I just finished reading a few news stories, but I am lame and closed the window without snagging the links.

Funny: A German man crashed in to a pile of sand because he was following instructions given by his car navigation system and ignoring warnings posted that the road was closed.

Sad: A Virginia woman wants to unadopt her son, after he was labeled a sexual predator. She can’t have her grandchildren in her home if he is there.

“And hopefully Terri’s legacy won’t be a hastily passed law giving the government the right to interfere in a family matter. We don’t need Big Brother to interfere in our right to live or die. All you need to do is pick up a pen and let your intentions be known. If you make out a living will, nobody, not the president, not a judge, not even your spouse, will be able to ignore or disobey your medical directives.”
Terri Schiavo’s Legacy

Au Contraire, Little Bear! See an example here. And here .

Activist hit by pie at Butler lecture: “A conservative activist who criticizes what he calls the leftist domination of college campuses was struck with a pie Wednesday night at Butler University.”

I hope most leftist are more mature than this! Heads up, this is *not* the way to win friends and influence people.

Jewish, Christian, Muslim Leaders Unite Against Homosexual Event — 04/01/2005

Ok, I think homosexuality is wrong. Call me a bigot, I don’t care. But I don’t go looking for them to harass them. So, if “you” don’t want “us” to bash you, quit shoving yourself in our face, and stomping on all we hold sacred. Have your marches where people support what you do. And don’t you dare say you are not trying to offend. We might have believed that the first time, but we’re not buying it anymore.

Yes, this is a legitimate “felony stupid” citation!

So, on reading this, I realize it sounds quite a bit harsher than I intended. I guess my point would be that the rights of homosexuals to express themselves don’t trump my right to hold something sacred. That, in general, not just in this instance, it is wrong to use the sacred to “make a statement”. That doing something just for the “shock factor” only incites outrage and not understanding. If you want the general public to be more tolerant, don’t go out of the way to offend them. Really, the sexual preferences of others is none of my business, so, like, don’t feel compelled to tell me you are gay, and I won’t feel the need to tell you that I am a happily married heterosexual with 7 children. OK? You be quietly gay, and I’ll be quietly not, and we’ll all live happily ever after together.

: “Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled (two-thirds of each House concurring therein), That the following article is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, which shall be valid to all intents and purposes as part of the Constitution when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years after the date of its submission for ratification:”

Shhhhhhh, don’t tell anybody! They obviously don’t want us to know!

Pot-Flavored Candy Gets Mixed Reviews: “they say what they’re doing is totally legal.”

Well, there’s legal, and then there’s right, see? I’d rather be right than legal any day. And I really don’t care if they claim to be marketing to 18-30 year olds. I haven’t seen anyone that age eat florescent candy in a long time. Like, ummm, forever.

afghans for Afghans – Getting Started: Guidelines and Address: “Update: Special Campaign for 5,000 Children”

The Dulaan Project: “Dulaan is the Mongolian word for warm.”

This is a plea, not a rant.