I normally get most of my news online. I read the newspaper online and check MSN and Yahoo as well as some of the other news sites. Today I decided to watch the local news on television before checking my usual sites.
I learned that we are responsible to shoveling our own sidewalks and the sidewalks in front of our houses. Imagine that....we have to be responsible for our own property.
Chrysler is doing some cut-backs....mainly stopping production of the PT Cruiser. As this was being said they showed a clip of a man unveiling Chrysler's brand new company sign in front of their building. Not a real good reinforcement of the topic of cut-backs...
People do not think of their childrens' well being or future when they choose a name for them.
This story really irritated me. I know there are celebrities who come up with strange names for their kids, but there is usually a middle name or nickname that child can eventually use...in most cases anyway. In the other cases, they can just blame their parents drug use or fame.
I have friends and acquaintences that choose names for their children that have some special meaning for them. While I don't always agree with their choices...it is their child and their choice. I'm sure there are people that won't like the name I have chosen for my baby. However, the people I heard about today top the cake...
Copy and paste this video link to see what I am talking about.
http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&vid=29490dd0-e015-4fc0-b635-bd0c97858e53
This family wants people to accept the names they have chosen for their children. They want tolerance for the names they have picked because their children will not do the same things that the people they were named after did. However, the names they chose are actual Nazi people. They didn't stop with just naming their son Adolf Campbell. They named him Adolf Hitler Campbell because they liked the name....Give me a break! Their son looks like a little girl. They dad screams hillbilly racist and the mom seems to be living under a rock. How in the world could they do this to their children? I'm not sure taken the kids away is the best answer, but then again who knows how far this family will go. Imagine in 7 years or so when little Adolf is in school learning about the Holocaust and the infamous Adolf Hitler. If he turns out to be a really good kid, how is he going to feel finding out he was named after a man who was responsible for thousands of deaths? And if he doesn't turn out to be such a great kid due to his upbringing are they going to use his name as an excuse then? It's all very sad. The parents used their children to make a statement and the statement was NOT, see how much I love my children.
What also gets me is the ignorance these people have. This all started with ordering a birthday cake for little Adolf. Most parents have Happy Birthday and the child's first name on the cake. These people wanted Happy Birthday Adolf Hitler Campbell put on the cake. They could have stopped at Adolf and noone would have said anything, but they didn't do that. So, the store refused to do it. Good for them. The parents wanted people to know the kids whole name. And they wanted that store to refuse them so they could get some publicity. Another way to use their kids. If you are going to give your children names that can offend hundreds of thousands of people throughout their lifetime then make your own darn birthday cake at home! You wanted to make a statement....Well the statement has been made and now you must live with the consequences. Hopefully, you have learned something. We live in a world that is built on past experiences and intolerances. That is how we evolve. You can't expect people to just overlook a monumental even in our world's history so you can use your children to take us right back there. Drop the poor me attitude and take responsibility for being ignorant people. It's obvious you WANTED this....now deal with it.
That's enough of my soap box for now. This is why it's not healthy for me to watch the news. :)
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