Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Air Freshener Law Changed?

In Matt Helm's article, Fuzzy Dice, he writes about banning objects that hang from your rear view mirror.  There has been a request to change the law since no one obeys it. 
"Unless it's large and an obvious obstruction, it's just silly for police to pull somebody over for that. People aren't hurting anybody and they're not causing any danger."
 I like this quote because it plainly sums up the entire article.  It is contemptible for cops to pull someone over because they have an air freshener hanging from the rear view mirror.  Unless it blocks like half of the window what's the harm?  So yes I agree with changing the law to only restricting objects that are too big to be hanging from the mirror.  But having a air freshener or rosary hanging from a person's mirror is perfectly fine.  Everyone does it, and cops don't fully enforce the law so why even have it.  Obviously many police officers even believe that it is pointless or else they would be pulling over everyone who has something hanging like they do if a car speeds through a red light.  So in the end, almost everyone agrees that the law is absurd and should be changed.

Monday, November 1, 2010

Mitch Albom's Blog

In Mitch Albom's article, "It's not race, LeBron James, but it might be you" he talks about Lebron James' big ego.  He takes his skill for granted and thinks that everyone loves him because he is just so great.  He was at one time the MVP of basketball, until he broad casted "The Decision" over live television.  This clearly lost many of his fans as they saw the real Lebron.  And I agree with Albom, Lebron James was indeed very conceited when he made the statement, "I'm gonna take my talents to South Beach." Everyone, not just blacks or just whites, saw how huge his ego was and discontinued cheering for him.  Yet Lebron does still shift the blame from his huge ego to racism.  But how could it be racism when even those of the same color think you are conceited? 
Albom's statement of how "LeBron now has a boundless ego, he has surrounded himself with people who tell him his feet don't touch the ground, and he can't possibly be at fault for anything."  is completely true.  He needs those kind of people to counteract all the insults he recieves from others since they learned about his huge ego.