Filed under things that are 'messed up'
- Recently, Comedy Central censored an episode of South Park that depicted Mohammed, but would've allowed an image of Jesus urinating on the American flag. I guess terrorism does earn you respect, since Comedy Central obviously isn't balanced on whom they're afraid to offend. I certainly don't want to see an image of Jesus urinating on a flag, but if you're going to censor one, censor both, or neither. Be consistent at least...
- A elementary school student who - while on his way to school - realizes he accidentally carried a pocket knife in his jacket pocket bypasses his locker and his first class to head straight to the principal's office and turn the knife over to the principal. In spite of his good intentions, he's suspended under the school's zero-tolerance policy. He should've just kept the knife hidden in his pocket all day.
- Vending companies signed a deal today that virtually remove all non-diet drinks from schools (only high schools would be sold non-diet sodas). This is all made possible by a 'deal' between the major beverage makers (Coca-Cola, Pepsi, etc...) and anti-obesity political advocates (Bill Clinton, for one). Okay, no one wants to be fat, and children should be taught to eat right, but shouldn't they be given the freedom to choose for themselves? We're not talking beer or drugs or weapons...just soda.
Don't get me started on the same health nuts making turned Sesame Street's Cookie Monster into "Veggie Monster."
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This is just a small list of crap I've read in the news lately...
Anyone else feel like politicians are slowly pecking away at our freedom? Anyone else see politicians feeling it's their responsibility to tell parents how to raise their kids? Anyone else see parents preferring government standards than to take responsibility for their own child? Hilary Clinton wants to ban all violent video games. Wouldn't it make more sense if parents just didn't buy the games for the kids, so that the adults the games are intended for would be the only ones purchasing them?
I gotta admit, the government isn't taking our freedom away...we're handing it to them on a silver platter....
A zero-tolerance policy gets an innocent kid expelled over a pocket knife. But illegal aliens - who are here ILLEGALLY - are allowed to demonstrate in the streets protesting the current administration's effort to deal with their illegal presence. (Wait...don't you have to be a citizen to be guaranteed first amendment constitutional rights to gather in peaceful assembly anyway?). Don't get me wrong, there's not a thing in the world wrong with people immigrating to the U.S. Many of these people are hard workers, good people, and an asset to our nation. And I've been to Mexico (not tourist Mexico, but areas where people live in shacks along railroad tracks...where government is corrupt), so I know why people are desperate to leave. But such a large influx of people coming here illegally is both a threat to our economy and our security. But let's reserve zero tolerance to the kid with the pocket knife...
It's amazing (and a bit horrifying) what we will tolerate nowadays...and what we won't.
-rant complete-
- A elementary school student who - while on his way to school - realizes he accidentally carried a pocket knife in his jacket pocket bypasses his locker and his first class to head straight to the principal's office and turn the knife over to the principal. In spite of his good intentions, he's suspended under the school's zero-tolerance policy. He should've just kept the knife hidden in his pocket all day.
- Vending companies signed a deal today that virtually remove all non-diet drinks from schools (only high schools would be sold non-diet sodas). This is all made possible by a 'deal' between the major beverage makers (Coca-Cola, Pepsi, etc...) and anti-obesity political advocates (Bill Clinton, for one). Okay, no one wants to be fat, and children should be taught to eat right, but shouldn't they be given the freedom to choose for themselves? We're not talking beer or drugs or weapons...just soda.
Don't get me started on the same health nuts making turned Sesame Street's Cookie Monster into "Veggie Monster."
***
This is just a small list of crap I've read in the news lately...
Anyone else feel like politicians are slowly pecking away at our freedom? Anyone else see politicians feeling it's their responsibility to tell parents how to raise their kids? Anyone else see parents preferring government standards than to take responsibility for their own child? Hilary Clinton wants to ban all violent video games. Wouldn't it make more sense if parents just didn't buy the games for the kids, so that the adults the games are intended for would be the only ones purchasing them?
I gotta admit, the government isn't taking our freedom away...we're handing it to them on a silver platter....
A zero-tolerance policy gets an innocent kid expelled over a pocket knife. But illegal aliens - who are here ILLEGALLY - are allowed to demonstrate in the streets protesting the current administration's effort to deal with their illegal presence. (Wait...don't you have to be a citizen to be guaranteed first amendment constitutional rights to gather in peaceful assembly anyway?). Don't get me wrong, there's not a thing in the world wrong with people immigrating to the U.S. Many of these people are hard workers, good people, and an asset to our nation. And I've been to Mexico (not tourist Mexico, but areas where people live in shacks along railroad tracks...where government is corrupt), so I know why people are desperate to leave. But such a large influx of people coming here illegally is both a threat to our economy and our security. But let's reserve zero tolerance to the kid with the pocket knife...
It's amazing (and a bit horrifying) what we will tolerate nowadays...and what we won't.
-rant complete-
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