Maybe It's Just Me...

It's All About Choice (3/10/09)
Government mandates and regulations seem to be flying around faster than Superman trying to impress Lois Lane. It’s not just abortion rights – it’s the increased government control and involvement when it comes to saving our defunct financial system as well. And with good reason – individuals are greedier than an 8-year-old on Halloween. But the more that I hear, the more that I worry.

And The Award Goes To... Ah, Who Cares? (2/25/09)
When did the Academy Awards decide to have Jerry Springer head up their “class” department. Because, if I wanted to watch a ridiculous stunt done for no reason other than to drum up ratings, I could have rented the live action/animation blend, “Cool World,” and saved myself some time. What right do the powers-that-be have to strip those who have earned their positions as Academy Award Nominees of their moments of glory?

Hands Off! Baby, Hands Off! (2/18/09)
When did it become acceptable for complete strangers to walk up to other people’s children and start putting their hands all over them – as they criticize their parents, no less? I have to say that, if I wanted the opinion of some stranger in the grocery store, I would, at least, be talking to the pharmacist or the kid who stocks the baby items.

I Went To An NA Meeting And A Baseball Game Broke Out (2/10/09)
What parent would prefer to shell out their hard earned cash to buy tickets that wind up paying to feed someone’s drug habit? And, make no mistake about it, using hGH and steroids to give you an edge is as much a drug habit as any substance abuse problem Daryl Strawberry has ever had.

Honesty. Imagine The Potential (2/4/09)
Isn’t it bad enough that the networks are canceling shows that we enjoy watching because they, themselves, got cold feet after offering David Schwimmer $1,000,000 per episode of “Friends.” Now they are canceling commercials as well?

Great Job! (You Should Be Ashamed Of Yourselves) (1/27/09)
Dallas Academy took on The Covenant School in a high school basketball game. The outcome of the game itself? 100-0 in favor of The Covenant School. The outcome of the situation surrounding the game? Much anger, resentment, and frustration on the part of Dallas Academy. The outcome of the Covenant coach standing behind the girls on his team? Well, he has been fired.

Do As I Say, Or You're Gonna Get A Spanking... Maybe (1/17/09)
I still remember the day that my parents must have seen the first news story talking about how terrible spanking is for a child. As we all know, my mother’s was not the last generation in which parents who chose to use spanking as a form of discipline were all but made to walk around with a scarlet “S” around their neck.

Burning Down The House (1/10/09)
I got e-mail from a friend the other day linking me to this video of the aftermath of a house fire. In the clip, a woman whose home just burned down got pretty agitated with the reporters who were shooting video of the devastation from across the street. The comments left by web surfers-by? One person actually wrote, “Firefighters should have just walked off and let the b@*&%’s property burn.”

Car Keys On The Rocks (1/3/09)
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health recently released data showing that, depending on the area of the country, 10-16% of adults admit to driving under the influence. 10-16%. Adults seem to be drinking and then getting behind the wheel more often than Meredith breaks up with McDreamy.

It's A Bleepin' Shame (12/29/08)
What ever happened to songs that we could feel comfortable letting our kids listen to without keeping out fingers hovering over the volume control on the radio? How did we get from, "Take my hand; Take my whole life, too; For I can’t help falling in love with you," to "You PMS like a b@#$* I would know?"