Parents These Days

There had to be a better solution to this problem than the one that was taken. Lock her up, she will fall asleep eventually. Did they need to tase her and take her to a youth shelter? I could understand if she was a threat to anyone but it sure doesn't sound like she was. And whatever problem was causing her to act like that probably just got a thousand times worse.

Perhaps I will understand after I become a parent of a 10 year old...but probably not...I could never imagine doing that to someone I loved so much.

Race Card Once Again

Why can a week not go by without the race card being drawn? Why do people have respect for people who draw the race card? Because in my opinion, it points to an uneducated and ignorant mind who can't come up with a better argument.

I wanted to ignore this incident since I really have no respect for Jesse Jackson but alas I do have to point out, like everybody else, his idiotic quote:

“We even have blacks voting against the healthcare bill from Alabama,” Jackson said at a reception Wednesday night. “You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man.”

And being black has to do with healthcare why? And do blacks ever get tired of quotes like this because it really does make them look dependent and needy when in reality, they aren't. Or at least the blacks I know aren't. Maybe Jesse Jackson is.

Food Fight

I used to get in trouble all the time for throwing food, so I feel for these students. And I am not sure a food fight deserves jail time, though I wasn't there and if trays are being thrown that might be a different story. Either way, the next time this newspaper decides to report such a story, they should try and quote people with a little more intelligence. But in an effort not to be mean and make fun of these people, I will leave it at that and let you make your own conclusions. Feel free though to leave me a comment if you can figure out which two quotes I find the most ridiculous.

China and Physical Punishment

This article was crazy to me. I do not think I agree that unhealthy addictions to the internet deserve physical punishment. But then again this comes from an internet addict who is very obviously using the internet so she can blog . But on a more serious note, I don't even begin to understand how people feel its okay beating kids to death. Or how parents feel okay trying to get their kids to change their habits by using such measures. All I have to say is that I hope this law actually changes this practice in China and that it is not just words coming from someones mouth to make things seem okay.

J/k ...You Can Think About the Election

It's been a few years since the Republicans have had much of a victory to boast about. Sadly, I did not have much of a chance to get involved in the elections in Virginia or Loudoun County this year as I was too busy getting married. But it looks like they didn't need my help this year.

Results (as of Tuesday Evening):

Loudoun Results

Governor

100 %

Deeds (D): 25,395

McDonnell (R): 39,951

Lieutenant Governor

100%

Wagner (D): 26,791

Bolling (R): 38,113

Attorney General

100%

Shannon (D): 26,694

Cuccinnelli (R): 38,202

House of Delegates

13th District

100%

Bell (D): 14,460

Marshall (R): 22,966

32nd District

100%

Poisson (D): 10,723

Greason (R): 14,520

67th District

95 %

Caputo (D): 9,164

LeMunyon (R): 10,169

86th District

95 %

Miller (D): 6,805

Rust (R): 7,963

WE WON!!! WE WON!!!! WE WON!!!!

How were the results in your area?

An Election Just Happened but I am Thinking about Guns Instead and So Should You

My sister, who is doing a research/argumentative paper against gun control found this and I thought it was funny enough to share.

My favorites are:

These phrases," right of the people peaceably to assemble," "right of the people to be secure in their homes," "enumeration's herein of certain rights shall not be construed to disparage others retained by the people," and "The powers not delegated herein are reserved to the states respectively, and to the people," all refer to individuals, but "the right of the people to keep and bear arms" refers to the state.

Guns are so complex that special training is necessary to use them properly, and so simple to use that they make murder easy.

Ordinary people in the presence of guns turn into slaughtering butchers but revert to normal when the weapon is removed.

Most people can't be trusted, so we should have laws against guns, which most people will abide by because they can be trusted.

The ACLU is good because it uncompromisingly defends certain parts of the Constitution, and the NRA is bad, because it defends other parts of the Constitution.

Private citizens don't need a gun for self-protection because the police are there to protect them even though the Supreme Court says the police are not responsible for their protection.