Crummy

It is such crummy weather today.....it's been kind of gray, rainy and just bleh for a few days now. I didn't get out of bed until 2 30 today.....even I will admit to that I was in bed longer than I should. I just couldn't make myself get up. Chhaya was rolled up next to me, we were like two peas in a pod. But I took her on a long walk, picked up some dog poop in the yard and now I am enjoying a latte. So at least I have been somewhat productive!
So there were a bunch (thousands actually!) of new laws that took effect with the start of new year. The much talked about news about marijuana laws in Colorado.....but I'm not going to comment on that today. I mean....I am for the legalization of drugs anyways.
One law that took effect in Oregon is that it is now illegal to smoke (cigarettes) in your car when children are present. And children would be anybody under 18. I absolutely applaud and agree with that law. This should be a nationwide law, I guess it is a law in some other states as well. They should include pets in that law too. I'm sure dogs don't want to be in the car with you while you are smoking your gross cigarettes. Yes, it is child abuse to smoke in the car when children are present. And yes, I agree that it is. It is fucking disgusting.....that is what it is. I can't stand it when people are selfish and smoke in the car, even when the windows are rolled down. Nobody wants to breathe your gross and carcinogenic second hand smoke. Thank You!
Another thing I want to bring up......I think obese kids should be looked at as being exposed to possible child abuse. The parent is in charge of feeding the child. I don't understand how anyone can think it is OK that a child is severely overweight? That just brings on all kinds of bad health problems in the future. The future of your child, the future you created and is responsible for. Of course not everybody looks the same, some of us are skinny and some are fat and everything in between, as adults. But a child, toddler, tween and an early teen that is obese? To me, that is BAD and LAZY parenting. Yes, I will probably offend many by saying this, the US is after all the country with the most lard asses walking around, so of course people will feel targeted and offended. But I don't care, I am speaking the truth. If you are size larger as an adult due to your own doing.....whatever, I have no problem with that. It is your body and your life.
What comes to mind is that 13 year old girl in the news lately, Jahi. She is 13 and looks like a sumo wrestler. Why? The reason she went in for surgery was to remove her tonsils because she had sleep apnea, a condition she developed due to her weight I suspect. Then there were complications....no shit.....she was unhealthy to start off with and now the parents are freaking out and putting on a big dramatic show. Of course it is really horrible to lose your child to what seems to be routine surgery, although it is always a risk to go under anesthesia, especially if you are obese I can imagine. Now the parents will sue, probably win and then they can live off the millions they will collect from the death of their child for the rest of their lives. And feast on McDonald's and KFC. Only in America! Somebody should had looked into the parenting this girl was subjected to. I'm sure the Mom loved her girl but what is up with weighing that much at 13? How is that not wrong and cruel?
From the mouth of Jahi's Mom, "To watch my daughter just sit there and not have food ... I'm just so happy that she is kind of a thick girl so she still looks good," Nailah Winkfield told ABC’s "Good Morning America." "I tell her every day, 'Jahi, you losin' weight girl, but you still look good.'
WHAT THE FUCK? LOL.....KIND OF a thick girl.....STILL looks GOOD??!! I hope the girl wakes up, sometimes miracles happen....and gets put with a foster family that can feed her good and nutritious food. But this is about her WEIGHT, that it the REAL issue. Yes, I think it should be freakin' illegal to feed your kids such an unhealthy diet so they become obese and develop all kinds of health problems that the rest of the country has to pay for when they can't work later on and sit at home and collect welfare.
Yeah......that is all from my brilliant mind today. Got to go!