Let them eat cake!

I read alot.  I mean a real lot. Most of it online and many online newspapers.  I'm a news junky and in reality a political news junky.

Lately I have noticed that many of the people who write in the comment section are very skeptical of the government.  Not just Democrats or the President, but ALL government.  They are seeing (and I agree) the militarization of our police forces.  Each one with their own swat teams (even in very rural non-violent towns).

They are hearing lie after lie coming from politicians.  Each one topping the other.  We hear how "poor" Joe Biden and the Clintons are and how they find it difficult to scrape by on $25,000 per day.  (How out of touch do you have to be?)

And the IRS saying the dog ate my homework and expecting "We the People" to believe it.  Could you imagine going to an IRS audit and telling them that your computer crashed and you don't have backup but just believe me those deduction are OK and I don't have a smidgen of  corruption in me?  Can you say "DO those orange jumpsuits come in any other color?"

Who was it that said "Let them eat cake!"

Teach our children

My ex-wife and I disagree with how to raise our kids.  My mother and ex-wife seem to agree that you give the kids whatever they want.  Our kids then end up feeling that they are entitled.

My son felt he was a big man.  Able to take care of himself.  So I suggested that's ex-wife stop paying his cell phone bill.  She shut it off and he preceded to pound on her door at 3am until she turned it back on.

I personally would have called the cops on the big man.  My ex-wife feels it is more important to be their friends instead of their parents.

I applaud the parents who didn't cave into their rebellious teen.  I applaud the judge who claimed,  where does it go,  can a child sue because he doesn't have an xbox or cell phone?

We as parents need to not only take back our parental responsibilities, but to exercise them in a forceful and responsible way.