The shame!

Shame on the managers of the Empire State Building! Red, white, and blue coloring during July or red and green during the Christmas season is one thing. Honoring countries like Canada and Australia...well Mama guesses that's okay, too. Why in the world are they lighting up the Empire State Building in red and yellow to celebrate China's communist take over?! If we, as a nation, condemn that sort of socialism (at least we say that we do...) should one of our most famous buildings be applauding it?

Why honor a country that kills millions and killed close to 26 million people during the revolution that brought communism? Mama's real question is....what do they have on American leaders that American leaders were so quick to let this happen and allow it to continue?

Tea Party Highlights

Dear precious little sweetums...this video was brought to Mama's attention by a gentleman who runs the website My Fellow Idiots. Mama's little darlings would do well to watch it and pay attention.

Kanye West

You know little darlings...Mama wasn't even going to address this issue. Mama thinks that when we continue to give attention to person's intentional bad behavior it merely encourages them because it is the only way they can get attention. However last night Mama was killing time on Facebook. Mama took a quiz called Where Will Kanye Interrupt You?

It said that Kanye would interrupt Mama in the middle of a fight with her significant other. That's just silly for a couple of reasons.

Mama doesn't take well to people interrupting a conversation that they were not invited to participate. Now, that doesn't mean someone who has something valid to contribute to the discussion. Now Mama realizes that a conversation and an argument or fight are two different things...but unless someone is invited into the argument to defuse or offer solutions (and it isn't a violent confrontation) people should mind their own business. Kanye would be best served by remaining on whatever coast he currently resides...because in Oklahoma - we don't take kindly to rude people. Interrupt an Oklahoma girl in that fashion, Kanye, and find out what happens. It wouldn't work out in his favor. The attention he garnered would be from Mama or some other well meaning Okie going to jail for agg. assault and battery. Even if it didn't escalate to a physical confrontation he would, without a doubt, determine that because he was interrupted and cut off (because you know Mama would put him in his place and make him feel like he's an inch tall) that it was obviously a hate crime. It must be hate speech. Yes. It is hate speech. Mama feels great displeasure with drama kings and incredibly rude, repetitive behavior.

Mama wonders if Kanye's poor mother is rolling over in her grave. Mama can't fathom a single Okie woman that would be pleased to see her child acting in such a manner. His mother was highly educated and respected. Unfortunately, Kanye turned in to a spoiled, talentless brat whose only way to stay in the lime light is to steal it away from other performers.

Dear little darlings...if we would expect more from our "role models" they would be obligated to give more. If we would stop showering them with media coverage from the extreme bad behavior they would realize that it takes more than talent to be looked at with respect.

A famous writer once said that the world doesn't deserve good writing and that's why we are stuck with such crap. Mama believes it is the same for "stars". We do not demand good behavior so we do not receive it.

Mama is considering a betting pool...the prize is nothing unless you want to write a guest blog. On what date do you think Kanye West will get the snot knocked out of him like Perez Hilton?

Bad Parenting 101

Gather round, young ones, and learn from the mistakes of others. Today Mama has an example of incredibly bad parenting.

You leave to go participate in your favorite past time or your "job"...that is, robbery. This man decided to start his own brand of "Bring Your Child To Work Day". Mama thinks that in addition to the counts of breaking and entering, larceny, and contributing to the deliquency of a minor that he should also be charged with neglect (at the very least).

No good deed goes unpunished

Once upon a time a little boy was dropped for school. He goes into his first grade class room. He tells his teacher that he is going to the cafeteria. She lets him leave the room. The little boy doesn't go to the cafeteria. He leaves the school.

A lady named Laurinda Drake was picking up her son for the day from school (at 9:00am...so maybe he was sick or had an appointment). This school is in Nevada and close to desert landscaping. She sees a little boy walking down the road. She offers him a ride home and guess what, boys and girls? He doesn't know his address. She takes him back to her home and calls the school. She asks the school if they are missing any children.

"No," the school replied. "Really?" she questions, "Because I have one of your students that was walking down the road alone." Or something like that...

In the meantime the school had called the mother to tell her that her child was not at the school. The mother rushes to the school and is told that Ms. Drake has her son, but that they cannot give her Ms. Drake's number even though they have it. Confidentiality, you see.

Ms. Drake told the school she would bring him back to the school....but then decided she would take him to the superintendant's office because she did not believe that school to be a safe place. They didn't know he was even missing though the teacher knew he had been at school. He walked out the door. Alone. No one stopped him.

Ms. Drake took the boy to the superintendant's office where she is questioned by the police and arrested for first degree kidnapping.

Your tax dollars at work, boys and girls... She protected the boy. She took him to a safe place after she blasted the school with their lack of concern over the security of the children placed in their care...and SHE is the one prosecuted.

Doesn't that beat all? This is why society doesn't step in to help when they see something is wrong. There is such a large chance of punishment.

No good deed goes unpunished...and now Ms. Drake is on trial.

As the little boy's mother...Mama would be angry, too. However Mama would be angry with those that should have known he was missing before hand. Mama would be very thankful to get her little boy back in one piece from the woman that kept him safe seeing as how he didn't know where he lived.

The mother did not allow her child to return to that school, but she did testify against Ms. Drake.

Mama learned about this by watching Ashleigh Banfield.

UPDATE: Mama just saw that on TruTV that Ms. Drake was acquitted of her charges!

Indoctrination?

There's been a lot of fussin' recently about the President making some sort of "televised" presentation to school age children across our nation. Mama wonders why he couldn't just be a reading buddy or something.

The first complaint that Mama saw was that it is nothing more than an attempt at indoctrination. Mama has heard bits and pieces of the "pledge" and Mama will get to how she feels about that in just a minute. Right now, though, Mama wants to clear up the whole negative connotation about the word indoctrinate. When we hear or read the word it gives us all the heebee-jeebies. The first thing Mama thinks of is Charles Manson and his "family" who enjoyed passing the time by cutting up pregnant women and spelling three letter words on the walls. Manson, without a shadow of a doubt, brain washed those people.

However to some degree we all take indoctrinate our children, family, and friends. Did you teach your babies to say, "please" and "thank you"? You indoctrinated them. Did you teach your babies to use a fork or not drink out of the toilet? You indoctrinated them. Did you teach your children that Jesus died for us? You indoctrinated them. Did you teach them the PEMDAS to solve their easier math problems? You indoctrinated them. Yet...when it is something we do not personally agree with we automatically throw the word indoctrination around like it is a dirty and evil word.

It's all a form of brain washing. It isn't until we vehemently disagree with an idea that we label it. Mama was recently called a bad parent because she is opting her out her precious little sweetums from the circus presentation. Why? Because Mama feels that parents should be left to do the parenting, teachers should be left to do the teaching (except you lovely homeschoolers. Mama supports homeschooling!), and presidents should be left to hob nobbing and rubbing elbows with foreign diplomats.

Should children make oaths or pledges? The Bible is clear that if we make an oath we are to keep it. There are some limits to that. Mama has her own special rules. It can't be immoral, illegal, or cause Mama to have a heart attack when she hears about it. Mama thinks it is a good thing to draw attention to those suffering from hunger, poverty, mental illness, or sickness. Children should be raised to have compassion and empathy and to do what is in their means. However, that is a parent's job. No one will convince Mama that a man that has never met my precious little sweetums can educate them better about it than she can. He doesn't know Mama's babies...and he doesn't know yours. If it takes a complete stranger to educate your babies on the woes of civilization...you are not doing your job as a parent.

Mama thinks it is wonderful when children want to right a wrong. One of Mama's precious little sweetums has a very soft spot in his heart for babies. He likes to make baby hats on a loom to donate. Mama's other precious little sweetum has a soft spot for people that do without or are hungry. He's participated in numerous food drives and practically grew up at a food bank stocking the low shelves he could reach. Mama has a soft spot for all children or those that are suffering. The Bible tells us that whatsoever we do for our brethren we are really doing for Jesus.

Mama doesn't feel that children should make a pledge to do whatever they can to serve or support the President. The military (Lord bless every one!!) serve their country. We Christians serve our Jesus. We have no business pledging to serve a man. Mama thinks the President had one too many play dates with "our dear leader" Kim Jong Il. Americans are not here to support the President. As a matter of fact...last time Mama took history (and she doesn't think it's changed too much in the last 15 years...) the President was given a job by the people. That makes him in the office to serve us... Doesn't his wants sound a bit backwards to you?

Besides...if he can be so succint with what he feels our children should do why can't he explain what he wants done with healthcare in 1100 pages?

Just a thought.

Please, if you disagree with the presentation, call your local schools and ask if their is an opt out activity. If there is, opt them out. If there isn't, just check them out for that part of the day. Take them to a museum or go to the library and look up history books. Goodness knows quite a few Americans out there need a refresher.

Medicine Laced Cocaine Kills!

Mama had to read the name of the news article twice. Mama thought surely they had it backwards. It must be that medicine laced with cocaine kills some innocent person.

Sadly, the news article title was not a typo. Sorry, but Mama doesn't feel sorry for people who get sick from ingesting equine medication that was in the cocaine they illegally bought for illicit use.

Can someone please explain to Mama why this is news worthy?