What's wrong with the world?

In the past week, I've been watching the morning news and making notes of stories that tick me off.

1. So apparently if you are strict with your children they will be fatter. Too many parents already shy away from discipline lets help fuel their fire... sigh. http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=healthnews&storyid=2006-06-05t040600z_01_n01372730_rtrukoc_0_us-parents.xml


2. A number of anti-the death penalty people have been protesting the death penalty handed down in the Donald Fell case (in a nutshell, Fell and his buddy kidnapped a woman on her way in to work one morning, took her across state lines where they beat her to death. I realize that the death penalty is a touchy subject for some, but I personally want all of these people who say "No one close to me has been murdered, BUT I know Fell's death will not relieve their suffering." If you have never been in the King family's shoes, do not even bother trying to state how they will feel after Fell dies.

3. Another case is really getting on my nerves. Last year a minor got into the car his mother bought him (he was 13/14) and drove it into a rock wall killing his two passengers. Now the boy's mother is suing the parents of the two boys saying their actions were just as much to blame and the media attention over this case has cause injury to her reputation. First, why on earth would anyone buy their unlicensed/not even close to the driving age child a car??? Second, give it up. Those boys paid with their life. You son could have said NO, I'm not driving without a license. He didn't, he drove the car that killed two others, get over it and if the negative attention from those in your small town is too much for you, learn to parent a little more responsibly. Handing a kid car keys before they are licensed isn't great parenting.