I haven’t posted here in a while because I haven’t really been angry about alot of things ( per se ) but when I heard this on the local morning show, I was like ” what are they thinking? “

Did you hear that some government legislator is trying to pass a bill that will make it illegal to spank your child? Where was this law when I was growing up?

I can tell you that I have heard my daughter on several occasions ( when I was joking with her or not ) say to me ” go a head and slap me, and I go call the police, to which I always said to her ” well if your going to do that, I better make it worth your while! “

Warning; when the government is more than willing to step in and tell you what you can and cannot do in raising a child, we’re in trouble folks. While I understand some of the reason for this measure, I am afraid of the broad interpretation that would be inferred with this measure. When you take away the right of a parent to discipline a child, you might just as well give the child a shotgun, and pray for the best.

I say that the government needs to limit ( or even better ) mind it P’s and Q’s when it comes to child rearing. Without a parent being able to disipline their child, guaranteed that you will see more acts of parents actually being abused by their children, and more children joining gangs, just because they can.

And in closing this little note, just remember that we are a new society that thinks it is perfectly fine to video tape a girl being beaten up by three other girls, over a boy, and the whole thing videotaped ( probably by the boy in question ) and the girls and the boy probably thinking that there would be no consequences for this act! And why do things like this happen?

Because, you and I, parents are letting it!

It’s the beginning of the new year, and of course, I have gotten a cold, and I was just too out of it to get to work yesterday. I’m going to the local medical clinic early this morning before going to work…..but the question is what is the proper etiquette about taking sick time if your sick, and it happens to be the beginning of the new year!

I just saw a community service commercial that talks about staying home if your sick, and in the commercial they talk about the fact that when you go to work, you can spread your germs to your fellow workers thus spreading the cold that you have around to others.

The question in my mind becomes ” Whose paycheck is more important, my fellow co-workers paycheck or my own? ” And another question is what do you do if you don’t have ” Sick Time ?”

In my case, my company offers sick time to it’s employees.

In my wife’s case, her job does not offer sick time to it’s employees.

My wife was out of work for several weeks between the end of October thru December. Needless to say, this really sucked! What sucked more thou, was the fact that she had no sick leave to use!!

So, while trying to scramble to get money together to make ends meet, and waiting for a ” Family Disability ” check to arrive ( which finally arrived this week, and was next to nothing! ) I had to wonder what was the right thing to do?

Do I go to work, knowing full well that I had a whole seven days of sick time available to me ( new year and all ) and save my fellow employees health….

Or do I act as a selfish lout ( sorta the point being made in the commercial I mentioned earlier ) and spread my germs around and save some sick time?

Well, being the selfish, loutish individual that I am….I went to work!

And two days later, woke up too dazed and confused to actually take the chance of driving a vehicle to the job to continue spreading my plague germs around to one and all!

So when in doubt ( or when you really have no choice, like in my wife’s case ) let your conscience be your guide….and try to remember the last time one of your fellow employees actually helped you pay your bills.