A quick observation on the Joe Biden f-bomb story.  It's a non-story.  And if people are truly offended or astonished by the fact that the Vice-President of the United States uses profanity, then I have a bridge in Brooklyn I am willing to lease you at a very sensible rate.

I know teenagers who cuss like sailors.  I know people in my business who do the same thing.  In fact, radio is about as profane a business as you can be in this side of working on a dock.  The only person I know who doesn't swear is my father, who I have heard f-bomb exactly three times in my entire life (about once every 16½ years.)  Even my mom has a lot of salt in her language. 

Movies have profanity.  Books have profanity.  God knows sports has profanity?  Surely you've people prattle on in the most profane terms at your gym during your morning workout.  On-line blogs are rampant with profanity.  It simply is something everyone should be desensitized to and should not make any difference in your opinion of someone.

Certainly, words that describe other people's colors, creeds, lifestyle or ancestry are still on the forbidden list as well they should be.  But come on, an f-bomb should be nothing newsworthy to anyone, except a group of people wanting to make people look bad.

My father, a gentleman from Boston, used to tell me in my youth when I cussed like a longshoreman that people of low class and poor breeding used "those words."  I disagree.  I think everyone uses those words.  I think there are better words to use and I think swearing at work (which I don't do in order to remain off of HR's radar) could land you in some hot water if there is a person in your office who is sensitive or is looking to score a lawsuit.  But again, it's just a word and words used as emphasis in moments of triumph usually won't set you or your country back much.