Bizarre

Yesterday was Earth Day. Slashdot had a poll asking the readers what they were doing for Earth Day. One reader explained why Earth Day will have a new name in the near future:

Actually, I hear the US will rename this day Iraq Liberation Day. Instead of removing the dangerous oil from Alaska, we are going to focus on removing it from Iraq first. They have much more of it, so they are more of an at risk population.

In order to destroy all of the oil liberated, the US will sponsor soccer moms to drive their SUVs into a national park to plant seedlings.

Hilarious

Results of Poll-

The Detroit Free Press had an article on bonuses recently given at Kmart to both employees, as well as executives, rewarding them for sticking with the company through its bankruptcy. What is really troubling is the amount that the executives received as a bonus.

Here are the relevant parts of the article:

Chairman Jim Adamson will walk away from Kmart with a $3.6-million bonus when the Troy discounter comes out of bankruptcy by April 30. Adamson has been Kmart’s chairman since shortly before the retailer declared bankruptcy Jan. 22, 2002, and was its chief executive for 10 months.

Julian Day, Kmart’s chief executive since January and its president for just over a year, gets a $1-million bonus. The retailer’s chief restructuring officer, Ron Hutchison, takes home an extra $1 million for his work.

I recently flew through Chicago’s O’Hare airport. I was surprised when I overheard a fellow traveler ask an airport security guard where he could smoke and guard said that he would need leave the building and go outside to smoke. As a non-smoker, I normally would have said “Sucks for him!”, but we no longer live in normal times. As I thought about this more I realized that this was a really bad policy, even for non-smokers!