It seems like a day doesn’t go by without some story appearing in the newspapers, TV or the Internet that demonstrates how sad things have become in this country.

Today’s story is from the February 1st edition of The Patriot Ledger.  The story is titled, “KRISPY KREME recall: Sorry, honey bun, you’re too sweet” and is available here for anyone interested.

The key paragraph in the story is :

But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says Krispy Kreme had to recall at least 130,000 pre-packaged honey buns because they contained almost three times the sugar listed on the label.

How messed have things become, when we have a Government agency that monitors how much sugar is in our doughnuts?

Sure a lot of sugar probably isn’t good for you, but I doubt that anyone eating one of the offending Krispy Kreme doughnuts was in danger of overdosing on sugar.

I’m sure, a lot of you will probably think it’s not a big deal, but I think you’re wrong.  There is not a single part of our lives that isn’t now monitored and regulated by the Government.  They dictate what we eat and how we travel.  They know how much money (read more)

Why do all the jerks seem to come from Massachusetts?

Julie and Gerry Kulesza and their three year old daughter Ely were attempting to fly home to Boston from Fort Myers Florida on January 14 on AirTran Airways.  Unfortunately Elly, like three year olds sometimes do, was having a bad day.  Having a bit of a tantrum, she refused to take her seat and was climbing under the seat and hitting her parents.  The flight containing 112 passengers had already been delayed for 15 minutes, so the fight crew made the decision to remove the Kulesza family.  As compensation, AirTran airways reimbursed the family the $595.80 they had paid for the tickets, and offered them three roundtrip tickets to go anywhere the airline flys.

Seems pretty reasonable to me, but unfortunately the Kuleszas do not feel the same way.

In a telephone interview conducted by the AP, Julie Kulesza complained, “We weren’t given an opportunity to hold her, console her or anything.”

And Gerry now says that his family will never fly AirTran again.

What did these people expect?

If your three year old is throwing a temper tantrum, it’s your problem, not everyone elses.  Why should 112 passengers be inconvienced (read more)

It’s interesting the outrage that the botched execution of Angel Diaz has caused.  If you scan the Internet, it’s hard not to find some news organization wringing their hands and fighting to hold back tears as they tell the sad story of the painful death of poor Angel Diaz.

For example, here a couple of excerpts from an AP story posted on MSN.com

“Death penalty foes have warned for years of the possibility that an inmate being executed by lethal injection could remain conscious, experiencing severe pain as he slowly dies.
That day may have arrived.”

And…

““It really sounds like he was tortured to death,” said Jonathan Groner, associate professor of surgery at the Ohio State Medical School, a surgeon who opposes the death penalty and writes frequently about lethal injection.”

For anyone who hasn’t heard the details of the story, Angel Nieves Diaz was given a lethal injection on Wednesday, December 13th as punishment for the 1979 murder of Joseph Nagy, the bar manager of the Velvet Swing Lounge a strip joint in Miami.  As is possible with any medical procedure, something went wrong and it took 34 minutes for Diaz to die instead of the typical 15.  Now, (read more)

Alexander Litvinenko died from heart failure yesterday after have apparently been poisoned by the Russian Federal Security Service.

Litvinenko was a critic of the Russian government and had been working to uncover corruption in Russia’s Federal Security Service.  Recently he had also been working to find the killers of another Russian journalist, Anna Politkovskaya.

On his dead bed, Litvinenko made a final statement:

“I would like to thank many people. My doctors, nurses and hospital staff who are doing all they can for me; the British Police who are pursuing my case with vigour and professionalism and are watching over me and my family. I would like to thank the British Government for taking me under their care. I am honoured to be a British citizen.

“I would like to thank the British public for their messages of support and for the interest they have shown in my plight.

“I thank my wife, Marina, who has stood by me. My love for her and our son knows no bounds.

“But as I lie here I can distinctly hear the beating of wings of the angel of death. I may be able to give him the slip but I have to say (read more)

Never underestimate the stupidity of the Left.

From the same clowns that brought us global warming comes the “Global Orgasm for Peace”.

Yup that’s right “Global Orgasm for Peace”.  Maybe I should just let the description from their website explain it.

WHO?
All Men and Women, you and everyone you know.

WHERE?
Everywhere in the world, but especially in countries with weapons of mass destruction.

WHEN?
Solstice Day - Friday, December 22nd, at the time of your choosing with as much privacy as you choose.

WHY?
To effect positive change in the energy field of the Earth through input of the of the largest possible surge of human energy, a Synchronized Global Orgasm.

They even have a section of the website explaining the “science” behind it.  Here’s what it says :

The Science

The Global Consciousness Project (http://noosphere.princeton.edu), Princeton University, runs a network of Random Event Generators (REGs) around the world, which record changes in randomness during global events. The results show that human consciousness can be measured to have a global effect on matter and energy during widely-watched events such as 9/11 and the Indian Ocean tsunami. There have also been measurable results during mass meditations and prayers.

The Zero (read more)