The never-ending story of giving “family” a chance

I come from a broken family, on many more levels than one. I lived through a childhood of physical, verbal, psychological abuse and neglect, by the hands of my own “mother & father”. Yet, it is often said..”Blood is thicker than water”, “nothing else matters but family”, and “But that’s your mom/dad/siblings, you’ve got to forgive them”.

The great decline of our future!

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=lLA7dQ-uxR0&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DlLA7dQ-uxR0

So I just stumbled on this video and was floored at the attitude this young girl had. Not a care in the world or seemingly any intelligence. What ever happened to respecting your elders? Especially when that elder happens to be your judge!

Discrimination prevails in Boy Scouts of America…again!

http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/06/us/boy-scouts-policy/index.html?c=homepage-t

Sentimental attachment, if that’s what you call it.

This bonus blog for the day was just sparked by an article I just read about Canada giving up use of the “penny”, and how the good ol’ U.S.A. won’t, because people don’t want to give up the coin due to “sentimental attachment”. For the sake of a read, here’s the link to the article:

America’s Super Bowl XLVII has ended…now what?

Boyscouts of America : Doing their duty for “Your” God.

So, being that I myself was a boy scout back in my wonder years of young, and my son is active in scouts and I had hoped at one point my youngest might be motivated to join when age appropriate. I wanted to become active with-in my sons troop to help or be a mentor to kids enrolled in the program.