The long and short of it is this, today one man’s suicide changed the lives of possibly hundreds of people. When I first heard it my heart went out to the man who sat on top of a parking garage, shot himself then fell 8 stories to the pavement. I know the kind of depression and anger towards life in general that can drive a person to want to die. I just said it the other day and in fact I’ve been seriously suicidal for two long months. I know how it feels to be driven to the edge, so when I heard a man killed himself today my immediate response was sorrow and understanding, that is until I heard the details.
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I have a serious hatred for cell phones. I see them and I mean to tell ya I just want to spit. I’m offended by them because everywhere you go someone has a damn cell phone attached to their ear. It seems like when they put the phone to their ear common courtesies disappear. Instead of making eye contact with the cashier or watching your kids, you’ve got everyone in line on the phone. People go up and down the isles talking just as loudly as possible on these little life interrupters. Heck, I have a friend that pisses me off because her phone rings every 20 min or so. I told her one time that we don’t ever have a moment together where it’s just two girls hanging out. It’s me, her and every person in the world calling or texting for the most mundane things. A two minute phone call every 20 min would get on anyone’s nerves. It seems everything comes second to that phone.
On Tuesday I cleaned a 1000 gallon fish tank for a person here in town. It took only a few hours because there wasn’t much to do. Taking it all in, looking at the sheer beauty and size took about 20 min so factor that in the time spent there. I mean to tell ya, WOW!!! That thing made my little 75 look like a toy.
People pay to have a lot done. They’ll pay to have their dog walked or their window’s washed, their house cleaned, etc, etc. I’ve never really understood that either. Heck, I’ll clean my own house. I enjoy it, so why would I bring someone else in to do it? Now with increased depression, Lupus symptoms and a host of other things I’ve come to appreciate the value of outside help. If I had the money I’d have someone come in every 2 weeks and clean my restroom, do detail vacuuming and dust from top to bottom. That would be most helpful. I figure I could keep up with everything else but those three things get away from me easily.
I do not take delight in seeing Lindsay Lohan walk this path nor did I find joy in watching Britney Spears fall down. I do not enjoy listening to Mel Gibson tear apart Oksana Grigorieva, nor do I sit in mocking judgment as I await the disastrous end to the unlikely marriage of Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston. I’m not pleased when others make mistakes or commit crimes but some are and they love it enough to market it and pass it off as news.
In commercials I see TV hosts use words like, “Exposé” and “investigation” when spewing the latest gossip they themselves started. I’m not even sure how this happens but it does, and it happens on prime time television. All that said, my actual rant isn’t about the gossip itself but about jobs created solely for the purpose of tearing down other human beings.
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When this 4 year old child gets older someone will have to explain to her that the man who raped, strangled and beat her may once again walk the streets because Indiana has yet to pass a law which allows for the death penalty in child rape cases such as this.
I strongly believe in the death penalty for child rape. I also believe that Logansport, Indiana has a candidate for poster predator while lobbying for such a law.
Note to the predator and predators we haven’t heard of yet
This is something I was thinking about the other day when I saw the Pope on TV and when I saw several news reports on the subject of his speech. First off, let me say this entry is NOT about my belief about the guilt of the church. This entry is NOT about the crimes, the survivors, the priests or even religion. It’s about those caught in the middle and about what they must be feeling.
I’m confused by media statements recently. They’re vague yet definitive and therefore bothersome. I wonder if others have asked for further explanation into statements such as,
Illegal immigrants bring crime.
Immigrants from where? Are we talking about immigrants from the Sudan, from France, Canada? From where?
Specifically what crimes are illegal immigrants committing that American citizens are not?
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