Responses to the Ridiculous

Distraught father kills wife, 5 kids, self

This is just so tragic. Apparenty it’s not the first though, it’s the fifth mass suicide/murder of a southern california family in a YEAR, not even just california, but SOUTHERN california. “. He claimed that an administrator told the couple on Dec. 23: “You should not even had bothered to come to work today you should have blown your brains out.”" After they complained they were offered an apology but then fired two days later. Of course they go on to claim that they never told him to take his life, well, I dunno about you, but telling someone to blow their brains out pretty much seems like ‘kill yourself’ to me, since-uh, the funny thing about brains, if we don’t have them, we die. I just hate how things like this happen, they seemed pretty low economic wise, but they could at least tried for other options. Apparently the father faxed a TV station right before he killed himself, and that’s when the police were sent out, unfortunatly too late to actually do anything.

Since when did a women’s weight become newsworthy…?

A post be Ashlee Simpson in regards to the latest headlines about her sister Jessica’s weight and mom jeans. I must say I am quite impressed with Ashlee’s view, she really does have a point and I’d never thought I’d say it. I’ll be honest, alot of the Hollywood stars seem stupid and shallow and once in a while you hear someone say something true, but it’s usually nothing interesting, and of course it’s not news to me, but it’s just so weird hearing it from someone in such a line where how you look effects your job. “All women come in different shapes, sizes, and forms and just because you’re a celebrity, there shouldn’t be a different standard. Is this something you would say to your wife, daughter, mother, grandmother, or even a friend? I seriously doubt it. How can we expect teenage girls to love and respect themselves in an environment where we criticize a size 2 figure?” (Simpson, Ashlee) I must say that this is exactly what I’ve been ranting on forever and ever. People see things in the media and constantly criticize them, so then they feel the need to become thinner, prettier, look younger, etc. It’s appalling, because so many tragedies happen because of this, drinking problems, drug abuse, eating disorders, it’s nothing new, but it is a problem and it just feels like no matter how hard programs try to instill this feeling of “it’s okay to be who you naturally are” it just feels like the media is so much stronger and all around us , mostly because it is all around us and because of that it does have all that more power. So no matter how many people come up to the stand and say “it’s not right, we should be happy with who we are” there is always going to be that pressure telling us we need to be different, and by different I mean conform, but to an unnatural standard that simply isn’t healthy or human. All the more power to Ashlee, I can’t say I’ve ever been a fan of her or her music, but at least she has the right idea when it comes to a women’s weight-that we all come in different sizes, and that it’s hard enough for self esteem with this society that we’ve all created, so there’s no point in making it harder, if anything we should just accept people no matter if they’re fat or thin.

Palin’s $180,000 Wardrobe stuffed in Trash Bags, not Donated

I am just appalled, but I can’t exactly say that I’m surprised by this in the slightest. Now some people would argue that Plain didn’t want the clothes to begin with, but then she should just donate it rather than just let it sit there becoming trash. if she really didn’t want it, it would be donated by now, not sitting around in trash bags. While some people leave stuff sitting around in trash bags for months to give to charity, it’s usually because they’re waiting for more things, this isn’t a personal home donating, it’s the RNC! They’re not doing a clothing drive so why on earth would be they waiting to donate the clothes. “Palin and the RNC insisted the clothing was “on loan” and would be donated to charities after the election.” Well, seeing as Palin isn’t using them, I think it means their lease is up and they need to do something with it. Think about it, this is a whole council putting this on hold, it’s not like they need to do actual work, they bring it to GoodWill and they’ll probably get a tax break or something like that and in the process it will benefit the less fortunate. I’d hate to think what would happen if she had gotten elected and the old man keeled over, even if he didn’t this is the whole party! This is the council that would be pretty much running things, can you imagine that? They can’t even bother to bring some clothes to GoodWill and put all their money into expensive brand names, that’s not what a president should be doing, I’m outraged. Normally I would just roll my eyes, but everyone is calling Obama an elitist while they’re clearly ignoring the whole Palin wardrobe, and I’m not even talking about the lie about them donating it. I understand presidents say things in hopes it will come true, but then something bad happens and it can’t be dressed but it’s clothes, they have total control over that. I’m talking about how the not exactly subtle news brought attention to how progressively more campaign money was being spent on clothes. What if you donated a lot of money in hopes for a better future, and then you realized that they blew, not just your donation, but hundreds of thousands of dollars on clothes. It’s like donating to save a child, when really you’re secretly sponsoring a shopping spree that doesn’t benefit them. Obama won, there are still racists out there, there are still people who don’t like the color of his skin and he still won! You know what that means? It means how you look isn’t going to win you the election, the only way you can win is by knowing what you’re doing and having people who actually like your plan for the future. Looks might be all you need in Hollywood, but in politics you need to walk the walk, and I don’t mean stick to what you say, I just mean be at least mildly consistent and not too hypocritical, you can’t just dress from head to toe in Louis Vuitton and except to win. I don’t care whether it was Palin’s idea or not, the fact is RNC bought the clothes and financed this perverse spending of money. Imagine if they got a hold of the government money, we would just be going down hill, but maybe that’s why we are where we are, because I really don’t think Bush really knew what he was doing. In my opinion, Bush was just a puppet being controlled by the party, and the party tried to get what it wanted at the expense of the country, and clearly they’re not being subtle about it with this wardrobe fiasco. At least donate the clothes you elitists! If the rest of us can do it, so can you!

Starbucks to cut back on decaf

And the first award of Cheapness goes to you my dear Starbucks, not only do you have ridiculous prices, stupid names for your serving sizes so people feel like $12 on a tall sounds like a $12  well spent, when really, it’s a small. You make movie theatres look like they have good deals on their food for those with a sweet tooth, you make anything and everything around seem significantly cheaper regardless of whether or not it’s actually a good price. You are not only doing the most nonsensical thing ever, but something so incredibly not approved by science! You’re cutting on decaf after 12 PM? Well you know what? Studies show that people who drink caffeine after 2 PM are almost certain to have trouble getting themselves to sleep, and sometimes they wont be able to get to sleep at all! Starbucks is clearly part of the working conspiracy to make it so we don’t sleep and by not sleeping we’ll feel we need to do something at least mildly productive, see, it’s all a plan to make all of us work 24/7!!! Okay, exaggeration, I still think Starbucks is bull and that they over charge for everything! I have a solution, I’ll boycott them, starting year in advance, Woot! I’m doing well! I don’t like cappucinos or lattes or coffee…or even the smell, more power to me! I don’t run on teeth staining coffee! Oh, and for those who like milk in their lattes & cappu-what-o’s they’re cutting back on milk as well, YAY FOR BITTER THINGS! Except not, like, not even funny not.

Hawaii to ship Homeless back… home

Nooo, you Hawaiians are so cheap, keep your homeless people. They say it’s so they don’t have to spend money on them, but if they’re not spending money on the homeless, someone else is going to have to, and that means the continental US. their claim is a bunch of people head for Hawaii and then claim “stranded” but really, that could happen anywhere. Yeah, Hawaii is seen as a nice place, but so is Florida, and California, so Hawaii, just because you think you’re special, and I’m sure your mommy tells you that to, it doesn’t mean you are. If we can’t ship our homeless people, then you can’t either. Also, there must be some law against shipping people around, homeless or not. And it’s not like it’s solving the problem, even if you do ship them away they’re still going to be homeless people without jobs, you need to address the problem, not ship it away!!!