Living In the World, Not on It

Here are the results of the last poll, which centered on the Casey Anthony trial and the results of that trial. Casey is guilty as sin and should have been sent to jail. 2 (33%) Casey is innocent and I am relieved at the outcome. 0 (0%) Someone thought she saw Casey in Oklahoma and tried to mow her down. I would if I could. 0 (0%) I may or may not agree with the outcome, but the fact is we weren't there and will never know what happened to Caylee. 4 (66%) All I can say is Casey should be remanded into custody to have her tubes tied and then be released on her own recognisance. 0 (0%) Well, Casey is out on her own, but she should not get a book and/or movie deal. 0 (0%) Two people (33%) felt that she was "guilty as sin and should have been sent to jail". The other four people who voted (66%), felt that they "may or may not agree with the outcome, but the fact is we won't know what happened to Caylee". A mixed bag, but mostly the...

Talk about current events. Is there a soul anywhere who did not hear about this case and the overwhelming public response to it? I tend to doubt it. Most every publication and many news stations at least covered the outcome of this case. It was a huge source of commentary and a lot of grumbling if not outright threats - whether made against Casey and/or the jurors - as well as that deplorable incident where some woman tried to run down another woman that she thought was Casey in Oklahoma to "save the children". (Yikes. I'm embarrassed to be part of the same race as this woman. She should be demoted from human... it is not our right to take the law into our own hands.) This case has been going on since 2008 and it has finally come to an end. Casey Anthony has no money, no where to go, is in general reviled by the public (as we can see) and has really had everything stripped from her. As much as the public believes in her guilt, they don't really know - they are just ou...

For the last two weeks I had the poll up that asked this question: "Do you think people like Kate Gosselin and the Duggars should parade their children on television to make a buck?" I was more than happy to see that the poll had 6 responses. Here is the breakdown: Yes - they are living the American dream (1 vote, 16%) No - it is potentially damaging to the children (4 votes, 66%) I would do it in a minute if I thought I could get rich (0 votes) I don't know (1 vote, 16%) I was gratified to see most people went for option number two. The first and third are disturbing, and the last one is at least honest like the second one. For some, the idea would not be just to get rich, but to possibly look at it from the standpoint of supporting all the children and ensuring that most, all or any who wish have the option to go to college or some kind of tertiary education. For many parents, that is important. This was an interesting poll to do - most people, I think, had a good feel ...

Let's bring the stakes up to something just a wee bit more personal that almost anyone anywhere can have an opinion. This should be quite a bit easier, since many people do have kids and really would do anything to see them protected and raised right. So this new poll, for the next fourteen days, is: "Do you think people like Kate Gosselin and the Duggars should parade their children on television to make a buck?" (That sounds like I'm skewed in my opinion, but those of you who read my blog already know that.) Answers: Yes, they are just living the American dream. No, I think it is wrong and potentially damaging to the kids. I'd do it in a minute if I thought I could get rich! I don't know. (I figured there should be one token answer that was not so tongue-in-cheek.) So there you go. Hopefully everyone will come out to vote and give their opinion, too!