I don't like that law . . .

What would you think about a law enforcement officer who enforced the law only when he liked the law or he wanted to enforce it? What if someone were breaking that law, and it was affecting you? Wouldn't you say to the officer, "But that's the law. You swore in your oath to uphold the law. Doesn't matter if you like it or not, it's still the law. If you don't want to enforce it, we'll fire you and hire somebody who will enforce it."

Our chief law enforcement officer, Barack Obama, is enforcing only those laws he agrees with. The 1996 federal Defense of Marriage Act requires the Pentagon to ignore same-sex marriages even if they were legally obtained in a state that allows them. Obama has determined that the law is indefensible (I thought that was for courts to decide) and therefore, will not be enforced. So I say to Obama, "But that's the law. You swore in your oath to uphold the law. Doesn't matter if you like it or not, it's still the law. If you don't want to enforce it, we'll fire you and hire somebody who will enforce it." I can't wait for November!

"U.S. won't defend ban on gay spousal benefits." The Dallas Morning News; February 18, 2012; p. 11A.

Your Tax Dollars at Work

Ever wondered about the correlation between lack of sex for fruit flies and their propensity to have a couple of beers? That's evidently a burning question for scientists at the University of California San Francisco who have NIH grant funding (that's my money and your money) for this research project. I don't know how much they got -- the article didn't say -- but according to figures released by the NIH, the University received more research funds from the National Institutes of Health than any other public institution in 2011: 1,056 grants, totaling $532.8 million.

So what have they found? Thousands of male fruit flies were placed one by one into a container with an unwilling female fruit fly. Each fruit fly was given three hours with the reluctant lady four days in a row. Then the disappointed males were put into vials and given a choice of regular food or alcohol-laced food. They went for the alcohol.

Now, doesn't that information enhance your quality of life?

"Spurned fruit flies' boozing may say a lot about men." The Dallas Morning News; March 16, 2012; p. 6A.

It's a matter of standards.

Evidently, there was an op-ed piece in the newspaper regarding the current trend of people wearing their pajamas on jaunts to Wal-Mart, the gas station, etc. I missed it, but I did see the responses to it. 

Pamela Dugger of Duncanville takes issue with the writer of the op-ed. She says that people who work odd shifts want to wear their comfortable clothes when they get home, and they don't want to change if they need to go to the store for something. She says that the pajamas are much more proper than jeans puddling around the ankles.

So, Pamela, what if people are most comfortable running around in their underwear when they get home? Maybe those people don't want to "get dressed up" to go to the store, either. And underwear is much more proper than going nude! It comes down to standards. Pajamas are meant to be worn at home . . . not to go shopping. Looking better than the jeans hanging below the buttocks doesn't make them "proper attire." Look at it this way: That man is a rapist, but that's OK -- it's certainly more proper than him being a murderer. No, it's not proper for him to be a murderer, but it's certainly not proper for him to be a rapist, either. It's all about standards -- either you have them, or you don't.

"Pajamas as attire." The Dallas Morning News; February 17, 2012; p. 14A.

Be sure your sins will find you out.

I just love it when criminals try to outsmart the law and get caught in their own webs.

Flavio Nejero told the police he was Blas Nejero, his brother, when he was arrested for DWI in 2004. In 2006, Blas was charged with murder, but the police couldn't find him, and his whereabouts are still unknown.

This year, Flavio was detained in California after a routine traffic stop. His fingerprints showed that he was Blas, the name he had given when his prints were taken in 2004. So he was extradited to face the murder charge. In the meantime, authorities discovered he was an illegal alien, so an immigration hold was issued.

When he was questioned in Dallas, Dallas officers quickly figured out that there was a problem with identity. He's OK now on the murder charge, but he's probably going back to Mexico where he belongs after he takes care of the DWI charge.

"Old lie leads to accidental arrest." The Dallas Morning News; February 24, 2012; p. 3B.

Gee, do you think it could be . . .

Our tax dollars are being well-spent. The Department of Education is conducting a study to figure out why Hispanic and black students make up 75% of students involved in school-related arrests or cases handed over to police, and why black students are more than three times as likely as their white peers to be suspended or expelled.

Gee, do you think it could be that Hispanics and blacks commit 75% of the crimes? Do you think it could be that blacks are three times as likely as their white peers to misbehave? See -- Essie solved that one without spending a dime!

"Study finds race gap in school discipline." The Dallas Morning News; March 7, 2012; p. 5A.

Kate has it backwards.

Weighing in on the Obama mandate that the Catholic church provide contraceptives free of charge to its employees, Kate Sames says that ". . .those of us who believe that we're in charge of our own bodies, health and family planning shouldn't be denied our health care . . ."

Well, Kate, those of us who believe that we're in charge of what we will and will not provide for our own employees shouldn't be told what to do by an ideologically meddling government, so if you're truly in charge of your own health, go buy your own pills. That's what your salary is for.

"Birth control battle." The Dallas Morning News; February 15, 2012; p. 16A.

Does this bother you?

In a recent article detailing planned cuts to the nuclear arms protecting our country, White House National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor said that the three options detailed by the Pentagon in the newspaper had not been presented to Obama yet. Is it just me, or does it bother you, too, that the newspaper gets these things before the President does?

"Obama weighs massive nuclear arms cuts." The Dallas Morning News; February 15, 2012; p. 6A.