We’ve been slacking on our Thumbs! (that sounds painful, eh?) Let’s get a new edition underway.
And away we go!
- Thumbs UP! to the Regional Industrial Facility Authority for rejecting the same uranium mining ban that they rejected last month. Yep, again.
That leads to…
- Thumbs DOWN! to Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors Chairman Hank Davis for re-introducing the same resolution for the second month in a row. Hank, listen to what Danville Mayor Sherman Saunders said, please. There’s no need to ban something that’s already illegal. Quit wasting time with stupid resolutions like that.
Ok, moving along with some more Thumbs!
- Thumbs UP! to Virginia’s General Assembly for passing a resolution showing unanimous opposition to former Governor Tim Kaine’s asinine authorization to send convicted murderer Jens Soering back to his home country of Germany where he could be released after two years. Governor McDonnell has already asked to revoke the transfer request and the legislature’s resolution shows unanimous support.
- Thumbs UP! to University of Virginia basketball coach for flunking off yet another “student” athlete off of his team. This time, Sylven Landesberg had a class that’s only graded on attendance & participation. Landesberg hadn’t attended a class meeting for the entire term. Bennett seems to “get it” when it comes to academics & athletics.
- Thumbs DOWN! to NASCAR for giving Carl Edwards only three weeks of probation for intentionally wrecking a rival’s car at 190 MPH. NASCAR’s just proven that it’s all about the sponsors and money. Somebody’s going to have to get seriously hurt or killed before something changes.
We’re going to wrap this up with a Thumb to somebody that probably will never be identified…
- Thumbs UP! to the anonymous donor(s) who gave a Burlington NC teacher’s assistant a car. Yep, you heard that right. That’s a story that just makes you smile.
So there you go. Got any Thumbs! of your own? You know the drill.
You couldn’t be more correct about NASCAR.
Until the sport is willing to have their drivers sit out a race or two, which punishes the guilty parties directly and really wouldn’t negatively affect any sponsor (the logo-filled car could still make an appearance), no amount of “probation” time and certainly no amount of monetary fine (each driver is a multi-millionaire) will make any kind of impact on track behavior. Mark my word… have just one driver sit out a race or two and you will see attitudes change overnight throughout the whole of NASCAR.