Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Top 10 things you can do that are equivelant to robbing a Boy Scout



I'm sure some of you have heard the vomit-inducing storing about the man to the left. For those of you who haven't, here it is in a nutshell. 7-year-old Boy Scout, Brennan Starr was selling popcorn at a convenience store in Pennsylvania. The man in the picture walked up to where they were set up, asked if they gave change for a hundred, they produced an envelope full of money, and the man took off and ran with it, getting away with a little of $200.00. And as awful as that story is, I have a compiled a Top Ten List of things that you can do that are equivalent to robbing a Boy Scout. So, without further adieu, here it is.

TOP 10 TEN THINGS YOU CAN DO THAT ARE EQUIVALENT TO ROBBING A BOY SCOUT, IN TERMS OF BRAIN MATTER.

10. Sticking $1.00 in the collection plate at church and taking out $10.00

9. Buying Girl Scout cookies on an I.O.U.

8. Sticking up a group of kids after they've been out Trick or Treating all night.

7. Cutting in front of a legitimately disabled person in order to get their parking space at the mall. (I have seen some of you do this one)

6. While driving, you "flip the bird" to the same person that you just cut off. (This one really aggravates me, so it's in)

5. Buying a book from the bookstore, taking it home and reading it in a couple of days, and then taking it back for a full refund. (You know who you are)

4. Forgetting your wedding anniversary and instead of just asking, you present your spouse a gift on the wrong day.

3. For the police officers, out there. Coming up to a red light and instead of waiting like the rest of us, you flip your lights on and run the red light, then abruptly turn your lights off after you get through the intersection like it was some kind of a nervous tick.

2. For the students, out there. Failing an open book exam.

1. And the number 1 thing you can do that is the equivalent to robbing a Boy Scout, in terms of brain matter, is............while driving, getting caught picking your nose by the person in the car next to you and trying to play it off like you were doing something else. There is no other reason for your finger to be up your nose.

Most of the preceding list, as we all know, is not as morally wrong as robbing a Boy Scout. But when you consider the lack of common sense involved in some of them, they become just as aggravating and in some cases just as infuriating. Let's all do our best to get out of bed tomorrow and use the sense that "God gave a mule." Thanks for reading.

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Saturday, October 21, 2006

Since when does "any", not mean ANY!

First and foremost, allow me to get this out of the way. I am pro-choice for the simple reason, that I don't have a choice. I am a male, therefor the abortion issue does not apply to me. However, when women are allowed to shoot themselves in the stomach in order to abort a child that was hours from being born, I feel the need to speak up. The state of Virginia where I admit embarrassingly, that I am originally from, has really dropped the ball.
Tammy Skinner, age 22, two children and one on the way, shot herself in the stomach in order to abort a baby that she was due to give birth to on the same morning. Why did she do this? Because in her words, she, "had no choice." The only thing I will say about that is that I hardly believe your two choices when giving birth are two either shoot yourself or give birth. I have never heard of a nurse or doctor, assisting a woman in labor and saying, "Mam, would you like Smith & Wesson or Remington with your birth."
While abortion is not illegal, abortion in the third tri-mester is. I have to believe that the morning of, qualifies as being part of the third tri-mester. Therefor illegal abortion, charges filed, sentencing and so an and so forth. Right? Wrong. A Virginia judge dismissed the charges of an illegal abortion, because of the word "any". The law reads as follows: In Virginia law, if an abortion is deemed illegal, Statute 18.2-71, makes a criminal out of "any person [to] administer to, or cause … any drug or other thing" with intent to destroy an unborn child. The judge agreed with the defense by ruling that any person does not include the mother.
The issue here is not about abortion. This is an issue of pure, unadulterated stupidity. How is it possible that any normal thinking individual could interpret the law in such a way? If someone says, "if anyone steals my car, I will press charges." Does it mean, anyone, but the actual person who stole the car? If someone says, "if anyone kills my dog, I will press charges." Does that mean, anyone, but the actual person who kills the dog? These two examples are pretty obvious, I would think, to any normal thinking person. Of course, anyone, means anyone.
Have you ever been to a "Do-it-Yourself" car wash? The ones where you just pull up in the bay, wash your car yourself and drive off. Just a thought, and granted a little over the top, but who is to stop "Do-it-Yourself" 3rd term abortion clinics from popping up? Just walk up, slip into the bay, kill your baby and move on.
I hope Virginia gets what they deserve out of this. Can't you just see it now? Truckloads of women, driving to Virginia to self-abort. And don't kid yourself, since this ruling has been issued, maybe not as graphic, but someone has thought about going to Virginia to accomplish the same thing. Maybe it's a part of their new tourism marketing. "Come to Virginia, while you're here, go ahead SELF-ABORT."
In reading some of my examples you may have found yourself saying, " that's ridiculous!" Or, "what a moron!" As they say, don't shoot the messenger, the state of Virginia said you can do it.

Thanks for reading, take care.

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