What FREAKING debate!!!!!!?????
There was no debate, just a weak ass canned script. The “moderator” did not ask any hard questions, just the same old crap that both candidates already had a canned and scripted answer for.

I want the hard ass questions that get right to the point!

-Do you beleive in partial birth abortion?

-Do you beleive the war on fundalmentlist islam and invesments from China are the top threats to the United States and our economy?

-How far would you go to protect the United States from terrorist attacks? Torture, assasination? Invading a country that sponsors terrorism?

-How accountable should the Amercian citizen be?

-Do you beleive it is your job to bail them out when they make very poor financial decisions, like getting a mortgage that is beyond their ability to pay?

Weak ass shit and I doubt it will get any tougher for them so I am not bothering with any further debates at this time.

Parenting is one of the greatest responsibilities one can be given. Actions you take and things you say to your children can haunt you and affect them for a lifetime.

I am sorry to say I have been guilty of saying things that I wish I could take back on occasion, but once the round is fired down range it is gone and there is no bringing it back.

However, I do my best to try and be there for my kids when I need them. I tell my oldest all the time he can always talk to me without fear of reprisal as long as he is honest with me. He also understands it will not mean that there will be no consequences, but there will be no yelling or corporal punishment if he is up front and truthful.

That said you still have to be the “bad guy” sometimes.  I try to be my sons’ friend, but that doesn’t mean I require his friendship to remain a “cool” parent. Parenting, like any leadership role, requires you to make unpopular decisions and to stick to your guns.

Some of the worst parenting I see is the uninvolved type. The crappy type of parent that doesn’t have the tough uncomfortable talks about sex, drugs, shady friends and so on. They let their children run crazy without checks and balances. No checks and balances on their behavior, choice of TV or music, friends, even food. Parenting is a 24/7 responsibility.

 

Responsibility… oh my goodness! That dirty little word that is usually accompanied by, dare I say it, accountability…double darn, almost a dirty word today.

Parents need to be accountable for their minor children. Children misbehave in school; the parents should feel some of the repercussions as well. Kids violate the law due to poor parental oversight; the parent should feel the wrath of our justice system as well.

There used to be a time when a kid’s behavior reflected on the family and in my mind it still does. Families used to take honor in their name and refused to allow it to be tarnished by delinquent activity.

So I hope these uncomfortable talks work out. I pray my son remembers them when he is faced with those tough choices children face today. The reality is the choices they face today are more difficult than the ones we used to have. The social pressures and influences to influence bad behavior are greater than ever before.

Time to go talk to my son and maybe “hang out”.

So Hannah has blown over and did very little damage in our area. I have a few shingles to replace on the roof, but other than that, all is good here.

But today Hurricane Gannon struck. A hurrincane of the 13 year old male persuasion. Hormones blazing, had a major melt down and required some father son talking. Overall he is a really good kid and does very well in school and out of school.

Anyway, I just love the mentality of “it has always been done this way”. It is one of my biggest pet peeves. Yes, if it works, why fix it? Well, if it can be done more efficiently with less waste of resources, it should be fixed. Sometimes you might lose some interst or clients from the change, but iif your savings in resources makes up for this loss, then it is worth it. Right?

Accountability…yea that very, very dirty word in today’s vocabulary. Accountable for one’s own actions, how absurd that concept is. In fact asking someone in today’s society to be accountable for their actions is such a major paradigm shift that you would think it was asking for a nuclear holocaust to come.

 

At the top of the accountability ladder is leadership. A leader is accountable for everything his people do or fail to do PERIOD. Don’t blame it on your programmer, your supply chain or your installer. As a manager or leader you are responsible for your actions as well as the behavior and performance of your employees (on the job of course).

 

Don’t give me some excuse about lack of applicants or qualified employees in the market. This is horse shit! You’re a manager, recruit your employees, seek and you shall find. If you allow every Tom, Dick and Harry off the street to come in and fill out an application then your going to get an every Tom, Dick and Harry performance. If you want good burger flippers, then go out and recruit good burger flippers. Stop sitting on your ass making excuses about corporate sponsorship, lack of time and other shit.

 

Get off your ass, get a booth at a job fair, walk the streets, talk to other managers in your line of work. If as a manager, you cannot sell your business and its potential employment benefits to someone, then find a new line of work.

 

The next time I step into a store (online or offline) and get feed excuses about employee’s lack of performance and ESPECIALLY THEIR RUDE BEHAVIOR…well…it’s a great day…

Alright, done pussy footing around about things. I started this blog as a get away from my other online endeavors. It was supposed to be a way that friends and family could stay up to date on the goings on in the Brochin family. I wanted to be myself, to not let my fear of losing potential or current customers, dictate what I do here.

Well it never panned out that way. Today it changes; today we are uncut and uncensored. That doesn’t mean I will be giving my rendition of Andrew “Dice” Clay every time I post, but I am not holding back. I will talk politics, family, life, business, doesn’t matter, whatever turns me on for the day, which means big boobs are not off limits.

Anyway, it is a new day, I feel like a free man. It is liberating to shed the chains of restraint. In fact it feels very similar to the time I was drunk and did flaming toilet paper races with my friends. Don’t know what flaming toilet paper racing is, well it is better than watching that crappy stuff they call stock car racing these days.

Yea, that’s right, NASCAR sucks. It is no longer stock car racing; it is a boring show of some weird contraptions racing that are supposed to resemble STOCK cars. Anyway I am sure I will rant on this crap some more.

On a more positive note, let’s see how long we can keep the presidential race civil. Both sides have done a very good job so far. In fact I predict the first one to go negative with the mudslinging will lose. Aggressively debating issues and pointing out opposing differences of opinion are good and I hope they continue to aggressively debate, present their ideas and explain why the other candidate’s ideas won’t work. However when the mudslinging starts, I am done.  Anyway, classy response from the Obama side about the possible Republican VPs’s pregnant daughter. Very classy and I hope they continue to stay that way.