This song has gotten a great deal of press and attention. As a southerner, this is a fairly deep song. There is a lot to talk about from lots of points of view.
Your response?
Rep. Dennis Johnson (R-Oklahoma) talks about “Jewing someone down” on house floor
Where is the contrition? He seems to think he was funny. Maybe with your friends you can get by with saying ‘Jew me down,’ but that just doesn’t fly from the floor of the House of Representatives.
His apology made matters worse. Apologize to the Jews? How about an apology to the American people for using an ethnically charged remark that casts dispersions on a particular culture? I thought EVERYONE knew that was an offensive thing to say.
After he got home, Johnson apparently realized the severity of his gaffe and reworded his apology. According to Huffingtonpost.com:
Oklahoma state Rep. Dennis Johnson (R-Duncan) apologized Wednesday for recently using the phrase “Jew me down.”
While speaking on the virtues of small business in debate over a bill Wednesday, he said, “They might try to Jew me down on a price. That’s fine … that’s free market as well.” He was then handed a note about fifteen seconds later.
Beer heir Adolphus Busch IV resigns his lifetime membership in the NRA
WASHINGTON — Adolphus Busch IV, heir to the Busch family brewing fortune, resigned his lifetime membership in the National Rifle Association on Thursday, writing in a letter to NRA President David Keene, “I fail to see how the NRA can disregard the overwhelming will of its members who see background checks as reasonable.”
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Manchin-Toomey fails in the Senate
There isn’t that much to say. Background checks help cut down on the wrong person getting a gun. Shame on those senators who voted NO.
So close but so far away. Patricia Maisch shouted out what many folks felt when the final vote was announced :
One gun control advocate, Patricia Maisch, shouted “Shame on you!” from the Senate balcony as the vote total was announced. In 2011, Ms. Maisch helped wrestle a magazine of bullets away from the gunman who shot then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, R-Ariz., and 18 others in Tucson. (post-gazette.comj)
Most Americans support background checks. To say no to background checks is definitely extremism. Those who voted no cow-towed to the 7% NRA extremism. 90% of the American people supported this bill. Those who voted no will have a surrprise waiting for them at the polls.
Good people have done the wrong thing. They caved to the pressure.
VA ponders how to deal with sexting teens
Three Fairfax County high school students made cellphone videos of drunken sex acts with fellow teens and shared them among themselves, authorities said. When they go on trial Thursday, they face a charge usually reserved for adult predators: child pornography.
The case is one of a number in Virginia where teens caught “sexting” have been charged with a felony that can carry a sentence of 20 years in prison and could require registry as a sex offender.
In Virginia, Maryland and many other states, the law has not caught up with the combustible mix of teens, technology and sex that has made sexting an issue. Prosecutors must rely on a patchwork of laws created before the rise of smartphones to handle such cases.
Some parents and rights groups are calling for a new law that would distinguish sexting from child pornography, create lesser punishments and focus on educating teenagers, not punishing them. But they also acknowledge that young victims can be devastated when embarrassing photos or videos are spread among their peers.
Kids will be kids? Stupid is as stupid does? I want these kids to feel some pain…big pain. I am not sure I want them to go to prison. That seems a little harsh. Once again, perhaps the schools can pick up the slack and tell these knuckleheads about the penalties involved in doing something like this.
Do they still have reform schools? Where do bad-asses get sent if they aren’t 18? The simple solution is not to get drunk and disorderly. I guess that’s too simple.
So cyber-buds…do we send the little pervs to reform school, prison, or slap them on the wrist and tell them not to do it again?
PS there is no opening picture. I tried to find something and ended up totally grossed out.
UPDATE:
Some of the teens were found guilty. Further Reading…click here.
These little brats sound to me like rapists in training. I hope their punishment is severe.
