Political Thoughts

Time to stick my neck out because these are the thoughts keeping me from being a productive blogger. Chop away, gobble gobble.

Thought 1
Why do they keep referring to this country's debt problems as a football, "They punt it down the road a few months." I get it. America is obsessed with men jumping on each other in pursuit of an oblong pig skin, but it's more like a snowball. It started out no bigger than the size of our hands and now it's the size of a bus. If you continue to move out of the way and let it roll down the hill eventually it's going to be the size of the empire state building. If you think we're in trouble now, wait till then. I wish I could get a political cartoonist to draw that up, a nervous kicker standing beside a football the size of a bus....

Thought 2
Saying you are pro-life and anti-welfare makes a moron.... wait that's not right.... an oxymoron! Yeah.... that's what I meant to say......

Thought 3
A 16 year old in Texas won a case against her parents who were trying to force her to get an abortion. Judge ruled she could continue to use the car her parents had provided for her before they found out about the pregnancy and that they must pay half the bill for the birth.

The comments on the Yahoo article were AWFUL, but besides our society having a complete lack of empathy and morals to match let me remind you of another story I'm sure many have forgot.

Does anyone remember the father that dumped his 11 year old at a "safe place". You know, safe place, where mothers are supposed to be able to drop off their unwanted newborns, no questions asked. He was the oldest of something like 5 or 6 kids and the dad was tired of dealing with him. I can't remember if it was a fire or police station, but he felt the law should apply to him as well.

So, at what age does a child go from, "no questions asked" to "child neglect" then to "old enough to kick out." If 16 year olds can be emancipated why can the parent not emancipate them without repercussion?

In the abortion case people are outraged. They believe the 16 year old should be on her own and responsible for her own actions. But what if that 16 year old's actions directly effected you? What if we were talking about a 16 year old that shot up a school? Who would be responsible then? Should the parents be held accountable? I know the parents of the Columbine shooters were sued and settled out of court. So where do we draw the line? Should parents of shooters be sued when they didn't see it coming either? Should parents of pregnant teens pay for their child's hospital bill?

Don't get me wrong, I have no answers.  Just food for thought.

Thought 4 - this one is said tongue in cheek.
Why don't we let Texas leave the union? I mean, that's a lot of border, let them "defend" it. It might also make a trip there a little more exotic if you had to bring your passport. Plus, I would no longer have to be ashamed to be American due to the news stories coming out of there.

Thought 5 
How the hell can you disown your kid?? Minus attempting to murder a family member I just can't wrap my head around that. Even if they become a pain in the ass!