Where Are My Keys?

In the running for "Worst Mother Ever"..

No, not your Mom, but this one:

On July 22, 29-year-old Wechsler was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting three of the children--aged 7, 8 and 15--on multiple occasions. A fourth child -- a 3-year-old-- was not mentioned as a victim.

He confessed to sexually assaulting the children while taking care of them.

On July 26, the woman told Northampton County youth officials that she left her children with Wechsler on several occasions, despite knowing his sexual behavior towards them, police said.

She also admitted letting him spend the night on July 21 when the 7-year-old was sexually assaulted, and leaving him with the children the next day while she went to the store, the documents indicate. She also said she knew she was not to leave the children with him.

Hopefully those kids get into a family that actually cares for their well being..

I'm so sick of these ads..

The ones that paint the white, dumb dad as being too clueless to use his cell phone, drive a car, make popcorn, you name it.  Hahahahahahahaha, dad is such an idiot!

While I'm happy to see Clorox pulled this from their website, it never should have been there in the first place.

I get that in today's uber-PC world, the only target advertisers can make fun of are middle-aged white guys.  Poke fun at a black guy?  Lawsuit.  Make fun of a woman?  Misogynist.  Who's left?  white guy.

Smarten up, advertising agencies.

Middle-aged white guy dad is a large portion of the population out there.  I get that you know we are too busy working, and paying the bills to come protest in front of your corporate headquarters, but please consider this: my daughter is watching when you portray dads as bumbling fools.

She knows I can operate a car, dial my phone, play a DVD, pop a load of laundry in the wash, iron a shirt, and somehow manage to do them all without setting the house on fire.  She knows Daddy can fix anything, is pretty handy with tools, always fixes Mom's computer, and can download stuff to her iPad.

But not all daughters have a positive male role model like my daughter does.  Please stop showing them over and over and over how stupid men are.

They may not have the same filter "skills" as you super-clever ad execs have.

Paying the price for political showboating..

These new gun laws will do little to curb violence, but Democrats in various States continue to push on, to look tough to voters.  Meanwhile, those actions have consequences to State job and tax bases.

In Colorado, two businesses that manufacture gun accessories are leaving the State, as is a hunting/outdoor television production company.  Funny thing is, the Democrat Governor that signed the new bills into law admits that some of them will be next to impossible to enforce.  We also have morons that write the laws, that don't even understand how guns work, and when clarifying earlier remarks, still gets it wrong.

In Maryland, Beretta is packing up and moving, taking jobs and millions in tax revenue to a friendlier ZIP code.

Gotta love Leftist Logic.

Is this the most pressing issue facing education today?

 

What a Nation of wimps we have turned into.

Why wouldn't you just buy your bike in a different State?

Brilliant Democrats in Washington think charging a $25 fee on bikes that cost $500 or more will make up shortfalls.  I predict the State will see a decrease in expensive bike sales, and Oregon and Idaho will see an increase.

House Democrats rolled out a nearly $10 billion transportation package Wednesday that would boost taxes on gasoline, increase car tabs and even charge a bicycle fee to raise money.

The proposal would increase the state gas tax by 10 cents over five years, eventually reaching a total of 47.5 cents per gallon. Currently, Washington state has the nation’s ninth-highest gas tax.

In addition, it would create a car tab equal to 0.7 percent of a vehicle’s value. A state tax on hazardous chemicals would increase by 0.3 percent, to 1 percent.

There’s even a $25 sales fee on bicycles worth $500 or more that raises a total $1 million over 10 years, included for largely symbolic reasons.

Overall, the package would plow billions of dollars into highway projectssuch as improvements to Highways 167 and 509, as well as Interstate 405. It also would provide money to help build a new Columbia River crossing, widen Interstate 90 at Snoqualmie Pass and relieve Interstate 5 congestion around Joint Base Lewis-McChord.

But the initial proposal leaves out any money for the underfunded Highway 520 floating bridge — a likely signal that Judy Clibborn, D-Mercer Island and House Transportation Committee chairwoman, still expects to toll I-90 to close most of the 520 bridge’s $1.4 billion shortfall.

In addition, the plan offers no relief for the tolling crisis in the future Highway 99 tunnel, alongside the Seattle waterfront. A 2009 law requiring $400 million in tunnel tolls has been gutted by reality, as state planners now figure they can raise at most $165 million through the tolls, and even at that, they would create a risk of severe traffic diversion into downtown streets.

Here's an idea-why not work on removing some of the bloat in the Washington Government, before raising taxes that won't cover the costs anyway?

138 points?

Dude.  Pass it once in a while.

By the end of the night, Taylor was 52-for-108 (27-for-71 from the 3-point line) and he'd established a new collegiate record.

Before his squad took the floor Tuesday night, Taylor met with a few teammates for a pregame devotional. It was the first time that Taylor, a sophomore at the Division III school, had ever read Bible verses with other players prior to tipoff.

They focused on Matthew 25, a chapter that features a parable about the value of talents.

"I gotta thank the man upstairs," Taylor said. "I was able to multiply my talents tonight."

Taylor wasn't the only star of the game. Faith Baptist Bible's David Larson scored 70 points (34-for-44). But the two didn't discuss their parallel shooting success during the game, Taylor said.

The guy that dropped 70, I don't have as much of a problem with that.  Dude only missed 10 of his 44 shots from the field, most of which I have to assume were dunks (34 baskets x 2 points = 68 points).  Taylor launched 71 three-point attempts.  How/why a coach allowed that many treys from one guy doesn't make any sense.

I also took a peek at the stats from the game, and Taylor had 0 assists.  Zero in 36 minutes. The kid on the other team that dropped 70 at least had one assist.

Looking at his stats for the season, we can see dude is a "chucker".  Prior to last nights 38% shooting, he tossed up a 20% performance, and a 15.8% game.

Now this guy will make the Morning TV circuit, talking about how he was "in the zone" (while shooting 38%, mind you), and how it was a surreal experience, and he had no idea he had that many points, and he will "forget" to mention that only one other player on his team scored in double figures.  The anchors will laugh and ask him if he thinks he can break his record the next time he laces them up, and we will all ignore that his team won by 75 points.  ESPN will have a camera on his next game, and send the wrong message that sports have become focused on individual "achievements" such as this, and ignore the true beauty of a basketball Team, acting as One, moving the ball up the court for the best possible shot at a basket.

Pity.

This is where the "slippery slope" leads us..

It's okay for a 45 year old man to walk around a women's locker room naked in front of college-aged, and pre-teen girls, right?  No?  Well, if you feel that way, you obviously have a heart full of hate, and no compassion.  Why do you hate transsexual people so much, you racist homophobe?

Here's what is going on in Washinton these days:

Colleen Francis made himself right at home in the locker room at Evergreen College in Olympia, Washington. The forty-five year-old student showered, used the sauna and walked around naked in front of the other people using those facilities.

Now if you’re having trouble squaring the name “Colleen” with the male pronoun “himself,” you’re not the only one. Those present in the locker room also had trouble with the combination that the locker room in question was the women’s room and “Colleen” is anatomically a male.

Thus when he showers, sits in the sauna, and walks around naked, Francis is exposing himself not only to his fellow students but students from local high schools and families who also use the college’s swimming pool and locker room. Thus, among the females he has exposed himself to are minors, some as young as six.

If you’re wondering, “Why doesn’t someone stop Francis,” well, they tried to, and that’s when the story became surreal. The swimming coach from the local high school and the mother of one of the team members called the police. When the police arrived Francis informed them that he was a transsexual and that, under Washington State law, he was entitled to use the women’s locker room.

If that sounds ridiculous to you, well, it worked. The coach apologized and the college informed parents that state law, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of “gender expression or identity,” tied their hands. The best they could do was to provide screens for those made “uncomfortable” by Francis’ presence.

The Alliance Defending Freedom is representing the parents of the children and has promised to take action if any of the girls is harmed, but absent a change in the law, it may not make a difference.

That’s because what’s happening in Olympia is the logical outcome of two very potent and destructive trends in American society.

As always, read the whole thing.

When I have commented in the past on certain social issues, and constantly remark of the "slippery slope", the outcome I've posted on above is what I am referring to. 

You have a situation that at its very base argument makes logical sense.  Then you have a faction within that group (or maybe not even in the group, but claiming to be) that escalates things, and goes to the next level.  Then someone else takes it to another level.  And then another.  And another.

Then you wind up with a 45 year old guy walking around naked in front of little girls.

Why do Colleen's "rights" trump those of minor children?  Isn't one of the responsibilities of our Community to protect kids from harm?

Where does it all end?  What happens when some other guy merely claimsto be transsexual, and enters that locker room full of naked women?  Will the State of Washington just take his word for it, or will they do a background check to verify he is indeed transsexual?  Will it become against the law to even ask if someone is a tranny?

At some point, will this Country learn that as you "give" classes/groups "rights" that weren't there before, you are simultaneosly taking away rights from others.  Who takes precedence?  Who is first in line to have their rights being protected?

I'd like to think that my fellow citizens would vote for kids first.

 

Blaming the victim..

Here in Denver, we had a dramatic rescue the other day.  A dog fell through some ice on a local lake, and couldn't get out.  Fire and Rescue showed up, and was able to pluck the pooch from the icy water.  The local NBC affiliate, 9 News, had the owner, the pooch, and the fireman that rescued him on the morning news yesterday to celebrate the happy ending.

As the anchor got out of her chair, kneeling on the floor next to the dog, she got up in his face a little, and got a bite to her face.  The fireman jumped right in, gave her first aid, and got her to the hospital.  She had surgery, and is recovering from a bite to the lip.

 

The owner of the dog was then cited for not having the dog on a leash, and the dog is now quarantined for 10 days to observe for any signs of rabies.

This poor dog was obviously still traumatized by the initial incident, and is then placed in a television studio, a place full of unfamiliar sights and sounds.  Then a stranger gets too close, and he reacts in defense.

And now the owner gets a citation, and loses his dog for 10 days.  The dog, still recovering from a terrible experience in a frozen lake, is now forced to be away from home and his owner for 10 days, probably scared and confused as to what is happening around him.

I feel for the anchor getting bit, but doesn't every parent teach their child to use caution around strange animals?

Obama hates jobs and tax cuts..

Congressional Republicans offered a plan to extend the Obama Payroll Tax Cuts by cutting spending, and adding jobs.  Naturally, the White House didn't like it:

 The White House rejected on Friday the latest proposal from Republicans in Congress on a payroll tax cut, saying its costs needed to be offset in a balanced away and not with budget cuts exempting the rich.

"We are open to looking at other ways to pay for this, but they have to be economically responsible and fair," White House spokesman Jay Carney said. "It is important that the overall package meet the standards the president has set."

Republicans have proposed that the payroll tax cut be paid for with an extension of a pay freeze for federal workers, changes to civilian federal retiree benefits and other reforms, including gradual increases in Medicare health premiums for the elderly and a clampdown on assistance to illegal immigrants.

They have also sought to tie the payroll tax extension - a key component of President Barack Obama's $447 billion set of proposals to boost hiring - to the approval of TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline, which would transport Canadian oil to Texas.

It's funny.  I see that one guy on MSNBC talking about how America used to dare to build big, National projects, yet when an actual big, National project is available-building a pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico-Democrats starting averting their eyes, and pick pieces of invisible lint off their pants.

 

I'll never understand why this ALWAYS happens..

Regardless of where you sit politically, why put something out there that will alienate half of your potential client base?  While I don't think Maroon 5 will suffer the same fate as the Dixie Chicks, did the lead singer learn nothing from that episode?