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I’m feeling lazy today and instead of taking the same rout as Diane’s Lazy Day, I’ll quote a few news posts that I thought were interesting.

Protests are planned in cities across Canada and Europe to stop Ontario from adopting Shariah law to settle Muslim family disputes such as divorce.
Who’s stupid idea was this? I think this is a huge step backward into the wrong direction. It’s sickening to think that if this passes, we’ll be hearing stories about some asshole getting off scott free because it’s ok to beat your wife according to you’re religion. Read more….

A Canadian search-and-rescue team reached a flooded New Orleans suburb to help save trapped residents five days before the U.S. military, a Louisiana state senator said on Wednesday. This just goes to show you that the victime have a right to be pissed off at the fact their Government took so damn long to help them. I mean these guys had to travel over 2,000 miles away and got there the day U.S. authorities began airdropping relief supplies to St. Bernard last Wednesday. I feel sorry for these people. Read More…..

Two tourists used their home video camera to document their experience inside the Superdome after Katrina. Watch it here.
If you have Windowz Media player.

I though this was kinda funny. Funny that Dear Abby basically calls this guy a looser.

DEAR ABBY: My husband, “Justin,” and I have been together 12 years, married for five. We get along well, except for one thing, his so-called “jokes.”

Rather than coming out and saying I’ve done something that bothers him, Justin will make a sarcastic comment, then insist he’s “just kidding.” If I forget to turn off a light, he’ll say something like, “So, you’re trying to make sure the electric company doesn’t go out of business — right?” If I tell him his unshaven face hurts when he kisses me, he’ll say, “Most women would love it if their husbands gave them kisses all the time … maybe I should have married one of them.” No single remark sounds that terrible, but it’s been going on for 12 years and I’ve had enough.

No matter what he says, as long as Justin claims to be “kidding,” he doesn’t think I have a reason to get angry. He’ll say I don’t have a sense of humor, or that I’m “thin-skinned.” I tell him frequently that it bothers me. I have asked repeatedly that he just say what’s on his mind, but he doesn’t. How can I get through to him that what he’s doing isn’t “joking”; it’s avoiding accountability for his comments? — NOT AMUSED IN VERMONT

DEAR NOT AMUSED: It would be interesting to know something about the atmosphere in which your husband was raised, because emotionally, he’s a coward. The term for what he’s doing is “passive aggression.” People who use it aren’t secure enough to be directly confrontational, so they beat around the bush — taking little jabs here and there, not enough to do serious damage. The measured doses of venom keep their victim off balance and in a constant state of irritation. (If the targets react, it becomes “their” fault.)

You must be a very strong person to have tolerated this for so long. I’m sad to say, your husband may be incapable of changing. However, a way to get him to recognize what he’s doing, and how damaging it is, would be through marriage counseling. If he won’t go, go without him. It will give you insight and perspective.

And if that wasn’t funny enough! Here’s a case of foot in mouth!

Hurricane Katrina victims in Houston, Texas were “underprivileged anyway” and life in the Astrodome sports arena is “working very well for them,” former first lady Barbara Bush said.

“Cold hearted witch,” read one of the more polite comments, signed by one IowaDem. “No wonder her son remained on vacation, playing guitar and eating cake instead of seeing that aid and rescue operations were well-managed.”

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• Well there you have it folks! Who says you can’t blog on a regular basis when you’re a boring person?
  Tomorrows Beer Night! Looking forward to it tooo. Mmmmm I can almost taste the “K” !!!

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