The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

Until the NFL completes its investigation on the Miami Dolphins and offensive linemen Richie Incognito and Jonathan Martin, I won't be commenting on the case directly. However, in light of the stories coming out about the Dolphins, I have found some of the public's commentary regarding it to be quite disturbing and thought I'd comment on that. While I don't feel it's wise for me to fully conclude on the matter yet, the story has caught my attention; I've read several articles about it and have also read people's comments below the articles. Many of the comments read as follows: - "Be a man! Stand up for yourself!" - "Crying home to mommy again, I see..." - "Punch him in the face!" - "Fight!" - "You're, what, 300 lbs.? Get into the guy's face and take care of it!" - "This is football! Be a real man!" - "Pansy!" - "Deal with him and he won'...

The conservative evangelical group American Family Association is at it again - "it" meaning being completely nuts. Yes, they are speaking out against a school program called "Mix It Up at Lunch Day" and asking parents to boycott it by keeping their children home from school that day - October 30th. This is the 11th year that this day has taken place. It was started by the Southern Poverty Law Center 11 years ago, with the intent being to break kids from their social cliques for lunch that afternoon - to sit and talk to someone or a group of kids they normally wouldn't to hopefully decrease the level of bullying that was taking place. I know - this sounds like a very controversial event, doesn't it? According to the American Family Association, it is. The AFA sees far beyond what I'm seeing as the actual intent of "Mix It Up at Lunch Day," for according to them, it's about "a nationwide push to promote homosexual lifestyle in publi...

I read a very disturbing story just yesterday about the Michigan Republican-controlled Senate passing an anti-bullying bill which excludes from the bill bullying if it is in the name of sincerely held religious beliefs or moral conviction. What, is this due to the bullying of homosexuals and that it's supposedly an "abomination" to God? Why even have an anti-bullying bill if it excludes bullying based on religious beliefs? Due to this, who's to say a majority of the perpetrators of such bullying won't hide behind the notion that they did this in the name of their religious beliefs or moral convictions? We wouldn't be able to prove that the individual was speaking the truth or lying. This is pathetic... Fortunately, the bill has to go through the house of representatives. The bad news is that the house has a Republican majority, so the chances of the religious exemption being stripped is about as likely as me winning the lottery tomorrow. I did find one sec...