This is me at 10 years old. Before I knew bad things could happen to 10 year olds.
11/11/11. Or, all those 1’s equal 6. Here’s my 6.
1. PENN STATE. The Wall Street Journal published the grand jury presentment in its entirety. If you haven’t, you need to read it. By the end, you will have zero empathy for any adult involved. So many people knew this was going on. For years. And we continue to wonder why kids don’t tell. Every adult who knew Sandusky was abusing kids and didn’t go directly to the police should be treated as (alleged) criminals.
2. THE GRAD STUDENT. Let’s take the graduate assistant witness. As Maureen Dowd said in her column, “It would appear to be the rare case of a pedophile caught in the act, and you’d think a graduate student would know enough to stop the rape and call the police.” This grad student was no kid; he was 28 years old, a grown man. Did he stop the crime? No. Did he contact police? No. He called his dad for advice, then went home.
3. TWEET TWEET. That any of us give a rat’s ass what Ashton Kutcher is tweeting — and that it’s news — is just one more nail in my coffin of hating the very idea of Twitter. I know, I know, some of you will tell me there are benefits, and I’m sure there are, but anytime you give us humans a tool to communicate this quickly and publicly (i.e., before thinking) not enough good can come of it to justify it’s existence.
4. WORD PLAY. Do you ever hear the word “twitter” and think “fritter”?
5. THE THINKERS. Somebody sent me, via e-mail, this thing called “The Lawyers Party.” At first I thought it was a mistake; then, one of those too-circulated internet jokes. But no. You can find it here at the American Thinker. Apparently all that’s wrong with America is that there are too many lawyers. That George W. Bush was not a lawyer, and that Barack Obama is a lawyer explains everything. I don’t know about you, but I’m so glad that’s cleared up! Now, about the economy, jobs, healthcare, …..
6. THOSE 53 SECONDS. When I watch the Rick Perry debate video, the one where he’s stuck for those 53 seconds, I get no joy. None. The rising elation, the almost-snickering, on the faces of all the other candidates as Perry stands there blanked-out, makes me cringe. These people want to help us? They want to be the leaders of our country.
Is your hair on fire this week?
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