Justice for Trayvon Martin

By now most people have heard the story of of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed teenager who was killed by a self-appointed neighborhood watch "captain" George Zimmerman. Zimmerman was not arrested although he fatally shot the young man because he looked suspicious to him.

Reverend Al Sharpton has planned a protest rally for later this week in central Florida where the boy is from and a support website for justice can be found here: http://www.justicefortrayvonmartin.com/ I am personally saddened to hear that a boy lost his life because of the obvious crazed suspicions of an armed man who has not been brought to justice.

Broken American Dreams

Whether you want to blame the economy, politicians, war or price of oil; everyone agrees the American landscape has changed in the last few years. As a formerly full-time employed worker who has been on unemployment in the past, I can say from experience things aren't what I expected once I graduated college.

People across the country from all socio-economic backgrounds are facing the same struggles with earning and spending money. Some of us can hide out for a time in grad school, but what are we going to see when we finally get out of the protection of school?

I just heard a story about a young professor I work with who was beat out for a tenure position to a sixty-something professor who should be ready for retirement, but apparently had the connections to get the job. The scale seems unbalanced to me.

Everyone has heard of the American Dream: Get married, find a stable job, buy a house and have 2.5 kids. But is that still happening? What are the changes that are coming with the advent of social media and jobs being redistributed overseas? Are we working more for less money?

I've found in the last few years that I've been having to do several projects just to have what would be considered a normal "salary". Is this the norm these days? What's the opinion out there?

Limbaugh's Apologies for Fluke Comments

Huff Post posted in an article today that Limbaugh has lost some sponsors thanks to his comments about Sandra Fluke, but LifeLock (anti-identity theft company) said that he apologized and that's good enough for them! Some experts are even suggesting that sponsors stay on the show as advertisers so when people watch for the next (inevitable) slip-up--they'll get more exposure.

Is it just me or does everyone think apologies will make up for the stupid things they said? Kirk Cameron hasn't apologized yet, but it seems like whenever there's a racist comment, a threat made or a "slip-up", people just apologize and it's all forgotten!

Who can forget the following gems of saying or doing the wrong thing and later apologizing for it:

• Imus apologizing for his nappy headed hoes comment
• Chris Brown apologizes to Rihanna
• Mel Gibson apologizes to Jewish people

This is just a cowardly way to do something you actually think or believe and then later back out from it with an apology.