And Here is Why......

Target is in the cross hairs of the gay community............who by the way wouldn't be caught dead wearing any of Target's knock off fashion apparel............and is trying to figure out a PR damage control plan.

That is why (since I was a new worker bee sales rep right out of college) you won't see me with a campaign sticker on my car or discussing politics at work or around customers. Around home and with my friends I am known as an unrelenting conservative with an eye toward being libertarian but at work I try to keep politics out of it.

I lost a nice piece of business when I was right out of school because I had a bumper sticker on my car and the account I called on didn't like it. I learned it can do nothing but hurt you. Especially in these times when the country is so split. About 50% of people will agree with you and the other 50% will hate you. Ain't worth it. You aren't changing their mind anyway.

Target is learning a valuable lesson. The Bullseye is a little ironic don't you think?

Olson Reminds me that King's Dream is Still Not Reality for Everyone

Today, especially today, should remind us that while great progress has been made for some in our country others are still seeking the equality that most of us enjoy.

If the struggle for Civil Rights for African Americans was the moral fight for people in the forties, fifties and sixties then equality in marriage for all people regardless of their sexual preference is the rally for people in our generation. Marriage Equality. When this is all said and done will you able to tell your grandchildren that you stood for equality for all Americans or be like Strom Thurmond, Fritz Hollings, Robert Byrd and even Al Gore Sr who opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964? On what side will you stand?

I am a conservative and I believe that all people are created equal. Either you believe it or you don't.

We don't all have the same rights in this country.

On an airplane last night I read this article by Ted Olson in Newsweek. It wasn't lost on me that evening that the next day was Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I want to encourage you to read it.