sopa, etc.

The direst four letter word of them all...

I was watching television.... an activity I rarely do anymore, but I put it next to the computer so the chance has improved.  Anyway, hearing the byplay on the idiot box reminded me of these cartoons. 
  How often does someone ask for help and they are given advice?  How often are we in society shown a wrong and the government forms a committee to throw money at it?  How often does one say "someone should do something about that"?

And, then, I'm reminded of a joke.... the first shows this family, clinging to the roof of their home as a river rages around it, sweeping the home and the hapless family floating on the roof as it bumps on its wet little way.  The family, devout all, clasp their hands in prayer.  Soon a boat appears and calls out to the family to grasp the rope.  The father shakes his finger and replies that he is standing on faith and waiting on God.  The boaters argue, but soon have to move on to others.  Another boat comes along, seeing the family in prayer and again calls out to them to quickly grasp the rope.  Again, the boaters are turned away with the admonishment that God will provide.  Lastly, with water swirling about their knees as the family hold tight to the few remaining upright portions of the roof, a helicopter appears, tossing down a ladder.  The father crosses himself, points to the heavens and waves the chopper off.
  Sure enough, the flood waters take the family.  There they stand with St.Peter at the gate, complaining that God never saved them.  Then, from the mountains and mists within the gates came a rumbling voice.... "What do you want from me?  I sent you two boats and a helicopter?".

  I guess the moral would be:  "Help" always accompanies the phrase "it is better to have it be said 'Well Done' than 'well said'"   and    when given help, accept it in the form in which it comes.  Sometimes that's all that is coming.

This is why it's important to know the candidates lest such be given power.

GOP Bill Labels All Single-Parent

 And All Gay Households As Child Abuse

by David Badash on March 2, 2012
in Bigotry Watch,Civil Rights,Discrimination,News,Politics
http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/gop-bill-outlaws-all-single-parent-and-all-gay-households-as-child-abuse/politics/2012/03/02/35633

A GOP lawmaker in Wisconsin is trying to pass a bill that would classify “non marital parenthood” as a cause of child abuse. Since gays cannot legally mary in Wisconsin, the bill automatically includes single and coupled gays and lesbians, plus any single person regardless of orientation.
The bill “requir[es] the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board to emphasize nonmarital parenthood as a contributing factor to child abuse and neglect.” Republican State Senator Glenn Grothman, who has a long history of radical positions, wants to spend tax dollars “educating” the public — with no scientific proof (because there is none) — that gays, lesbians, single mothers, and single fathers should not be allowed to be parents because their children will grow up in an abusive home.
In fact, Senator Grothman is claiming that the very lack of two married opposite sex parents in a household constitutes child abuse. Apparently, Senator Grothman believes that marriage is for procreation, and therefore only married people should be allowed to raise children.
In essence, the bill could, if it became law, be used to outlaw all gay couples raising children, and all single-parent households.

It truly boggles the mind, how stupid these radical conservatives are.

What is supposed to happen to all those children who, tragically, lose a parent to, say, cancer? A car accident? Divorce? Does the State come in the day of the parent’s funeral and rip the young boy or girl from their surviving parent’s loving arms and place them in an orphanage?
Yes, we all know these small government conservatives who want government just small enough to fit under our bedroom doors, in women’s uteruses, and now, determining who can and who cannot raise their own child.
By the way, the good Senator Grothman in the past has opposed sex education in schools claiming teachers would promote an “agenda” to make student become gay.
Although Grothman has said, ”Everybody knows you’re not supposed to smoke!” he voted against a law banning smoking in bars and restaurants, but supported a bill allowing smoking in hotel rooms. And Grothman called a proposed Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, “an insult to all the other taxpayers around the state,” and opposed any possibility of a Kwanzaa holiday, stating Americans should “treat Kwanzaa with the contempt it deserves before it becomes a permanent part of our culture.”
Grothman has also “advocated the hiring of more business-friendly individuals to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources,” according to Wikipedia.