More To be Thankful For

One more reason to be thankful this holiday season. Thank someone that you haven't been stuck with a catastrophic injury. Everyone is always ripping on the lawyers for personal injury suits well I say the more they get the better. Because whatever they get you probably won't be enough. Just take a look at this poor family

JACKSON, Mo. -- A collision with a semi-trailer truck seven years ago left 52-year-old Deborah Shank permanently brain-damaged and in a wheelchair. Her husband, Jim, and three sons found a small source of solace: a $700,000 accident settlement from the trucking company involved. After legal fees and other expenses, the remaining $417,000 was put in a special trust. It was to be used for Mrs. Shank's care.

Instead, all of it is now slated to go to Mrs. Shank's former employer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Working people are officially at the bottom of the corporate food chain formerly known as the United States of America. If you think for a minute that there is some sort of safety net for the people of this country think again. Every document you sign there will probably be a clause buried somewhere deep where even if you read it you wouldn't understand it anyway that will take away anything that might have value to whomever such documents were signed for.

It doesn't seem like science fiction that some day soon when you no longer have value to the machine that you'll be taken to a vast and immense pit and be thrown in along with the rest of the useless. That might be a better option than the hell the Shank's are going through.

Wounded Soldier: Military Wants Part Of Bonus Back

Our government has reached a new low in the treatment of the young brave men and women is has sent into its fabricated war. For the likes of me I can't understand why the soldiers don't just pick up their weapons and demand to come home. Surely this kind of news has to reach the front lines. And how can anyone continue to support this mockery of an administration after such vile contempt for the ones they have put in harm's way all for a lie. This unbelievable tale is just one of many in a long line of injustices being put upon today's serviceman:

"Fox was seriously injured when a roadside bomb blew up his vehicle. He was knocked unconscious. His back was injured and lost all vision in his right eye.

A few months later Fox was sent home. His injuries prohibited him from fulfilling three months of his commitment. A few days ago, he received a letter from the military demanding nearly $3,000 of his signing bonus back."

So if you are still on the Bush bandwagon please comment on just why you are. There are no justifications left. What can you come up with?

And on a side note is anyone suprised that Scott McClellan was lying all the time about the Plame leak. Everyone from the top down was involved. HELLO!

It's Time for Mike's Holiday Gift Guide

I hope to occasionally post some of the most ridiculous items I can find this season. Today's item came from the Bed Bath & Beyond mailer I received today. Thanks BB&B
There is so much to say about this insane grooming tool. I'll start with the name "Mangroomer". Why not "Apeman's best friend" or fat lady can't reach her ankles groomer.
If your favorite gal gets you one of these baby's it time to rethink the relationship.

In Oakland, one cowboy will be crowned Mr. Gay Vaquero

In today's San Jose Mercury was the above titled article with the following quote:"The club's owner, Alex Loera, said of the Bay Area's only gay Mexican cowboy pageant and its contestants: "It helps them be who they want to be." I have to ask, and I'm not homophobic by any means, but just how many gay Mexican cowboy pageants should there be in the town of Oakland or for any one town for that matter? I mean we do have the Miss America and the Miss USA pageant. Why not a couple of gay Mexican cowboy pageants in every town. Maybe one per town just isn't enough.
I was just wondering.....

Hugging Part II

Coulter said she and her husband told their daughter to go ahead and serve her detentions because the only other option was a day of suspension for each skipped detention.

"We don't agree with it, but I certainly don't want her to get in more trouble," Coulter said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21661718/

After thinking more on this, this point really began to haunt me. The parents in the new America just caved in and told their child to "do the time". The slow creep of fascism is making its way into the furthest reaches of our society. Did we ever live in a time where a parent would stand up and say I'm sorry but hugging is not wrong. And my child will not be punished for something that promotes joy, kindness and fellowship. Nevermind that some sexually repressed middle school board is trying to outlaw anything even remotely sexual. Pity the poor children when they reach adulthood and maybe can't even hug their own children because it was taught in middle school that hugging is wrong and should be looked down upon.
What kind of repression will it take to get America to finally stand up?

Hugging Illegal?

Displays of affection should not occur on the school campus at any time. It is in poor taste, reflects poor judgment, and brings discredit to the school and to the persons involved.
So a young lady in a middle school in America is punished for hugging. How fucked up has America become? I guess they think this might lead to students stealing their parents weapons and begin blasting away at the fellow students. We live in the strangest place in the world.