We all know him, the dad that pays his child support faithfully - even taking a second job if need be - but never gets to see his kid/kids; not because he's an abusive dad or was an abusive boyfriend / husband, but because the mother is a bitch. There are all sorts of agencies out there to help those " poor, defenseless " lazy-assed bitches who won't work, they'd rather leach off of the system and the fathers of their children. Don't get me wrong, there are alot of really good moms out there that work really hard to support their children, women that got rid of the dad because he was abusive to them and/or the children, but they can't do it on their own and they need help. These are the women that the child support agencies were set up to help.
Unfortunately, women like my ex-sister-in-law give those good women a bad name. While child support is diligently enforced, there are no agencies out there to ensure that the fathers' rights to see their children are enforced. These men eventually get disgusted with paying child support and never getting to see their child(ren), so they stop paying their child support. Now, they're the bad guy because they aren't supporting their children. I find it quite ironic, I might add, that women fought so hard for equal rights, but are not held to equal responsibility when it comes to custody agreements.
I'm not saying that fathers shouldn't be responsible and pay their child support, what I am saying is that the mothers should be held equally responsible - as long as the father wasn't abusive - in ensuring that the fathers get to see their children as agreed the custody documentation. If they don't want to see the fathers, then set it up where the fathers see the children outside the mother's home, at the home of a trusted relative, or something. They deserve at least that much for doing their part. If only there were an agency to ensure that the fathers get to see their children, now THAT would make things more equal.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
How To Survive Total Economic Collapse
**FIRST OF ALL, THIS NOT A ACTUALLY A HOW - TO, IT IS MORE OF A COMMENTARY** When Man first emerged - whichever way you believe it happened - we had to not only figure out our own food sources, we had to learn how to make fire, make our own clothes, build our own shelters, etc. As technology has progressed, many people have lost and forgotten the 'old ways'. What concerns me is - if the economy were to completely collapse - how many people truly know how to survive? How many people know how to hunt food, forage for fruits and berries - and know how to tell the good ones from the poisonous ones - or build a shelter? How many people would actually survive if there were no cell phones, electricity, etc.? A friend of mine had a friend that was living in Louisiana when the last hurricane hit; the friend was eating cold food out of cans because she DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO BUILD A FIRE. This really concerns me; too many people are so dependent on technology, electricity, and such, that they would probably starve to death because they don't have the basic skills they need to survive! There is no easy solution to the problem, and it may not ever be an issue, but what if?
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
The Marijuana Issue
Marijuana is a controversial issue throughout the United States, as it has been for decades; to legalize, decriminalize, or just keep it illegal? Why was it criminalized in the first place? The 'party line' is that it is as dangerous as other illicit drugs; I cry 'bullshit', especially when the statistics not only DO NOT support this claim, they actually debunk it! Show me a person that beats up their spouse or significant other, or goes out and gets into a car accident or commits a violent crime while under the influence of marijuana, and I am sure that if tested for other illicit drugs or alcohol, they would be found as well. The most prevalent effect that marijuana has on users is a sense of lethargy.
There have been numerous studies done to determine whether marijuana has any medicinal benefits, and so far, there have been seventeen diseases that it has been found to be beneficial for; these include, but are not limited to: Multiple Sclerosis, HIV, Tourette's Syndrome, and Diabetes. The website I found this information on is: http://norml.org/pdf_files/NORML_Clinical_Applications_for_Cannabis_and_Cannabinoids.pdf. This is a very in - depth article describing the information that has been found in clinical, preclinical, and patient studies regarding the use of marijuana to alleviate symptoms ranging from pain to loss of appetite. It also alleviates pressure in the eyes of a glaucoma sufferer; "Marijuana is a mixture of the dried flowering leaves and tops from the plant cannabis sativa, and it contains over 400 chemicals. A medical use of marijuana has been to lower intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG)." - http://www.eyecareamerica.org/eyecare/treatment/alternative-therapies/marijuana-glaucoma.cfm; this is the article I found that interesting tidbit from.
It has been proven that marijuana is not even as dangerous as some over-the-counter medications. Furthermore, it has been found that there are receptors in the human body that are specially equipped for the plant chemical THC, or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, which is the scientific term for the chemical. There have even been articles talking about how marijuana reduces the size of tumors!
However, the issues are not just medical use; when the United States congress passed the Marijuana Tax Act in 1941, they infringed on every American's civil rights by telling them what they could not put into their body. I believe that article 9 of the bill of rights protects citizens' right to do with their own body what they choose. While the article does not specifically enumerate this as a right that it protects, who would argue that people do not have that right? After all, there are people who mutilate their bodies pretty bad in the name of art; how is that any better than smoking marijuana?
In a country where we are supposed to be a Democracy, yet the constitution and bill of rights seem to be getting used for toilet paper, our rights are definitely being trampled on on a daily basis, and that just isn't right!
If the government would wake up and admit that they were wrong, it could possibly save our country's ailing economy. By legalizing marijuana and taxing it as you might tobacco, we could grow hemp commercially for textiles, bio - fuels, and foods; we could use the dried flowers in medicines that are safer than most anything on the market now; and it would save the government billions in prosecution and penal costs; so why don't they?
I give Barack Obama and his cabinet this challenge: If you truly want to save our economy, legalize marijuana, release all non-violent offenders who are in prison on possession of marijuana charges, and stop funding the DEA's prosecution of "pot smokers"; you will find that the economy is going to be a lot healthier in a few years!
There have been numerous studies done to determine whether marijuana has any medicinal benefits, and so far, there have been seventeen diseases that it has been found to be beneficial for; these include, but are not limited to: Multiple Sclerosis, HIV, Tourette's Syndrome, and Diabetes. The website I found this information on is: http://norml.org/pdf_files/NORML_Clinical_Applications_for_Cannabis_and_Cannabinoids.pdf. This is a very in - depth article describing the information that has been found in clinical, preclinical, and patient studies regarding the use of marijuana to alleviate symptoms ranging from pain to loss of appetite. It also alleviates pressure in the eyes of a glaucoma sufferer; "Marijuana is a mixture of the dried flowering leaves and tops from the plant cannabis sativa, and it contains over 400 chemicals. A medical use of marijuana has been to lower intraocular pressure (IOP) in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG)." - http://www.eyecareamerica.org/eyecare/treatment/alternative-therapies/marijuana-glaucoma.cfm; this is the article I found that interesting tidbit from.
It has been proven that marijuana is not even as dangerous as some over-the-counter medications. Furthermore, it has been found that there are receptors in the human body that are specially equipped for the plant chemical THC, or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, which is the scientific term for the chemical. There have even been articles talking about how marijuana reduces the size of tumors!
However, the issues are not just medical use; when the United States congress passed the Marijuana Tax Act in 1941, they infringed on every American's civil rights by telling them what they could not put into their body. I believe that article 9 of the bill of rights protects citizens' right to do with their own body what they choose. While the article does not specifically enumerate this as a right that it protects, who would argue that people do not have that right? After all, there are people who mutilate their bodies pretty bad in the name of art; how is that any better than smoking marijuana?
In a country where we are supposed to be a Democracy, yet the constitution and bill of rights seem to be getting used for toilet paper, our rights are definitely being trampled on on a daily basis, and that just isn't right!
If the government would wake up and admit that they were wrong, it could possibly save our country's ailing economy. By legalizing marijuana and taxing it as you might tobacco, we could grow hemp commercially for textiles, bio - fuels, and foods; we could use the dried flowers in medicines that are safer than most anything on the market now; and it would save the government billions in prosecution and penal costs; so why don't they?
I give Barack Obama and his cabinet this challenge: If you truly want to save our economy, legalize marijuana, release all non-violent offenders who are in prison on possession of marijuana charges, and stop funding the DEA's prosecution of "pot smokers"; you will find that the economy is going to be a lot healthier in a few years!
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