Only In The US!

The Senate race between Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken ends the same way Democrat Al Franken wins the seat. Now the Minnesota’s highest court is ordering Republican Norm Coleman to pay Democrat Al Franken almost $95,000 to cover his court cost. This is because his appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court remained the same, he lost the seat. I read he lost the race by a touch over 300 votes, which is very close. Come the next election I would bet that Republican Norm Coleman will win that Senate election.

Now here’s what bothers me the most. Between these to yahoo’s they have spend almost $50 millions to win this seat. Why in the world are they spending that much money for a job that pays just under $200,000 a year? The only thing I can think of is that they have everything else, but now they want the status of being called a Senator.

Obese In American!

I was just reading not to long ago online that obese American adults now out number the people that are considered just overweight. This study was done by the U.S. Federal Government. The amount of people that took part in this study where just under 4,400 people. This report as stated that more than one-third of adults are considered obese. Which comes out to just over 70 million people, wow. With a report like this you would think it would be a wake up call for a lot of people. And there’s really no reason for people to remain overweight with help a diet pill or other diet programs. And you know what, you really don‘t need to purchase diet products, just go for a walk at your local mall. I see hundreds walking every time I go to the mall in the morning. Very easy thing to do, and it’s free.

French Open!

The winner of the 2009 French Open is Roger Federer. And this just so happens to be Federer’s first French Open trophy. He also ties Pete Sampras with a record of 14 major singles titles. I think Federer as a few good years left, so he might end up being the winnest major singles champion ever. But then again he might never win another singles major again. Oh, he’s also the sixth man to complete a career Grand Slam, which is a very hard thing to achieve. If he where to retire today he just might be considered the best to ever play the game, what a day this is for Federer.

Yahoo Not For Sale!

It seems that Yahoo Inc no longer has plans to sell its self off, or their search business. Just a last year Yahoo almost sold themselves off to Microsoft. When that deal fell through Microsoft was looking to purchase their search business, but a deal couldn’t be made. If you remember, Microsoft was trying to get Yahoo for a steal, but co-founder Jerry Yang knew the true value of Yahoo and refused to sell. This was at the time when Yahoo’s stock was sinking, and shareholders where pushing for a sale. But Yang and Yahoo’s board said no. And in the end Yang step down because of shareholder pressure. I think by Yang standing his ground against Microsoft was the right move. And in a few years everyone will see why. But getting forced out doesn’t really matter to Yang, he can get out his netbooks and other toys and sit back and enjoy his life now. That’s what I would do.