Why Do We Coddle Our Kids?

I honestly do not understand the parents that my generation (and beyond) have become.  While there were some aspects of my childhood that really did need to be addressed and changed (bullying being the big one), we really have gone to far and we are not preparing our kids for the world that is actually out there at all.  At some point, we stepped off the sidewalk and are now dodging cars, albeit far worse than Frogger ever did, and even if we get to the other side eventually our children are just going to get chomped by the alligators.

Let’s first evaluate sports, not high school sports, but sports at the younger ages.  When did it suddenly become fashionable to have everyone win?  In theory I understand this teaches the children the game is more important than the win, however, it goes against everything else they are exposed to in life.  On t.v. they seen teams, and even single people, winning against their opponents all the time and even on children’s shows there is always someone that wins.  Along this same tangent, not everyone made the team and kids learned to adjust to that, they became better at the sport and the next year they went and tried out again.  This teaches children core values about the truth of having to be skilled and apply yourself to succeed in life.  It is during these early years when values are formed and it seems to me to be far better to have them learned unconsciously as opposed to just being dumped into the real world to either sink or swim.

Let’s move on to education now, shall we?  I really am disgusted at what the education system has become in recent years.  It was fairly bad when I was a student, in terms of just pushing a child along to the next grade you do not have to deal with them for another year, however, with the introduction of No Child Left Behind it has become absolutely insane.  I’ve witness fudged grades, assignments suddenly not counting or tests getting different weight than was originally announced.  This is ridiculous.  Some of these students leaving high school have lousy penmanship, incredibly bad spelling skills and very poor math skills.  Far to often the blame is erroneously put on the educators, it is the parents that need to wake up and realize that their children are playing parents against teachers and just skating through school.  Whatever happened to holding the students accountable for their grades?  It is not the teacher’s fault a child does not do their homework or fails to study properly for a test after all.  Now, this is not a proposal to get teachers off the hook, there are some out their not doing their jobs properly, however, the parents are slacking in a big way nowadays and they really need to kick it up a notch.  Yes, your child is unique and special, however, they are still expected to live up to the same obligations as all the other students at the local school.

Stop allowing the electronic devices to entertain your children; get them outside, get them reading.  I am not saying ban the electronics in your home but create a positive balance.  Playing outdoors with friends and reading instills an imagination in children, imagination leads to the ability to think and reason better and will assist the children in their educational careers.  Yes, also, we need to get back to proper punishments for children.  Why did we ever move away from spankings?  Granted their was an issue with child abuse that needed to be addressed, and it was, however, we have moved along to far and far to often the children run the household and this is not how it is supposed to be.  Children need punishment based both on what they did and their age.  Of course punishment is going to be different for a 3 year old and a 10 year old, however, they both need to be punished in a manner that illustrates what they did was improper and not appreciated.

Before you start blaming everyone else for how your child acts, take a good look in the mirror and reflect on how you have raised your children.  I am not saying you should not be your child’s friend, however, you should be your child’s parent first.

I do believe Bucky Convington sums it up rather nicely.

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Some News Tid-Bits

A smoke-free country? New Zealand taxes aim for it – Yes we all know smoking is bad for everyone; however, adults do make informed choices and this is honestly just getting ridiculous.  Didn’t they learn anything from alcohol prohibition?

Whopping Cough PSA – I am not usually a big fan of inflammatory commercials; however, this one strikes a chord with me considering the new movement to not vaccinate children.  Not vaccinating your child is very irresponsible not only for them, but for everyone around them.  You never know what your child will pick up because you made a choice not to vaccinate, and as shown on an episode of Law & Order SVU concerning the measles vaccination, if my child is harmed due to your choice you can bet your ass I am suing you.

After-Birth Abortion – Pardon my language but, fuck you, it’s not a choice at this point.

‘Hunger Games’ on Banned Book list – Books should never been banned, it’s foolish.  Restricted for ages because of content, that is fine, but outright banning a book is just seeking to control a society.  And yes, that even applies to ‘Twilight’. 

Kansas Governor, Sam Brownback, Signs Anti-Sharia Bill, Effectively Banning Islamic Law – Sounds good to me!  No, seriously, this is America, you come here you fall under the jurisdiction of the American courts and their laws, it really is that simple.  If I go to your nation can I expect to be covered by only America’s laws?

Richard Leakey: Evolution Debate Soon Will Be History - For me the debate is already history; however, I do understand that some people find it easier to accept the *poof* everything is here theory over logic.

How a legal case could force 1.2 million in Quebec to marry  – this is an important one to read and keep an eye on because it calls into the limelight the responsibility of anyone in a relationship.  What is it about one piece of paper that says “Ok know you owe him/her money for life?”  I remember way back when Sandra Locke successfully sued Clint Eastwood for palimony, money from being in a non-married relationship.  This definitely raises a lot of questions and while it is happening in Canada, it is not that far of a stretch to imagine similar things occurring here in America.

’6,000 RIM jobs at risk’ of a pink slip – My inner 13 year old is giggling uncontrollably at this one.  I am not including this one for the article, merely for the fact the title never should have made it past the editor.

Miami Police Shoot, Kill Man Eating Another Man’s Face – I am curious why they could not taze him in this situation.  At any rate, it is rather disturbing and I foresee a lot of jokes and memes coming about from this.

 

Media Players Getting The Best of Me

So, this is gonna be a quick venting post just to let out some frustration.  For a long time now I have used Winamp as my primary application for playing my music, however I have learned through playing around with others that it is lacking one feature I really like — the ability to monitor my media folder AND update my current playlist at the same time (rather like Itunes and Foobar do).  I have tried several other media players but they all are lacking in one way or another:  no queue option, no easy search option, takes forever to load the files in, etc. etc.

So, all I really want is for Winamp, who already had all of the features I love, to include a feature that, along with its Media Library monitoring my folder, will take any new or changed information and apply it to my playlist editor…  but alas, I think that will never happen.

End rant, thank you for reading.

Proof That Seperation of Church and State is Important (or why religious wing-nuts need to go away)

English: 42 as an Interleaved 2 of 5 barcode (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Apparently David Barton is under the impression that HIS Bible is the ultimate answer in the universe, at least that is what he is putting forth in this article.  Where does the church find these people?  Do they actually search around for the people that drool the most and then recruit them for their seminary schools?  Or perhaps they check the drag marks on their knuckles…

This statement by Barton is huge because by his own terms things such as women’s rights, anti-discrimination laws, abolishing slavery…  those are all wrong and against the Bible and should still be legal.  There is a lot more in the Bible that is simply not applicable to our modern society that according to his statement should still be practiced and yet I have never seen a Christian live up to all the rules and guidelines as put forth in the Bible.

The church is overstepping their boundaries by a fair magnitude lately and I cannot help but wonder why it is being allowed to happen.  Is the government merely to scared to stand up to the church?  Granted, we have extremists like WBC and David Barton, but even the Vatican is attempting to influence policy in America.  You would think of any other organization in the world, the Vatican would understand the toxic nature of mixing government and religion together as is clearly seen throughout history.

The church has no place dictating policy to the US Government, none whatsoever.  By all means, setup rules and guidelines for your cultists parishioners, but stay the hell out of our government.  This cannot be stated enough times, this country was not founded on Christian beliefs, God was purposely left out of the Constitution, it was not a mistake.  The only thing you will achieve by attempting to force your religious views into the Government of this country is angry people striking back against you, and eventually you will lose all those wonderful benefits that come from operating a church.

Everyone has their own belief system and I am not knocking them down, however, when you try to influence how I will live my life based on your ideals it pisses me off.  Keep it up long enough and one day you will find some vocal group attempting to outlaw some activity you participate in and you will find yourself in the fight of your life to maintain your basic rights just like the rest of us are now against all you Bible thumping wackos.

 

P.S.  I am not sure why WordPress presented me with images related to Hitchhiker’s Guide for suggestions on this blog, but I could not pass up the chance of putting the ’42′ bar code up.

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Churches Becoming Hate Groups

I must say, I am rather disgusted seeing these articles floating around about various priests saying we should kill off all the homosexual people.  Really?  Are the Bingo games getting so boring it has come to this?  Above all else, the Bible preaches about love, not hate.  It is not for the servants of God to put forth punishment on others.  These statements do nothing but affirm my personal belief that organized religion is a cancer on any society.

It sincerely humors me how on one hand these Bible beaters harp on about text in the Old Testament, but will then turn around and proclaims that Jesus stated the Old Testament no longer applies.  Come on folks, you cannot have it both ways.  Pick how you are going to be a bigot and stick with it, try some consistency in your life.  If homosexuality was sex a big issue for Jesus, why did he never speak on it…  not once!  His fake apostle Paul does, however Paul was extremely bias and was witnessing life in Greece which was far outside his own scope of life.

For those interested in a fair review of what the Bible really has to say about homosexuality, I recommend this reading by Reverend Mel White.  It is a very informative piece and covers the issue of language, translating and how ideas and concepts change between societies and throughout history.  I have used this source several times in different pieces I have written and each time I review it I am continually struck by the simplicity of the arguments that people have such a hard time wrapping their heads around.

Christianity is a wonderful concept for those that embrace it.  I have read the Bible several times and if it was actually practiced as Jesus directed the religion would be worth having around; however, allowing these bigots to hide under the umbrella of what they call Christianity is a disgrace, plain and simple.  We chase and shut down hate groups all the time, why are these so called religious people able to get away with it?  We have many people serving time in prison for doing nothing more than these “priest” get away with and yet we allow them to continue…  that is the saddest statement of all.

What is it going to take for people to realize this is not a Christian nation, honestly?  There may be many Christian people in this nation, just as there are many Islams, Buddhists, Atheists and what not, we do not proclaim the nation to be all about them.  Religion needs to stay in the damn church and out of government involvement.  If they want to become a political action group then it is time for the government to start treating them as such:  taxes, donations in public records and everything else that goes with it.  Stop using God and Jesus as your excuse to spread your own hate.

You may claim you are not bigoted in your stance on gay rights/marriage, but if you support these priests by going to their churches or by remaining in the Christian religion that is protected from Rome then yes you are a bigot and full of hate.  And, well, I hate to be the one to tell you this but you will never get into Heaven, according to the words of your own religion you are doomed to burn for eternity in Hell–kinda sucks getting your own words thrown back at you, ain’t it?

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George Zimmerman, The Victim (Or How I Learned To Hate The Hoodie)

As I was perusing my news feeds this morning, I cam across this little gem.  It still baffles me how people are putting George Zimmerman in the victim/hero role with this case.  Did he gets his ass handed to him by Trayvon Martin?  Most likely and good on Martin for doing so.  Zimmerman effectively stalked him through that neighborhood and even after being told by the police to stay in his vehicle, he got out and confronted Trayvon.

In the newly released documents, lead homicide officer on the case, Chris Serino of the Sanford Police Department, called the shooting “avoidable” had Zimmerman remained in his vehicle.

Even the lead cop on this case says Zimmerman was at fault for what transpired on that evening.  It really does not matter that pot was found in Martin’s system during the autopsy, Zimmerman is by no means and expert in the matters and his statement of “acting like he is on drugs or something” is nothing more than profiling.  I still stand by original statement that Zimmerman was looking to earn his spurs and Martin was unfortunate enough to come up on his radar that night.

For Geraldo Rivera to make the statement that Martin was dressed like a “thug” is like claiming a woman was at fault for getting raped because of what she was wearing.  It just does not hold any water and just continues to show how much of a complete idiot Rivera is, something I have believed for a couple of decades not, at least.  Rivera really needs to go back to his talk show with midget Klansman and stay there, he is a hate-monger only satisfied with firing up people and profiting from it.

Zimmerman needs to be held responsible for what he did.  This is not a case of self-defense, no one can ever convince me of that.  As soon as Zimmerman stepped out of that vehicle and accosted Martin it became nothing more than someone standing up to a stalker, which in reality is all Zimmerman was.  He needs to spend time in jail at the least and never be allowed to owe a firearm again.  His actions are despicable and his lawyers are tools, the kind of defense lawyers I really hate for trying to vilify the victim in order to exonerate their client.  Well sorry to say folks, this is the internet age and we are not going to stand for that crap.

I will not speculate on the ramifications of Zimmerman getting off of these charges, only to say I will be keeping my eyes on the headlines as I always do.

 

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Marriage Equality For Maine

Marriage Equality USA logo (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

November is fast approaching us and with it comes the ballot issue again about Marriage Equality, or if you prefer, same-sex marriage.  While I can understand some people in this state are tired of hearing about the issue, this fact does not change the fact that it is an important issue.  Just as important as their casino initiative they kept pushing for until they go it approved.

There really does not need to be a law saying people of the same gender can marry one another, however, since it seems in this country the majority are allowed to dictate how the minority will live, it becomes important to get this law passed not only in Maine, but across the entire nation–which will call for the Federal government to step up and make it happen, how soon will that occur though, that is what everyone is wondering.

One of the local news stations posted a question on their Facebook page asking how everyone thought Obama’s declaration on same-sex marriage would affect the issue in Maine, well along with some reasonable answers (meaning they actually answered the question) the hate and bigotry came out, like it always does.  My favorite has always been “How many times do we have to say no to this?”  Of course I cannot help but be the asshole and remind the person that the people said no many times to casinos but that did not stop the question from getting asked.

Personally, I think the legislature did the right thing back in 2009 by putting the law into place themselves, this is not an issue for the people to vote on.  I mean seriously, how do it matter to you if two men or two women get married?  What difference does it make?  By that logic I should be able to argue any law on the books because I do not agree with it and if I get enough signatures send it to a vote for the people to decide…  umm, no.  This is why we have an elected body, they not only do what they think is right for the state overall, but for the betterment of individual people or groups of people.  Having the entire population of a state vote on an issue that affects a small minority reeks of Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”.

Are there other issues this state needs to be putting more effort into?  Absolutely, however this one cannot be ignored or swept under the rug.  It is not going to go away.  I completely understand that people do not agree with comparing it to Women’s Rights and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960′s, however, you cannot deny the similarities that are inherent in all these issues.  All three issues were argued against from a religious stand point–that’s right, read your history, women and blacks were denied their rights because for these “The voice in the sky told me” people, they were unworthy of the same rights and liberties as good WHITE MALE god loving people.

Same-sex marriage is not going to lead to the erosion of marriage (heteros are taking care of that well enough), no natural disasters are going to come about, it won’t lead to legalization of bestiality or pedophilia (anyone that believes that or uses it as an arguing point is a complete and total fucktard).  Why are you all so eager to deny this basic right to others?  You won’t even grant them civil unions with the same protections as a marriage, have you learned nothing from history??

Aside from the aspect of love, couples deserve to be protected in all aspects: insurance, benefits, etc. etc.  Everything you get from being married same-sex couples should be entitled to as well.  Religion has no place in this issue, religion is the crutch you use when all other arguments fail.  When everything else is disputed and proven wrong you fall back on the “man in the sky”.

You bigots sicken me.  One day, and it will come soon, something you cherish and hold dear will be at risk of being taken from you because enough people find it objectionable and I guarantee you I will be standing there fighting for your right to keep it, despite how much I hate you.  Why?  Because no one has the power to take away our rights, the majority can not, and will not, dictate to the minority when it comes to issues of equality.

In closing I leave you with the following, if it touches and affects just one person I will be satisfied:

    First they came for the communists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Jew.

Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.

-Martin Niemöller

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Bush Administration Members Found Guilty of War Crimes

As I refreshed Facebook the article about Bush, et. al. being found guilty of war crimes popped up from AddictingInfo.  While I admittedly do not understand fully all the legal and political ramifications of this, I do recognize that it is huge.  Many of us  on the Liberal Left have known for many years what these mean did was wrong, in fact illegal, and to get the justification of a world recognized guilty verdict is very satisfying.

It does not deter from the fake this conviction came from Malaysia, they are a world recognized sovereign nation in their own right; one can merely hope other countries will follow suit in finding guilty verdicts and eventually we can see actual charges come about from these horrid events.  The fact Bush was a President has no bearing on this, he broke international law by violating the Geneva Convention–something America has been adamant about upholding for a very long time.  The comparison to the Nuremberg trials is satisfying to me as what occurred is in fact on the dame level legally.  Granted the atrocities were much higher during WWII, it does not change the fact that atrocities happened and very approved from the highest levels of the American government.

This is an important moment in the world’s collective history as it is the first time America has been cast in this light and, you know what?  We deserve it.  We allowed Bush to continue on with his policies and even reelected the bastard.  For all the bullshit that gets slung around about Obama, at least has never tortured people (Hello Mitt Romney) nor is he facing these same kinds of charges.  Bush and his cronies deserve to face charges for these crimes as they are nothing more than bullies, serving the interests of the people that throw money at them in order to increase their own wealth to the detriment of not only middle-class Americans but people all over the world.

I am still torn over the issue of the American presence in Afghanistan and Iraq; on the one hand I deplore evil wherever it resides but, on the other hand we cannot impose our will on the innocent, in fact causing harm to their own lives, to serve the interests of the few rich.  Did Bin Laden and Hussein need to be removed from this planet?  Absolutely!  However, torture, innocent lives lost…  these costs are much to high to pay for these events.

Although I recognize the political ramifications of this are to high for Obama, my one wish is for him to call a tribunal to put forth charges against these same men.  Wouldn’t that be grand to see happen here on American soil?  Christ, the Tea-Baggers would go nuts, the Republican party would probably vanish as their rhetoric, racism and outright hatred would come out in full color against Obama.  But, it is still something pleasant to think about–justice being served by Bush’s home country.

The only downside of this for me is the bad light that W is casting on Bush Sr., even though I am a liberal I have a high amount of respect for Bush Sr., yeah that may be twisted and what not, but it is the truth of the matter.  W was a cancer to our nation, a cancer we are still attempting to recover from and which the GOP is still denying and trying to pass off as just a bad cough.

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Just A Graphic To Share With My Fellow Free Thinkers.

As most of the free thinkers I am linked with are through my blog and not my facebook I am sharing this image here.  Hope you all enjoy it as much as I do.

A Little Thing We Rarely Notice

It never ceases to amaze me how much I do not notice something until it becomes a part of my own life, you all know what I am talking about, don’t ya?  Take for instances that unusual color, oddball make of a car you just bought — now all of a sudden everyone has one!  See what I did there?  Now every time you are out and about driving around, you are going to start seeing your car everywhere just because of my blog post–I do not apologize for this.

Now more to the point, due to financial constraints we were a little delayed in getting our vehicle registered, by about two months!  We are not opposed to the practice of registering vehicles, however when it came to a choice between rent and food or registering the car we took the chance on not getting stopped by the police and we got lucky and were never stopped.  However, the point of this post is not to brag about that, it was very wrong and I hope we never have to go through it again, the point is I started noticing a lot more vehicles out there that are not currently registered–quite a lot in fact.  I saw one yesterday that had not been registered since October ’11…

Of course, this got me thinking about many things, among which was the possible attitude of law enforcement personnel.  Obviously they must be seeing these license plates and are choosing not to stop these drivers.  Are they being considerate due to what the economy is doing right now?  After all, a registration only says you have paid whatever fees and taxes the state deems necessary for your vehicle.  So provided they are not breaking any other driving laws are the cops merely looking the other way?

If that is the case then I really am appreciative of law enforcement for understanding the financial burden everyone is under right now.  It really shows that police officers are in fact human and can be considerate of others when enforcing laws and policies.

So, here is my question for all my readers.  How often do you see people driving cars that are not currently registered?  What about stories of people getting stopped by police for not registering their vehicles?

Additionally, for any readers outside of the United States I ask that you educate me a bit here.  What are the requirements for registering/inspecting a car where you live?

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