Day: February 20, 2006

And another one bites the dust.

RadioShack Corp.’s embattled president and CEO, David Edmondson, resigned Monday following questions about his resume’s accuracy.

Leonard Roberts, RadioShack’s chairman and Edmondson’s predecessor as CEO, said the move was necessary to restore the company’s credibility.

“One of the most important things we have as a corporation is integrity and trust and we know we have to restore that back to the public,” he said.

Edmondson had claimed that he received degrees in theology and psychology from Pacific Coast Baptist College in California, which moved in 1998 to Oklahoma and renamed itself Heartland Baptist Bible College.

The school’s registrar told the Star-Telegram that records showed Edmondson completed only two semesters and that the school never offered degrees in psychology. The school official declined to comment to The Associated Press.

Edmondson said last Wednesday he believes that he received a theology diploma called a ThG, but not the four-year bachelor of science degree listed on his resume. He could not document the ThG diploma.

Roberts said company background checks did not include academic verification in 1994 as it does today.

If you’re one that thinks the diploma is just a piece of paper, think again.

Late last year when former FEMA Director Mike Brown had resume problems of his own, I looked into this widespread problem. It seems that a lot of people are ‘resume challenged’.

Via the WaPo, former US President Jimmy Carter urges the US and Israel not to punish the Palestinians.

There he goes again…

The role of the prime minister was greatly strengthened while Abbas and Ahmed Qureia served in that position under Yasser Arafat, and Abbas has announced that he will not choose a prime minister who does not recognize Israel or adhere to the basic principles of the “road map.” This could result in a stalemated process, but my conversations with representatives of both sides indicate that they wish to avoid such an imbroglio. The spokesman for Hamas claimed, “We want a peaceful unity government.” If this is a truthful statement, it needs to be given a chance.

And therein lies the problem, Mr. Carter. On what basis are we to believe that Hamas would be the least bit truthful when it comes to Israel? The only truth I’ve heard from its members is the truth of their hate for Israel.

The real problem is, Jimmy Carter doesn’t believe that Hamas and Terrorism are one and the same. Two peas in a pod. Birds of a feather. Mr. Jimmy believes that there are responsible members of Hamas who, if given the chance, would step up and become savvy, formidable politicians who could take a little power away from Israel and ‘even things out’.

Jimmy Carter is wrong. Again. As wrong as he was when he was president. But I guess that’s what happens when you get kicked out of office by an electorate who was more than happy to extricate Carter from the White House grounds. Deep down, Carter is pissed off about that, and ever since, he’s been a lackey for the Left and a thorn amongst Republican roses. That’s why he unilaterally jumps at the chance to travel around the world and butt in on its affairs. His 82-year-old mind says he’s not done ruling yet.

Pride’s a funny thing. It can also be dangerous. Carter won’t listen to Republicans, or anyone in the Bush administration. There isn’t anyone in the Democratic party who has the guts to tell Carter to stay in Atlanta. What we have then is a defiant senior citizen who just happened to be president once and believes he didn’t get a real chance to be a great president so come hell or high water, he’s gonna be a great ex-president, no matter what anyone thinks.

You wanna know something really frightening? There’s another ‘Carter’ out there, and his name is Bill Clinton. He’s only 60 years old. He could do damage for another 25, maybe even 30 years!

And that’s something to be scared about.

When I was growing up, there were a few sports ‘voices’ that I remember, not by name of course, but simply by the voice. I’d think, “oh, yeah, it’s that guy calling the game.”

Well, one of those ‘guys’ is gone.

He was the smooth voice of sports history, a welcome companion who brought listeners Ted Williams’ last home run, the first Super Bowl and dozens of other dramatic moments.

Curt Gowdy, who died Monday, told generations of Americans about the games they loved from the broadcast booths at 13 World Series, 16 All-Star baseball games, numerous Rose Bowls and the 1976 Montreal Olympics.

“He was the first superstar of sports television because he did all of the big events,” veteran NBC broadcaster Dick Enberg said. “He’s the last of the dinosaurs. No one will ever be the voice of so many major events at the same time ever again.”

Gowdy died of leukemia at his winter home in Palm Beach. He was 86.