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If I were Paris Hilton’s attorney…
Aug 30, 2010 iOpinion Leave a comment
Las Vegas promises “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.” Accompanying this promise are images of people partying.
Paris Hilton takes them up on the invitation. She goes to Vegas to party. She parties there. While partying in Vegas, local police suspect that she is partying and stops the car in which she is a passenger. They find out that indeed she was partying and they arrest her for partying. I call that ENTRAPMENT.
Next year on the ballot: viruses are living beings and have the right to vote
Aug 4, 2010 iCommentary, iOpinion, iRant Leave a comment
Recently I read in a local paper a piece that made me think. The writer shared with us that on a recent night at 10 pm when she was letting the dogs out for one last time before they were to come in for the night she accidentally stepped on something that crunched. The crunch under her flip-flops sent pangs of horror though her. She turned on an outside light and saw that indeed she had crushed a snail. The author saw nearby a “baby” snail “just as big as a minute” and felt like she had “ruined a family.” She explains that with age she has gained a respect for life and that she has no business deciding when a life ends. She admits to having arachnophobia but explains that when she sees a spider she gets a cup and a piece of hard paper and relocates the spider outside the walls of her home.
Most of the time animal rights people take things a little too far. I object to the projection of human emotions on animals. I think that it is disrespectful to the animal and very manipulative. Maybe that mother snail was abusive in which case that baby was grateful for the loss of that parent. And instead of ruining a family the author had given the baby a bright future full of potential. Now it could grow up to be a snail doctor or snail lawyer.
Where does the author draw the line? I wonder when the author gets strep throat if she takes antibiotics. Bacteria are living. If she takes the antibiotics she has caused the cessation of a life.
We need to be respectful of all living things but we don’t need to hold a funeral when we kill an insect.
Evolution is a bitch.
Jul 18, 2010 iThoughts Leave a comment
Modern man’s ancestors originally walked on all fours. When man started to use tools he needed his hands to work and thus he started to walk upright on just two of his four limbs. The muscles of the lower back and stomach however did not have time to evolve and strengthen to the new posture. In other words man stood up too fast and that hurt his back.
Are you my mother?
Jul 15, 2010 iOpinion, iThoughts 2 Comments
France is in the process of enacting legislation that would make it illegal to cover ones face. It is aimed at outlawing the burka ( As reported in the LA Times.) Don’t worry about Halloween, masks used for festival and holidays will still be legal. The burka and niqab have always been a troublesome issue for me. A woman’s face is a very important tool when parenting. A mother’s smile sends a positive message to a child and on the other hand a mother’s frown lets the child know she is displeased. Imagine a child coming home from school with a mother’s day card and all the child sees from his mom a face full of blue sheet.
And speaking of school, how does a kid know which mom to go home with at carpool time?
How to protect our oceans
Jun 2, 2010 iOpinion Leave a comment
KEEP THEM IN HIGH CHAIRS
UNTIL THEY LEARN
NOT TO SPILL
MR. McKAY
BP Petroleum
Mr. Newman
CEO Transocean
Mr. Probert
Halliburton
Shame on Comedy Central for empowering extremists
Apr 26, 2010 iRant Leave a comment
Trey Parker and Matt Stone are national treasures. I want my children to tune into South Park, and all other TV shows and films created by this talented duo. Watching South Park my kids have learned tolerance, and acceptance. They have learned to appreciate that handicap people ( Jimmy and Timmy) are just as whole and complete as those who are not handicapped, and that people no matter their sexual orientation (Big Gay Al and Mr. Garrison) are caring and giving people. They have learned about the perils of peer pressure from watching Kyle and Stan resist succumbing. My kids have learned about safe sex from Ms. Chokesondik, they have learned not to be afraid of an extremist named Bin Laden. And my kids have learned about eternal optimism from Butters, a kid who if locked in a room full of donkey sh*t will happily play knowing that with all that donkey sh*t there has GOT to be a donkey in there somewhere…however if he brings the animal home his parents will probably ground him.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone should never, ever be censored.
There is a problem with lie detectors
Apr 24, 2010 iThoughts Leave a comment
If when a person lies there is a physiological response to the untruth than the machine wouldn’t need an attendant. All that would be necessary would be to connect the suspected liar to the Lie Detector and let the machine ask the questions, record the response and measure the physiological markers. However the reality is that when a person lies there is no physical response unless a very intimidating person is listening.
In spear toting primitive cultures liars were meted out by applying the fire heated head of a spear on the tongue of the suspected
liar. If a person was telling the truth there would be enough saliva to dull the heat. However the liar would have a dry mouth and the tongue would burn. This worked because a primitive man holding a red hot spear head is very intimidating. We have the modern equivalent of that in the nice Jewish lady Judge Judy. She is so intimidating that when she asks a question and the answer is a lie she can detect the subtle physical “tells” including the dry mouth. The only reason for the Lie Detector is to create something tangible as a memento of the “test.” Apparently little squiggles on paper prove the lie and let us know that the “testee” was intimidated by the “tester.”
There goes the neighborhood
Apr 12, 2010 iRant Leave a comment
The allegations are unthinkable and the numbers staggering especially the numbers of Priests involved, children violated, and years of inaction. If this had occurred in any other organization, private or public, it would be the demise of that organization. Sexual abuse of minors, especially at the hands of someone who is expected to protect and nurture them, is intolerable. Under “normal” circumstances we could expect that after the first revelations of molestation and abuse the culprit would be removed from their position. There would follow, and appropriately so, criminal and civil proceedings. If the organization survives after paying the cost of those proceedings it would be inspired to make sure child abuse never happens again behind its doors. I am sure that the Pope would like to think that he heads a very pious and moral organization. I beg to differ.
