I wrote in a previous post about Dateline’s Predators, and said I get back to it, so here’s some more interesting safety information for kids.
I was playing a little game with my son tonight called Safetyville, I don’t know where we got it, but it asks questions like, “what do you do when you lost?”, and other good questions. It turns out the game is an advertisement for a kids I.D service, which is a neat idea, so check it out http://www.kidzidz.com/.
Back to the game, I do have to knock the writers of Safteyville a bit. The first two cards in the stack had ridiculous questions that no father would ever tell his 3 yr. old son, but I will tell you. The point is, this is so rare, I will never worry about it happening. The questions are so politically charged (special interest groups), it’s pathetic.
Question: A friend of yours confides that he would love to come to school and shoot all of the students that have taunted or rejected him. You should tell ______ as soon as possible. Answer: a trusted adult
Question: Your school is under siege by one or more student shooters and you are stuck inside your classroom. Keep the lights out, door locked and make sure everyone hides out of view of _________. Answer: all doors and windows.
The super bowl was horrible. Both teams played really poorly. Roethlisberger and Hasselbeck were throwing ducks all game. Except for one 75 yard run (which was mostly a lucky call and botched play by the strong safety), none of the running backs were even worth mentioning. The Steelers defensive line didn’t create any pressure on Hasselbeck who despite having all day to find a receiver wasn’t hitting his targets. The refs were just as bad, not only on the controversial calls (Roethlisberger’s Touchdown, and Darrell Jackson’s Touchdown), but also on their holding penalties. Not only did the game suck, but the stones are one of my favorite bands, and that half time show was really bad. The sound was all messed up and they only got in 3 songs, which was sad, because I’d rather have watched a stones concert than the football game that they interrupted. And when did super bowl commercials become SO annoying? I used to like the commercials. This years were really bad - especially all the “wardrobe malfunction” puns.
“Three rabbits sit on a log, one goes off to hang himself….buy a bike”
- Lewis Black
This years super bowl was as painful as the rose parade, which I haven’t seen in over a decade. I’m sorry I wasted 4 hours of my life watching it, and 5 minutes writing this blog about it.
I’m watching Dateline “Predators III”, and I can’t believe what scum and idiots live in our area. 50 people where arrested in Riverside, only miles from my house. This is pathetic! This is ridiculous! I really don’t know what to say about the pathetic men who where trying to have sex with children. We as a society need to protect our children. We need to make sure that adults can’t talk to our kids online. In the following weeks I’m going to do some research on protecting our kids, check back.
The oil companies think that we should pay more at the pump because we’re at war and barrels of oil are hard to come by. So it is great to hear that Exxon-Mobil reported the most profitable year in the history of all American companies! Wow does something stink?
HOUSTON, Jan. 30 — Exxon Mobil, the nation’s largest energy company, today reported a 27 percent surge in profits for the fourth quarter as elevated fuel prices gave rise to the most lucrative year ever for an American company, with profits in 2005 reaching $36.13 billion and revenue $371 billion. - N.Y. Times
Filed Under (Society in General) by Scott on 01-02-2006
The State of the Union address was last night and while it covered many points that I would love to comment on, onething stood out. Iran. Bush said, ”We cannot afford to have Iran with a nuclear weapon.” Guess what, that is an understatement. Lets think about this. Iran claims they want nuclear capabilities in order to produce energy through nuclear power plants. Now while it would be nice for Iran to have power, you must aks yourself, “why do they need nuclear power?” Think about it, Iran has a very large quantity of oil. Furthermore, I don’t recall Iran ever giving a crap about the environment. So why don’t they convert their oil into electric power?
I am reminded of North Korea, the other remaining member of the “Axis of Evil“. Fun loving Bill Clinton thought it would be a great idea to give North Korea nuclear power plants. Can you guess what Commie Korea did with their nuclear capabilities? They made nuclear missiles and proceeded to threaten us with them.
So What do you think Iran will do with nuclear capabilities? I’m pretty sure they can’t make missiles, but they do know a thing or two about making bombs. Now people may say ask: “what right does America have to deny nuclear weapons to other nations when America was the only nation to actually use a nuclear weapon against another nation?” Well, that would take another blog in itself to explain, but I can offer you one reason why Iran shouldn’t have nuclear weapons: I don’t trust them; they hate us, they are an unstable government and they are in the anti-American terrorist hot bed of the world.
Filed Under (Society in General) by Jeremy on 01-02-2006
I don’t understand what’s so bad about suicide. If someone doesn’t want to live anymore, why make them? If anyone should be responsible for their life it should be that person. It doesn’t hurt anyone else, and in some cases I can imagine suicide being a very viable option. People say, oh but it hurts their loved ones. And maybe it does, but I am not responsible for the feelings that someone has towards me. Just because someone loves me, doesn’t mean that I’m obligated to do what they want. Maybe instead of chalking suicide up to the emotionally unstable, we should take a look at their lives and see if we can figure out how it came to be that dying was better than living.
I think the move today from the L.A. District Attorney to sue Rock Star Games over their controversial Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas for hidden pornography should be cheered. To often in our society, people overlook the most outrageous and offensive content that gets in front of children. I think the company should pay for the deception, simply to protect our kids from future acts like this.
Businesses have an obligation to truthfully disclose the content of their products - whether in the food we eat or the entertainment we consume,” Delgadillo told the Associated Press.
We need to note the big Walt Disney Co. news, acquiring Pixar Animation Studios for some $7.4 billion dollars. This is a much bigger deal than just two media giants merging, this actually effects the fabric of life in America, and here’s why:
Steve Jobs, the genius behind Apple, the CEO of Pixar is now the largest single shareholder in Disney. He will bring his expertise in technology to the media giant. This will affect both the movies that Disney makes and its ABC Network, bring more rich media to all aspects of the company and to America. Soon you may wirelessly see a Pixar movie on your iPod, while getting your box scores on ESPN.
“Steve Jobs could be the 21st century Walt Disney, helping the media giant Disney founded to regain its lost lead in animated films.” Hinduston Times
Here’s the corporate merger press release about the merger if your curious about the facts.
