Bad News...

This past weekend Fast & Furious 4 came out. I knew that it would lead to more street racing this weekend. I admit that I did enjoy the first one. And, I did have plans to go see this movie. But, I am not a fan of racing in streets where there is a possibility of someone getting hurt.

Saturday night, a woman and her 2 daughters, aged 2 and 13, were hit by a street racer and all three of them were killed. The 20 year old who hit them is being charged with second degree murder. You can read a little more about that here.

It's really depressing. Someone was being stupid and reckless and 3 people lost their lives. Two of them were children. That kid is going to have to live with that for the rest of his life. And, he'll be going to prison. So, not only did he ruin the lives of the people he killed and their families, he also ruined his own. Because of a street race. It's so dumb that it's really depressing.

Also in the news this morning, North Korea launched a rocket. Woo hoo. As if President Obama didn't have enough on his plate, now he will have to focus energies on North Korea.

And, depressing news from Italy. An earthquake shook Italy. A 6.3 on the Richter Scale. So far, the death toll is at 92. So far, over 1500 people have been found to be injured. Thousands of people are homeless. And on top of the loss of life, there is a loss of history. Many of the destroyed buildings are hundreds of years old. Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has declared a state of emergency. A tent city is being created for the homeless people to live in.

Indonesia also had a quake early this morning, but there were no casualties.

And, finally, we are destroying our planet faster than we originally thought. Scientists say that Antarctica's glaciers are disappearing much faster than they thought.

Yay! Happy Monday, folks. :)

Wisdom

I got this in an email again, and I still really like it. So, here it is:

A worried woman went to her gynecologist and said, "Doctor, I have a serious problem and desperately need your help. My baby is not even 1 year old, and I'm pregnant again. I don't want kids so close together."

So the doctor said, "Okay, and what do you want me to do about it?"

She replied, "I want to end my pregnancy, and I'm counting on your help with this."

The doctor thought for a little while, and after some silence he said to the lady, "I think I have
a better solution for your problem. It's less dangerous for you too."

She smiled, thinking that the doctor was going to accept her request.

Then he continued. "You see, in order for you not to have to take care of 2 babies at the same time, let's kill the one in your arms. This way, you could rest some before the other one is born. If we're going to kill one of them, it doesn't matter which one it is. There would be no risk for your body if you chose the one in your arms."

The lady was horrified and said, "No, doctor! How terrible! It's a crime to kill a child!"

"I agree," the doctor replied, "but you seemed to be okay with it, so I thought maybe that was the best solution." He smiled, realizing that he had made his point.

He convinced the mother that there is no difference in killing a child that's already been born and one which is still in the womb. The crime is the same!

Sad Story

I've put up a link to a news story from the ASPCA. It's about a man who while fighting with his ex-girlfriend, threw all of her stuff out of his third floor window -- including her Shih Tzu. The dog was seriously injured and later died. The man was on the run for almost a year, but was caught earlier this month. He's likely going to spend 7 years in jail.

Well, he's lucky. He's lucky because he's just going to have to spend 7 years in jail rather that what I would have done to him. It took the police almost a year to catch him. If he would have done that to one of my dogs, he'd have far less time than that to live. When I found that son-of-a-bitch, he'd be tranked (Dexter Style), and then when he woke up, he'd be tied up so that he couldn't escape. I'd chop off his testicles and feed them to my surviving dogs. And then I'd beat the snot out of him. I'm not sure what with, but when I'm done with him, he'd wish that I'd just thrown him out of a third story window. He wouldn't survive to mess with any of my babies again.

I'm a pacifist. But I'm also a mommy. And no one messes with my babies.