Man in wheelchair holds 5 hostage at Wytheville Post Office
Hmm, um yeah, alrighty then.
Are you freaking kidding me?
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Man in wheelchair holds 5 hostage at Wytheville Post Office
Man in wheelchair holds 5 hostage at Wytheville Post Office
Hmm, um yeah, alrighty then.
Are you freaking kidding me?
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Pregnancy ban: Sexism or good idea?
I saw this headline:
Seven soldiers punished thus far under pregnancy ban Stars and Stripes
and the feminist in me was ready to pounce. "How dare they," I thought? This sexism and misogyny is ridiculous.
And then I read the article.
As it turns out I don't entirely disagree with the thinking on this. The ban instituted six weeks ago bans pregnancy as it causes soldiers to have to stop working for an extended period of time. This creates a hole in the unit resulting in less people to do the work. I could almost agree with him if women didn't make up such a small portion of his unit.
I'm a woman and I don't think it's at all unreasonable to expect soldiers to think before they act. In 2009, pregnancies are preventable. The feminist in me says its your body and no one should be able to tell you what you can and can not do with it. But the practical side of me says these soldiers are doing a job and if you think you might be ready to have a child you maybe should reconsider enlisting at least until the child is old enough. You are starting a job and leaving others to pick up your slack. In an office that's okay, but on the frontlines its something different. Real lives not bottom lines are at stake here. Most pregnancies can be prevented. I commend the general in charging these soldiers to act responsibly.
However, I believe its impractical and unnecessary. Women soldiers are valuable, but the likelihood enough women will be pregnant at the same time that it would totally cripple a unit is highly unlikely. I also think court martialing and jail time is way too harsh and utterly ridiculous sentence for this. It's ludicrous that someone should go to jail because they got pregnant or for a man to be jailed for consensual sex, with a willing participant, that results in a baby.
Women have been getting pregnant since the beginning of time, (that's why there is a beginning of time). Many units have dealt with this natural part of life and been successful. Show me the unit truly harmed because of too many pregnant soldiers and maybe we can talk. Until then...
Are you freaking kidding me?
Seven soldiers punished thus far under pregnancy ban Stars and Stripes
and the feminist in me was ready to pounce. "How dare they," I thought? This sexism and misogyny is ridiculous.
And then I read the article.
As it turns out I don't entirely disagree with the thinking on this. The ban instituted six weeks ago bans pregnancy as it causes soldiers to have to stop working for an extended period of time. This creates a hole in the unit resulting in less people to do the work. I could almost agree with him if women didn't make up such a small portion of his unit.
I'm a woman and I don't think it's at all unreasonable to expect soldiers to think before they act. In 2009, pregnancies are preventable. The feminist in me says its your body and no one should be able to tell you what you can and can not do with it. But the practical side of me says these soldiers are doing a job and if you think you might be ready to have a child you maybe should reconsider enlisting at least until the child is old enough. You are starting a job and leaving others to pick up your slack. In an office that's okay, but on the frontlines its something different. Real lives not bottom lines are at stake here. Most pregnancies can be prevented. I commend the general in charging these soldiers to act responsibly.
However, I believe its impractical and unnecessary. Women soldiers are valuable, but the likelihood enough women will be pregnant at the same time that it would totally cripple a unit is highly unlikely. I also think court martialing and jail time is way too harsh and utterly ridiculous sentence for this. It's ludicrous that someone should go to jail because they got pregnant or for a man to be jailed for consensual sex, with a willing participant, that results in a baby.
Women have been getting pregnant since the beginning of time, (that's why there is a beginning of time). Many units have dealt with this natural part of life and been successful. Show me the unit truly harmed because of too many pregnant soldiers and maybe we can talk. Until then...
Are you freaking kidding me?
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The Mayor of Arlington, Tennessee is an idiot, Charlie Brown
Good grief. The ironically named Russell Wiseman, mayor of Arlington, Tenn., is apologizing for firing off on his Facebook page at President Obama for preempting the Charlie Brown Christmas special for a speech.
Wiseman, on his Facebook page claimed, the president deliberately timed his speech to block the evil Christian message of the Charlie Brown Christmas special because he's a Muslim. Thank you Mayor Wiseman, you've unraveled the conspiracy plot of the decade. Surely, with two wars going on, a recession, unemployment rising and trying to get a healthcare bill passed naturally the thing on President Obama's mind is sticking it to Christians by preempting a holiday cartoon. (Insert evil laughter, here) Brilliant, Absolutely brilliant!
Give me a break. It is idiotic on so many levels. It would actually be pretty funny if it wasn't so sad.
First, he's not a Muslim folks. If we learned nothing from the whole Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy, it's that Barack Obama is a Christian. I don't know about you, but I don't know any Muslims who worship for 20 years at a Christian church. I don't know any Muslims who get married at and have their kids baptized in a Christian church. He's a Christian guys.
Even if Wiseman was joking, there are plenty of people in this country who believe this. It's ridiculous. He's certainly a Christian. He's not waging a war on Christmas, he has a Christmas tree at his house.
We question the Christianity of Obama who's platform has been on making peace with other countries and bringing people together across party lines, race, ideology and sexual preference, but we have no problem calling the man who essentially lied to wage a war for profit and revenge a Christian. It makes no sense. Even if he was a Muslim (which he isn't), so what. Why does it matter? Who cares?
The other troubling thing is that people actually elected this mayor. And even more sad somebody actually lost an election to someone this stupid. Wow!
Are you freaking kidding me?
If you want to read more about Mayor Russell Wiseman's comments, click here.
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