Tag Archive 'kids'

What Christmas is all about

Posted by Moonage on 24 Dec 2006 | Tagged as: Political Correctness

A lot of adults are debating whether Christmas should be a religious celebration in the United States. There has been adult arguments about whether Christmas trees should be in airports, adult fights over companies allowing charities to raise money during Christmas. All over the country, adults find negatives to worry about and fret [...]

Rewarding Stupidity

Posted by Moonage on 30 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Political Correctness

I really can’t believe this one:
A federal jury awarded $24.2 million to two men who were severely burned by electrical wires when they trespassed onto railroad property and climbed atop a rail car.

OK, you’ve got these very large vehicles that travel very, very, fast.  You’ve got these bare wires that connect to these very large [...]

Majority voters determine how smart everyone else is?

Posted by Moonage on 19 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Opinions

Morgan Quitno Press released this list of the “smartest states” list. Without further ado, here it is, color coded to make it more fun to play with:

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Vermont

Looks kinda grim for all those people who mocked the “Al Gore voters are smarter than Bush voters” thingy from the past. However, Morgan Quitno has kept [...]

Tag - that exclusionary activity your mom warned you about.

Posted by Moonage on 18 Oct 2006 | Tagged as: Political Correctness

Officials at an elementary school south of Boston have banned kids from playing tag, touch football and any other unsupervised chase game during recess for fear they’ll get hurt and hold the school liable.
Recess is "a time when accidents can happen," said Willett Elementary School Principal Gaylene Heppe, who approved the ban.
While there is no [...]