NATURAL SELECTION

Mo. is working on amending the helmet law.

 

The bill would allow those 21 and older to ride without helmets on all Missouri roads except interstate highways.

 

Excellent idea.

 

As part of this law, anyone who chooses to ride without a helmet should sign a waiver to any government/state or employer provided health insurance. Should an accident occur without a helmet, that person should be 100% responsible for their own medical bills. I shouldn't have my rates go because people choose to ride without a helmet and get injured.

 

I think that's fair.

 

LIAR LIAR

This women makes me ashamed to be a North Carolinian. I hope she gets chased through the streets of D.C. by an angry mob with torches, pitch forks, and tazers.

NC deserves better that you, Congresswomen Virginia Foxx.

As the House of Representatives debates an expansion of hate crimes legislation, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) has taken the rhetoric to a new level, claiming that those who say Matthew Shepard was murdered in Wyoming for being gay are perpetrating a "hoax" on the American people.

"I also would like to point out that there was a bill -- the hate crimes bill that's called the Matthew Shepard bill is named after a very unfortunate incident that happened where a young man was killed, but we know that that young man was killed in the commitment of a robbery. It wasn't because he was gay. This -- the bill was named for him, hate crimes bill was named for him, but it's really a hoax that that continues to be used as an excuse for passing these bills," said Foxx.

Here's the video. Brace yourself, it's pretty nauseating.

RANDOM THOUGHT

Another thing to add to my "To Do Before I Die" List:

 

Just once I want to go out sporting over a million dollars in jewelry.

 

Borrowed is fine. Just to said I did.

COLISSALLY STUPID

Fire Caldera.

 

Immediately. Yesterday, actually.

 

I can't remember something as colossally stupid as okaying a photo op fly-by of downtown Manhattan with Air Force One being chased by an F-16.

FINE. LETS BE FAIR ABOUT IT.

Mo. Bill Would Let Pharmacies Refuse `Plan B' Sale

 

So I get this. I get why business owners are saying the state has no right to tell them what they can and cannot stock.

I do not however agree that an employee has the right to refuse to dispense Plan B if it is in stock because they are morally opposed to it. In that case, you should be fired because you are incapable of doing your job. If a Vegan was working the Mickey D's drive through and refuse to sell you a burger or anything with cheese on it because of their "moral objection" they would be fired.You need to work somewhere else. No argument there. It's one of the same, lets call it what it is.

 

However, as far as the business that want to not stock Plan B. I think as part of this bill they should have to openly display a sign at the entrance that this pharmacy does not stock Plan B. No woman should be put into a position to walk into a pharmacy and get some moral lecture on her medical needs. A mandatory sign would solve this.

 

If you morally disagree with Plan B, you can make sure to patronize the pharmacies that refuse to carry it.

 

On the same note, you can bet your sweet ass I will never spend a dime at a pharmacy that refuses to dispense it and I will go out of my way to spend my money at the ones that do.

 

Business owners want to control what they stock based on Plan B and I want to control where I spend my money based on the same thing. Let's be fair about it.

TWEETING IDIOTS

Swine Flu Creates Controversy On Twitter

"This is a good example of why [Twitter is] headed in that wrong direction, because it's just propagating fear amongst people as opposed to seeking actual solutions or key information," said Brennon Slattery, a contributing writer for PC World.

 

Okay people. Seriously. Slattery, you too. You're an idiot.

 

The problem isn't Twitter. It's the idiots who use Twitter as a informational source. It's social networking, it's random people talking about whatever. It's not Discovery Channel, CNN, or the Health Department. 

 

Why does it seem we continue to get dumber and dumber?

CAT DENT

Cat Dent: (n.) the depression in the middle of your nicely made bed that appears sometime after you leave for work in the morning and prior to your arrival home in the evening.

ABSTINENCE ONLY EDUCATION....

You see something like THIS and wonder.... how?

 

Then it hit me.

 

This is someone who was taught abstinence only education. That's how.

RV HAULING A TRUCK WITH A GOLF CART

Obviously there is no energy crisis.

EASIER THAN PIE

People keep congratulating me on being pregnant.... and I just can't help but think its kinda funny.

 

I kinda get the congratulations after the baby's born, you know because then it's like then I have done something to justify it (birthing) and the baby's here and so on.

 

But getting knocked up, was seriously the easiest thing I have ever done.

 

It's more difficult and requires more skill to go to Target to buy socks.

 

While I realize that not everyone is able to get pregnant and it's a blessing, etc. I just can't help but be amused.

 

All the hoopla surrounding something that literally boils down to congratulating someone on not using a condom.

Yes. I have an odd sense of humor, I know.

Emerson Electric is Boycotting AB InBev!

In Spat, Emerson Boycotts A-B Beer

 

According to an internal memo sent to Emerson's business leaders on Tuesday, Emerson will no longer purchase Anheuser-Busch InBev products for its world headquarters, Winfield Conference Center, company aircraft, or its suites at Busch Stadium, Scottrade Center or Edward Jones Dome. The policy is effective immediately.

 

Right on Emerson! Drink Schlafly! Owned and Brewed in St. Louis!

North Carolina Agency to Regulate Beauty Pageants for Girls Under Thirteen

Dear Representatives Mobley & Parmon,   Please tell me that this article about your proposed bill to establish the North Carolina Agency to Regulate Beauty Pageants for Girls Under Thirteen is a joke.   Is it possible that today, in North Carolina, you think that this is a pressing issue worth pursuing? Are there are not more pressing issues to spend our money on?   Education in North Carolina needs help and a lot of it. We currently have a 70% graduation rate. Unemployment in North Carolina is in the double digits and the state has a tremendous deficite.    The beauty pagent industry is a joke, no doubt, but these children at least have parents who are involved and have resources to support such trival activities. What about the children in NC who do not have such support and resources?    Please be serious and kill this bill. Stop wasting our time and our money.

IN BEER NEWS

Brewers Association Releases Top 50 Breweries List!

Btw: The Saint Louis Brewery, Inc (#50) is Schlafly, woot!

LIFE'S TOO SHORT TO DRINK CRAP BEER

Our Commander-In-Chief Could Use Better Taste In Beer

 

GASP! What? Seriously?

 

According to the article above in Draft Mag, Barack Obama's beer of choice is Budweiser.

Dear God, why? I get maybe when it was an American beer, brewed by Americans for Americans- political pandering and all,  right? But that shit is no longer. Budweiser is now owned by a Belgium company. Bu-bye.

 

Americans taste in beer have changed dramatically in the last decade and the move towards craft/specialty beers is undeniable- the market for craft beers is growing at a rate of 7%, much larger than any other area (just ask InBev). Even at home in the Lou! People who drank Budweiser for generations based on loyalty are starting to embarrassing the craft beers (YAY! Schlafly & Boulevard!)..

 

Obama has money and people with money don't eat shitty food. When you eat better food, your pallet develops you have less tolerance to shitty food.. it goes the same for wine, beer, everything.

 

There's no way in the world that his favorite wine is Boone's Strawberry Hill- because that shit is bad and that's the wine equivalent of Budweiser beer.

 

I don't believe for a second he's been eating shitty food and drinking shitty wine for his entire life.. so what's up with the beer?

 

If I was pres, you can bet there'd be someone from the secret service regularly standing on the loading dock at Four Peaks Brewing Company to pick up my fresh keg of AZ Peach Ale to hand carry it to the White House, with a brief stop in the Lou to pick up a keg of Schlafly and some toasted ravioli from Mr. B's..

 

The man's getting pizza brought in from St Louis! And why the hell not? He's the leader of the free world.

 

Somebody's is definately going to have to talk to him about this beer thing though..

GOOD FRIDAY

Indeed. It is good.

I was at lunch on Wednesday with someone co-workers when someone made an offhand comment about the three-day weekend.

Huh? What are you talking about?

They told me that we were all off this Friday, company holiday "Spring Holiday."

No shit?

I did not believe them. Pulling something like that is exactly something we would do to screw with one another. When I got back to my desk, I checked the company schedule and sure enough.

YAY! For Spring Holiday! Getting Good Friday off is one of the few perks of working for a French company I guess.

Since I didn't know we were off, I didn't have any plans for today so it really is like a bonus day. If I had known, I might have planned to hop a flight somewhere or something.

No idea what I am going to do with today. I have plenty of things on the weekend to do list to work on. It's supposed to be beautiful today so I should get out and do something like some gardening or something.

It's a shame. Today, would be a perfectly wonderful day to burn sitting outside some where drinking beer.

So hey, if anyone's reading this- go sit outside somewhere and drink some beer for me.

ALWAYS LOWERING THE BAR

Even for Fox this seems a little crass:

 

Fox To Make Reality TV Show Out Of Company Layoffs

CAN'T HAVE

I've been avoiding this now for quite a while. First, it was because I wasn't ready to tell anyone yet. Now, most people know, but still I seem to be having a hard time finding the words.

Out with it I guess. I am pregnant. 10 weeks.

Yes, we are excited. I do go back and forth pretty frequently between excited, petrified, and annoyed.

Annoyed mostly because of all the things I can't do and can't have. Like beer. And wine.
and sushi...
ibuprofen...
tuna....
jack & coke..
caffeine...
non-pasteurized cheeses...
you get the idea... and annoyed that my body is turning on me.

Today, I most definitely seem to be favoring annoyed. Yesterday, I was quite excited.

I have been extremely lucky to have been completely missed by morning sickness, my biggest issue has been extreme fatigue and that is finally starting to wain.

I can still play soccer (for the next few weeks anyway) and run, although I have been having a tough time running with the constant exhaustion and all.

So it seems as the direction of my life is changing the direction of this blog will be changing too.

One thing is for sure. I can absolutely assure anyone reading this blog that I completely refuse to let this blog turn into another obsessed-crazy ass mom site with daily pictures and posts abut baby's every fart and crap.

Dear God, I better not turn into one of those women who can't have a conversation that doesn't completely revolve around their kids...

I realize our life is going to be changing drastically, but I am not willing to turn into one of those child obsessed mom nazis.

So basically, I have got figured out what I am not going to do. The rest is anyone's guess.

DOUBT IT

Airlines Improve For 1st Time In 5 Years

 

I am not convinced.

 

Seems as plausible (or more so) that people just stopped thinking that anyone gave a shit and just stopped bothering to complain. 

 

Or more likely our expected standards have finally fallen low enough that they are more in line with actual the airlines capabilities.

A PHOTO WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS

After 18 years, Mr. Obama has lifted the ban on media coverage of the coffins of the returning war dead. I applaud this decision.

 

The ban hasn't been completely reversed- it's been improved. What has happened is that now the media can coverage the returning coffins, IF and ONLY IF the family approves it. Well done.

 

Military families bear the burden that the mainstream has missed. They bury and mourn their kin when they come home in a box. To Americans, it's a name and a number. You see an article or a brief news story of X number of American soldiers killed in some alien place in the desert far away. That's it.

 

The families absolutely deserve privacy, and should they request it, their wishes should be unquestionable honored. I most definitely support that. To the families who choose to share their grief with us- thank you.

 

During the Vietnam War, every day on the evening news flashed images of the returning war dead. This was important. The country saw this every night. A photo is worth a thousand words. Nothing carries the weight of these images.

 

Flag draped coffin after flag draped coffin, night after night.

 

This is our war. We invaded Iraq & Afghanistan and these bodies coming home are ours. They are our fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, friends. We should all carry this burden.

 

We should SEE them.

 

Every single day.

WELL SAID

Iowa Court Says Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional

"The court reaffirmed that a statute inconsistent with the Iowa constitution must be declared void even though it may be supported by strong and deep-seated traditional beliefs and popular opinion," said a summary of the ruling issued by the court.

 

Just because the church backs something and the majority of the population at the time, does not mean it is right. Remember slavery? It was supported by popular opinion and the majority of churches and it was absolutely wrong.

 

This is violation of constitutional/equal rights. Plain and simple.

 

My hat is off to Iowa. I never would have guessed they would have been among the first states to draw the line between popular and fair.

 

And as far as:

 

"The Polk County attorney's office, arguing on behalf of Brien, claimed that Hanson's ruling violates the separation of powers and said the issue should be left to the Legislature."

 

No asshole. Back to civics class for you. The legislator makes the laws (based on popular opinion mostly) and the the justice system decided whether or not they are constitutional.

HMMMMMM...