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Maybe not green men, per se, but extraterrestrial life. The Vatican's astronomer, Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, says it is not incompatible for there to be a faith in God and a belief that is intelligent life elsewhere in the universe.

I know, that I for one will sleep far better knowing that a man that wears a funny hat thinks its OK for me to think that maybe there is intelligent life beyond our whirling blue ball. And I am sure that those little green men (gray skinny men or what ever they look like) are so relieved that the Catholics on the third rock from the Sun are allowed to think aliens are real.

It sucks when your own body betrays you. And even worse when the doctors don't realize when they are outside their expertise.

To understand why I am thankful, one needs to know how low my life got. It started with an itchy leg and the grand finale was a rash/hives that encompassed nearly everything from my neck to my ankles. The itching could make me go insane at times, the burning sensation made most clothing painful, the swelling made it hard to move and parts of the "rash" were down right gross. I realize it could have been worse, but it was pretty bad.

Then there was the medical interventions. The cream for a fungal infection did nothing. Stopping one medication did nothing. The antibiotics, topically and orally, helped. Stopping another medication helped, but I was still a mess. The scabies treatment made it all worse, much worse. My doctor finally gave me a referral (needed by my insurance) to a dermotologist, who shook her head at everything my doc put me through. The final diagnosis? Idiopathic dermatitis - In other words, a rash that appears after I have a problem on one part of my body. The goopy steroid ointment is a modern miracle. The rash is less itchy and I don't look like a human balloon.

Will I ever know what started it all? Probably not.

All I can say is I am thankful to have my life back - for every step to not hurt, to make it up and down the stairs without a death grip in the banister, for my clothes to not be devices of torture, to actually have ankles and feet again.

I am thankful for many things that others take for granted.

Authorities in Texas rounded up the many of the mothers and children from Yearning for Zion, a religious sect's compound. A religious sect that advocates polygamy . . . and marrying off their teenage girls not long after they can reproduce. Typically these girls get married off to men far older than they are.

There is the crime - these girls were essentially the victims of rape. In many cases it was a minimum of statutory rape, However I could image being so incapacitated by fear if some old geezer was mounting me when I was 14, 15 or 16 that there would be no way that the sex could be considered consensual. Heap on the fact that most of the men in authority in my life would have told me I had to do it because it was the will of God.

As part of the investigation into the crimes, the women and children are whisked away from the compound - many are cajoled into leaving, some could say under false pretenses. These women left voluntarily with their children. Then the only mother child bonds that the officials leave intact are those of mothers with children under four years old. The women were not even given the chance to say goodbye to their children. Many of the women, when given the opportunity, declined to return to the compound and opted for alternate arrangements.

Has anyone said that the mothers abused their children in anyway? You may argue that they let their teenage daughters be married off, but lets not forget the fact that they themselves were likely married off at a young age and that their society was strongly patriarchal and that the men would not have listened to their wives.

The sons were not being married off at young ages (that might lessen the number of young ladies available to the elders), so where was their abuse (beyond being denied some nookie)? So why remove them from their families?

The authorities may hold themselves up self-righteously saying they have saved some young women and rescued others from enduring the indignities of "marital responsibilities" to an old fossil. But, how much psychological damage have they done by not only removing these children from the only life they've know, but keeping these children from their mothers? Two wrongs will never make a right.

A little bit of the Islamist lunatic fringe, closer to home:

Yousef al-Khattab, who runs RevolutionMuslim.com from his home in Queens, told FOX News that he also wants the U.S. to embrace Islam and Sharia Law, which prohibits alcohol and can include stoning to death or severe flogging for pre-marital sex and adultery.

link: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,347272,00.html

He may be subtle, but he is still inciting acts of violence. I hope that the government gets enough information on this bastard to put him very far away from the rest of us. I know many say to be tolerant of others, but we are going to "tolerant" out of an existence.

The Islamic countries want to be Islamic - fine. Maybe jackasses like this guy need to move there and quit trying to rob us of the freedoms we cherish. Hell, can we start a collection for a one-way only plane ticket?

I find it interesting that his profession is a cab driver. In his world he is committing a crime for being in the car with a woman not his wife or relative. I personally want to study this man's face and memorize his adopted name so that I can tell him "no thanks" if I ever have the misfortune of him stopping his cab for me . . . or maybe he just doesn't stop for single women.

This little phase may take on new meaning . . .

From the AP

A survey of sex therapists concluded the optimal amount of time for sexual intercourse was 3 to 13 minutes. The findings, to be published in the May issue of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, strike at the notion that endurance is the key to a great sex life.

Guys, before you start ripping out articles to show your wife or girlfriend, this does not take into account foreplay. If you just jump on and grunt for 10 minutes, don't expect a standing ovation or even a contented sigh.

Dr. Irwin Goldstein, editor of the Journal of Sexual Medicine, cited a four-week study of 1,500 couples in 2005 that found the median time for sexual intercourse was 7.3 minutes. (Women in the study were armed with stopwatches.)

Now ain't THAT romantic.

It's difficult for both older men and young men to make sexual intercourse last much longer, said Marianne Brandon, a clinical psychologist and director of Wellminds Wellbodies in Annapolis, Maryland.

"There are so many myths in our culture of what other people are doing sexually," Brandon said. "Most people's sex lives are not as exciting as other people think they are."

I guess the bottom line is: If you aren't keeping the bed rocking all night long, its not a big deal. And actually fellas, don't keep going thinking your impressing your girl. Trust me, there are other ways you can impress us.

A convicted killer wants a sex change operation -

From the AP

BOSTON - The new commissioner of the state's prison system said Tuesday he plans to re-examine the case of a convicted killer suing the Department of Correction to try to get a sex-change operation.
. . .

DOC Commissioner Harold Clarke, who took over the department in November, said he has not decided yet whether to continue to fight Kosilek's request. "I need to take a look at the information presented before I arrived, and with a fresh set of eyes, closely scrutinize it," Clarke said after a status hearing on Kosilek's federal lawsuit.

Robert Kosilek was sentenced to life in prison for murdering his wife, Cheryl, in 1990. Kosilek legally changed her name to Michelle in 1993 and has been living as a woman in an all-male prison in Norfolk.

Kosilek first sued the Department of Correction in 2000, claiming its refusal to pay for a sex-change operation violates her Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment. . .

If it isn't Nutraloaf, its wanting a sex change, what will these prisoners think of next . . .

In 2002, U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf ruled that prison officials had failed to adequately treat Kosilek's gender identity disorder, but he stopped short of ordering the state to allow the sex-change operation. . . . Kosilek, 58, sued again in 2005, saying the hormone treatments, laser hair removal and psychotherapy she has received since Wolf's 2002 ruling were not enough to relieve her anxiety and depression.

Awwww. Don't you feel sorry?

Even the experts don't agree. Some of the doctors "believe the surgery is medically necessary for Kosilek", others say he/she doesn't need the surgery. Kosilek twice tried to commit suicide in prison.

To me, this is not medically necessary under any circumstances. He/she's life is not in jeopardy if he doesn't completely become she - unless, of course, someone leaves some shoelaces laying around.

Again, here is another case of a prisoners rights being greater than the rights of the general public. If this smuck was doing the daily grind like the majority of us, he/she would likely be shit out of luck to have the plumbing rearranged unless he/she reached deep in his/her own pocket to pay for it. I say make the bastard work in the prison laundry until he/she can pay for it him/herself.
the tax payers are not an endless pool of resources. If given my choice, I'd rather the tax money help some person, maybe even a veteran, who might need some sort of reconstructive surgery to function better in society.

A Wisconsin teen is suing his high school because he got a zero on an art project for depicting a religious symbol.

His teacher, Julie Millin, asked him to remove the reference to the Bible, saying students were making remarks about it. He refused, and she gave him a zero on the project.

Millin showed the student a policy for the class that prohibited any violence, blood, sexual connotations or religious beliefs in artwork. The lawsuit claims Millin told the boy he had signed away his constitutional rights when he signed the policy at the beginning of the semester.

Supposedly, other classmates had drawings of demons on some of their drawings but nothing was said to them. For some people, those could be construed as religious symbols, so where is the fairness?

The boy tore the policy up in front of Millin, who kicked him out of class. Later that day, assistant principal Cale Jackson told the boy his religious expression infringed on other students' rights.

Jackson told the boy, his stepfather and his pastor at a meeting a week later that religious expression could be legally censored in class assignments. Millin stated at the meeting the cross in the drawing also infringed on other students' rights.

How exactly? This was his own artwork, turned in for an assignment. It did not need to be displayed for the teacher to look at it and make a judgment. Perhaps I might be offended by the display of demons. Does that mean those items should be removed? What about a Buddha, or Shiva?

Art class is all about expressing ones self. I can understand barring violent and sexually explicit material, but religion? Many have felt the need to express their faith. Furthermore, if Christian imagery offend these up and coming artists, they better avoid going to most art museums - that is a fact. This kind of intolerance does nothing to foster understanding. Perhaps the educational process would have been better served if the class discussed their beliefs together, rather than the students making remarks to the teacher.

Wait, that's right, our schools aren't about education and fostering independent thought. Their goal is to suppress independent thought and create the next generation of automatons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOBLSmiSDFQ&feature=related

Well, I guess its progress . . .

There are many who will "stand with their Muslim brother" before anyone else. That think that all Muslims are innocent and all non-Muslims are guilty of crimes against god and therefore deserve to be raped and murdered. Muslims are calling Shihira law in their adopted countries. The insanity will continue until we finally say enough is enough - but that might be too late.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=maHSOB2RFm4&feature=related

Only in America

Prisoners have filed a class-action lawsuit against Vermont, charging that a food called Nutraloaf is so disgusting it should be considered “cruel and unusual punishment.” Nutraloaf is made of cubed bread, vegetables, and powdered milk, and is served without utensils to prisoners who’ve used forks as weapons or hurled food at guards. The prisoners, however, say that Nutraloaf is clearly a punishment, and should therefore only be served after a formal disciplinary hearing. “Even in prison,” said attorney Seth Lipschutz, “you get a little bit of due process.”

I am so sick of hearing about "prisoner's rights" - Most criminals have demonstrated they don't give a shit about other people's rights and we are supposed to care about their rights. Furthermore, the Nutraloaf is only being served to those prisoners that have demonstrated that they have not learned from their incarceration and fall short of being civil. Furthermore, what about the rights of the other prisoners and the staff to not have food or utensils thrown or used on them?

Also I saw a segment on the Nutraloaf where they had a couple people on the street try it. One guy (probably a picky-eater) said it was gross at first, then said it wasn't too bad after his female companion tried it and said it wasn't bad at all and "tasted healthy". If two random people on the street said it was ok, then how cruel is it?

Damn I wish Chelsea was running for president instead of mummy. . . . Someone asked her about how her mother handled the whole Monica issue. Here was her answer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCAO6bZa31o

All I have to say is - You go girl! Daddy should have said that under oath and the country would have had nothing to gossip about.

LA JOYA, Texas — Authorities suspect a 2-year-old boy who died with a fractured skull was accidentally crushed by a morbidly obese relative.

Hidalgo County Justice of the Peace Bobby Contreras, who pronounced the child dead Tuesday night, said that investigators believe the woman fell on the child.

"It didn't look like there was any foul play from what I saw," he said.

An autopsy was scheduled for Friday afternoon with the official cause of death to be released Monday.

Hidalgo County Sheriff Lupe Trevino, who termed the death "suspicious," said he would wait for the official cause of death before deciding whether to file charges.

The child's identity has not been released. He was believed to have been dropped off by his mother to spend the day with the bedridden relative, The McAllen Monitor reported Friday.

My question is - what moron leaves a 2-yr old with someone that is bed-ridden, obese or skinny as a rail? 2-yr olds are active,very active, and they need someone that will keep up with them.

Some might simply tell the man who lost his wife in 2005 to move on after Verizon lost a recording of her voice during an upgrade. However, Verizon dug through its archives and found the recording and restored it.

IRVINGTON, N.Y. — An 80-year-old man who thought he'd lost the only recording of his dead wife's voice can hear her again, any time he wants. When Verizon upgraded Charles Whiting's telephone service, his wife's voice, saying, "Catherine Whiting," disappeared from his voicemail system.

She had died in 2005 and Whiting said he listened to her voice every day for comfort. He blamed Verizon for the loss, saying, "Now they took her voice away."

But Verizon had archived all the old greetings and messages. Company spokesman John Bonomo said Tuesday that a contractor found the recording and restored it to the new voicemail system.

"I'm glad they rescued it," Whiting said. "I'm very happy."

Kudos to you Verizon for having a heart.

I've always been a bit impatient with some women's attitude that "oh, my god, a guy might see me sweaty. I can't possibly exercise in front of guys, it makes me too self conscience." My response would typically be - get over yourself. You are there to exercise, not have a fashion show. And if some thug bugs you - talk to the staff and have his ass tossed. Despite my opinion, there are female only gyms (think Curves) and they have their nitch and obviously make money. Fine, each to their own. Personally, I'm just not sure Curves would challenge me enough to keep me going.

But now there is a new wrinkle in the "I don't want men seeing exercise" quandary - its called Islam. Harvard is trying an experiment - they have restricted hours at one of their gyms to women only. Following link:

http://media.www.dailyfreepress.com/media/storage/paper87/news/2008/02/25/News/To.Accommodate.Muslim.Students.Harvard.Tries.WomenOnly.Gym.Hours-3232133.shtml

A Harvard Islamic Society's Islamic Knowledge Committee officer, Ola Aljawhary, a junior, states: "We live together in one community, it only makes sense for everyone to compromise slightly in order for everyone to live happily," she said. "This matter is simple: Can't we just display basic decency and show tolerance and inclusion for people not a part of the mainstream majority?"

Sorry, hon, I don't agree. This is patently unfair to men that live close to this gym. Furthermore, where will it end? Will the Moslem men feel it is an infringement on their beliefs to be working out with women and insist on equal time? I'm sure the craziness has not reached the apex yet.

The constitution allows for freedom to worship as each sees fit - it was designed to keep the government from forcing people from following a specific religion. The intention was not to allow one religion to force its beliefs and restrictions down other peoples' throats. Everyone that comes to this country has a clue what our culture is. If you don't like our culture, don't come here. Don't expect us to change for you. And don't expect everyone to think its wonderful that you choose to cover yourself from head to toe in public.

Now there might be an explanation for why folks go kinky:

An analysis of four studies by Murray Straus, co-director of the Family Research Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire-Durham, found that children who suffer physical punishment in the form of spanking, hitting or slapping are more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior as adults, it is reported by USA Today.

The study, presented Thursday to the American Psychological Association, suggests that spanked children also are more likely to be "physically or verbally coercing" to a sexual partner and engage in masochistic sex, including arousal by spanking, later in life.

Elizabeth Gershoff, an assistant professor of social work at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, who reviewed 80 years of spanking research in 2002 in the APA's Psychological Bulletin, said Straus' work appears to be the first to link spanking to sexual problems, USA Today reported.

Gershoff said that even though many children are spanked by their parents, future problems often depend on how the children process the experience and whether they ultimately equate love with physical pain.

Does that mean that we might be limiting our children's bedroom antics if we save the rod and spoil the child?

Two women have complained about treatment they received on Southwest Airlines. Airline staff said they were loud and rude and used vulgar language. However, Nisreen Swedberg and her friend Sarah Williams say the flight attendants "were like older ladies" that were probably "jealous". Oh, I'm fur sure. . . .

While running errands, I stop at a red light. While waiting, I notice the car in front of me has a bumper sticker, it says: "This car is a status symbol, Its a symbol that I am broke." I look at the car, about a late 80's Toyota with the rust expected of a 20+ yr old car and a bumper that is coming on hinged from the sides of the car. Then my eyes nearly complete their journey and I eye the plate. Not your run of the mill plate that you might expect of a broke bloke - no, his license plate says: IMBROKE2. In my state a "vanity" plate costs $43 up front, the $25/yr after that. I don't want to spend $25 on a vanity plate every year and I'm not "broke", and I could come up with some winners.

Just a thought - maybe, just maybe, he might not be so broke if he hadn't spent his last $43 bucks on that license plate. Hmmmm . . .

In Mississippi a law banning restaurants from serving obese people is being proposed:

MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2008 Regular Session

To: Public Health and Human Services; Judiciary B

By: Representative Mayhall, Read, Shows
House Bill 282

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT CERTAIN FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS FROM SERVING FOOD TO ANY PERSON WHO IS OBESE, BASED ON CRITERIA PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE WRITTEN MATERIALS THAT DESCRIBE AND EXPLAIN THE CRITERIA FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A PERSON IS OBESE AND TO PROVIDE THOSE MATERIALS TO THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS; TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR THE FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS FOR COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ACT; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. (1) The provisions of this section shall apply to any food establishment that is required to obtain a permit from the State Department of Health under Section 41-3-15(4)(f), that operates primarily in an enclosed facility and that has five (5) or more seats for customers.

(2) Any food establishment to which this section applies shall not be allowed to serve food to any person who is obese, based on criteria prescribed by the State Department of Health after consultation with the Mississippi Council on Obesity Prevention and Management established under Section 41-101-1 or its successor. The State Department of Health shall prepare written materials that describe and explain the criteria for determining whether a person is obese, and shall provide those materials to all food establishments to which this section applies. A food establishment shall be entitled to rely on the criteria for obesity in those written materials when determining whether or not it is allowed to serve food to any person.

(3) The State Department of Health shall monitor the food establishments to which this section applies for compliance with the provisions of this section, and may revoke the permit of any food establishment that repeatedly violates the provisions of this section.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2008.

1) What if I am traveling through Mississippi? Do I have to bring snacks to make it from state line to state line? What a way to treat a guest!
2) What if I am getting a salad with a twist of lemon as a dressing? Will that be against the law? I mean, that is diet food and shows I'm trying to change my piggish ways.
3) Are restaurants going to be forced to have a back room with a special knock to get in like a speak easy for their best customers?

Representative Mayhall, shame on you! Try encouraging exercise and proper eating. Maybe you should take a long hard look at your culinary "culture". When I think down home southern cookin', it ain't no steamed broccoli and baked chicken breast without the skin. NO! We are talkin' some fried catfish or bar-b-que, collard greens cooked with ham hocks or salt pork, and maybe some cheese grits or macaroni and cheese. What can we top that off with? A piece of Mississippi mud pie perhaps? Get a grip! Hey, while you're at it and pass the hot sauce . . .

On Fox New's website today there are two articles that show how crazy our western culture and all its parts has become.

A Virgina store manager who was given a summons for obscenity. The Abercrombie & Fitch Posters showed bare chested men with the top of one's buttocks showing and a woman, whose arm covered her breasts. As Abercrombie & Fitch pointed out, there was less flesh showing than you might find on your average plumber or American beach. And it was far less than you might find on a French or Brazilian beach.

A jump across the pond finds us a bunch of Muslim women refusing to roll-up their sleeves. These are not women running errands about town, these are medical professionals refusing to adhere to basic sanitary guidelines. They would rather expose their patients to whatever might get on their sleeves than expose their lower arms.

I've been to the supermarket on the days going up to major holidays and such, but going today was a bit surreal. It was crowded, heck, it is always crowded on Saturday. The make up of the crowd and where they were accumulated was different. The deli was stacked three deep. I felt sorry for the poor girl attempting to stock the case with wings - she may as well have tossed them into the crowd like beads at a Mardi Grads parade. Produce was relatively empty. The jumbo sized packages of meat were going like hot cakes. Then I looked around. Where did these guys come from? These were not your ordinary guys - these were guys I could imagine painting their chests on frosty days in a football stadium. Furthermore, they, not their lady companions, were the ones leading the charge to grab every artery clogging tidbit they could find. These were MEN, damn it, and they were not going to have any part of raw broccoli or cucumber sandwiches. Celery and carrots need only apply if they are going to sit next to wings. Superbowl Sunday is a strange holiday.

A generation plus ago, my mother gave birth to a full-term stillbirth. My father saw the baby - my mother never did. There was absolutely no thought given to naming a baby that never took a breath. There was no thought to marking her grave. No one even blinked an eye that my parents might be in mourning. A few years ago, a friend of mine lost a full term baby. Her and her husband named the baby, had her cremated and buried her ashes under a tree in the yard. The hospital staff were very sympathetic. Both were horrible losses handled in very different ways.

This past summer a Texas couple lost their baby. The woman was in her 2nd trimester, that is between 3 and 6 months gestation. A horrible loss, but it was not nearly a full term baby. The couple went so far as to name the fetus. The couple is now suing the hospital for sending their stillborn son to the cleaners with the soiled linens rather than the morgue - citing "severe emotional distress and mental anguish". While I do find it disturbing and rather disgusting that the hospital would be so careless with biological material, I can understand the mistake. A fetus during this stage of development is about the size of a peach, about 3 to 4 inches long and about 1.5 lbs.

I find it rather evolved that now the medical establishment consider a full-term fetus a baby. Asking the medical establishment, or anyone else, to consider a fetus that is not viable outside the womb and is smaller than many things surgeons send to the incinerator a baby might be expecting a bit much. I encourage the grieving "parents" to grieve in their own way, but leave the courts out of it. The hospital didn't cause the miscarriage, they just perhaps handled the after effects inappropriately.

Maybe I sound a bit heartless, but where do we draw the line? Will we start naming and holding vigils for zygotes when a woman miscarries? And what about the handling of an aborted fetus?

In the U.K., a goth couple were denied transportation on a public bus. Dani Graves was holding a leash connected to a choke collar around Tasha Maltby's neck. The bus driver evidently told them "We don't let freaks and dogs like you on".

Walking around with a leash around my neck would not be my cup of tea, but if Miss Maltby likes being a "pet" what business is it of mine. She claims being a "pet" is pretty good, and if she is treated half as well as my two cats lazing on the chairs near me, I can certainly understand.

And as for the bus driver - Did he get a crumpet stuffed up his arse? That might account for his foul disposition.

I am back to on-line dating sites. I am minding my own business when this guy IM's me asking me if I will be his sub. I tell him no. I had thought I had dealt with all that I ever would on these sites - Then this guy asks if I am into bestiality. I say "eww".

No kidding, this is what the guy has on his profile:

I'm looking for...
I am looking for a kind, caring sensitive woman and some of those old fashioned morals wouldn't go a miss. So if you are somewhat into health and fitness, who loves the outdoors and a woman who is looking for her soul mate, her best friend, her lover, her everything then I am looking forward to hearing from you...

Yeah, bestiality is such an "old fashioned moral". Where are the rocks these turds crawl out from under? And, Doug_ny, go crawl back under it, where ever it is.

First Romney did it, then Hillary - They misted up in front of prospective voters. Does this make them look more human? Does this make them look weak?

Frankly does it matter? For me - no. And I told the opinion taker that called me about this issue that it makes no difference to me. And who exactly calls to ask and opinion about something like that?

I'm not talking about horsepower. I've seen them. Maybe you've seen them - the rubber testicles that some people think are amusing to attach to the back underside of their vehicle, typically to a trailer hitch. Funny? Maybe. Tasteless? Sure, but then again there is a bunch of other stuff that is tasteless wandering around the world (Paris, as in Hilton; any number of sports superstars, etc.). I deal with it the way I deal with most other tasteless stuff - laugh if its funny, shrug my shoulders if it ain't. Personally, I think that anyone (insert "man") that finds the need to attach rubber testicles to their vehicle, frequently a big ass truck or SUV, is having a variant of the same identity issues that middle aged men have when they buy a Corvette.

Now a Virginia legislator wants to ban the display of these vehicle balls. Why? Because one of his constituent's young daughters asked her Daddy what they were. Again and again some parent gets asked the same types of questions that their own parents squirmed answering when they themselves asked as wee lads and lassies. Instead of using it as a learning tool (like a good Mommy or Daddy) - the bonehead calls their favorite local politician and whines 'cause we gotta protect the children!

It could have just as easily been a huge male dog with all his parts that would have likely prompted the same "What are those silly things hanging down there Daddy??!!!" While I would love the removal of testicles from any number of things - most dogs and cats (shelters are full enough), the Neanderthal with the lame ass pick-up line - legislation of their removal are patently uncalled for. Likewise is this piece of legislation for the neutering of motor vehicles.

Virginia has also agonized over whether to ban the droopy draws with which we have all become familiar. Seeing some dude's boxers is annoying to me too, but come on. I'm sure Virginia needs some real problems solved.

From the AP

NEW YORK - From the waist up, they looked like perfectly normal commuters. That wasn’t good enough for police.

Eight pranksters who dropped their pants and showed their underwear on the subway on Sunday were taken into custody and issued summonses for disorderly conduct. All were ultimately released, said Improv Everywhere, the group that organized the stunt.

The group said more than 160 riders participated in the fifth annual No Pants Subway Ride before police halted their No. 6 train about 5 p.m.

Disorderly conduct? Is that the best they could do? Boy, that was dredging the bottom of the barrel digging for a charge. Nothing was showing, so "New York's Finest" needed to give it a rest and let the folks have their fun.

When I was driving home from work tonight, Nickelback's "Rockstar" came on the radio. Its song with which I am familiar, familiar with the "explicit" version that is. I can understand "ass" being cut. What really made me go "what the . . .?" was the removal of the word "drug". The word "drug" is not one of the seven that used to get Howard Stern periodic vacations. I get removing "nigger" out of the Kayne West's "Gold Digger" - the n-word may not classically be profanity, but it is an ugly, degrading word and removing it off the radio is probably a good idea. But "drug"? - this takes "Just say no to drugs" to a new level.

I had previously remarked about a woman being charged with disorderly conduct for cursing in her own house:
http://www.worldofsuck.net/index.php/Odessa/2007/10/23/say_what

Its conclusion:

Good week for: The foulmouthed, after a Pennsylvania judge acquitted a woman of disorderly conduct for swearing at her malfunctioning toilet. Her neighbor, a policeman, charged Dawn Herb, 33, with a crime after he heard her repeatedly using the F-word through her bathroom window. The language Herb used “may be considered by some to be offensive, vulgar, and imprudent,” the judge ruled, but she was entitled to use it under the First Amendment.

Male monkeys "pay" for sex:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,319746,00.html

Way I look at it, foreplay is foreplay. "Groom" me baby, and lets see what happens . . .

How many of us have wanted to say this on public transportations or in a store or else where. One Texas bus driver did just that and its being labeled a religious incident by many. Seems Christine Lutz was reading the Bible to her children on the way to church. She was asked to keep it down and she said she was teaching her children and she was going to continue. She was subsequently ejected from the bus and provided a ride to church.

If she was loud, it shouldn't matter what she was reading, she was being disruptive to her fellow passengers. The self-righteousness of some people astounds me. I guess they believe that just because the topic of their hyperbole happens to be religious in nature it is OK.

Ms Lutz and Liberty Legal Institute are going to lock horns with the mass transit system, calling it religious prosecution. I call it a bus driver standing up for the rights of the other passengers. Also, Ms Lutz and her children were not physically harmed - they were provided safe transportation to their destination. She is just upset that she got called out and God didn't strike the heathen down. Well, Ms Lutz, ever consider that God doesn't like you talking loud on the bus either?