Manns Medium

Be it known to all who read this that I am not an expert in relationships, dating or human nature nor do I play one on television.   I am only a mere layman with the power of observation and that power, which is shared by all of us, is where I come from with this revelation.   I am sure that you have read or heard of hundreds of articles about why people cheat but none that I have ever seen or heard of have mentioned what I consider the number one reason. Many have been preaching that the reason men cheat is because it’s part of their DNA or some animal instinct.   I think these reasons are just an excuse and with any excuse if you play it long enough people will start to believe it and do nothing more than except it as fact.   Many preach that the reason women cheat is because it is to even the “playing” field for both the sexes or just plainly to get even.   Again, it is my belief that these are excuses and fall along the same line as previous stated. ...

Not being a particular fan of the show, I was present to watch Season 5, Episode 4, series called Handy Man.   While I believe that Patrick Warburn/Jeff and Mehyn Price/Andrey are well worth watching the show, I could not help but to feel sick after seeing the relationship between David Spade/Russell and Adhir Kalyan/Timmy. I guess the writers on this show still feel that indentured servitude is still funny because viewing how little Russell seemed to value Timmy made me ill.   I guess having to say sir to someone who thinks so little of you that you must scrap all the little seeds from his sandwich bothers me greatly.   People are free to choose the style of life that they wish to lead and in this story, if Timmy wishes to follow Russell around like some lost little puppy then so be it but for me, this show will never grace my TV watching schedule again.   I think the real reason I have such a problem with this dynamic is that Timmy cannot find the spine to jus...

If you listen to the many lawmakers in Washington and in local areas, one would be forced to believe that regulations are the sole reason why the economy collapsed and why it is recovering so slowly.   One would be dead wrong. Regulations can help businesses more than it can hurt it.   There are three major ways how regulations does just that but seldom are these heard because they just might not fit the image many would like for the public to see.   As many of us are very much aware, a falsehood/lie has to dressed up before being paraded around which often times draws our attention while the truth is always plain and clear to see but without the dressing is often ignored. Regulations help businesses by requiring the best possible ingredients be used for any product made in America.   How that helps business is this forces business to use the best possible ingredients and thereby allowing them to claim that high quality mantle.   Americans do not mind p...

We all know that in order to thrive as a business you need customers but in order to get customers they have to have an avenue to pay for your product.   If customers are to have an avenue to pay for your product, they need to have access to a job.   In order for businesses to hire they need customers to buy their products.   It’s as plain as the nose on your face that in order to make all of this happen the first thing any economy needs to do is to create as many jobs as possible. In business school, we are taught that this is mainly called supply and demand.   You supply the products people want and need to buy but that number is very much related to the demand that is out there for that product.   You may have the best product ever but if the demand is not there, it will not sell.   Customers having disposable income are and always will be the difference between thriving and surviving for any business.   It can be said that disposable income is...

As a former U.S. Marine, I quite often find myself attempting to meet the standards set up by those in power and seldom do I ever match any of them.   I am held responsible for keeping your freedoms free and accomplishing the mission that allows those in power to obtain that power but even that is not good enough collateral to secure a loan or run your business. In the military, you are mostly graded on your ability to follow orders, accomplish the mission and the time you have spent dedicated to your particular job.   When that life is over and you are integrated into the civilian world, it’s a rude awakening to learn that the promises made are not the promises kept.   When you wore the uniform of the U. S. Armed Forces, people come up to you all the time to express their gratitude for your willingness to lay down your life to keep the joy in theirs but as soon as you disrobe from that obligation, so goes all that goodwill. You are charged with keeping America s...

If you are a political junkie, like me, you have probably chosen your ideal place to receive your fix but all of them are missing a vital lesson being provided by these early poll numbers. Many are aware of the inability of Mitt Romney to garner more than 25% of the vote from the Republican base and their reason is that the base does not like Mitt Romney.   I suggest that there is another more obvious reason which is not being reported by these same experts, pundits and commentators.   The lesson is America is seeking someone with a spine that is willing to show a tiny particle of respect to all that they are running to represent.   This is not the case for Mitt Romney.   He is avoiding all those areas where he may not be welcomed with open arms but these are the same areas which will be looking to him for leadership if he intends to occupy the White House. Regardless of what you think of Barack Obama, there was no part of America he would avoid and many tim...

In order to understand this question, I will attempt to set the stage and the parts that each actor is playing.   NBA Owners and David Stern will be casted as Wall Street and Congress refusing to help create jobs, ESPN and the other media will be playing the part of Fox News while the NBA players will be playing the part of the 99ers or laborers. The players are really the ones who are putting the butts in the seats and why tickets sell, it is not how expensive the arena looks or feel that draws the crowds and even though many of the laborers receive a hefty salary for their work, there is still a such thing as respect that right now appears more important that a paycheck.   NBA Owners and David Stern have been running roughshod over this group for years and using money as the carrot to make the workers mind unwilling to accept that their titles does not declare them the soul reason for the billions which pad their bank accounts.   It has gotten to the point that the...