Thursday Thirteen #27--I'd Rant, If Only I Had the Time

 THIRTEEN THINGS I'D RANT ABOUT THIS WEEK IF I HAD THE TIME
(But I Don't)

2)The nanny who ignored her charge and didn't even get up when he fell during Mother Goose time and hit his head with a clunk.
I stopped what I was doing and picked him up. Only then, did she bother to get off her fat butt, and she didn't seem concerned in the least!

3)The other nanny who looked at me as if I was nuts when I told her not to let her charge run around in the library.
I had to invoke the "we have metal shelves and I don't want books to fall on her head" routine. But since when is it EVER okay to let a kid run around in the library? 

4)The supermommy clique at JR's school.
Because we had a nice, friendly,culturally diverse school until they pulled their kids from their local  schools and stuck them in ours. (The reason was "No Child" problems, but the truth is those school weren't white enough to make them happy. And those schools really needed those kids and their moms. Their energies could have been thrown into making those schools as good as ours. Instead, they're turning the school into their own little private (white) paradise and making me count the years until JR gets out!

5)"Gifted and Talented" Programs
 Because most of the children in the ones I see are neither. They're just economically and socially advantaged.

6)My neighbor with her pwecious (spelling intentional) "Puggsley" and "Prisssy"
I could stand the nauseating names if she kept the little rats on leashes. But she frequently lets them run free on our common (which is again the rules) and they have rushed at my kids. And now JR has bad dreams about them and is afraid to play outside on the lawn. 

7)The women who are going to come to the consignment sale tomorrow night with babies in tow (even though they're not supposed to) because their spouses won't "babysit".
At my house, we call that "parenting". And the Man does more than his share of it.
N.B. I am not dissing single moms or folks with a spouse in the military. But anyone with an able bodied spouse who comes home at 6PM should get her family some takeout, teach Daddy how to change a diaper, and get out once in a while. And Daddy should be all for it--after all, didn't he have a share in making those kids?

8)  The moronic parents who think that teen drivel such as "Hannah Montana" and "Zoey 101" are appropriate for their 8 year olds, then cluck when the stars of these shows act their age.
Why do you want your daughters watching shows about boy crazy, fashion hyper, materialistic teens anyway?
I banned all the live action crap on Disney/Nick. I'd rather my daughter watches "Sponge Bob" or "The Fairly Odd Parents" any day of the week. And you might want to check out "The Mighty B", a cartoon about a 10 year old who isn't glam or hip, but happy in being HERSELF!!!!

9) Every American who's sucker enough to think that the "vacation from the gas tax" idea is more than a pacifier set up by Hillary and John to win votes.
You'll end up saving about 15 cents a day, and paying even more when the tax ends. Plus everyone will go hog wild on gasoline and we'll end up with a nice shortage. Anyone but me old enough to remember 1979 and even/odd days for buying gas? Remember the little thing called "pollution" and that pesky "greenhouse gases" situation we're dealing with now?

10)Everyone involved in  "American Idol"
I am sick of seeing a bunch of low talent clods who have no knowledge of musical history before 2003 up there "killing me softly with  their songs"--especially when they're songs that I love.
(And I suppose they wouldn't recognize where that line came from either)
Most of the folks up there are NOT musicians, they are pop flavors of the month--and BAD pop flavors of the month at that.

11)Everyone who is talking about Reverend Wright, bowling scores and anything else that doesn't have to do with what matters in an election. Unimportant little things like the economy, the Iraq war, the education of our children--stuff like that.
As Elizabeth Edwards put it so beautifully (and oh how I wish John Edwards would step in and endorse Obama)in the New York Times last week:
We are choosing a president, the next leader of the free world. We are not buying soap, and we are not choosing a court clerk with primarily administrative duties.

12)The Entire Clinton Family
Day to day, I feel better and better about having voted for Obama. Hillary continues to say anything anywhere if it will get her a vote, while he holds to his principles. I'm starting to wish that I could take back my 2 votes for Bill in the 90s. And here's a tip for you both--Hillary is not entitled to the White House for standing by you through all of your crap while in office, Billy Boy.

As for Chelsea, that little sweetie works for a hedge fund. Know what one is?
I do because my brother-the-robber-baron is the assistant manager of one top fund and has been known to go to cocktail parties for  Deutche Bank with guests like Donald Trump!
A hedge fund is a private investment fund. You have to have at least one MILLION dollars to invest in such a fund. The fund Chelsea works for handles 12 BILLION dollars in assets and specializes in "Distressed Debt"
As in foreclosures.
And then Hillary talks about Obama being an elitist? She should look closer to home!!!

13) The New York Times

Because they endorsed Hillary and have spent the last two months writing editorials against her positions.  Do the right thing, Times editorial board. Confess to your error and withdraw your endorsement!!!

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