This video was produced by social conservatives who really don't like the Newt. Enjoy!
Friday, December 02, 2011
Thursday, December 01, 2011
School Kids Stymie Michelle Bachmann on LGBT Issues
Crazy Eyes gets stumped by school kids who will not let her gloss over her hypocrisy on LGBT issues.
Frank Luntz Give GOP Hints on How To Talk About OWS
According to a post on Think Progress, GOP mastermind Frank Luntz has issued talking points on how to address the Occupy Wall Street movement. First off, he is very concerned, in fact downright scared it is affecting opinions of capitalism. Duh!
Here are his suggestions to blunt the effects:
Here are his suggestions to blunt the effects:
Don’t Mention Capitalism: Luntz said that his polling research found that “The public…still prefers capitalism to socialism, but they think capitalism is immoral. And if we’re seen as defenders of quote, Wall Street, end quote, we’ve got a problem.”
Empathize With The 99 Percent Protesters: Luntz instructed attendees to tell protesters that they “get it”: “First off, here are three words for you all: ‘I get it.’ … ‘I get that you’re. I get that you’ve seen inequality. I get that you want to fix the system.”
Don’t Say Bonus: Luntz told Republicans to re-frame the concept of the bonus payment — which bailed-out Wall Street doles out to its employees during holidays — as “pay for performance” instead.
Don’t Mention The Middle Class Because Americans Don’t Trust Republicans To Defend It: “They cannot win if the fight is on hardworking taxpayers,” Luntz instructed the audience. “We can say we defend the ‘middle class’ and the public will say, I’m not sure about that. But defending ‘hardworking taxpayers’ and Republicans have the advantage.”
Don’t Talk About Taxing The Rich: Luntz reminded Republicans that Americans actually do want to tax the rich, so he recommended they instead say that the government “takes from the rich.”
World AIDS Day - A Remembrance
(The following is a personal recollection, and in no way is intended to be historically precise or indicative of anyone's experience but my own.)
The rumor was that poppers caused something that was being called "gay cancer". The strange lesions appearing on gay men's bodies were a gay man's worst nightmare. They were disfiguring and made you an instant pariah. No one wanted to be around someone who was so obviously infected with a very strange disease.
Kaposi Sarcoma was the first visible signs of what was later called HIV/AIDS. Kaposi Sarcoma is an opportunistic disease, a virus, that attacked people with compromised immune systems but for me and my friends it was just "the pox".
The other outward sign of the nascent disease was the profound weight loss due to sustained diarrhea and intestinal problems. People just wasted away, growing thinner and thinner until that looked like fragile old men hobbling along the street with the aid of walking sticks. Combine this with the pneumonia that was also running rampant and everyone who looked the least bit thin, or sickly or frail was suspect and an object of fear.
Fear. That was the dominate emotion that drove the community back in the early days of the disease. We were afraid we could be next. Every bump, every itch, every cough could be the first signs of what proved to be a fatal disease with no treatment or cure.
It didn't take long before the disease had a name, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, AIDS. Soon research showed it was a blood borne pathogen and the culprit was exchange of body fluids. Mainly sexual contact or transfusion with infected blood. People with visible signs were no longer shunned and friends rallied to their side to provide comfort and assistance.
Long before the medical community figured that out, my friends and I had begun to ignore the warnings to avoid contact with people infected with the disease. Our hearts drove us past the fear and we visited our friends in the hospitals and took care of them when nursing staffs would not. Yes, some hospitals staff refused to have contact with AIDS patients in the early days. They would wear masks, gowns and gloves and do only the bare necessities of care.
I guess we figured we might end up infected anyway so what the heck? How could we watch our friends die alone and shunned. It was a soul searching time for me and most of the people I knew.
That was 29-30 years ago. So much has changed, but not fast enough to save so many friends. So many good men and women died in the early days and with them a little of my own soul died as well. Facing mortality is a bitch!
Today, there are many treatments that extend the lives of people with HIV and full blown AIDS cases are not nearly as common as before. Still there is no cure. 30 years and no cure! Treatments that lengthen lives are great, but why no cure? I am impatient and want to see this thing end before I do.
No, I don't have AIDS. Why I do not know, just lucky I guess. Still I have been scarred by the disease like all my friends who survived the 1980's. We all still feel what it was like deep in our souls and will never forget.
Treatments are wonderful things, thought most are very expensive. Cures are even better and I pray that research will work toward that cure so that someday we can look back on the epidemoc and say, that was a really bad time in our history, glad it's over.
The rumor was that poppers caused something that was being called "gay cancer". The strange lesions appearing on gay men's bodies were a gay man's worst nightmare. They were disfiguring and made you an instant pariah. No one wanted to be around someone who was so obviously infected with a very strange disease.
Kaposi Sarcoma was the first visible signs of what was later called HIV/AIDS. Kaposi Sarcoma is an opportunistic disease, a virus, that attacked people with compromised immune systems but for me and my friends it was just "the pox".
The other outward sign of the nascent disease was the profound weight loss due to sustained diarrhea and intestinal problems. People just wasted away, growing thinner and thinner until that looked like fragile old men hobbling along the street with the aid of walking sticks. Combine this with the pneumonia that was also running rampant and everyone who looked the least bit thin, or sickly or frail was suspect and an object of fear.
Fear. That was the dominate emotion that drove the community back in the early days of the disease. We were afraid we could be next. Every bump, every itch, every cough could be the first signs of what proved to be a fatal disease with no treatment or cure.
It didn't take long before the disease had a name, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, AIDS. Soon research showed it was a blood borne pathogen and the culprit was exchange of body fluids. Mainly sexual contact or transfusion with infected blood. People with visible signs were no longer shunned and friends rallied to their side to provide comfort and assistance.
Long before the medical community figured that out, my friends and I had begun to ignore the warnings to avoid contact with people infected with the disease. Our hearts drove us past the fear and we visited our friends in the hospitals and took care of them when nursing staffs would not. Yes, some hospitals staff refused to have contact with AIDS patients in the early days. They would wear masks, gowns and gloves and do only the bare necessities of care.
I guess we figured we might end up infected anyway so what the heck? How could we watch our friends die alone and shunned. It was a soul searching time for me and most of the people I knew.
That was 29-30 years ago. So much has changed, but not fast enough to save so many friends. So many good men and women died in the early days and with them a little of my own soul died as well. Facing mortality is a bitch!
Today, there are many treatments that extend the lives of people with HIV and full blown AIDS cases are not nearly as common as before. Still there is no cure. 30 years and no cure! Treatments that lengthen lives are great, but why no cure? I am impatient and want to see this thing end before I do.
No, I don't have AIDS. Why I do not know, just lucky I guess. Still I have been scarred by the disease like all my friends who survived the 1980's. We all still feel what it was like deep in our souls and will never forget.
Treatments are wonderful things, thought most are very expensive. Cures are even better and I pray that research will work toward that cure so that someday we can look back on the epidemoc and say, that was a really bad time in our history, glad it's over.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Barney Frank and His Legacy
As I listened to Barney Frank announce that he will not seek reelection in 2012 I was both saddened and encouraged. Saddened because one of the great liberal voices in the House of Representatives is going to retire but encouraged because he stated that he would continue to speak out on important issues even after retiring from the House.
Frank, as most of you know, is an openly gay elected official and as such he fulfills a vital role in Congress. Having LGBT voices in the House and Senate are vitally important to keep moving forward on the road to full and equal rights for all Americans. His absence will leave a void that will be hard to fill.
He leaves a legacy of legislation that is truly historical including the repeal of DADT and numerous financial reform measures. Now it is up to the rest of the Democrats in Congress to finish some of his most important work.
Think Progress has a great article on the unfinished work including ENDA and military spending cuts. It is worth a read.
Frank, as most of you know, is an openly gay elected official and as such he fulfills a vital role in Congress. Having LGBT voices in the House and Senate are vitally important to keep moving forward on the road to full and equal rights for all Americans. His absence will leave a void that will be hard to fill.
He leaves a legacy of legislation that is truly historical including the repeal of DADT and numerous financial reform measures. Now it is up to the rest of the Democrats in Congress to finish some of his most important work.
Think Progress has a great article on the unfinished work including ENDA and military spending cuts. It is worth a read.
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Giving Thanks
By the time you read this, I will be passed out on the sofa in a turkey induced coma inexplicably in front of a TV with a football game playing on it.
Such is the Great American tradition for Thanksgiving. Additionally, I suspect many of you will have had uncomfortable conversations with family members you only see once or twice a year as well as catching up with who lost their hair, who is pregnant and who has died in your biological family. Again, its all part of tradition for many folks.
Oh yes, and then there is that whole "thanks-giving" thing. That's the real reason for the holiday, not the celebration of gluttony and football. So just what is there to be thankful for this year?
Well, I have a few things I am personally thankful for that I would like to share, so in the spirit of the holiday, indulge me.
First I am thankful for my family of choice. My loving partner of 16 years and our mutual friends enrich my life more than they will ever know. They endure hours of my ranting and raving, and they still find it in their hearts to love me anyway. They only occasionally roll their eyes and almost always laugh when I have climbed too high on my soapbox.
I am thankful for my biological family, both those still alive and the ones who have long since passed out of my life. They taught me some very important lessons and they gave me the most valuable gift I possess, the gift of acceptance. They love me just as I am with all my flaws. That gift never gets old, but only if you pass it on to the rest of your family, friends and even strangers.
I am thankful for the strides made in LGBT rights in the past year. The repeal of DADT, more equal visitation rights for LGBT families in hospitals and the beginnings of the repeal of the misnamed Defense of Marriage Act.
I am thankful for the contributions of so many citizens to the "It Gets Better" campaign. Those simple heart-felt videos make an amazing difference to LGBT youth at a critical time in their emotional development. I am thankful to the attention paid to the problem of bullying, something that affected so many of us in school and beyond.
Lastly, at least in this column, I am thankful for the new spirit of activism that seems to have blossomed in this country. The Occupy Wall Street movement, though slightly disorganized shows that young people in our country still value what matters. I had almost lost hope of that in this age of greed-is-good philosophies.
The OCW movement has only started to bubble up through the American consciousness and it has a long way to go. The media is looking for simple ways to describe it and find only a muddle of principals that don't make good sound-bites, therefore they go with the lowest common denominator, visuals. Pictures of bearded neo-flower children in tent cities and the occasional trouble maker become the face, not the earnest frustration with the way money flows from poor to rich in America.
It reminds me of the fledgling gay rights movement around the time of Stonewall and the Compton's Cafeteria riot. The LGBT community was angry. Angry at the years of oppression and discrimination and they wanted to do something about it, they just didn't really know what. The riots were just the outward sign of that frustration and the first real stirrings of a broad movement for LGBT rights. (At that time, simply called "gay rights".)
The frustration and emotions of the OCW movement understandably boil over as well, and my hope this Thanksgiving is that they will coalesce into an easily grasped declaration of the problem and a proposed plan of action to solve it.
Thanksgiving comes during a season of change, a time when the days grow shorter and the weather colder. We gather together and feast as a defense against the fading of the light but we do so knowing that Winter is only a season, and it will eventually change into a glorious spring. So for all I have to be thankful for, and for all the troubles we might face, I still believe in the promise of Spring. The promise of things getting better. Getting better for our LGBT youth. Getting better for the 99%. Getting better for everyone. But like Thanksgiving dinner, it doesn't happen without someone getting in the kitchen with a recipe and cooking up a storm.
Such is the Great American tradition for Thanksgiving. Additionally, I suspect many of you will have had uncomfortable conversations with family members you only see once or twice a year as well as catching up with who lost their hair, who is pregnant and who has died in your biological family. Again, its all part of tradition for many folks.
Oh yes, and then there is that whole "thanks-giving" thing. That's the real reason for the holiday, not the celebration of gluttony and football. So just what is there to be thankful for this year?
Well, I have a few things I am personally thankful for that I would like to share, so in the spirit of the holiday, indulge me.
First I am thankful for my family of choice. My loving partner of 16 years and our mutual friends enrich my life more than they will ever know. They endure hours of my ranting and raving, and they still find it in their hearts to love me anyway. They only occasionally roll their eyes and almost always laugh when I have climbed too high on my soapbox.
I am thankful for my biological family, both those still alive and the ones who have long since passed out of my life. They taught me some very important lessons and they gave me the most valuable gift I possess, the gift of acceptance. They love me just as I am with all my flaws. That gift never gets old, but only if you pass it on to the rest of your family, friends and even strangers.
I am thankful for the strides made in LGBT rights in the past year. The repeal of DADT, more equal visitation rights for LGBT families in hospitals and the beginnings of the repeal of the misnamed Defense of Marriage Act.
I am thankful for the contributions of so many citizens to the "It Gets Better" campaign. Those simple heart-felt videos make an amazing difference to LGBT youth at a critical time in their emotional development. I am thankful to the attention paid to the problem of bullying, something that affected so many of us in school and beyond.
Lastly, at least in this column, I am thankful for the new spirit of activism that seems to have blossomed in this country. The Occupy Wall Street movement, though slightly disorganized shows that young people in our country still value what matters. I had almost lost hope of that in this age of greed-is-good philosophies.
The OCW movement has only started to bubble up through the American consciousness and it has a long way to go. The media is looking for simple ways to describe it and find only a muddle of principals that don't make good sound-bites, therefore they go with the lowest common denominator, visuals. Pictures of bearded neo-flower children in tent cities and the occasional trouble maker become the face, not the earnest frustration with the way money flows from poor to rich in America.
It reminds me of the fledgling gay rights movement around the time of Stonewall and the Compton's Cafeteria riot. The LGBT community was angry. Angry at the years of oppression and discrimination and they wanted to do something about it, they just didn't really know what. The riots were just the outward sign of that frustration and the first real stirrings of a broad movement for LGBT rights. (At that time, simply called "gay rights".)
The frustration and emotions of the OCW movement understandably boil over as well, and my hope this Thanksgiving is that they will coalesce into an easily grasped declaration of the problem and a proposed plan of action to solve it.
Thanksgiving comes during a season of change, a time when the days grow shorter and the weather colder. We gather together and feast as a defense against the fading of the light but we do so knowing that Winter is only a season, and it will eventually change into a glorious spring. So for all I have to be thankful for, and for all the troubles we might face, I still believe in the promise of Spring. The promise of things getting better. Getting better for our LGBT youth. Getting better for the 99%. Getting better for everyone. But like Thanksgiving dinner, it doesn't happen without someone getting in the kitchen with a recipe and cooking up a storm.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Bryan Fischer Warns of Muslim Turkeys this Thanksgiving!
Break out the industrial strength crazy, Bryan Fischer (of the American Family Association, a recognized hate group) is at it again. He has decided that just because Butterball Turkeys are classified as Halal they must be secret sacrifices to Allah. They are also Kosher, does that make them secret Jews?
Try not to choke on your Thanksgiving turkey while you watch this idiot who is full of stuffing.
Try not to choke on your Thanksgiving turkey while you watch this idiot who is full of stuffing.
New Study Shows Fox News Viewers Know Less About News Than Those Who Don't Watch News.
According to a new poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University, people who watch Fox News know less about what is really going on that people who claim they don't watch news at all. Why am I not surprised?
The fact that Fox News slickly packages Republican propaganda and sells it as news is well known, but the fact that Fox covers less real news than other outlets may be the reason. For example, Fox Viewers were asked about the Egyptian uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak, and were 18 points less likely to know the outcome. On other international topics they consistently scored lower than people who don't watch TV news at all.
Those viewers most informed watched the Sunday morning talk shows where news is discussed at length and usually without the fluff that comes with most Fox shows.
Read the rest of the depressing results here.
The fact that Fox News slickly packages Republican propaganda and sells it as news is well known, but the fact that Fox covers less real news than other outlets may be the reason. For example, Fox Viewers were asked about the Egyptian uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak, and were 18 points less likely to know the outcome. On other international topics they consistently scored lower than people who don't watch TV news at all.
Those viewers most informed watched the Sunday morning talk shows where news is discussed at length and usually without the fluff that comes with most Fox shows.
Read the rest of the depressing results here.
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Pregnant Woman Pepper Sprayed and Punched by Seattle Police - Miscarriage.
The Occupy Seattle group witnessed a brutal attack on a pregnant woman by Seattle Police. The pepper-sprayed her and punched her in the stomach even as she was screaming she was pregnant. Now according to reports she has suffered a miscarriage.
The police response to the OCW movement has been completely over the top. Police need to stand down and consider just who they are protecting.
The video clip below was just after the attack and is kind of jumbled, but it is clear the pregnant woman is injured and in pain. Watch it if you have the stomach for it.
The police response to the OCW movement has been completely over the top. Police need to stand down and consider just who they are protecting.
The video clip below was just after the attack and is kind of jumbled, but it is clear the pregnant woman is injured and in pain. Watch it if you have the stomach for it.
On The Road in Indiana
As I write this post I am sipping coffee in a coffee shop in Michigan City Indiana. The coffee is fine, but the surroundings are strange. I feel a whole lot more like I am sitting in Paradise, Nevada at one of the hotels on the famous Las Vegas Strip. You see casino gambling came to Indiana a few years ago and since then some things have changed. Apparently, what started as the idea of riverboat gambling gave way to full blown casinos along the shores of Lake Michigan.
Al Capone would be frowning. The very vices he sold have now been embraced and gone mainstream. No need for the wise guys, its all about politics and jobs now.
Weird.
Now, I am not complaining. The hotel is very nice and convenient to our friends who live here along the Indiana shore of Lake Michigan. I am just confused. I see a nice casino-hotel-spa worthy of Las Vegas plopped down in the midst of a shipyard, low income houses and docks. As far as I can tell there is no economic prosperity springing up around the casino, just a noticeable increase in pawn shops and check cashing joints.
Such is progress in modern America. We seem able to find so many ways to take money from the middle class and poor and redistribute it to the wealthy. The American Dream?
Some day, there will be no more money for the rich to gather and then they will move on to another more luxurious place. I hear Dubai is lovely this time of year.
Al Capone would be frowning. The very vices he sold have now been embraced and gone mainstream. No need for the wise guys, its all about politics and jobs now.
Weird.
Now, I am not complaining. The hotel is very nice and convenient to our friends who live here along the Indiana shore of Lake Michigan. I am just confused. I see a nice casino-hotel-spa worthy of Las Vegas plopped down in the midst of a shipyard, low income houses and docks. As far as I can tell there is no economic prosperity springing up around the casino, just a noticeable increase in pawn shops and check cashing joints.
Such is progress in modern America. We seem able to find so many ways to take money from the middle class and poor and redistribute it to the wealthy. The American Dream?
Some day, there will be no more money for the rich to gather and then they will move on to another more luxurious place. I hear Dubai is lovely this time of year.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Bill Moyers on Plutonomy - Rule by the Rich
This was his sign off piece when he retired and it rings true today. The Occupy Wall Street people need to take all these talking points to heart and use them to clarify their message.
Watch it now!
Watch it now!
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Latest Trend in Advertising - Cat Videos!
This clever parody comes from a really creative agency called John St. Their stuff is very creative and sometimes outrageous and always memorable. Yeah, good advertising! Enjoy the silliness.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Karl Rove Gets "Mic Checked"
While speaking at John Hopkins University, Karl Rove, the infamous Bush Architect of the Iraq War got a taste of the 99% movement. During his speech as he was trying to paint the current administration as the cause of all economic woes, the cry, "mic check" went out and the rest is history. Amazingly, he tries to claim moral high-ground toward the end of the confrontation. Silly man, moral high-ground is for people who actually have morals!
Clean Coal - Maybe Not So Much
With all the PR about the benefits of what the industry calls "clean coal" they are now stuck in a paradox. The EPA has a new set of mandates for cleaner power generation, something "Clean Coal" technology allegedly is all about. But now the coal industry is fighting against the new EPA regulations. They have started a massive TV and Print campaign to terrify people.
Here's their argument in a nutshell:
Do you see the paradox? The American Association for Clean Coal Energy is arguing against regulations making coal burning power plants CLEANER!
So it seems the whole thing is really a smokescreen designed to keep the old dirty coal power plants in operation as long as possible to squeeze every penny of profit from them no matter what the cost is to the planet or inhabitants. Sorry about the "smokescreen" pun.
Here's their argument in a nutshell:
Regulations = higher energy costWhere do they get these claims of higher energy costs? From a report generate by their own association, National Economic Research Associates for the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity.
Higher energy costs = lost jobs
Regulations = apocalypse
Do you see the paradox? The American Association for Clean Coal Energy is arguing against regulations making coal burning power plants CLEANER!
So it seems the whole thing is really a smokescreen designed to keep the old dirty coal power plants in operation as long as possible to squeeze every penny of profit from them no matter what the cost is to the planet or inhabitants. Sorry about the "smokescreen" pun.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Video Interview With Herman Cain Shows Why He Is Unfit To Run For President
This is just part of an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentential. Rarely have I see a political figure look so clueless and try to obfuscate his ignorance as completely as Herman Cain. Cain may be ahead in the polls, but he is obviously unfit to be president or even a serious candidate.
Armenian Version of "Bad Romance"
Found this amazing version of "Bad Romance" performed on Armenian TV on Box Turtle Bulletin . Begins with a haunting traditional dirge and then busts loose. Enjoy!
Monday, November 14, 2011
Amazing Time Lapse Video from Space
Stunning NASA footage form the International Space Station turned into time-lapse video. I really can't say more, it is mesmerizing, especially the aurora borealis shimmering around the poles. Enjoy!
A-List "Reality" Star Assaulted - (Update)
According to a British tabloid, Taylor Garret was attacked recently by what he describes as being a victim of "Democratic ideals".
According to the Daily Mail:
So here's my take. Violence against anyone is unacceptable. If we attacked everyone who disagreed with us we would spend all our time fighting like the Hatfields and McCoys. Frankly I am a bit skeptical about the first alleged attack on Taylor and remain equally skeptical about this.
Reality TV is rarely real, and the story lines are constantly manipulated by producers and stars alike. It is entirely conceivable that the whole thing is a set up, it is also conceivable that it is real. When you put yourself out there with what is seen by a lot of folks as paling around with people who oppress the LGBT community, it's not surprising to face some criticism but violence is way beyond criticism.
Do I think Garret is working against LGBT rights. Not really, he is working to further himself and though it might be pretty un-altruistic, it's not a crime. I just hope he one day realizes that money and privileged will not by equality. And his comment that Liberals are hateful is about as far from the truth as I can imagine. Maybe he can find the compassion he seeks from people like Ann Coulter. She certainly seems to be a warm and loving person. (let the flaming begin!)
UPDATE: The Dallas Voice has the police report on the assault, so apparently it really happened. The person who assaulted Garret is still in question.
According to the Daily Mail:
Taylor Garrett, 27, a Republican consultant who appears on the Logo network's 'A-List Dallas,' said Saturday that he was at a party with some friends when he was accosted by an unknown male.So far only a blog, The Daily Caller has been shown pictures of the alleged attack and they haven't released them yet.
He claimed the person had scrawled 'F*ck Coulter' on his car, and when he asked what he was doing, the person attacked him.
Garrett said he was hit in the left eye and suffered scrapes on his body before the attacker ran away.
So here's my take. Violence against anyone is unacceptable. If we attacked everyone who disagreed with us we would spend all our time fighting like the Hatfields and McCoys. Frankly I am a bit skeptical about the first alleged attack on Taylor and remain equally skeptical about this.
Reality TV is rarely real, and the story lines are constantly manipulated by producers and stars alike. It is entirely conceivable that the whole thing is a set up, it is also conceivable that it is real. When you put yourself out there with what is seen by a lot of folks as paling around with people who oppress the LGBT community, it's not surprising to face some criticism but violence is way beyond criticism.
Do I think Garret is working against LGBT rights. Not really, he is working to further himself and though it might be pretty un-altruistic, it's not a crime. I just hope he one day realizes that money and privileged will not by equality. And his comment that Liberals are hateful is about as far from the truth as I can imagine. Maybe he can find the compassion he seeks from people like Ann Coulter. She certainly seems to be a warm and loving person. (let the flaming begin!)
UPDATE: The Dallas Voice has the police report on the assault, so apparently it really happened. The person who assaulted Garret is still in question.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Happy 11.11.11 Day
Las Vegas knows how to celebrate everything in style, or at least with lots of feathers and rhinestones!
And of course, giant dice.
The Real Outrage of Penn State
What would you do if you walked into a shower area of a team locker room and saw a coach having sex with a 10 year old boy? If your answer does not include either, try to stop it, call the police or both, then this rant is not for you.
That horrifying scenario is exactly what happened at Penn State when Mike McQueary, grad student at the time, saw Jerry Sandusky, defensive coordinator, having sex with what appeared to be a 10 year old boy. The only difference is, he didn't try to stop it, or report it to police. He merely told Tim Curley, the athletic director who then told Joe Paterno.
And then they went to the police?
Nope. He just barred Sandusky from bringing children onto campus and that he advised school president of the matter.
And then they wnet to the police?
Nope.
So now years later when this whole thing has blown wide open, Joe Paterno has been booted, Sandusky finally charged and the whole cast of characters has been sidelined until the mess is sorted out in the courts.
Meanwhile, the students at Penn State are outraged. Not by the allegations of child abuse, cover up or just plain lackadaisical response, but because their coach won't be at the big game. Say what?
I guess child abuse just doesn't stack up to the great god-football. Sad state of affairs indeed.
That horrifying scenario is exactly what happened at Penn State when Mike McQueary, grad student at the time, saw Jerry Sandusky, defensive coordinator, having sex with what appeared to be a 10 year old boy. The only difference is, he didn't try to stop it, or report it to police. He merely told Tim Curley, the athletic director who then told Joe Paterno.
And then they went to the police?
Nope. He just barred Sandusky from bringing children onto campus and that he advised school president of the matter.
And then they wnet to the police?
Nope.
So now years later when this whole thing has blown wide open, Joe Paterno has been booted, Sandusky finally charged and the whole cast of characters has been sidelined until the mess is sorted out in the courts.
Meanwhile, the students at Penn State are outraged. Not by the allegations of child abuse, cover up or just plain lackadaisical response, but because their coach won't be at the big game. Say what?
I guess child abuse just doesn't stack up to the great god-football. Sad state of affairs indeed.
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