- Stay-At-Home Dads
What do you know: men are found to be somewhat competent at something women normally do, even though the moms are reluctant to admit it. Equality goes both ways. Women, please remember this: You get to choose one and only one of these options: 1) What needs to be done, or 2) How to do it. Do you like to be nagged or nitpicked at every turn? Even if you call it "helping", it's still interpreted as nagging, and we men do not appreciate it. I do like how the article tells us that we need both moms and dads in raising the children. Men are not irrelevant and unneeded (though some act in ways that lead one to think so).
- Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome
Bob Woodward, please, do a report on this: Iraq war veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and their not receiving proper—or receiving incorrect— care. How dare we as a country ask these men and women to serve our country and then slap them down because they're just not "tough enough". What is tough enough? Could these same paper pushers serve even one week and not be changed by what they had seen or done?
- Nifong disbarred
At long last, justice is finally served in the Duke non-rape-or-even-attack case. Pretty early on, it was clearly evident to even a layman that there was no evidence against the accused lacrosse players, and that one even had an alibi. (It seems only the contingent that believes that accusation = prosecution felt Nifong was correct in his now clearly-shown political pandering.) Even now, in spite of all evidence to the contrary, he is still trying to convict those boys with his words (check out the end of the article about "getting out of there quickly"). Nifong wanted to make a name for himself. He has managed to do so. It only cost the reputations of three boys and the integrity of an entire state's judicial system to do so.
The past two episodes of Bones I've watched have also caused me to think about the way we treat our children and live our lives. I'll write about that at some point. Maybe.
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The Post Traumatic Stress Disorder article is heartbreaking. These people are reluctant heroes and need to be treated as such. It's amazing that the similarities to Viet Nam in this Iraq mess seem to be in the areas of America's mishandling of our veterans more than the combat itself. Isn't that the part over which we have control?
What's next, crowds at the airports with "baby killer" signs and spitting on our returning troops?
I was behind our removal of Saddam Hussein. I was behind propping up a provisional government to fill that void. Now, I say it's time to get the hell out of there. Unfortunately, the populace of Iraq is not a freedom-loving, committed peaceful people. They are fiercely tribal, divided by their religious and ethnic differences, and have no qualms about killing or dying. We cannot force our version of democracy upon them. So let's quit using American lives as cannon fodder. The Iraqis will be killing each other for decades, if not centuries, to come. We don't need to be in the crossfire.
And the Government here should be held responsible by all voters to treat our returning veterans with respect, the benefit of the doubt, and the medical/psychological support they deserve.
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