Small Talk

What do I say? For someone with the handle “chattycathy” I haven’t been very talkative lately. I’m usually very quiet at work because I’m trying to stay out of everyone’s business…and to not get involved in any drama. I miss the chat room more than you’ll ever know because it was the one place I could have spontaneous conversations with a group. I snuck into Places – OKC the other day and 2 things stood out. They talk a lot about weird shit like having fingers up their assholes and a chat room regular is squatting in there as well as in her member-created room.

Geeze.

I know some of the people in the Places-OKC room talk nasty for the shock factor, trying to run off the “old people”. All I have to do is click ignore if it bugs me, so no biggie there.

But how pitiful is it when someone squats in two different chat rooms? Afraid you’re going to miss something?

Ok enough of the small mind bullshit.

Last night, Charlie and I watched Bill Maher on HBO. John Mellencamp was on as well as (former) Senator Mike Gravel and US Ambassador Barbara Bodine. I didn’t watch all of it but they talked about Iraq and how the Dubya administration totally fucked that country up. They all had different opinions and ideas about what happened and should happen. (I can’t remember it all now! But you can check out the Real Time with Bill Maher website if you’re interested.)

Senator Mike Gravel

Mike Gravel was awesome. He’s 77 years old and he’s “hip” to the reality of how life works, not some dreamer who has plans and ideas that can never be put into action. I liked him. (He’s running for President in 2008.)

There’s nothing to win in Iraq. They’re dying in vain. They died in vain in Vietnam and they’re dying in vain now!

– Mike Gravel

US Ambassador Barbara Bodine

Barbara Bodine was cool and calculated and she can get her point across without acting like an idiot. I can tell I’ve been on AOL too long for damn sure if I’m impressed with that. When asked by Maher why Iraq is still such a mess (Bodine was the Coordinator for Central Iraq in early 2003), she explained the Bush Administration removed anyone with experience in restructuring and replaced them with inexperienced 20-somethings. Basically, the Bush Administration wants to turn Iraq into a mini-USA. And to do that, Bush has to get rid of any opposition.

I know I’m not an expert at politics, just thought I’d share what I saw on the show last night. It’s worth watching and it’s entertaining at the same time!

Seriously, WTF? : Tweens accused of kidnapping baby

Just when you thought you’d heard it all, another story comes along that makes you say, “WTF? “

In Enid, Oklahoma early Thursday morning, two sisters ages 10 and 12 snuck into their neighbor’s home through an unlocked side door, gathered diapers, clothes, and a stroller then walked out with the neighbor’s one-year old son. Read the article in the Daily Oklahoman.

In this story, the mother of the two girls is quoted as saying, “…the case is being blown out of proportion.” And complains that her daughters are being held in custody, but drug dealers and sex offenders are released.

First of all, does this woman realize her children committed a felony?

Second, what kind of child kidnaps another child?

From the stories published by the Daily Oklahoman, this seems to be a classic case of parental neglect. Of course, I don’t know the whole story, but I would think if the police came to my house and told me my daughter was accused of kidnapping my neighbor’s son, I’d be doing some serious soul-searching.

But instead, this woman is playing the “blame game” so typical of parents these days. Instead of taking responsibility for their children’s actions, they find someone else to blame it on or deny their children even had anything to do with it. Despite the ten-year old being caught red-handed with the baby in her lap, the mother claims the older sister, who lives with her maternal grandmother, coerced the younger sister into committing this crime.

Obviously, someone didn’t explain the concept of right and wrong to these girls. Now they face the possibility of being incarcerated in the juvenile system. All the neighbors know what happened, and they aren’t going to trust these people ever again. I know I wouldn’t.