I don't care what political faction you tend to side with, or what your stance on illegal immigration in general may be - there's one question that I think we can ALL agree on the answer:
That's right, you heard me correctly. I'm finding the arguments being thrown at Imus to be even more offensive than the borderline-offensive remarks he used that started this whole chaotic situation in the first place.
Let's start this off by saying that we supposedly have freedom of speech. I like to start all of my rants involving people getting yelled at or offended by words with that brief reminder. Freedom of speech. 'Nuff said.
In New Jersey, this week schools are having "No Name Calling Week" - a time in which schoolyard bullies are encouraged to NOT use insults or other hateful remarks. Anyone else foresee this leading to violence??
Heelys, shoes with a skate wheel built into the heel, are causing children to get hurt - say doctors. Parents are shocked and outraged, having never thought for a second that combining the risk of skating with common shoes would lead to possible danger.
The father of the children makes $1 million a month, but a judge cut his child support payments down to $5,000/month and cited the mother's frivolous spending and unemployment. She's filing to raise it back to $28,000/month.
Federal workers collectively owe almost $3 billion in back taxes for the 2005 year alone. In fact, every federal agency has employees who failed to pay 2005 taxes - even the Executive Office of the President and the IRS itself.
All around the world, reports are coming in about children committing suicide by imitating Saddam Hussein's hanging. Who's to blame? Violence in the media, or bad parenting?
Not only are they singling out overweight and "at-risk of obesity" students, they're including mom and dad in the judgemental concept by putting these warnings in letters sent home.
Mrs. Armstrong has ten-year-old twin daughters and an eight-year-old son. The bus driver picked them up and let them on his bus, but then told them on the ride that he would not be taking them home and they would not be allowed on his bus route again.