretty hard to break out of, I would think. A maximu...
- Andy Rooney’s U.S. Citizen Test on Nov 16, 2009 in
Tonight on 60 Minutes, Andy Rooney compares a previous United States citizen’s test versus today’s. Believing that today’s test is simply too hard, Rooney proposed the following four questions that an aspiring citizen must correctly...
