Posted
4:50 PM
by Steve
I propose a new NBA rule:
FLOPPING: Each team shall receive a finite number of challenges to a call by the officials.
The team may questions a call if they suspect a flop by an opposing player that resulted in a foul
or turnover. The offending player will then forfeit any points scored on the play or free throws awarded and receive a technical foul for violating the spirit of sportsmanship and fair play. In addition it will count as a turnover against the offending player.
If officials determine that the play was legitimate, the team would be docked one timeout.
Posted
6:08 PM
by Steve
The people of the United States should demand transparency in the tax system of their government.
Every American should have access to a economic freedom index for each state, county, city, etc.
This index should clearly and honestly reveal the current actual tax rates (sales, income, property, etc. ) of each area. If people could actually see the cost of government in their daily lives there would be a change in the mindset of the public overnight. They would choose to live in areas where tax rates were lowest and their economic freedom was highest.
This idea has been floated before by individuals like Jack Kemp and Newt Gingrich although in an opposite fashion. Kemp and Gingrich spoke of "enterprise zones" areas where corporations and individuals could receive tax benefits for establishing themselves in certain areas. Why not turn the nation into one big enterprise zone? Be truthful and honest about the economic freedom of every state, county, city and municipality and watch what happens.
Posted
5:19 PM
by Steve
The United States and all it's states should outlaw "stalking for profit". Celebrities and athletes may have a different standards applied to their lives in terms of privacy, but those who prey upon them the so-called paprazzi should be controlled for stalking for profit just as any other stalker is punished. Celebrities and athletes should have as much right to control the use of their image as any one of us. Any such publication should require a signed consent document by said celebrity or athlete.
For too long the paparazzi have been ignoring the rights of celebrities and athletes and endangering others in their quest for video and photographs. For too long have people turned a blind eye to this stalking for profit.
To those who engage in stalking for profit and those who support it by paying for the trash tabloids and watching trash T.V. I say "GET A LIFE!"
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