My new wall art. I’m now collecting skateboards. Ben is dying. He wants to ride them. I love the Mike Carroll board.

So recently, I have been thinking about the cheerleaders/dancers/pom-pom girls who put on car washes for fundraisers. I’m not sure if this is a Minnesota or Midwest thing, but what happens is scantily clad teenagers (mostly girls) open up carwashes in parking lots in an effort to raise money for their school related activity. Most of the time it’s the cheerleading or dance squad but sometimes I see soccer or other teams out there. Now, I’m not claiming to be an expert in this area, but I cannot personally recall ever seeing a male team out there. The football or basketball teams are not out hosting car washes to raise money for their team. In an era where we are constantly barraged with information about sexual predators and teachers with child pornography, why do we allow these teenagers to sell themselves for activities that should be funded in other ways? In a way, these teenagers are selling a sexual fantasy rather then car washes. Are we sending the right kind of message with these carwashes? Isn’t there a better way to raise money? Am I the only person disturbed by this?

MOLLY IVINS: THE POLITICS OF GREED
AUSTIN, Texas (CREATORS) — I don’t get it. What’s the percentage in keeping the minimum wage at $5.15 an hour? After nine years? This is such an unnecessary and nasty Republican move. Congress has voted seven times to raise its own wages since last the minimum wage budged. Of course, Congress always raises its own salary in the dark of night, hoping no one will notice. But now it does the same with the minimum wage, quietly killing it.