Get Off My Lawn!

Veterans are concerned about a "heavy metal festival" being held May 17th at the Resch Center in Green Bay - The Music As a Weapon Tour. Their concern is that the "headbangers" in attendance could be disrespectful to their surroundings - in particular to the Veteran's Memorial Monument on the Brown County Arena property. See Article.
The Veterans were/are still upset about a mini golf course being set up last summer (in their opinion) too close to the memorial. OK. But what does that have to do with this concert?
Why, after all the football and hockey games, monster truck/motocross rallies, "heavy metal" as well as other concerts and events held in the vicinity of their monument- is this particular concert being singled out now as a problem?
There's been literally 100's of thousands of people pass the way of the memorial since "mini golf gate" and now it's a problem?
Are the "headbangers" more likely to trash a sacred memorial than sports fans? No.
Are "headbangers" more likely to desecrate public property than country music fans or the New Kids on the Block crowd?
No.
I respect and am grateful for everything veterans have done in defense of this country and it's constitution. But their's is an opinion purely based on ignorance.
Many of these heavy metal bands have worked with the USO, have played for our troops and have done shows supporting veteran's organizations. The "offended" veterans obviously have no idea of who these headbangers are.
I'll bet there are many "headbangers" among those who bought tribute bricks -ranging from $100-$500- for the memorial that they are supposedly pre-determined to vandalize because of the music they choose to listen to.
Again I thank the veterans for all they have sacrificed for the rights I have as an American. Including the right of free speech and the right to assemble (put those two together and you have a concert) but please don't turn the Bill of Rights into an Opinion of Wrongs.

Because He Could...

I know... I know... don't judge a man unless you've walked a mile in his shoes....
but this one. *WHEW*
A convicted sex offender from Brooklyn took a bite out of crime and a bite out of himself too. Damiene Iriarte was found naked and bleeding behind a building in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn after having bitten the tip off his own penis, police told a local newspaper. It goes without saying that he was subsequently hospitalized. "How he did it? Limber, I guess. Not the work of a sane mind," a police official told The Daily News. You think? It's not clear why Iriarte bit his own penis, but investigators might be just as confused -- or impressed -- that he did it at all. He's recovering at Brooklyn Hospital Center, representatives of which have not returned calls seeking comment.

Good Luck Chicago

The Chicago Bear's 2009 Football Schedule is out.
And apparently new QB Jay Cutler has been too.

Natural Selection

Here's one for the Darwin Awards.
A woman jumped... was not pushed... did not slip... on her own accord, jumped into the polar bear enclosure at the Berlin Zoo.
Media are calling it a polar bear attack. She was bitten several times and is in serious condition. Do I feel sorry for her? Not one bite...er bit. The enclosure is there to keep the bears in and you out. Again my mantra is "buy the ticket... take the ride" and she's lucky her ride didn't end as a mid-day polar bear snack. See picture to the right. If you like things that move, not unlike the polar bears themselves,
here's the video.

Really?! REALLY!?

How lazy have we become? Answer we, as a society, have become as lazy as we are stupid.
Exhibit A: The JumpSnap.
It's a rope-less jump rope. Again a ROPELESS jump rope.
Within the JumpSnap infomercial are the words, "Jumping rope is great exercise so why aren't we all doing it? Because it's not easy."
NOT EASY?!
So because something isn't EASY we have to make it EASY so EVERYONE has a fair opportunity to do it?
WRONG! Again the over PC-ing of society rears it's ugly head.
Where everyone gets a participation trophy and we don't keep score anymore because someone's feelings might get hurt from losing. Orange slices for everyone!!!
Exercise is defined as; bodily or mental exertion for the sake of training or improvement of health. If you make it easier...doesn't that defeat the point of doing it at all?
So if you called the number from your Lazy-Boy... gave the card... paid the S&H and got the JumpSnap delivered to your door... good luck to you.
I'm surprised you got that far without quitting.