Abortion...It can be a Good Thing

Is it worth it?

Yes, no, maybe so...?

12/9/2011:

Earlier this week, when faced with the dire reality of a situation that she, in all likelihood, created, Rachelle Grimmer killed herself after shooting her two young children when she was denied food assistance benefits in Laredo, Texas. We don’t know why Rachelle decided that death was the best way out, nor do we know why she decided to try to take her children along with her, but we can safely assume that she had become so overwhelmed with life to the point that the only solution, as she saw it, was in a bullet.

Tragedy often makes people wonder whether preventable measures could have been taken, and in Rachelle Grimmer’s case, the answer is probably yes. Though we don’t know the complete history of Rachelle Grimmer’s history and background, we do know that she had recently moved from Ohio to Texas with her two children in search of a better life, but had wound up living in a small, run-down trailer in a small, run-down town. We also know that Rachelle didn’t have the means to support her children. If she had, she wouldn’t have had to rely on government assistance for help.

Rachelle’s situation isn’t unique. Millions of impoverished mothers all across America are scraping together whatever they can in order to provide for their children. Sometimes fathers of those children are in the picture, sometimes they aren’t; however, even with the help of child support, many households headed by single mothers are still impoverished.

The solution to this problem is really simple—abort.

If a single woman finds herself pregnant, and she determines that she will not likely be able to afford to raise her child on her current income and has no realistic plan to increase her earning potential in the near future, then she has no business becoming a mother.

A woman who brings children into the world under less than ideal circumstances has no respect for her children. It is completely selfish to have children without the means to provide for those children. It is too idealistic to rely on governmental support during a time when the national deficit has skyrocketed and state and federal agencies are cutting back on welfare programs. It is just as idealistic, and just flat out stupid, for a woman to rely on help from a man who did not even think enough of her to marry her before knocking her up. (Many men today feel it is not their responsibility to provide support for “unwanted” children anyway.)
It seems harsh, but it’s true. While the perception is that abortion is the worst thing you could do to an unborn child, the reality is that it’s much worse to allow them to have to endure life under dire and overwhelming circumstances.

Blacks Voting for Barack Obama are like Turkeys Voting for Thanksgiving

(Former?) Barack Obama Supporter Venting Frustration

12/6/2011:

For the month of November 2011, it was touted that employment in America is down to 8.6%, or the lowest it's been in 2 years.  If one was to dig deeper into the statistics, you would see the story for what it is, whites are getting hired at a higher rate while black unemployment is reaching historic levels.

View Bureau of Labor Statistics for unemployment rates in November 2011: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t02.htm

As reported in Novemeber 2011, black male unemployment has risen to 16.5%, up from 16.2% in October.  Black female unemployment has risen to 12.9%, up from 12.6% in October. 

In comparison, under the Obama administration, most recently white male unemployment has dropped the most from 7.9% to 7.3%.  White female employment is the lowest at 6.9%.

This information makes you wonder how is it possible that blacks in America, a group that voted in record numbers to elect the current president, are the group that is suffering most.  Is it shocking that whites are benefitting more from a black president in office? Were black people in America better off economically under the Bush administration? While the perception is that having a black president would be beneficial to blacks in America, the reality is that blacks have been worse off economically now than they've been in decades.

The question I pose is will these facts influence a change in results for the next presidential election or will the black voting public continue to emulate turkeys voting for Thanksgiving?

What do Tiger Woods and Herman Cain Have in Common?



Eldrick "Tiger" Woods



Herman Cain

                         #Losing

12/2/2011:

I’m going to go ahead and start my career on this blog with a post about one of life’s greatest maxims: hoes be winnin. That’s right. Though the exchange of personal (sexual) value for success (money) has long been prevalent, it is only recent that such a phenomenon has left the shadows of hush-hush secrecy and proudly asserted itself as the centerpiece of American living rooms via network and basic cable television.
Maybe I was late to the party, but the first time it became blatant to me that hoes were winning was what I like to call the Thanksgiving Day Tragedy of 2009. Not long after Eldrick “Tiger” Woods crashed his SUV into a tree while fleeing his golf-club wielding wife, “mistress” after “mistress” (or, shall we say, jumpoff after jumpoff) came out of the woodworks claiming to have had sexual relations with Woods during his brief marriage with Elin Nordegren. These women, several of whom were involved in either the adult entertainment or reality television industries, couldn’t resist being  given money and publicity in exchange for the salacious details of the relationships and text messages they shared with Woods. Then, in what became the second-greatest trick pulled during the saga, Rachel Uchitel got $10M from Woods in order NOT to speak publicly about their relationship. (She was later forced to remit the money to Woods when she, amazingly, could not keep her mouth shut about her relationship history while appearing on a reality television show). Nearly all of these women profited off of their sexual relationships with Woods, while he, in turn, lost endorsements, golf tournaments, and respect in the court of public opinion.

Not only are hoes winning for monetary reasons, but they’re also winning in the area “moral perception.” The concept of hoes being somehow moral may seem somewhat of a paradox; however, it can be explained perfectly by the current Herman Cain situation (or really, any situation in which a politician is caught pants-down in an extra-marital affair). Dating back to the last several weeks, four women “came forward” (prompted by the media and Cain’s GOP competitors, undoubtedly) alleging that Cain had sexually harassed them during the 1990s and early 2000s. This week, yet another woman revealed that she had been engaged in an affair with Cain that spanned some thirteen years. Through all of the accusations, eyes have not been on the women; no, Cain has borne the brunt of the public scorn and disapproval. Though he was leading in the GOP primary polls before any allegations against him were made, he is currently tied for third place with Texas Governor Rick Perry, the man who stumbled when trying to remember his own presidential platform.

Some may blame feminism, some may blame capitalism, but I blame “hoes be winnin” on stupidity. Men seem to no longer be intelligent enough to keep their “mistresses” from outing them. Sure, the game has changed, but only the strong survive, and these men are losing. So although the popular perception is that hoes don’t win, reality tells us that these hoes will continue to win until men catch up.

Parents... Are They Really Necessary?

Even little Tommy is skeptical of his pending childhood

11/20/2011:

Reading through the biography of Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs, it is apparent that his mother and father had a strong influence in his development during the early years of his life.  He was able to find success within his passion and had full support along the way while growing up.
Unfortunately for most of us, that is not the case.

The Selfish Gene Theory is something that is discussed in Richard Dawkins's book The Selfish Gene which states that the more two individuals are genetically related, the more sense (at the level of the genes) it makes for them to behave selflessly with each other.  However, is that something that is forgotten when it comes to parenting?  Parents become selfish in their mentoring of children.

How many of us wanted to be non-traditional occupations growing up such as actors/actresses, musicians, astronauts, chefs, writers, or photographers only to be told by parents to pursue more stable or socially acceptable occupations like doctors, lawyers, teachers, service men and women, etc.

The biggest detriment of a child's imagination comes from its parents' influence.  The same influence that will tell them to suppress their creativity and imagination and look to become a clock punching employee instead of a person with the freedom to make their own choices in life. 

And how about the men and women that choose to bear children in the worst conditions possible (single parent, low income, etc) where there chances of success in life amount to the odds of winning a lottery?  Well, that's for another day.  While perception would lead you to believe that a parent is vital for a child's success, the reality is that, more often than not, a parent can be its child's greatest enemy without even realizing it.

11/15/2011 - A Historic Night in NCAA Men's College Basketball

11/16/2011:

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11/15/2011 will go down as the most historic night in the history of a coach within the NCAA ranks of men's college basketball.  In a highly touted game at Madison Square Garden, the Duke University Blue Devils defeated the Michigan State Spartars 74-69.  This game was highly touted due the fact that, with a Duke victory, Bobby Knight's 902 career wins would be trumped.  On a night when 903 was the number on everyone's mind, a man named Herb Magee led his Philadelphia University team to a 71-59 win over opponent West Chester University.  This game was significant because Coach Magee tied Coach Don Meyer to become to all time leader in wins for NCAA Men's college basketball.

One of Knight's players at Army was Mike Krzyzewski, who later was head coach at Army before moving on to Duke and is the winningest men's basketball coach in NCAA history. - Taken from The United States' Military Academy's Men's Basketball's Wiki page

An intriguing subplot to the misinformation reported from a handful of media outlets that I've seen, most notably ESPN and CNN, have placed Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski as the all time leader.  While there is no denying that Mike Krzyzewski is one of the greatest coaches in college basketball history, to say that he is the all time leader in college basketball history is just an outright lie.

To most, it is acceptable to say that Krzyzewski is #1 despite the fact that he is still 20 wins behind Magee for 1st place on the all time list. While perception would lead you to believe that Krzyzewski is on top of the list, the reality is that bronze is not greater than gold.