The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

So, I just got back from seeing the film Olympus Has Fallen at a dollar theater. Thank Judas it was at the dollar theater. While I wouldn't say it's the worst film I've ever seen (That honor goes to Date Movie and Gone Fishin' , with Dude, Where's My Car? coming in third), it was definitely the worst I've seen in quite some time. Sadly, it was so bad, I found it to be quite funny - and no, it wasn't intended to be a comedy. It's an action film starring Gerard Butler front and center. The White House and President Aaron Eckhart are taken over by North Korean terrorists, and while these terrorists have killed about any and everyone in sight, are loaded up the wazoo, and appear to have a better plan than Keyser Soze, Gerard Butler is a one-man wrecking crew and saves the world! The film should have been titled Fallen? Gerard Butler Never Falls! The character development was minimal. The dialogue was more cliched than a book about cliches, entitled, Cl...

While I haven't completely lost faith in Albert Pujols being an elite hitter, the guy to watch at the plate is Miguel Cabrera of the Detroit Tigers. Cabrera won the Triple Crown last year, posting a .330 batting average, hitting 44 home runs, and driving in 139 runs - the first time any player had done so since Carl Yastrzemski did it back in 1967 for the Boston Red Sox. Scarily enough, Cabrera is having an even better season this year and if he stays healthy, has a legitimate shot at a repeat Triple Crown. Yes, that's right. Through 79 games, Cabrera is hitting an astounding .375 (.045 points higher than last year), with 24 home runs (on pace for 51 - 7 more than last year), and 82 RBIs (on pace for 166 - 27 more than last year). Cabrera may be a liability in the field at times, but he has improved since his move to third base, and with the way he's hitting, it doesn't really matter. Cabrera put together one of the best offensive seasons in the modern era last year a...

Radio talk show host and model for the characters of the game Hungry Hungry Hippos - Rush Limbaugh - appeared to be quite confused about history on yesterday's show, which largely dealt with the Supreme Court's DOMA ruling. At one point, Limbaugh said this: "...Nobody has ever been denied the right to marry. Not a single person. Stop and think about that. Marriage is something. Nobody is saying it's not. If you want to get married, there are certain qualifications. There have been certain qualifications. If you don't meet them, you can't do it. I can't get into a bunch of clubs I'd like to get into either, 'cause I don't fit." I honestly didn't have to think about this much to know Rush is wrong. I know it's easy for him to say that "nobody has ever been denied the right to marry," for he's been married four times now. Sadly enough, Limbaugh got into the following back-and-forth earlier in the program: Caller: ...

Sometimes, Republicans just don't know which fights to pick, do they? Like with trying to repeal Obamacare 37 times and failing all thirty-seven of those times, Kansas Representative and man voted most likely to be the hybrid of a tramp and a KKK member - Tim Huelskamp - said this in response to the Supreme Court's DOMA ruling yesterday: "My response to this will be later this week to file a federal marriage amendment." Recent CNN and Gallup polls have shown that a majority of Americans believe that gay marriages should be recognized by federal law (55% in the CNN poll and 53% in the Gallup poll), yet what did Mr. Huelskamp have to say about this? "A majority of Americans don't like President Obama as president, but he's still the president. What did not happen is what the court and then the folks pushing for [DOMA repeal] hoped would happen: that it would end the debate. The debate is not over." At this current time, 46.4% of Americans appro...

The Oregon Ducks football team, who was coached by Philadelphia Eagles head coach Chip Kelly before this coming season, was hit with a light sanction for a recruiting violation under then coach Kelly. This wasn't a very harsh penalty. This was to the death penalty (in college football) what a paper-cut is to a gun homicide. Sure, it might sting for a little bit, but it doesn't completely end a person's life, or a program in this scenario - not by a long shot. Dan Graziano of ESPN.com then wrote an article about the matter today and I was scratching my head while reading the "piece" in its entirety, before I scrolled to the top of the website to make sure it didn't say The Onion. Graziano's article is titled, "NCAA labels Chip Kelly a cheater." Yes, things only got worse from there... Graziano started the article by saying this: "I know that the vast majority of Philadelphia Eagles fans won't care. I know that all you care abou...

Like I forgot to send my weekly update of book information to readers, I also forgot to send new readers information on where to find me on social networking sites.  Here's the URL to my Facebook business page. I update it fairly regularly, but still haven't put forth a great deal of effort yet in researching matters and attempting to make the most out of it. In any case, it can be perused here: http://www.facebook.com/AuthorCraigRozniecki?ref=hl Up next is my Twitter page. I'm still not 100% certain what I'm doing on there yet, but feel I'm gradually getting the hang of it and am up to 567 followers. I update it daily with many of my own tweets, but also by retweeting some others'. It can be found here: https://twitter.com/CraigRozniecki Lastly, here's my Tumblr page, which I've neglected quite a bit recently, but if you're at all curious, you can find it at the following link: http://www.tumblr.com/blog/rozzy81

For some reason, I forgot to do this yesterday. Anyway, for new readers, here's some information pertaining to my books. All of my eight books can be purchased in paperback form at the following site (and others): http://www.lulu.com/shop/search.ep?type=&keyWords=craig+rozniecki&x=7&y=5&sitesearch=lulu.com&q= The six books I've written and released in the past 2+ years (yes, I've been on a roll) can be purchased for much cheaper in Kindle form at the following link: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_22?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=craig%20rozniecki%20kindle&sprefix=craig+rozniecki+kindle%2Caps%2C228&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Acraig%20rozniecki%20kindle As always, if you have any questions, feel free to ask me by either commenting on this blog or e-mailing me at CRozniecki@gmail.com. Unless I'm out of town, I'm typically very good at responding rather quickly.

Whenever a pro-gay rights decision is made, I love to hear the far-right's reactions. They're typically crazier than Looney Tunes characters eating Cocoa Puffs while tripping acid. That very trend continued today in light of the Supreme Court's decision to strike down DOMA. Here are some of my favorite such reactions, and my smart aleck commentary to each: Michigan Representative Tim Walberg: "For the best interest of society itself ... we have defined a marriage between a man and woman in the interest of those children... Society itself is at risk." Yes, because in light of this ruling, every state in the country is going to legalize same-sex marriage tomorrow - even Alabama, Oklahoma, Wyoming, and Utah - and every person in this county, whether straight, gay, or bi, will marry someone of the same sex in the next 48 hours. Every person in every couple will remain 100% faithful to the other and there will not any kind of reproduction for the remainder of Ameri...

I just read a letter-to-the-editor in The Columbus Dispatch which got my blood boiling some, and I felt the need to respond with a letter of my own. It likely won't get published because it's a tad longer than the paper typically likes it, but in any case, I thought I'd share it with readers. Here it is: This letter is in response to the June 26th letter-to-the-editor, written by Wendy Kirk, and titled "Our society makes sex too easy for kids." Ms. Kirk starts her letter by saying, "Why do we as a society fight so hard for our children to have sex?" I think that's exaggerating matters just a touch. It's not like parents all across the country have formed a group by the name of "We Want Our Kids to Get Laid Soon." So, what evidence is there of this claim? The writer then followed that with this: "In some states and schools, kids as young as 9 are required to have the Gardasil vaccine, which is supposed to prevent cancers ...

With the conservative Supreme Court ruling to do away with section IV of the Voting Rights Act today, I think I've come to a realization. That is that modern day conservatives believe more in the rights of corporations, guns, and fetuses than actual living, breathing humans. If there were a corporation called Fetuses With Guns, the Republican Party of today would be in heaven, singing happy hymnals to an invisible person whom they believe created this world and is in control of everything in it. Guns aren't counted as part the human population. Neither are corporations. Fetuses aren't either. Yet, they're to be treated as people, as equals in this great land. Guns don't kill people. Corporations and fetuses are people. Well, if we go by that logic, I'm not aware of guns killing corporations or fetuses, so in that context, they may not kill people. Now it's all making sense. Going by that logic, a piece of paper constitutes as a person. Dust = people. A rug i...

So, celebrity chef Paula Deen recently got fired due to some racist commentary from her past. However, my question is, how in the world was this woman a chef for shows on The Food Network from 1999 to 2013? The woman got diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2008 - likely a result of consuming so much of her own food. Heck, when just looking at some of her recipes, I feel I may now be diabetic as well. It's no wonder this country is getting to be so obese - we are airing chefs like Paula Deen to show us what's "good" in the belly, and good for extending that belly. There's even an article titled, "Five Paula Deen recipes that could give you diabetes." These dishes are: Gooey Butter, Cake, Paula Deen's Fried Butter Balls, Skillet Fried Apple Pie, Wilmington Island Marsh Mud Cake, and Mom's Bacon Dressing. A writer at Business Insider wrote an article entitled, "The 10 Most Disgusting Things Paula Deen Has Ever Put In Her Mouth," and li...

I've seen several posts made on Facebook by self-described liberals which say something like the following: "It's very simple. Making guns illegal will not stop gun violence. But making abortions illegal will stop abortions. Get it?" The post is attempting to poke fun at hard-core conservatives' beliefs - those whom don't feel that any stricter gun laws will ward off gun violence any, but that outlawing abortion will prevent any such procedures from taking place. I can partially understand where these liberals are coming from in attempting to make such a comparison, however, I think it's the wrong one to make, especially if they're trying to persuade people that stricter gun laws are needed in this country. The problem is in the absolutism of such comments. This has been an attempted arguing point by those on the far-right, saying, "Do you think drug laws still got broken after we passed them? Yeah. Well, same thing with guns. If gun laws ge...

Unfortunately, as seems to so often be the case in my life, I've received another health scare. I was ill between late May of 2009 and the early portion of 2011 with symptoms that ranged from an overly drugged sensation in my head to weak and tingly arms and legs to extreme fatigue to a numb mouth and beyond. When the symptoms were at their most intense, which was most of 2009 and part of 2010, I was unable to drive, work out, get much work done, even walk some days. Well, yesterday morning, some of those symptoms made their presence felt again and while their initial intensity has subsided a bit, the sensations still haven't completely vanished from my system. Oddly enough, in conjunction with the subtle symptoms, I'm rather sore in multiple areas of the body, especially my ankles. The doctors never concluded on what happened to me during those 18+ months, so they decided the cause was a "strange virus." However, in feeling some of these same symptoms all over ag...

Well, the first review of my new book - LOL at the GOP - Volume 3: Guns Don't Kill, Cars Don't Drive, and Ovens Don't Bake - has been posted. The reviewer gave it a perfect 5 out of 5 stars and said the following: "Well, Craig Rozniecki has done it again! This is his third volume of the series - LOL at the GOP - and it made good on its promise. Volume 3 delves into many Republican representatives opening their mouths and uttering ridiculous soundbites. The book's main focus is on the gun debate going on in America. The writing entitled "They're going to take away my guns!" especially made me laugh and then cry because it's all so true! This author will have a great career with this series because the GOP keeps on giving and giving, crazy talk that is!" http://www.lulu.com/shop/craig-rozniecki/lol-at-the-gop-volume-3-guns-dont-kill-cars-dont-drive-and-ovens-dont-bake/paperback/product-21060371.html

Don West - George Zimmerman's defense counsel - decided to start the trial off with a bang earlier today, well, more like a knock-knock. That's right, Mr. West attempted to show off his prowess in comedy by engaging the jury in a knock-knock joke during his opening statement. Mr. West said: "Knock-knock." Jury: "Who's there?" "George Zimmerman." Jury: "George Zimmerman who?" "Ah, good. You're on the jury." Rumor has it that he will read off Laffy Taffy jokes when questioning experts and witnesses, and will close the case by asking the jury why the chicken crossed the road. http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2013/06/george-zimmerman-trayvon-martin-trial-knock-knock-joke.html

So, what name did Kim Kardashian and Kayne West decide on for their child? North. Yes, the child's name is North West. According to an insider, the celebrity couple said the name was more "inspirational than directional," and the couple has allegedly been telling others, "What's North of North? Nothing." Interesting... Well, on that note, I thought I'd have a little fun with the name and insert some fitting middle names for the child. - North East West - North South West - North By North West - North No West - North I Mean West - North Delta West - North Star West - North Pole West - North Dakota West - North Mae West - North Korea West - North Thank You For Flying South West http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/24/north-west-meaning-explained-kimye_n_3489856.html

I'm sorry to ruin sports analysts' and commentators' fun, but let's put this LeBron James. vs. Michael Jordan debate to rest for the time being. Based on the two players' resumes, there's really no comparison to be made. While LeBron James has always been a very exciting player, who has improved from good to great status the past couple years, he's not even in the same ballpark (well, court) as Michael Jordan right now. In the seven NBA seasons between 1990-91 and 1997-98, Michael Jordan led his Chicago Bulls to six championships, where he won the MVP Award in each. For his career, Jordan's Bulls were 6-0 in the NBA Finals. LeBron James, meanwhile, has led his teams (Cleveland and Miami) to a 2-2 record in the NBA Finals, where he was awarded the MVP Award twice. James is still young, so it's possible he could win multiple more championships and be the face of the NBA for years to come, where at career's end, a legitimate argument could be ...

The Republican Party's re-branding effort has gone about as smoothly as a man with Tourette's Syndrome hitting on a blind woman. Some members of the GOP have admitted the party needs to reach out to a broader range of voters, including women and minorities. However, that hasn't gone so well and an increasing number of Republicans are starting to suggest there's really no point in trying to reach out to such voters. In a last ditch effort, the party has tried resorting to history to woo the vote of minorities, African-Americans in particular. Members have said, "Which party was mainly responsible for passing the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act? It was the Republican Party! Come on! Why don't you support the party that supported you back in 1964?" That's the thing. While it's true that under then Democratic President Lyndon B. Johnson, approximately 80% of Republican House and Senate members voted for the Civil Rights Act and close t...

George Zimmer - the founder and face of Men's Wearhouse - was recently fired as an executive chairman of the company. He's most well-known for his deep, gravely voice that he sports on the company's commericals, where he ends them all with the tagline, "You're going to like the way you look. I guarantee it." Zimmer had this to say about the firing: "Over the past several months I have expressed my concerns to the Board about the direction the company is currently heading. Instead of fostering the kind of dialogue in the Boardroom that has, in part, contributed to our success, the Board has inappropriately chosen to silence my concerns by terminating me as an executive officer." CEO Sheldon Stein, who serves on the board at Men's Wearhouse responded to Zimmer's concerns by saying this: "All I can say is that as a Board member I am very excited about the future of The Men's Wearhouse. I totally support our CEO Doug Ewert and ou...

For those that don't know, my new book, entitled LOL at the GOP - Volume 3: Guns Don't Kill, Cars Don't Drive, and Ovens Don't Bake came out last Friday (on the 6-month anniversary of the Sandy Hook school shooting), and can be purchased on paperback and Kindle via the following two links: http://www.lulu.com/shop/craig-rozniecki/lol-at-the-gop-volume-3-guns-dont-kill-cars-dont-drive-and-ovens-dont-bake/paperback/product-21060371.html http://www.amazon.com/LOL-GOP-Volume-Drive-ebook/dp/B00DERBFGE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1371681078&sr=1-1&keywords=rozniecki If you have any questions pertaining to this book or others, please let me know by either commenting on this blog or sending me an e-mail at CRozniecki@gmail.com, and I'll try to respond as quickly as I can.

As I seem to do most Wednesdays, I thought I'd update readers on my Facebook business, Twitter, and Tumblr pages. If you're at all interested in receiving even more updates of my written work, feel free to check out my Facebook business page at the following link and "like" it: http://www.facebook.com/AuthorCraigRozniecki?ref=hl I'm starting to roll with Twitter now. I'm up to 422 followers and my mind has been racing with tweets today (yes, that still sounds funny to me). Actress Rosario Dawson even favorited and re-tweeted a tweet of mine today, which has resulted in it being favorited and re-tweeted by several other individuals. To check all of this out and more, feel free to peruse my tweets and "follow" me at this link: https://twitter.com/CraigRozniecki Lastly, you can check out my Tumblr page at the following URL: http://www.tumblr.com/blog/rozzy81

I'm not a huge fan of NBA basketball like I was years ago as a youngster (yes, that made me sound ancient), however I like to tune in during the NBA Playoffs, and especially the Finals. The Finals have been a bit odd this year (with a pair of blowouts and another on the verge of being one), but outside of a bad call toward the end of Game 6 last night, that had to have been one of the best NBA games I've seen in quite some time.  However, even though Ray Allen tied the game at the end of regulation with a desperation 3-point shot, and LeBron James seemed to choke several times towards the end of regulation as well as in overtime, ESPN writers seemed to hail King James as the main reason for the Heat's series-tying victory. I have nothing against LeBron James. I think he had an incredible season this year - one of the best in recent memory. However, if it weren't for Ray Allen's 3-pointer at the end of the 4th quarter and some great defense in overtime by Chris B...

Not long ago, I bumped into my next-door neighbors at a local pub. The husband seemed pretty low-key that night. He said hi and everything, but didn't say a whole lot. His wife, on the other hand, seemed rather inebriated and kind of got into my face about a couple things. She said, and I quote, "You're a lousy neighbor." I had a few drinks in me at the time too and while I was kind of shocked and hurt by the claim, I was in no mood to get into some silly argument with a person I don't know very well. She then said that she has invited me over numerous times to join she and the family in some kind of barbecue or something along those lines. I can't remember any such times (specifically) when this occurred. The only time(s) I vaguely remember this happening is a year or two ago, over a holiday weekend, when I had family in town. I was walking my dog, she waved and said hi, and may have said, "You guys should stop over." If we had more of a head...

I just wanted to send my thoughts out to late-night talk show host and satirist Stephen Colbert and his family after learning about his (their) mother passing away recently at the age of 92. He, along with Jon Stewart, George Carlin, and several others, have all been major influences in my writing through the years, and I hold a great amount of respect for each of them. So, again, my thoughts go out to him and his family. I hope being with one another through this difficult time and also the comedy show help in the healing process. Take care. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20709467,00.html

Andrew Martin of Yahoo! released an article today entitled, "New England Patriots: Tim Teobw is Helping Team Without Even Stepping on the Field." My reaction to that is, isn't that the only way Tebow can help the team? By not playing? Also, I can only imagine how it makes Tebow feel to read articles like this. Call me crazy, but professional athletes love to compete, and love to actually play their respective sports. It's not every day you hear a conversation like this one: Player: "Okay, coach. I'm ready! I trained really hard this off-season and think I'm going to be a great contributor to the team this year! Let's do this!" Coach: "I think you can contribute this year as well." Player: "Really, coach? That's great! Just great!" Coach: "You didn't let me finish. What I need out of you is some solid cheerleading off the bench. Come up with your own cheers - make them catchy, and be a positive force o...

So, yesterday, I read an article entitled, "Ten Things to Avoid When Hitting On Me" by Melanie Curtin, and sarcastically commented on it in a blog I wrote. I then came to read another one of her articles - this one titled, "Ten Things I Find Sexy About Men (That Have Nothing to Do With Looks)," and while I was perplexed by reading several contradictory points in yesterday's article, I'm even more flummoxed after reading this one. First off, here's a list of the ten things guys should avoid when hitting on this woman: 10. "Don't neg" (don't say anything negative about her, even this list) 9. "Don't lead with your money" (she cares about how much a man makes, but doesn't at the same time) 8. "Don't put yourself down" (she believes everyone sucks, but it's a turn-off for a guy to talk about how much he sucks - it's her job to find out for herself, because that's fun or something) 7. ...

So, it appears as if The Salt Lake Tribune has decided to place a great amount of spin on Miss Utah's flub at Sunday's Miss USA pageant - so much spin, in fact, that even Fox News has commented on the matter by saying, "Holy sh*t! That's more spin than Bill O'Reilly gives in the 'No Spin Zone!'" Pertaining to Miss Utah's retched response to NeNe Leakes' question regarding the gender wage-gap, Scott D. Pierce of The Salt Lake Tribune titled his article, "Miss Utah USA's botched answer makes her a star - Marissa Powell didn't win, but she's the one everyone is talking about." Yes, because any time a person becomes "the one everyone is talking about," that has to be a good thing. Just ask Bill Buckner... The Salt Lake Tribune didn't stop the spinning at just the title of the article. It continued with the quote. Pierce quoted Miss Utah as answering Ms. Leakes' question in this fashion: "I thin...

Want to know why all abortions need to be banned after 20 weeks? Just ask Texas Representative Michael Burgess and he could tell you. During yesterday's debate regarding the pending House bill, Burgess said the following: "Watch a sonogram of a 15-week baby, and they have movements that are purposeful. They stroke their face. If they're a male baby, they may have their hand between their legs. If they feel pleasure, why is it so hard to believe that they could feel pain?" Yes, while Representative Burgess doesn't outright say he feels fetuses masturbate, that is definitely what he implied. Sadly enough, this man is a former OB/GYN. When reading Mr. Burgess' quote, I'm reminded of a remark made by former President George W. Bush, when he said, "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB/GYN's aren't able to practice their love with women all across the country." For Mr. Burgess, that quote would read, "T...

Current Texas Governor and the man voted most likely to take a stapler to a gun draw - Rick Perry - signed the "Merry Christmas Bill" this past Thursday, and said the following words about it: "Religious freedom does not mean freedom from religion. People of faith too often feel they can't express their faith publicly. And if they dare display it, they find themselves under attack from individuals and organizations that have nothing to do with them or their communities for that matter." Freedom of religion doesn't mean freedom from religion? So, everyone is free to practice the religion of their choosing, except for those whom don't believe in any religion? How does that work exactly? Christian: "I believe in Jesus!" Perry: "Right on! Me too, brother!" Buddhist: "I believe in Buddha!" Perry: "Alright, well, you're free to believe that too." Muslim: "I believe in Allah!" Perry: ::pauses...

I just read an article by one Melanie Curtin entitled "Ten Things to Avoid When Hitting On Me," which I found to be, I'll say "interesting." When first glancing at the article, I immediately thought to myself, "Is this young woman publishing a strange personal ad of some kind here?" I'm curious how many responses she gets from males whom tell her, "Ooh, pick me! Pick me! Give me a chance! I don't do any of these ten things!" What are these ten things? 10. Don't neg.: "In other words, it works on women who suffer from low self-esteem. This means that in fact, negging is manipulative, underhanded, and in some cases downright mean. I, on the other hand, will not respond well to you insulting my outfit, hair or drink of choice. Not only is it annoying, it makes it screamingly obvious that you are trying to run game on me... which is really not going to work." Yeah, speaking of annoying - the word "negging" ...

It seems like every year there's one answer given by a Miss USA pageant contestant which finds its way onto late-night comedy shows for about a week. This year, that honor goes to Miss Utah Marissa Powell. NeNe Leakes asked her, "A recent report shows that in 40 percent of American families with children, women are the primary earners, yet they continue to earn less than men. What does this say about society?" Here's how Miss Utah responded: "I think we can re...relate this back to education, and how we are...continuing to try to strive to...[smile]...figure out how to create jobs, right now. That is the biggest problem in...I think, especially the men, are, um...seen as the leaders of this, and so we need to try to figure out how to...create education better so that we can solve this problem." Yes, for Ms. Powell's sake, I certainly wish we had "figured out how to create education better" while she was in school. http://www.thedail...

As I've said many times before, I seriously believe Texas Governor Rick Perry is a clone of former Texas Governor and President of the United States George W. Bush. If Perry ever became elected president, he'd have 1 : 2 odds that he'd eclipse Bush's total of Bushisms books with his own Perryisms. Perry continued this trend on Saturday during a speech at the Faith and Freedom conference, when he said this: "I fear where we've come to in America, where our administration won't make one phone call to save our men and women in a embassy in Lebanon." Psst... That's Libya. The two countries are only 1,200 miles apart from one another and in different continents (Libya - Africa, Lebanon- Asia). Besides that, they're about as close to being clones of one another as Perry and Dubya are. Alright, so that's not true either. Sorry, Rick. I tried... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/17/rick-perry-benghazi-lebanon_n_3453233.html

An article just came out concerning a second-grade teacher at Holy Trinity School in San Diego - Carie Charlesworth - who was put on indefinite leave due to her ex-husband abusing her, and despite a restraining order, showing up at the school at one point, which resulted in it getting put on lockdown. School director Tom Beecher and human resources director Bobbie Espinoza tried elaborating on their decision by sending the following in a letter to Ms. Charlesworth: "We know from the most recent incident involving you and Mrs. Wright (the principal) while you were still physically at Holy Trinity School, that the temporary restraining order in effect were not a deterrent to him. Although we understand he is current incarcerated, we have no way of knowing how long or short a time he will actually serve and we understand from ocourt files that he may be released as early as next fall. In the interest of the safety of the students, faculty and parents at Holy Trinity School, we si...

After the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) ruled to allow openly gay scouts, televangelist Pat Robertson had some interesting choice words about the decision. On his show, The 700 Club , Robertson responded to the BSA's decision with this: "It breaks your heart to see the Boy Scouts...torn up in order to accommodate a few kids that want to do sex with each other." Yes, Robertson is known as a natural poet in most corners of the world. When asked by the pastor of his wedding, "Do you...," Robertson likely responded with, "Do I what? Do the sex?" Robertson likely got into trouble at school for writing a dirty short story in English class, one that contained numerous grammatical errors. The title of the story was probably something along the lines of, "We Did The Sex." Perhaps Robertson's next venture should be to open an adult store by the name of "Doing Sex As God Intended." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/11/boy-sco...

I'm not sure why so many conservatives believe Florida Senator Marco Rubio is their politician of the future - the person most likely to win a presidential election for the party in 2016 or beyond. Maybe it's because he's fairly young, decent looking, and Hispanic. However, he's also a Tea Partier. He's further to the right than either John McCain or Mitt Romney were, and those two candidates had a difficult enough time winning over undecideds on election day. Senator Rubio has said that he's not a bigot, even though he continually showcases that he's against homosexuals attaining equal rights. He's now showing uncertainty about the immigration reform bill he himself constructed. On ABC's This Week , the Florida Senator engaged in the following back-and-forth with guest host Jonathan Karl Karl: "You are one of the primary architect authors of the bill that came out of the Senate Judiciary Committee, immigration reform. I have a basic question...

I read another fairly pointless sports article the other day, courtesy of ESPN.com. This one was written by one Dan Graziano. The article was entitled, "Can Matt Barkley get into Eagles' QB race?" Here's how the article begins: "The Philadelphia Eagles announced that fourth-round pick Matt Barkley has signed his contract, which is not really news, since everybody knows all the draft picks will eventually sign and it's not as though they can sign anywhere else..." That's the perfect way to start an article - "X happened, which isn't really news, since it was inevitable it would happen anyway..." Graziano should have stopped there, but he didn't do that, unfortunately. He continued his "piece" by saying this: "...But it gives us a reason to bring up Barkley and discuss the extent to which he will or could factor into the Eagles' quarterback picture for 2013." Hadn't this already been discussed? ...

While I've been a member of Facebook for roughly 5 years now and frequently make use of it to keep in touch with friends and family across the country, as well as to try and spread word about my written work, the site does get on my nerves at times. There are times I just have to scratch my head when reading some posts and wonder, "Why on earth did you feel the need to post that information on a social networking site? Why not tell the person face-to-face?" This is usually in regard to lovey-dovey posts about a boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, or wife, or posts celebrating a holiday, like today - Father's Day. I can't tell you how many posts I've read today from sons and daughters alike, which say something along the lines of, "Happy Father's Day to the best dad in the world! Thanks, dad! You're the greatest!" That's nice and all, but wouldn't it be better to tell one's father this in person or at the very least, over the pho...

So, I was kind of torn on what to do Friday night. My girlfriend was getting her hair done and wasn't going to be able to do anything until 11-11:30. My father had just returned to the States from Canada and was pretty tired, so if he and I were to go out, it wouldn't be for long. It had been roughly two months since I had gone to a local pub I frequented. I decided to try and please everybody, so I went with my father to a restaurant/pub to listen to a band for one set and have a drink or two. I then decided to go solo to that before-mentioned local pub, and told my girlfriend, if she wasn't too tired when she finished everything, she could meet me up there. I received an e-mail from her around 11:30 telling me she was done with everything, but was too tired to meet up that evening. Things had been going fine that night until about 1:45 am, and for the first time in my life, from that point until I woke up the next morning, I can't remember a single thing. Fortunatel...

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Introduction - I’d like to order a big gun, but light on the common sense, no research, and a side of crazy It has seemed apparent that many Republicans, especially those in Congress, have a number of “G-Spots” - subjects which appear to provide them intense pleasure. These subjects include guns, God, and gays. Sure, most Congressional Republicans have adamantly declared they’re against gay marriage. However, often times these declarations have been so dramatic and over-the-top, it has appeared as though while lambasting gay marriage, these individuals are orgasming and reaching for a cigarette. The subject of God provides a similar outcome. In fact, while bashing gay marriage, I believe I’ve witnessed several Congressional Republicans climax, as they’ve closed their eyes and mumbled the words, “Oh, God!” That brings us to guns, which are, without question, the biggest G-Spot of all for many Republicans. Guns are often times thick, hard, black, and go ...