Q1 - Your Paycheck: If you could receive your entire paycheck in the form of a gift card, which retail store or restaurant's gift card would you choose?
I would have to say some type of department store like Target that carries food and clothing.
Q2 - 911 Tapes : We have all heard them on the radio or television: 911 recordings between emergency dispatch and citizens in harm's way. Do you think 911 recordings should be made available to the public?
No, they should now be made public. Let them have their dignity in death.
Q3 – What Would it Take: How much money would it take for you to eat nothing but McDonald's, Burger King, or Wendy's for 30 consecutive days?
Oh… about $100,000. I might eat a fast food restaurant if I am in a hurry or traveling and I never get anything “super sized.” To do that for thirty days; yuck.
Q4 - Scandal: Yesterday, federal officials in the U.S. broke up one of the largest Wall Street insider trading rings since the 1980s. Thirteen people, including executives and brokers at Morgan Stanley, UBS Securities, Bear Stearns, and Bank of America Securities, have been indicted for schemes that netted high worth individuals millions of dollars. Earlier in the week, an allegedly illicit steroid distribution network, which authorities are saying is responsible for Internet sales of performance-enhancing drugs nationwide, was broken up by the Albany County (NY) District Attorney’s office. Customers reportedly included Los Angeles Angels baseball player Gary Matthews Jr., numerous high school and collage athletes, a former Mr. Universe bodybuilding champion, and former heavyweight-boxing champion Evander Holyfield. Which concerns you more: Insider trading on Wall Street or the illegal use of performance enhancing drugs by amateur and professional athletes alike?
Insider trading, it can affect millions of people. Look at Enron and how that affected everyone in the world. Here in Connecticut some state agencies lost hundreds of millions of dollars that the taxpayers got stuck with making up the lost. And now millions of Americans have their IRA’s and 401k’s in the stock market, now’s the time for strict enforcement of the SEC rules.
Since my son watched Super-Size Me several months ago, he won't eat at any fast food place. Not a small feat when we're talking a teenage boy! I don't eat red meat at all, so I don't miss it. It's not something I ever ate regularly anyhow. Too greasy!
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