Random Thoughts (MauriceReeves.com)

Fred Phelps is a fucking moron, and will jump to the head of the line in heaven to be thoroughly bitch-smacked by Jesus when he arrives. "What part of my teachings about loving the sinners DIDN'T YOU UNDERSTAND???"

If he really wants to erect his monument 'commerating' Matthew Shepard's death by saying he descended into Hell, fine, let him, we have to allow for free speech, though I certainly think that this falls into the realm of hate speech, so be it. But then I'd like an artist to explore the notion of "containment art", perhaps a sculpture big enough to encircle and conceal Phelps' hate. Seriously Rev., didn't Jesus say "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone"? Are you seriously trying to tell us you're without sin?
Retail shops and restaurants should pay their employees by the number of customers served. Imagine that. If clerks were told that they could make more money if they were able to help more customers, and get them processed, then they'd work harder, and faster, because the incentive would be there to earn more. The idea I'm thinking is to let each store set some sort of "downtime" baseline, as in "between the hours of 8am and 2pm on weekdays, we average 10 customers an hour, so you will make $0.75 a customer during that time" and then vary the pay based on performance, experience, and average number of customers. That way, a fantastically fast and friendly cashier at the grocery store that's paid $1.00 a customer, and is able to serve 25 customers in an hour makes $25 for that hour. The grocery store wins because people get through quicker, and feel more personally served, and everything's efficient and quick. I know this would never come to pass because this idea of course is based on merit of work done, and not some arbitrary amount like the current minimum wage laws enforce. It's better in the minds of most people to enforce a level of mediocrity on everyone than to allow some people to exceed beyond others. We have to set limits in everyone's place.
What if instead of capping the amount of money a family can get in a medical malpractice suit as a way to reduce the pain of malpractice insurance, we reduced the amount of regulations on insurance companies and made a market friendly to more companies starting up and coming in. That way there'd be genuine competition, and rates would decline. In such a tight and small market as what exists today, it's easy for the companies that do sell malpractice insurance to charge higher rates. I think everyone's trying to solve the wrong problem.

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