Just Wondering

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How do the parents of the girl sailing around the world in a boat not get into some sort of trouble?

Think about it...if I leave my minor children home alone and go drinking or gambling (it could happen)... I would be arrested. Sending them out in a canoe to sail the ocean is okay?

I wonder why the statue of Jesus was struck by lightning in Ohio. The six-story statue was lit up by the lightning bolt. Is Dad mad for some reason? Is it a sign of things to come? Just a pitch that got away?

I'm sure someone will come up with a reason for it and some of the freaks will drop to their knees in supplication.

Don't you think that there should be a sign on the door of all strip clubs that says, "Dimwitted football players not allowed?"

Vince Young is the latest to get in trouble there. He's really, really, really sorry though...and it won't happen again.

I bet it happens again before the season starts.

And how about that dude that left his dialysis machine and headed off to Afghanistan to kill Bin Laden?

It's hard to be mad at the guy, but you have to wonder if he was fully prepared. He had a pistol, a knife, a flashlight and some hash.

Charles Bronson he was not.

Unbelievable. All pulled from today's news.

And that's not even to mention the 2.52 million gallons of oil that drifted out to sea today. All because safety items that were missed?

Poor BP...maybe we should have a benefit for them. After all they only cleared a hundred billion last year.

Clean it yourself.

Greedy bastards.

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