A new age greeting for a traditional man

Mayor of Memphis, Myron Lowery is according to Cnn a very down to earth and friendly guy. This was demonstrated by his informal, some say inappropriate greeting to the Dalai lama. This questionable greeting was a fist bump which has become relatively popular in western culture. Some people were greatly offended that anyone would even think to greet such a symbolic and important figure with such an informal and perhaps 'disrespectful' greeting. The mayor defended his unusual greeting by saying that he was told by the Dalai lamas that the important figure had a great sense of humor and would enjoy the exchange. This was apparent upon the trial because the Dalai lama reportedly laughed and returned the gesture.


As for this writers opinion of this 'incident' I don't think it should be in the news at all. Yes, meeting the Dalai lama is important and probably a once in a lifetime opportunity however the way the mayor chose to greet him should not be such an issue. Due to the fact that the Mayor checked to see if it was acceptable to greet his holiness in that way with his 'people' I see no problem with this decision and obviously if his holiness had no problem with it then no one else should be concerned with on whether it was appropriate or not. I myself would not greet the Dahli lama with a fist bump if I had the opportunity to meet him but that does not mean I deserve to pass judgement on others and how they choose to greet each other.

Popular politics

According to the Albany Times Union it has been suggested that Gov. David Paterson not run for govener next year in 2010. However Gov. David Paterson appears to either ignore this request or simply not be aware of it as he appears to have every intention of running and even named a campaign manager for the upcoming year. The reason he has been asked to drop out of the race is in recent hypothetical polls hes been doing very poorly and has a very low aproval rating, if these numbers contiue it will be this writers assumption that he will either be forced out of the upcoming race or will chose to pull out to save his reputation.

While this writer is not deeply involved or well informed in the politics of New York nor the true person behind the name Govner David Paterson I must say I am rather confused as to why he is doing so poorly in the polls. Despite the scandals that seem to follow his name he has done many succesful things as govener and has evidently not failed us yet as New York is still functioning. People should be more faithful in the people that they elect to represent them. Obvioulsy they are qualified as many people voted for them and thought this. The public should stop looking for flaws in people and their relationships because there is no way they will not find one everyone has flaws its a common trait that links us all as people and members of this society and as such we should unify instead of attacking our officials who will and want to represent us.

2 txt or not 2 txt

New York State will officially ban texting while driving on November 1st however in the meantime there is much confusion as to what this actually means. Many state officials beleive that this means no one should be using their phone or any electronic device while they are behind the wheel of the car, such as Minnesota state Rep. Frank Hornstein who stated "You shouldn't be fiddling around with any kind of electronic gadget..." However companies are still providing tweets and other instant updates about traffic to phones of people driving, which obviously is contradicting the no texting while driving rule.

According to the Times Union this sort of miscommunication about the law regarding text messaging could be a big problem and extremely dangerous. The reason these laws are passed is not to confuse people but provide them with safe roads to drive on, but isn't getting instant traffic reports on your phone so you can avoid congested or overcrowded roads also helping to make the roads safe?

It is in this writers opinion that old people do not have nearly as much trust in the younger generations as they should or as they've had in the past. Is it not the younger generations that will some day rule our country? The children now who will eventually be voting for our future political leaders, who will not take kindly to their inability to get directions or traffic on their phone when they have the ability to drive.The younger generations that can look at your computer for a few minutes and instantly solve a problem that would take an adult a few days to fix?

The roads will continuously have traffic and accidents will happen, hence the name accidents, people or specific types of people (i.e people who text while driving) should not be targeted specifically, rather people should trust in others on the road and trust in themselves for it is those older people who teach the youths and give them the phones and driving ability that are currently being used on the roads, so if you do not trust in your children at least trust in yourself that you've taught them well enough that they know to always, always keep two eyes on the road.