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This story was one of the headlines on Yahoo’s home page today:

The Supreme Court is weighing whether a Connecticut city’s decision to scrap a promotion exam for firefighters because too few minorities passed violates the civil rights of top-scoring white applicants.

So – the city has decided to stop using an EXAM to determine the best applicants for a promotion because too few minorities were passing it???  What morons are these? We can’t promote the most intelligent, most qualified people because they’re all white?  What is wrong with these people? If you’re using a FAIR AND UNBIASED tool to determine the best person for the job how is that unfair to anyone? 

Now, if the test was skewed or unfair in any way – I’m all for scrapping it. But if the others didn’t study properly or simply aren’t the most qualified?  Well, that’s life buddy and it’s tough. It’s like saying the physical ability test should be scrapped because too few women can pass it.  Well – if that’s the requirement to perform the job too bad.  I don’t want to have to depend on some 85lb chick to save me from a burning building just because they had to make the test “fair for women.”  I want the biggest muscly-est guy you can find to carry me out of a burning building!  It’s not like this is a test for a data entry person – this is a test for a fireman.  These people have to know what the heck they’re doing!  GEEZ ALREADY!!!

Thoughts?

KateySue left this comment yesterday:

I think you should discuss how that brat Perez Hilton asked the poor Ms. American candidates about gay marriage and because he didn’t like the comment by one of the contestants – that she thought marriage should only be between a man and a woman – he immediately wrote her off. To each his own on this (I agree with her by the way but am okay with civil unions), but what happened to acceptance of all people – oh I forgot – she was against his views! The other girl’s answer was just fine since the media has decided that’s the acceptable answer – THAT IS MY BIGGEST BUTTON these days! If you’re going to say we accept all people, then do it or don’t say that and admit you have the same tendencies as those who disagree with you! Whew I feel better!

For those that don’t know, Perez Hilton (the Gossip Blogger) was a judge on the Miss USA pagent.  Here’s what happened:

“Hilton asked Miss CA : ‘Vermont recently became the fourth state to legalise same-sex marriage. Do you think every state should follow suit. Why or why not?’

Miss California Carrie Prejean paused for a moment before replying: ‘Well, I think it’s great that Americans are able to choose one or the other. We live in a land where you can choose same-sex marriage or opposite marriage.’ She continued: ‘And you know what, in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that’s how I was raised and that’s how I think it  should be – between a man and a woman. Thank you very much.’

Unimpressed to say the least, Hilton promptly described Prejean as a ‘dumb bitch’ on his blog. He went on to describe her as having ‘half a brain’ and said he would have stormed onto the stage and ripped off her tiara if she had won. There was speculation that the reply had cost her the Miss USA crown, as she was named runner-up with Miss North Carolina, Kristen Dalton, winning the title.

Well – what do you think?  I think it’s funny that Perez and other liberals act like every American is required to accept alternative lifestyles and everything else but THEY can’t accept that we have a different opinion. They’re allowed to say that we only have “half a brain” because we don’t agree with them?  Really?  Just because I have a different opinion does not mean I’m an idiot. It just means that I think differently than you.  You know what else?  MOST AMERICANS AGREE WITH ME! There have been many states (including CA which is where Perez lives) that have voted on the marriage issue and most states have voted it down. Which means MORE THAN HALF THE PEOPLE IN THOSE STATES AGREE THAT MARRIAGE SHOULD BE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN!  That means this is the most popular opinion! 

Personally, I agree with KateySue. I’m all for “Civil Unions” so all people can have medical privileges, inherit property, share health care benefits, etc. However, a “marriage” as described in the Bible is a vow before God between a man and a woman.  I read somewhere that it says it’s between “Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve”.  I agree with this.  You can have partnerships and all the legal protections that entails but if it’s a vow before God, don’t call it a marriage because in the bible that depicts God’s word that I’m familiar with, doesn’t recognize a “marriage” between Steve and Steve.

Some people may think this is splitting hairs and it really kind of is. But to me, a “marriage” is definitely more than a piece of paper because of the religious beliefs involved.  If you take that out and you want legal protection – you can have that for all people regardless of the religious aspect, with partnerships/unions or whatever else you want to call them.

I know this is a hot-button issue and there are some readers who will probably disagree with me and I invite all of you to post your comments.

This morning my sister called at a few minutes before 7:00 to tell me she was taking her cat to the vet (the cat will be fine – don’t worry.) Surprisingly, I wasn’t annoyed.  Normally I would be but I wasn’t for some reason this morning.  Why would I normally be annoyed?  Well, because my alarm clock doesn’t go off until about 7:45 and I don’t like to get up any earlier than I have to, that’s why.  Apparently I got enough sleep that I  didn’t need anymore so when she called I stayed awake.  Guess what’s on the TV at 7:00 in the morning.  Golden Girls!   So, I layed there for an hour and watched that instead.  I know what you’re thinking, what a lovely way to start the day – you would be right!   Alas, it gets even better…

I start getting dressed as Hubby is getting out of the bed.  He turns and says to me, “I’d like some hotcakes this morning.”  I know – who really calls pancakes hotcakes?  Well, my Hubby does and I think it’s cute.  I say to him, “I’m supposed to be at work in 9 minutes”.  [Aside - You may be wondering why I was running late when I got up 45 minutes early. I was watching Golden Girls, remember!  Try to keep up. End aside.]  Hubby responds, “You never let that stop you before.”  Well, that would be mostly true and who can really resist hotcakes anyway?

So, I finish getting ready and I walk into the den and Hubby announces the hotcakes will be ready in about 1 minute.  Oh – did I mention that Hubby is the only hotcake maker in our house? Yep – I’ve never ever made a single solitary hotcake in my entire life. Hubby has probably made thousands.  He’s good at it too.  And he usually makes the dog one as well.  He calls that one a “Tater Cake”.  Actually, I may have done a blog post about Hubby making a hotcake for the dog one morning and none for me. I try to forget the bad stuff so now I can’t really remember.

Anyway, I sit down and prepare myself for the golden delisciousness that is my Hubby’s hotcakes when he gets bacon out of the microwave too!  Delightful!  Could this morning get  any better? I eat, kiss cute Hubby who is standing at the sink washing dishes (see why I ADORE this man?!?!?) goodbye and off I go to work.

Uh-Oh: Hubby just called and water is dripping out of the light fixtures and down the wall of the basement.  Gggrrrrr – it was going to be such a lovely day!

I am befuddled.  People magazine had a snippet in their most recent issue that Madonna is heart-broken that a judge denied her request to adopt an “orphan” by the name of Mercy from Malawi. Here’s the part that confuses me – she ISN’T an orphan!  Her grandmother has publicly commented on the situation and the FATHER has also come forward and made public comments. 

My first issue is – WHY is this child in an orphanage when she has at least two biological relatives living in the same country?  Why didn’t they step up and care for the child?  I’ve read that the mother is deceased but that doesn’t excuse the other family members! 

My second issue is with Madonna.  She’s another of those celebrities that I just don’t like.  She’s all Earth-mother-uber-Jewish whatever now but does nobody remember her icky Sexbook?  She has done some seriously weird and creepy stuff in her time. But, all that aside, she has already adopted one non-orphan from Malawi.  Her son, David, whom she adopted a year or so ago, has a biological father who has repeatedly spoken to the press and met Madonna.  WHY is his son in an orphanage instead of with him???  And WHY can’t Madonna find actual orphans to adopt rather than these children who have family? AND WHY IS MALAWI CONTINUING TO PUT NON-ORPHANS IN ORPHANAGES???  What is wrong with all these people???

Are there people you just don’t like but have absolutely no reason for your feelings?  Come on, now, be honest.  It doesn’t have to be anyone you know personally.  What about celebrities?  Is there someone you just don’t like although you have no particular reason for your feelings? 

I was watching Dancing with the Stars the other night and I mentioned to my Hubby that I just didn’t like Karina Smirnoff:

I don’t know why I don’t like her; I just don’t.  Actually, I don’t really like Cheryl Burke either

It seems like Cheryl gets all the really good dancers and has more than her fair share of talented ones.  Why not let the other gals have a go at the title?  I know this probably isn’t her doing but it makes me annoyed by her.

So, I asked Hubby if he had someone who he really didn’t like for no reason.  You’ll never guess who he said:

Yep, Mike Ditka.  This made me laugh out loud.  What a random person.  My Hubby was emphatic in his dislike for this man though.  Bear in mind that Hubby doesn’t follow sports so it has nothing to do with an aversion for the Bears or anything like that.  And if you know my Hubby you know what a friendly and nice guy he is.  Hubby went on to say that if he was our neighbor he wouldn’t talk to him or even look at him.  He also went on to say that his big overgrown mustache annoyed him.  Too funny!

I asked my sister if she had an unreasonable aversion to someone and she said:

Shania Twain.  She actually has a rather lewd pet name for her that I won’t repeat here. Again – she has no reason for these feelings but they are real nonetheless.

So – who is your absolutely innocent hated person?  Come on people!  Share a little!

Jennifer