You Want to Know Why There is so Much Child Abuse & Neglect?

Banning Children.  What a novel idea?!  As a kid I used to see this sign, "No kids allowed" in some antique shops.  My parents liked to go antiquing and took me along on their Sunday outings.  That is where I got a book on backgammon and learnt the game.  Some shops had signs that said, "If you break it, you bought it."  In one shopping area, with several antique shops, only one had the "No kids" sign.  My father said, with a smile, 'We won't go into that store.'  As if we were on boycott!

Of course, we can debate the legalities and ethics and practicalities of kids in an antique shop.  Surely, some kid has broken something.  Surely, it was an accident.  Surely, the kid does not have to pay.  Surely, the parent has to pay.  But, what if they can't?  At the moment?  What of the aggravation?  What of the accusations and counter-claims?

True.  There are some places that kids do not belong.  There are some parents that should teach their kids better manners.  But, kids are kids and; Americans are anti-children.

While there are some places where kids do not belong, I think this is much more about America being anti-child than anything else.  This is about people not having patience; or being forgiving or tolerant.  Since kids are powerless against adults, adults can easily blame kids for things and get away with it.  A serious trip for some adults how love "to rule over children".  And,  while some couples may try and not have kids, there really is a certain selfishness to the DINKs.  (Dual Income No Kids)

I once saw this anti-child attitude and child neglect manifest in a woman, that had to have her mink coat, but couldn't afford to buy her kids clothes.  One pair of pants for the entire school year.  No joke.  Now, *that's* real neglect!  She got away with it.  She didn't want to be a mother and did the bare minimum not to be arrested.

And, they want to know why there is so much child abuse & neglect.  Because people do not give a damn about kids.  People hate kids.  Kids are annoying and noisy.

In a country where you get more tax deductions for raising horses than children, what do you expect?

The U.S. birth rate is negative.  Americans do not have children and have to rely on the foreigners, immigrants with kids (Mexicans with large families) to keep the U.S. birth rate up.  Let us not forget all the adoptions of foreign children or; reaping of children, from minority foreigners (Mexicans) by Child Protective Services, to keep our population growing.

This is an anti-child society.  Adults do not marry and have children.  The many single mothers can't compromise and get along with a man.  They have to rely on artificial insemination or adoption of foreign children.

What does that say about our society as a whole, in getting along with other people?  Children, by the way, are people.

We, U.S. citizens, need to rethink our position.  Perhaps being nice to children, giving them attention, positive direction and activities, setting examples of good behavior--Yes, even at a public restaurant--might go a long way to having children who would be pleasant to be around.

Clearly, the current anti-child philosophy is not a sustainable life philosophy.

No Show Racism?

Just in from AP.  Not enough white people have lost enough money in this depression.  Are the liberals crying and looking for a new way to "redistribute wealth".  Clearly, there is something about not being jealous and not coveting and not stealing, that many people are not getting.  This disparity is not the result of any current discrimination or lack of opportunity on the part of white people.  In fact, that is what the report says! 

I would like to know, are there statistics as to how many people, of what race, bought those houses on foreclosure during the banking collapse?  Because, from just looking at the pictures in the newspaper, it certainly seemed to be one ethnicity to me.   Why, one could even say that there had been a planned subversive action to get white people to lose homes that black people could buy.  But, saying something like that would be rascist.

While the statistics cited may be a fact, citing them was racist and stupid.  Certainly, the interpretation and insinuation that white people still have money, more money than black people, because they have bad money gained from racist activities from "before the war" on racism, is, well, racist.

The Plight of the Bees

With all the issues of adverse reactions to vaccinations and anti-biotics, perahps, we should try an experiment?  Let's give a control group of bees, no anti-biotics and see if they live?

If God is so smart, why did he create so many stupid people?

What's the matter?  He couldn't get it right the first time?  :-)

Do we need a Leiby law? -- NO!

Well, this is a very Jewish way of looking at it, but, we don't need a Leiby law.  We should not allow one kook to so disrupt our lives.

A Note to Parents Worried Their Child Will Be Nex,  By Lenore Skenazy


We know it's wrong to kill little kids and chop them up into tiny pieces.
We don't need a new law for this.  Just follow the ones we have.
And, we know that this is far from a common occurrence.

It was sad.  It was tragic.

Grieve and move forward without being neurotically paranoid.

The Issues Are In The Tissues Free the Body -- Free the Mind

Kinesiologists study muscles.  Kinesiology works with muscles.  Fascinating subject.  Among the fascinating applications of kinesiology is that the neuropeptides create a hormonal muscle memory.  Meaning, your muscles remember how you felt--emotionally.  Working on the muscles, with massage and accupressure, can release that muscle memory.

Check it out at Carol Crystal's blog.  An excellent medical message therapist.

 Carol Crystal's Massage Therapy Blog

Why did Michelle Obama leave a $300K/yr job for her husband's $100K/yr job?

Because, like Joe the Plumber, she did not want to pay the high taxes once her husband got into office!

Wasn't such a bad deal.  The job provides free housing, including a swing set for the kids.  And, lots of great vacations!

Obama Business as Usual -- Borrow, Borrow, Borrow

Obama -- Business as Usual -- Borrow, Borrow, Borrow

So, Obama does not really want to fix the problem. He wants business as usual. Spend, borrow, do anything but live within your means. And, put on a bandaid so it will last long enough for him to be out of office, before disaster strikes! This is not a plan for hope for the future. We need change! :-)

Why is 90 degrees in the shade cooler than 90 degress in the sun?

The Debt Ceiling

So.  You're family is in financial trouble.  You sit down to come up with a plan how to get out of debt.  You think of cutting spending.  You think of cutting expenses and luxuries.  You think of working harder and taking on more work.  But, who in their right mind thinks of borrowing more money?  To put themselves into deeper debt?

Ok and why are we paying farmers NOT to grow stuff?