Roundup

Okay, so the Massuchusetts legislature is considering outlawing spanking for children under 18. (See story here):

If signed into law, parents would be prohibited from forcefully laying a hand on any child under age 18 unless it was to wrest them from danger, lest they be charged with abuse or neglect.

So we can spank our older children? Or is that just covered under a different law?

Now that the Massachusetts legislature had failed in its duty regarding the definition of marriage, they are poised to start micromanaging parenthood. Great! Do we need a Constitutional Amendment that allows parents to be parents?

Let's see, we can't outlaw killing babies, and we no longer define marriage as union between one man and one woman. (Why then is polygamy still against the law then? Oh that's a different subject entirely.) So, why is the anti-spanking legislation a surprise? It is the next logical step to break the family. Put the parents in jail and have the state raise the children.

The world is wacky. My kids are going to have a lot more obstacles in raising their children than we've had. Whew!

Everything is turned upside down. There is a tendency in the our society to celebrate youth and physical beauty over wisdom and charity. Or do I understate?

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So every morning I access my email and get several emails (more like 50) with a subject line like this: ðÒÉÇÌÁÛÁÅÍ ÎÁ ËÕÒÓÙ. Now why would anyone open such an email-especially if you have 50 of them in your inbox? Yet they come overnight like clockwork.

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Been reading another issue of Invention and Technology. The Fall 2006 issue (yes I am reading back issues-but because it is history, it stays current.) has an amazing article on how the Hoover (Boulder) Dam was built. I had really never seen pictures of it or realized how mamouth the structure was. And think of it, this project was completed ahead of schedule!!!

On to work....

Our Lady of Joyful Hope-pray for us! ... Oremus pro invicem!