There's a new fad going on over at Facebook, one that I kinda get, but not really. I'd say about 20-25% of my friend list have "liked" I would rather go to jail for spanking my kids, than for them to go because I don't.
Now, I'm a firm believer that spanking should be in a parent's tool kit/arsenal of parenting. In fact, my 7-yr old just got two spankings yesterday morning.
Now my version of spanking is miles apart from my parents. I was only spanked with a belt, and always by my father (the biggest/strongest person in the house). Once, I was actually "spanked" (I prefer whipped) so hard I had bruises on my legs for two weeks.
My spanking? Maximum of three swats to the butt-leg area with my open hand, just hard enough to get their attention and feel a bit of pain. I don't think Keith (the biggest/strongest person in the house) has EVER spanked either of our kids, and we most certainly have never used a belt or even a wooden spoon on our kids.
By "liking" this spanking attitude, you are glorifying spanking, and if you're hitting your child so hard that you're being sent to jail for it, no matter if it's discipline or not, you SHOULD go to jail! Likely, you've hit your child so hard that you've killed it. Because that's pretty much what it takes to send someone to jail for child abuse.
I get that people have knee-jerk reactions and like "liking" these simple attitudes, and that most people spank their children and are fighting those "peace loving hippies who think violence never solves anything" and telling people to stay out of their personal parenting style. I really get that! But, those "peace loving hippies" are actually right, and there are studies to back them up. Hitting your child teaches them that hitting other people is okay.
And really, the kids that have overly permissive parents don't go to jail, their rich daddies bail them out and pay lawyers thousands of dollars to keep their kids out of jail. The people in jail? They, most often, were the most hit children on their block.
I know that most of the people I know that have "liked" this spanking thing don't actually spank their children that much, and are probably very moderate and loving parents. I just wish they would think about the real message they're sending when they "like" shit like this.
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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Remember, remember, the 5th of November
Today is November 5, 2008. A day I will never forget.It's the day after America stood up and told the Religious Right where they could shove their agenda. (Mostly. All of the gay-marriage bans passed. We're still working on that.)
It's the day after America voted a bi-racial man as President of the United States of America. For the first time EVER, there will be a (half) BLACK man in the White House. I am so proud to have had a part at this moment in history. I'm amazed that it happened before my children could vote. Absolutely amazed.
Yesterday, America stood up and rejected hate. Yesterday, America stood up and rejected fear.
Do I think that Barack H. Obama, our president-elect, is the be-all, end-all, savior of the nation? Fuck NO! He's just a man. A politician at that. There will many of his "promises" that he does not keep. But he does know the Constitution, and he believes in the constitution.
He has charged us all in rebuilding our country. It is OUR responsibility to pick up that challenge, and hold him to OUR ideals. To hold him responsible for what he said he would do. And yes, our country DOES need to be rebuilt. Have you not been paying attention to what W has done to our nation? We are a laughing stock to the world. Our economy is in shreds. Our privacy has been stripped away from us.
But god-dammit, this is a start in taking back our country from the crazy nuts that are trying to impose their religious dogma on the rest of us. And they are, whether you believe that or not.
I grew up in a religion that wouldn't let me hold any office in the church. A religion that believed the only place a woman had was in submission to her husband. A religion where I had no voice. A religion that told me what to think, how to dress, who to talk to, who I could be friends with.
I walked away from that religion, and in doing so, lost my blood family. I walked away from every friend I'd ever had. Twenty-eight years of friendships and family, reduced to nothing.
So yeah, when religious people try pass laws based on their particular beliefs, I get really pissed. I've paid a very high price for my religious freedom, and I will let no one take that away from me.
This country was founded with freedom for religion, which includes ALL religions, not just the Christian faith, and the freedom FROM religion.
Keep YOUR religion at home, out of our public schools, and out of our government.
Just because you think the majority has the right to impose their beliefs on everyone else doesn't make it right. Sometimes we do whats right because it's the right thing to do, not because it's what everyone thinks should happen.
If we didn't, women still wouldn't have the right to vote, and blacks would still be slaves.
So all you Republicans who think that the world just ended and are wondering why, stand up and take your party back from the Religious extremists. Maybe then the rest of us won't mock you anymore.
People should not be afraid of their governments.
The governments should be afraid of their people.
The governments should be afraid of their people.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Less Government, Please!
Medical choices should not be up to lawmakers. EVER. You cannot legislate morality.
To all the ultra religious conservatives out there who think they have the right to tell me what I can and cannot do to my body, I give you a big FUCK YOU.
Friday, September 19, 2008
For those that don't think women's reproductive rights aren't under attack...
Blocking Care for Women
By Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democratic senator from New York,
and Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America
LAST month, the Bush administration launched the latest salvo in its eight-year campaign to undermine women's rights and women's health by placing ideology ahead of science: a proposed rule from the Department of Health and Human Services that would govern family planning. It would require that any health care entity that receives federal financing — whether it's a physician in private practice, a hospital or a state government — certify in writing that none of its employees are required to assist in any way with medical services they find objectionable.
Laws that have been on the books for some 30 years already allow doctors to refuse to perform abortions. The new rule would go further, ensuring that all employees and volunteers for health care entities can refuse to aid in providing any treatment they object to, which could include not only abortion and sterilization but also contraception.
Health and Human Services estimates that the rule, which would affect nearly 600,000 hospitals, clinics and other health care providers, would cost $44.5 million a year to administer. Astonishingly, the department does not even address the real cost to patients who might be refused access to these critical services. Women patients, who look to their health care providers as an unbiased source of medical information, might not even know they were being deprived of advice about their options or denied access to care.
The definition of abortion in the proposed rule is left open to interpretation. An earlier draft included a medically inaccurate definition that included commonly prescribed forms of contraception like birth control pills, IUD's and emergency contraception. That language has been removed, but because the current version includes no definition at all, individual health care providers could decide on their own that birth control is the same as abortion.
The rule would also allow providers to refuse to participate in unspecified "other medical procedures" that contradict their religious beliefs or moral convictions. This, too, could be interpreted as a free pass to deny access to contraception.
Many circumstances unrelated to reproductive health could also fall under the umbrella of "other medical procedures." Could physicians object to helping patients whose sexual orientation they find objectionable? Could a receptionist refuse to book an appointment for an H.I.V. test? What about an emergency room doctor who wishes to deny emergency contraception to a rape victim? Or a pharmacist who prefers not to refill a birth control prescription?
The Bush administration argues that the rule is designed to protect a provider's conscience. But where are the protections for patients?
The 30-day comment period on the proposed rule runs until Sept. 25. Everyone who believes that women should have full access to medical care should make their voices heard. Basic, quality care for millions of women is at stake.
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Federal financing includes medicaid and medicare, fyi. So any hospital or doctor that accepts medicaid and medicare patients are included in this.
When the republicans stop trying to take my medical rights away, I may start voting for them. Small government, my ass.
In case it needs to be said: If it's against your personal beliefs to give someone birth control or their HIV medicine, DON'T BECOME A DOCTOR OR A PHARMACIST! It's really that simple. If you're not smart enough to choose a field that doesn't offend your personal morals, that's too damn bad.
By Hillary Rodham Clinton, Democratic senator from New York,
and Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America
LAST month, the Bush administration launched the latest salvo in its eight-year campaign to undermine women's rights and women's health by placing ideology ahead of science: a proposed rule from the Department of Health and Human Services that would govern family planning. It would require that any health care entity that receives federal financing — whether it's a physician in private practice, a hospital or a state government — certify in writing that none of its employees are required to assist in any way with medical services they find objectionable.
Laws that have been on the books for some 30 years already allow doctors to refuse to perform abortions. The new rule would go further, ensuring that all employees and volunteers for health care entities can refuse to aid in providing any treatment they object to, which could include not only abortion and sterilization but also contraception.
Health and Human Services estimates that the rule, which would affect nearly 600,000 hospitals, clinics and other health care providers, would cost $44.5 million a year to administer. Astonishingly, the department does not even address the real cost to patients who might be refused access to these critical services. Women patients, who look to their health care providers as an unbiased source of medical information, might not even know they were being deprived of advice about their options or denied access to care.
The definition of abortion in the proposed rule is left open to interpretation. An earlier draft included a medically inaccurate definition that included commonly prescribed forms of contraception like birth control pills, IUD's and emergency contraception. That language has been removed, but because the current version includes no definition at all, individual health care providers could decide on their own that birth control is the same as abortion.
The rule would also allow providers to refuse to participate in unspecified "other medical procedures" that contradict their religious beliefs or moral convictions. This, too, could be interpreted as a free pass to deny access to contraception.
Many circumstances unrelated to reproductive health could also fall under the umbrella of "other medical procedures." Could physicians object to helping patients whose sexual orientation they find objectionable? Could a receptionist refuse to book an appointment for an H.I.V. test? What about an emergency room doctor who wishes to deny emergency contraception to a rape victim? Or a pharmacist who prefers not to refill a birth control prescription?
The Bush administration argues that the rule is designed to protect a provider's conscience. But where are the protections for patients?
The 30-day comment period on the proposed rule runs until Sept. 25. Everyone who believes that women should have full access to medical care should make their voices heard. Basic, quality care for millions of women is at stake.
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Federal financing includes medicaid and medicare, fyi. So any hospital or doctor that accepts medicaid and medicare patients are included in this.
When the republicans stop trying to take my medical rights away, I may start voting for them. Small government, my ass.
In case it needs to be said: If it's against your personal beliefs to give someone birth control or their HIV medicine, DON'T BECOME A DOCTOR OR A PHARMACIST! It's really that simple. If you're not smart enough to choose a field that doesn't offend your personal morals, that's too damn bad.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
are you serious?
Now there's a big to-do over Sarah Palin's $400 glasses? WHY is this an issue? Hell, those glasses are fucking cheap! I paid over $300 for mine, and I wear contacts 99% of the time. And she wore a $2,500 jacket from Saks in St. Paul. Big fucking deal.
I DON'T CARE WHAT SHE WEARS OR HOW MUCH SHE PAID FOR IT!
Really, I don't! What I care about are her positions on issues that are important to me, like access to birth control, abortion and health care (mental and physical), civil rights, and the economy.
How many times does it need to be said?
WE ARE ONE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AWAY FROM HAVING ROE Vs. WADE OVERTURNED!
John McCain has reversed his position on availability of abortions to victims of rape and incest, he's now against allowing it. Palin is very much against abortion, also for victims of rape and incest.
Focus on the issues, people. What a candidate wears is NOT an issue!
I DON'T CARE WHAT SHE WEARS OR HOW MUCH SHE PAID FOR IT!
Really, I don't! What I care about are her positions on issues that are important to me, like access to birth control, abortion and health care (mental and physical), civil rights, and the economy.
How many times does it need to be said?
WE ARE ONE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AWAY FROM HAVING ROE Vs. WADE OVERTURNED!
John McCain has reversed his position on availability of abortions to victims of rape and incest, he's now against allowing it. Palin is very much against abortion, also for victims of rape and incest.
Focus on the issues, people. What a candidate wears is NOT an issue!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Daily political rant....
Actually, I'm just practicing for November's NaBloPoMo...
Anyway, an interesting tidbit on Governor Palin.
Basically, the Governor of Alaska (while Palin was Mayor of Wasilla) signed a law protecting victims of sexual assault from being billed for tests to collect evidence of the crime.
WTF? There has to be a law about this? Why?
The hell????
Wasilla was charging RAPE VICTIMS the cost of the rape kit? Are you fucking kidding me?
Do you see anything wrong with this? Oh, and btw, Palin is against rape victims having access to abortions. So the VICTIM of a CRIME gets to pay for the crime kit, and, if made pregnant, has to carry the child to term, doing untold damage not only physically but mentally. Who pays for all the maternity care?
And this is the woman that would be one heartbeat away from being our leader if McCain wins (who, btw, is 77 years old, and has a 1 in 3 chance of dieing before his term is up.)
Anyway, enough about Palin. On to Obama!
I've already posted John McCains record regarding our troops, let's see what Obama's record shows. You can go to thomas.gov to check and compare the two yourself, if you'd like to be an informed voter.
From They Gave Us A Republic and The Zoo:
Worked across bi-partisan lines, of course.
And what about our veterans and our troops?
Anyway, an interesting tidbit on Governor Palin.
Basically, the Governor of Alaska (while Palin was Mayor of Wasilla) signed a law protecting victims of sexual assault from being billed for tests to collect evidence of the crime.
WTF? There has to be a law about this? Why?
Because Wasilla Police Chief Charlie Fannon does not agree with the new legislation, saying the law will require the city and communities to come up with more funds to cover the costs of the forensic exams.
The hell????
Wasilla was charging RAPE VICTIMS the cost of the rape kit? Are you fucking kidding me?
That police chief was Charlie Fannon, Palin's appointee (she fired the previous one when she was elected). One can only assume that she supported Wasilla's policy of billing rape victims for their own rape kits--the kits police and hospitals use to collect evidence after a rape--not only because Fannon was her appointee, but also because this was four years into her tenure as mayor and because, let's be honest: in a town of that size, the mayor doesn't get to plead ignorance of policies or public statements of her own chief of police.
What was Fannon's rationale? He didn't "want to see any more burden put on the taxpayer."
Palin was willing to raise taxes to build a sports complex. Her police chief was unwilling to use public funds to investigate rapes.
Do you see anything wrong with this? Oh, and btw, Palin is against rape victims having access to abortions. So the VICTIM of a CRIME gets to pay for the crime kit, and, if made pregnant, has to carry the child to term, doing untold damage not only physically but mentally. Who pays for all the maternity care?
And this is the woman that would be one heartbeat away from being our leader if McCain wins (who, btw, is 77 years old, and has a 1 in 3 chance of dieing before his term is up.)
Anyway, enough about Palin. On to Obama!
I've already posted John McCains record regarding our troops, let's see what Obama's record shows. You can go to thomas.gov to check and compare the two yourself, if you'd like to be an informed voter.
From They Gave Us A Republic and The Zoo:
That's just what he's done in the US Senate. What did he do while he was a State Rep for Illinois?Senator Obama has sponsored or co-sponsored 570 bills in the 109th and 110th Congress.
Senator Obama has sponsored or co-sponsored 15 bills that have become LAW since he joined the Senate in 2005.
Senator Obama has also introduced amendments to 50 bills, of which 16 were adopted by the Senate.
His record is in fact quite impressive for a junior Senator from Illinois.
Most of his legislative effort has been in the areas of:
- Energy Efficiency and Climate Change (25 bills)
- Health care (21 bills) and public health (20 bills)
- Consumer protection/labor (14 bills)
- The needs of Veterans and the Armed Forces (13 bills)
- Congressional Ethics and Accountability (12 bills)
- Foreign Policy (10 bills)
- Voting and Elections (9 bills)
- Education (7 bills)
- Hurricane Katrina Relief (6)
- The Environment (5 bills)
- Homeland Security (4 bills)
- Discrimination (4 bills)
Worked across bi-partisan lines, of course.
And what about our veterans and our troops?
In short, Obama supported our troops while McCain did NOT.13 addressed the Needs of Veterans and the Armed Forces:
- Improve Benefits (117)
- Suicide prevention (479)
- Needs of homeless veterans (1180)
- Homes for veterans (1084)
- GI Bill enhancement (43)
- Military job protection
- Dignity in care for wounded vets (713)
- Housing assistance for low income veterans (1084)
- Military children in public schools (2151)
- Military eye injury research and care (1999)
- Research physical/mental health needs from Iraq War (1271)
- Proper administration of discharge for personality disorder (1817, 1885)
- Security of personal data of veterans (3592)
Monday, August 18, 2008
politics (because it's that time again...)
*sigh* Obama might not be my first choice, but so far, he hasn't been THIS hypocritical.
Please ignore the lady they interviewed, she obviously wasn't smart enough to refinance her mortgage before the interest rates became flexible. (Banks are not your friends, people, they want your money!)
Asshole.
And yes, it is hypocritical to tell people to stop whining when you missed the most votes in the Senate out of all the Senators, including several key energy bills. (ignore the plea for money, just watch the video. I'm pissed they won't let me embed it.) Get to work, my ass...
Please ignore the lady they interviewed, she obviously wasn't smart enough to refinance her mortgage before the interest rates became flexible. (Banks are not your friends, people, they want your money!)
Asshole.
And yes, it is hypocritical to tell people to stop whining when you missed the most votes in the Senate out of all the Senators, including several key energy bills. (ignore the plea for money, just watch the video. I'm pissed they won't let me embed it.) Get to work, my ass...
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Expecting something different.
The BBQ yesterday was awesome. Good friends, good food, etc...
But today was really crappy. We always have our bbqs around the kid's birthdays, it helps with scheduling.
Today was Matthew's 5th birthday. (my baby that I just brought home yesterday is 5? wtf?)
We always go down to Grammy's house for a family birthday dinner, since Keith's brother & family are so fucking busy all the time they never have time to come to our house for the party (read: bbq) that we plan. He has 3 jobs and 4 kids, she works, and two of the kids have softball during the summer, I get the busy factor. Really, I do. But I swear, they've come up for one bbq out of the seven that we've had.
So anyway, today we went down to Grammy's house for Matt's birthday dinner. We get there, and she tells us that there's going to be a huge party over at his brother's house (which is 50 yards away, they even share a driveway) celebrating their daughter's softball team (they only lost ONE game all season, and won the championship).
Um, ok. Sure. We get to share our son's birthday with a shit-load of people we don't know. Whatever.
So we go over there, we say hi to the family, my kids are happy: there's a trampoline and a play set with swings and a slide.
Then everyone starts showing up for the party. Twenty or so 9-year old girls and their families. Some of who Keith actually knows, since he grew up down there.
I swear to the IPU only ONE of them even bothered to say hello to Keith. NO ONE said ANYTHING to me, not a Hi, not a Hello, not a Who are you? not a welcome to our party, we're so proud of our girls!
We drove a fucking HOUR to go to a party where NO ONE would talk to us! Needless to say, Keith and I were both really pissed, and left before they even finished cooking the hot dogs. I made sure I told my mother-in-law WHY we were leaving, too.
We went expecting what usually happens: cake, a few presents, singing, and family. She didn't even get Matthew a CARD for his birthday!
WHAT THE HELL????
I understand that winning the softball championship is a big deal, and those girls deserved a party. But why the hell would she think we would prefer that over celebrating our son's birthday? She should have called us and let us know at the very least. We could have gone down earlier and had a small family thing before their big party, or had Matt's dinner on a different day.
We spent maybe an hour and a half in Knob Noster before packing up the kids and driving the HOUR home.
The drive home was spent trying to figure out why people, especially family members, seem to not really give a damn about us anymore. They have their own little world, and no desire to expand it to include even their own family.
And then there was the issue yesterday of my adopted mom being in a snit because she didn't receive either of the invites I sent her for the bbq, and since I didn't tell her, it didn't matter that other people told her, she wasn't coming. Just another slice of pain to add to the rest that my blood/related family gives me. Thanks. (For the record, this didn't bother me yesterday, but after the shit day we had today, it fucking hurts.)
Why is it that it's your family, the people who are supposed to love you unconditionally, totally ignore you if you're not who/what they want you to be?
For the record, we took the kids to Pizza Shoppe for dinner, had leftover birthday cake when we got home, and Josie didn't have ANY accidents today! (She didn't poop, either, but at this point, I don't care!)
I'll post about the awesome part of the weekend later, after I get all this other crap out of my system.
But today was really crappy. We always have our bbqs around the kid's birthdays, it helps with scheduling.
Today was Matthew's 5th birthday. (my baby that I just brought home yesterday is 5? wtf?)
We always go down to Grammy's house for a family birthday dinner, since Keith's brother & family are so fucking busy all the time they never have time to come to our house for the party (read: bbq) that we plan. He has 3 jobs and 4 kids, she works, and two of the kids have softball during the summer, I get the busy factor. Really, I do. But I swear, they've come up for one bbq out of the seven that we've had.
So anyway, today we went down to Grammy's house for Matt's birthday dinner. We get there, and she tells us that there's going to be a huge party over at his brother's house (which is 50 yards away, they even share a driveway) celebrating their daughter's softball team (they only lost ONE game all season, and won the championship).
Um, ok. Sure. We get to share our son's birthday with a shit-load of people we don't know. Whatever.
So we go over there, we say hi to the family, my kids are happy: there's a trampoline and a play set with swings and a slide.
Then everyone starts showing up for the party. Twenty or so 9-year old girls and their families. Some of who Keith actually knows, since he grew up down there.
I swear to the IPU only ONE of them even bothered to say hello to Keith. NO ONE said ANYTHING to me, not a Hi, not a Hello, not a Who are you? not a welcome to our party, we're so proud of our girls!
We drove a fucking HOUR to go to a party where NO ONE would talk to us! Needless to say, Keith and I were both really pissed, and left before they even finished cooking the hot dogs. I made sure I told my mother-in-law WHY we were leaving, too.
We went expecting what usually happens: cake, a few presents, singing, and family. She didn't even get Matthew a CARD for his birthday!
WHAT THE HELL????
I understand that winning the softball championship is a big deal, and those girls deserved a party. But why the hell would she think we would prefer that over celebrating our son's birthday? She should have called us and let us know at the very least. We could have gone down earlier and had a small family thing before their big party, or had Matt's dinner on a different day.
We spent maybe an hour and a half in Knob Noster before packing up the kids and driving the HOUR home.
The drive home was spent trying to figure out why people, especially family members, seem to not really give a damn about us anymore. They have their own little world, and no desire to expand it to include even their own family.
And then there was the issue yesterday of my adopted mom being in a snit because she didn't receive either of the invites I sent her for the bbq, and since I didn't tell her, it didn't matter that other people told her, she wasn't coming. Just another slice of pain to add to the rest that my blood/related family gives me. Thanks. (For the record, this didn't bother me yesterday, but after the shit day we had today, it fucking hurts.)
Why is it that it's your family, the people who are supposed to love you unconditionally, totally ignore you if you're not who/what they want you to be?
For the record, we took the kids to Pizza Shoppe for dinner, had leftover birthday cake when we got home, and Josie didn't have ANY accidents today! (She didn't poop, either, but at this point, I don't care!)
I'll post about the awesome part of the weekend later, after I get all this other crap out of my system.
Thursday, August 7, 2008
CHILDREN!
I do not like my son right now. He cut his sister's hair. Not in the front, so I could fix it and pretend like bangs were want I wanted to do with her hair, but in the back, where it's supposed to be longer.
It's like an inch long. Sticks straight up.
I'm in the process of setting up our annual family pictures, too. fanfuckingtastic timing. I'd laugh, but I'm really pissed, mostly because now there's hair EVERYWHERE in my bedroom.
It's like an inch long. Sticks straight up.
I'm in the process of setting up our annual family pictures, too. fanfuckingtastic timing. I'd laugh, but I'm really pissed, mostly because now there's hair EVERYWHERE in my bedroom.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
I'm very angry...
I'm angry about a lot of things this week, but mostly about what has happened to my beautiful friend P.
A few years ago, she found the love of her life, B, the one that completed her. Over the last year, B has had several medical issues, but he was finally better, back working the job that he loved. Shortly after he started getting better, P's ex-husband, the father of her child, committed suicide. This was not a surprise to anyone, sadly. B held P and helped her get through this horrible time.
They were getting a house and going to move in together in the next few months. They were planning their wedding for January.
Sunday, P found B, dead. It was a suicide.
HOW THE FUCK DO YOU DO THAT TO SOMEONE WHEN YOU'VE PERSONALLY SEEN HOW IT AFFECT THEM??????
I know this a rhetorical question, and there are no answers. Right now my beautiful friend is still numb, and on one level she knows this wasn't personal, but on another level, there is no room for rationality. Both of the only men she's ever loved in her life has decided that death is better than living.
Not to mention what this has done to his children, and her child (who has now lost TWO fathers to suicide, in the same year!)
If B wasn't already dead, I'd kill him myself for what he's done to his family.
/end rant
A few years ago, she found the love of her life, B, the one that completed her. Over the last year, B has had several medical issues, but he was finally better, back working the job that he loved. Shortly after he started getting better, P's ex-husband, the father of her child, committed suicide. This was not a surprise to anyone, sadly. B held P and helped her get through this horrible time.
They were getting a house and going to move in together in the next few months. They were planning their wedding for January.
Sunday, P found B, dead. It was a suicide.
HOW THE FUCK DO YOU DO THAT TO SOMEONE WHEN YOU'VE PERSONALLY SEEN HOW IT AFFECT THEM??????
I know this a rhetorical question, and there are no answers. Right now my beautiful friend is still numb, and on one level she knows this wasn't personal, but on another level, there is no room for rationality. Both of the only men she's ever loved in her life has decided that death is better than living.
Not to mention what this has done to his children, and her child (who has now lost TWO fathers to suicide, in the same year!)
If B wasn't already dead, I'd kill him myself for what he's done to his family.
/end rant
Thursday, July 17, 2008
*sigh*
It's only birth control for women, it's not like they think the pill causes abortions or anything. Right?
This is how important this subject is to McCain:
Personally, I don't see why the left haven't gotten the pharmaceutical companies on their side for this issue. Money talks, and the pharma's will lose a lot of money if they take away oral contraceptives.
This is how important this subject is to McCain:
Personally, I don't see why the left haven't gotten the pharmaceutical companies on their side for this issue. Money talks, and the pharma's will lose a lot of money if they take away oral contraceptives.
Friday, March 7, 2008
This makes me ill.
People like this woman are why Huckabee ran for President.
Intolerance breeds hate. And just because you say you're not gay-bashing, it doesn't mean that you aren't. With views like this, is it any wonder that people are turning away from organized religion as a whole?
Intolerance breeds hate. And just because you say you're not gay-bashing, it doesn't mean that you aren't. With views like this, is it any wonder that people are turning away from organized religion as a whole?
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Kicking ass and taking names
That pity party I was having yesterday? yeah, I'm over it.
Don't get me wrong, I'm still upset, but I'm not going to allow my ass-backwards family to take over my life again. I refuse to dwell on the negative, and later (maybe even today!) I'll post about the awesome weekend we had. Because it was awesome. I just have a stupid family.
Don't get me wrong, I'm still upset, but I'm not going to allow my ass-backwards family to take over my life again. I refuse to dwell on the negative, and later (maybe even today!) I'll post about the awesome weekend we had. Because it was awesome. I just have a stupid family.
Monday, March 3, 2008
and once again...
This past weekend, Keith and I loaded up the kids and trekked down to Springfield to see friends and family.
I talked to my mom on Thursday night, spent over an hour at her house on Friday night, but it wasn't until Sunday during lunch with my oldest brother that I found out (from my SIL, NOT my brother) that my youngest brother is getting married.
In a month.
April 5th, to be exact.
And my youngest brother refuses to answer his phone when I call.
Coward.
I'm in a funk, dammit.
I talked to my mom on Thursday night, spent over an hour at her house on Friday night, but it wasn't until Sunday during lunch with my oldest brother that I found out (from my SIL, NOT my brother) that my youngest brother is getting married.
In a month.
April 5th, to be exact.
And my youngest brother refuses to answer his phone when I call.
Coward.
I'm in a funk, dammit.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Hate traveled to Kansas City today.
Today, while out running errands, I passed the funeral home on Holmes by I-435. There were several men lining the drive holding flags. I thought maybe a veteran had died or something.
Across the street by the exit ramp, were protesters with the standard "god hates fags" protest signs. (we all know who they are, I refuse to name them)
I quickly deduced that the funeral was not for a veteran, but for an active soldier who has fallen. I almost turned the car around to attend the service, just to piss the protesters off (stopping to thank them for making me aware that this was a soldier's funeral). If my children were old enough to learn the lesson, I would have.
The only point these protesters make with their hate is how insane they are. Is it any wonder so many people turn away from religion?
I'm very much against this war our current Governor-acting-as-President has embroiled our nation in, but like many others, I realize that our soldiers are (usually) following orders. They don't really have a choice about where they're assigned.
Here's to hoping that our next President will get us out of Iraq quickly and safely. I'm not holding my breath or anything, but I am hoping.
Across the street by the exit ramp, were protesters with the standard "god hates fags" protest signs. (we all know who they are, I refuse to name them)
I quickly deduced that the funeral was not for a veteran, but for an active soldier who has fallen. I almost turned the car around to attend the service, just to piss the protesters off (stopping to thank them for making me aware that this was a soldier's funeral). If my children were old enough to learn the lesson, I would have.
The only point these protesters make with their hate is how insane they are. Is it any wonder so many people turn away from religion?
I'm very much against this war our current Governor-acting-as-President has embroiled our nation in, but like many others, I realize that our soldiers are (usually) following orders. They don't really have a choice about where they're assigned.
Here's to hoping that our next President will get us out of Iraq quickly and safely. I'm not holding my breath or anything, but I am hoping.
Friday, January 4, 2008
Fuck.
The stupid washing machine died.
Full of water and clothes.
Fuck.
edited to add: not just any clothes, oh no! It had to be JEANS!
Full of water and clothes.
Fuck.
edited to add: not just any clothes, oh no! It had to be JEANS!
Sunday, December 30, 2007
The Chiefs?
They suck. The Jets are trying their best to lose, but we just won't let them!
Because we need it still, I bring another round of therapy for you all.
*sigh* It actually hurts to watch them play today.
Because we need it still, I bring another round of therapy for you all.
*sigh* It actually hurts to watch them play today.
Friday, December 21, 2007
something we need.
At least those of us who are Chiefs Fans, anyway.
Chiefs Therapy.
Now go have a drink before the all the Christmas insanity starts.
Chiefs Therapy.
Now go have a drink before the all the Christmas insanity starts.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
fucking nfl network
I have to watch one of the best games of the year on my computer, and they're not really showing the game, just a bunch of commentary with replays.
Bastards.
We shouldn't have to pay to watch football on TV!
Bastards.
We shouldn't have to pay to watch football on TV!
Sunday, November 25, 2007
Love/Hate
I love having a pre-lit christmas tree. It's a wonderful thing. All the lights are already on the tree, so you don't have to worry about knots and tangles.
But, those same lights are a PAIN IN THE ASS. Even though my tree boasts that when one light goes out, the rest stay lit, they don't. I have entire sections that don't light up. I can go thru, pull every single light out, make sure they work, replace the two or three that don't, put them all back in, and the section still doesn't light up.
So I went back to Walmart today to get some replacement lights, and the guy there told me to just return it and get another one. FUCK! That sucker was a pain in the ass to carry to my car the first time! Of course, I was five months pregnant at the time.
I hate pre-lit christmas trees now.
But, those same lights are a PAIN IN THE ASS. Even though my tree boasts that when one light goes out, the rest stay lit, they don't. I have entire sections that don't light up. I can go thru, pull every single light out, make sure they work, replace the two or three that don't, put them all back in, and the section still doesn't light up.
So I went back to Walmart today to get some replacement lights, and the guy there told me to just return it and get another one. FUCK! That sucker was a pain in the ass to carry to my car the first time! Of course, I was five months pregnant at the time.
I hate pre-lit christmas trees now.
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