What a bunch of yahoos. You have to read this article. These undercover police officers from Polk County Florida arrested the drug dealer in question, then as they searched his house, found a Wii. They began playing the bowling game on the entertainment system. Some of them even jumping up and down to celebrate a good turn. Unbeknownst to them, the suspects home has a video security system, they were caught on tape.
My first reaction includes at least one, shall we say, colorful word, so I will skip that, and just say that I had to wonder about the intelligence level of these officers. I mean really, they just busted a know drug trafficker, and instead of searching for valuable, usable evidence, they took turns Wii bowing. At one point, the video shows a female officer lifting a sofa by herself, while others in the room are engrossed in the video games.
Ok, that is out, then my second reaction is this: they are only human after all. For crying out loud. They really didn't do anything wrong, and if not for the video, no one would have ever known. The media is really painting this as a horrible infraction by the officers in question. In my opinion, it is not like they got caught splitting up the dealers weapons or drugs. They just took turns playing a video game. Seriously,who hasn't goofed off at work? Give them a break.
This story makes mention of the fact that this information will be used against the officers in hopes to get the drug dealer "off". Yay! What ever sleazy lawyer this man hired must be awfully proud of himself, to use this video against the police officers. I hope it doesn't work, but I have some personal experience with knowing that 88% of the time, the bad guy goes free and a good guy somewhere is getting the screws put to him.
All in all, this story made me laugh, and I hope you read it and get a giggle too!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
The New DWI; Driving while Texting (DWT)
A very serious problem especially with teens, the article found at MSN.com talks about new law proposals and opposition to them, as well as support.
I would have to say I definitely support laws to ban texting while driving. I have been an offender in the recent past, and realized that when I look up from my phone, I have been in the other lane, or about to drive off the road. I am lucky that I was in a backwoods location with very little traffic, or I might not have made it to this wonderful English class we have enrolled in. I also have seen the video mentioned in this article. It scares the "stuffins" right out of me. ALL of my children, aged 16 - 20, DWT! Scares me for them as well as whomever may be on the road with them when they are doing it. Although, I do not really see how a law banning this could be easily enforced.
Also mentioned in this article is the "distracted driving" ban. I can see it now, while driving down the highway, eating your french fries and drinking your coke, an officer pulls you over and issues you a ticket for distracted driving. Some of this article sounds completely absurd, but I am sure it was meant to sound way in order to make a point.
The auto industry is not for the broad ban of distracted driving, because they have things installed in the cars that could be cause for distraction. OnStar for example, and even the radio. They are rallying for a more restrictive, special ban, strictly on texting.
As I said above, I wish there was a way to ban it and enforce it. However, I still just do not see any way for it to truly work. Telling teens to abstain from texting is probably just as useless as trying to tell them to abstain from sex. If they are going to do, they are going to do it. No law, or parent, is going to stop them until something serious happens to them personally.
I would have to say I definitely support laws to ban texting while driving. I have been an offender in the recent past, and realized that when I look up from my phone, I have been in the other lane, or about to drive off the road. I am lucky that I was in a backwoods location with very little traffic, or I might not have made it to this wonderful English class we have enrolled in. I also have seen the video mentioned in this article. It scares the "stuffins" right out of me. ALL of my children, aged 16 - 20, DWT! Scares me for them as well as whomever may be on the road with them when they are doing it. Although, I do not really see how a law banning this could be easily enforced.
Also mentioned in this article is the "distracted driving" ban. I can see it now, while driving down the highway, eating your french fries and drinking your coke, an officer pulls you over and issues you a ticket for distracted driving. Some of this article sounds completely absurd, but I am sure it was meant to sound way in order to make a point.
The auto industry is not for the broad ban of distracted driving, because they have things installed in the cars that could be cause for distraction. OnStar for example, and even the radio. They are rallying for a more restrictive, special ban, strictly on texting.
As I said above, I wish there was a way to ban it and enforce it. However, I still just do not see any way for it to truly work. Telling teens to abstain from texting is probably just as useless as trying to tell them to abstain from sex. If they are going to do, they are going to do it. No law, or parent, is going to stop them until something serious happens to them personally.
Friday, September 18, 2009
Racism?
This article also found at msnbc.com I find rather curious. It is an article about whether or not all of the opposition to President Obama’s health care plan is racial or not. As I read this article, I think to myself, is the President really that obtuse, to think that some of the negative press he receives is not due to the fact that he is a black man?
Upon further reading, I see that he does understand that some people oppose him due to his skin color and some people support him also based on skin color. I must say I am not racist, so I do not understand the thought process of those who are. However, I have lived in the deep south for a short period of time and I have seen it in action. Racism may not be the number one reason for the opposition to the Presidents proposal, but I would bet my next paycheck that it is in the top five.
I personally have no strong feelings on President Obama’s new health care plan. I am not for or against it. I do agree, however, that it is time for a change. When a person like me, whose income is less than $27k gross income per year, which winds up being about $22k bring home after taxes, is spending $2,400 dollars a year for health insurance for myself and one child, something needs to be done. The insurance that I pay for is better than nothing, but I could be using that $200 per month on groceries, or gas. In addition to that, my co-pays and deductibles are so high, that we avoid the doctor’s office unless we are really in dire need of medical care.
Time for a change, yes. Base my vote on racism – heck no. Read the article, seriously, it is a good one.
Upon further reading, I see that he does understand that some people oppose him due to his skin color and some people support him also based on skin color. I must say I am not racist, so I do not understand the thought process of those who are. However, I have lived in the deep south for a short period of time and I have seen it in action. Racism may not be the number one reason for the opposition to the Presidents proposal, but I would bet my next paycheck that it is in the top five.
I personally have no strong feelings on President Obama’s new health care plan. I am not for or against it. I do agree, however, that it is time for a change. When a person like me, whose income is less than $27k gross income per year, which winds up being about $22k bring home after taxes, is spending $2,400 dollars a year for health insurance for myself and one child, something needs to be done. The insurance that I pay for is better than nothing, but I could be using that $200 per month on groceries, or gas. In addition to that, my co-pays and deductibles are so high, that we avoid the doctor’s office unless we are really in dire need of medical care.
Time for a change, yes. Base my vote on racism – heck no. Read the article, seriously, it is a good one.
Ice cream & Brain Control
According to this article at MSN.com, a fatty acid found in ice cream, controls your brain. I am not necessarily an ice cream fan, but you have to admit, the title of the article screams “read me”. The palmitic acid found in saturated fats causes our brains to send out signals to our body “warning them to ignore the appetite-suppressing signals from leptin and insulin, hormones involved in weight regulation — for up to three days”.
THREE days. Wow. That really explains a lot for me. As I have stated in an earlier blog, I am a little on the heavy side. Now I do not eat much ice cream, however, foods that are rich in saturated fats are contain significantly high levels of this fatty acid. I most definitely do eat a lot of burgers, cheeses, butter and milk. I love milk. So this could be a possible reason for my heaviness, as I am not a lazy person, nor do I eat all that much. I apparently just eat the wrong stuff.
In my BIO 101 class, Mr. Kennedy has been teaching us about saturated fats, and CiS fats, and I believe that something is finally getting through to my brain. I am finally learning a healthy way to “diet”. In addition, lately, since I have been able to cut back on my workload – I have started a workout routine, Monday through Friday. Between the learning about saturated fats (and palmitic acid) and getting my exercise routine back I am hoping to cut my weight by at least 20% in the next few months.
I hope you all find this article as informative and important as I did – for your health.
THREE days. Wow. That really explains a lot for me. As I have stated in an earlier blog, I am a little on the heavy side. Now I do not eat much ice cream, however, foods that are rich in saturated fats are contain significantly high levels of this fatty acid. I most definitely do eat a lot of burgers, cheeses, butter and milk. I love milk. So this could be a possible reason for my heaviness, as I am not a lazy person, nor do I eat all that much. I apparently just eat the wrong stuff.
In my BIO 101 class, Mr. Kennedy has been teaching us about saturated fats, and CiS fats, and I believe that something is finally getting through to my brain. I am finally learning a healthy way to “diet”. In addition, lately, since I have been able to cut back on my workload – I have started a workout routine, Monday through Friday. Between the learning about saturated fats (and palmitic acid) and getting my exercise routine back I am hoping to cut my weight by at least 20% in the next few months.
I hope you all find this article as informative and important as I did – for your health.
Taking the insane people to the county fair.
You have got to check this story out. I found it on MSNBC.com, it is my favorite place for strange news. In this story, the mental hospital takes patients (including a criminally insane murderer!) to the county fair.
Thirty one patients and eleven staff members go to the fair every year apparently. But this time, they took a violent criminal along, and he escaped. They have not located him yet. I can't believe that they - meaning the mental hospital - actually take these people to the county fair. People who can not function in society in a normal way, allowed to wander around in public places, "as long as the staff member can see them". Forgive me. I have nothing against people with mental and emotional disorders, but if they are institutionalized, it must be for a reason. Am I right?
Maybe the staff members should be institutionalized for this one. Because that has got to be crazy in itself. The wacko that escaped is crazy enough that they are telling people "anyone spotting him should call 911 and not try to confront him". Well, duh. No one in their right mind would confront a criminally insane violent murderer.
I will end this one with utter disbelief.
Thirty one patients and eleven staff members go to the fair every year apparently. But this time, they took a violent criminal along, and he escaped. They have not located him yet. I can't believe that they - meaning the mental hospital - actually take these people to the county fair. People who can not function in society in a normal way, allowed to wander around in public places, "as long as the staff member can see them". Forgive me. I have nothing against people with mental and emotional disorders, but if they are institutionalized, it must be for a reason. Am I right?
Maybe the staff members should be institutionalized for this one. Because that has got to be crazy in itself. The wacko that escaped is crazy enough that they are telling people "anyone spotting him should call 911 and not try to confront him". Well, duh. No one in their right mind would confront a criminally insane violent murderer.
I will end this one with utter disbelief.
Murder on Yale Campus
I found this article at on MSNBC's website today. I had seen a few clips about this on the news, but I haven't really been following it, until now. They have finally charged the co-worker, Raymond Clark III, with the murder of Annie Le.
They are calling it workplace violence. My initial reaction to this, is sadness, for the poor girl, and all the families and friends involved. Then I also have fear. Fear that this could happen anywhere, even where I work. It makes me think, how many people do I interact with daily, that are mentally or emotionally unstable? Or what about the people my husband works with? My kids co-workers? It really scares me to think about something like this.
How does one go about protecting themselves from workplace violence? Well, I would say, you have "to go along to get along", but when you are dealing with unstable people, you have to wonder Would that really work?
I know I'm going to show my age here, but this story reminds me of the postal workers who, several years ago, just came to work with a gun and started shooting co-workers. What is wrong with people? How can this happen in a county such as ours? How have we, as a society, managed to raise our children with out coping skills? It's just awful.
Here's to hoping that none of you ever have to deal with workplace violence, directly or indirectly.
They are calling it workplace violence. My initial reaction to this, is sadness, for the poor girl, and all the families and friends involved. Then I also have fear. Fear that this could happen anywhere, even where I work. It makes me think, how many people do I interact with daily, that are mentally or emotionally unstable? Or what about the people my husband works with? My kids co-workers? It really scares me to think about something like this.
How does one go about protecting themselves from workplace violence? Well, I would say, you have "to go along to get along", but when you are dealing with unstable people, you have to wonder Would that really work?
I know I'm going to show my age here, but this story reminds me of the postal workers who, several years ago, just came to work with a gun and started shooting co-workers. What is wrong with people? How can this happen in a county such as ours? How have we, as a society, managed to raise our children with out coping skills? It's just awful.
Here's to hoping that none of you ever have to deal with workplace violence, directly or indirectly.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Obama's Speech viewed in schools
This is one crazy story. The article found at the previous link talks about how some parents, and the press, went nutso over this speech prior to even knowing what was in it, and how it was truly an over-reaction.
I must say, here again, that people need to find accurate information before they react to what is going on in our government (or any where else for that matter). I am certain you all remember the hub-ub that came the night before this speech was aired in our schools. Good grief, it was awful. All any one could report on - and in the end, this speech, this horribly anticipated "socialist indoctrination of children" was nothing more than a pep talk about being responsible for your own education and future.
What will our children remember about this "indoctrination"? Most likely nothing. It was nothing they haven't heard before. But some of America's children were just robbed of participating in history in the making. Why? Because their parents were ignorant of what was truly going to happen and they listened to the negative press instead of educating themselves to the truth.
The only child I have left in school was disappointed in speech. Such a big deal was made of it, she had it all built up to be something really crazy because it was causing such a stir. In the end, it was nothing that she hadn't already heard us (her parents) tell her.
Seriously folks, lets educate ourselves as well as our children. Let's participate actively in letting our congressmen know what we expect as American citizens.
I must say, here again, that people need to find accurate information before they react to what is going on in our government (or any where else for that matter). I am certain you all remember the hub-ub that came the night before this speech was aired in our schools. Good grief, it was awful. All any one could report on - and in the end, this speech, this horribly anticipated "socialist indoctrination of children" was nothing more than a pep talk about being responsible for your own education and future.
What will our children remember about this "indoctrination"? Most likely nothing. It was nothing they haven't heard before. But some of America's children were just robbed of participating in history in the making. Why? Because their parents were ignorant of what was truly going to happen and they listened to the negative press instead of educating themselves to the truth.
The only child I have left in school was disappointed in speech. Such a big deal was made of it, she had it all built up to be something really crazy because it was causing such a stir. In the end, it was nothing that she hadn't already heard us (her parents) tell her.
Seriously folks, lets educate ourselves as well as our children. Let's participate actively in letting our congressmen know what we expect as American citizens.
Health Care Reform
Obama is confident that Congress will soon pass the health care reform bill as the tension in DC seems to be settling a bit. Here they talk about the public option, the so called death panels, etc.
My first reaction to this story is "YAY!" they are making progess. However, it is Washington DC, and progress is very slow there. I feel like the American people are not getting enough acurate information on any of this health care reform, and that our congressmen and senators seem to be bottlenecking this information.
I believe that we do need reform. I'm not sure that I agree with President Obama's version of reform, but something does need to be done. As well as making sure that we are well informed and not misled by angry former politicians who make up things like death panels and then go around making it sound like we are going to assign people to a committee to decide when our elderly must die.
I also believe that we, as Americans, need to make sure that we are well informed about all the things we vote on. We should not rely on the "press" to give us our information, as the press likes to embelish and make things more dramatic than true. Please, this is just me talking, but please as a responsible citizen of the United States of America, research what you intend to vote on. (Sorry, that was a bit off topic, but I am very passionate about this.)
Thank for reading, I'm looking forward to your reactions.
My first reaction to this story is "YAY!" they are making progess. However, it is Washington DC, and progress is very slow there. I feel like the American people are not getting enough acurate information on any of this health care reform, and that our congressmen and senators seem to be bottlenecking this information.
I believe that we do need reform. I'm not sure that I agree with President Obama's version of reform, but something does need to be done. As well as making sure that we are well informed and not misled by angry former politicians who make up things like death panels and then go around making it sound like we are going to assign people to a committee to decide when our elderly must die.
I also believe that we, as Americans, need to make sure that we are well informed about all the things we vote on. We should not rely on the "press" to give us our information, as the press likes to embelish and make things more dramatic than true. Please, this is just me talking, but please as a responsible citizen of the United States of America, research what you intend to vote on. (Sorry, that was a bit off topic, but I am very passionate about this.)
Thank for reading, I'm looking forward to your reactions.
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Do It Yourself
I found this article most interesting. In my opinion, your average person doesn't know these things, and really couldn't care less about learning them. But is obvious that if we would learn these 5 life skills, we could save money and time.
Back in "the old days", we were all taught things like cooking, sewing, how to garden & some of us were taught how to can the vegetables from the garden to provide food for us through the winter. Over time, these skills have become lost. In most families, both parents now have to have full time jobs in order to provide food & shelter for their children. It is my opinion that this is why some of these life skills have gone by the way side.Both parents work, therefore there is no time to teach.
However, we do not have to continue to spend way too much money on eating out, or buying frozen entrees, paying someone else to sew our clothing (or just buying new). According to this article, and I find it true, these skills can be learned via the internet.
You can learn how to do small plumbing jobs (like replacing the washers in your faucet), just by looking it up on the internet. You can find a recipe for your favorite take out, with step-by-step instructions. Find out how to sew your buttons back on, or hem your britches. It is all just a few key-strokes away.
These things, while in the beginning, may cost a little more time for learning, in the long run will save you money and time. It's like the old saying; "Give a man a fish, he gets a meal. Teach him how to fish, he will eat for a lifetime."
Back in "the old days", we were all taught things like cooking, sewing, how to garden & some of us were taught how to can the vegetables from the garden to provide food for us through the winter. Over time, these skills have become lost. In most families, both parents now have to have full time jobs in order to provide food & shelter for their children. It is my opinion that this is why some of these life skills have gone by the way side.Both parents work, therefore there is no time to teach.
However, we do not have to continue to spend way too much money on eating out, or buying frozen entrees, paying someone else to sew our clothing (or just buying new). According to this article, and I find it true, these skills can be learned via the internet.
You can learn how to do small plumbing jobs (like replacing the washers in your faucet), just by looking it up on the internet. You can find a recipe for your favorite take out, with step-by-step instructions. Find out how to sew your buttons back on, or hem your britches. It is all just a few key-strokes away.
These things, while in the beginning, may cost a little more time for learning, in the long run will save you money and time. It's like the old saying; "Give a man a fish, he gets a meal. Teach him how to fish, he will eat for a lifetime."
"Bait & Switch"
Obviously our police forces have nothing better to do than to set-up this lawyer, and try to "get him" for possession. After reading this story in the Joplin Globe, I really have to wonder: is this my tax dollars at work?
Seriously, this man sees a client, and the client "accidentally" left his prescription behind. Why? I would never have taken it in with me in the first place, and if I did take it in, I wouldn't have gotten it out. How very convenient that the police officers were standing by waiting for the client to leave.
We are paying these officers to help keep us safe from the meth-heads and crack addicts, drunken drivers etc, and they are wasting their time setting up a former county prosecutor. Maybe he is guilty of this, or other crimes, this is not ours to figure out, but it is so obvious that they set him up in this instance, it is ridiculous.
Seriously, this man sees a client, and the client "accidentally" left his prescription behind. Why? I would never have taken it in with me in the first place, and if I did take it in, I wouldn't have gotten it out. How very convenient that the police officers were standing by waiting for the client to leave.
We are paying these officers to help keep us safe from the meth-heads and crack addicts, drunken drivers etc, and they are wasting their time setting up a former county prosecutor. Maybe he is guilty of this, or other crimes, this is not ours to figure out, but it is so obvious that they set him up in this instance, it is ridiculous.
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