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Badger Badger Badger …

I am getting so tired of this. But it is interesting to see how all the crazies involved are reacting to this situation.

It looks as though the rippee is out of the Grammys. Who cares about Janet Jackson really? Let’s make an example of the hasbeen. She doesn’t pay the bills. Do you wanna bet the ripper is still in? It’s worth too much to CBS’s bottom line to lose a star a big as he is. Much too expensive to grow true principles all of a sudden. He’ll show up and make a mockery of the whole affair. Why not? He’s been given the forum again and again.

The NFL is trying to look pissed off. The Pro Bowl has axed one of Timberlake’s n’Stink bandmates from it’s show. Thank God. We wouldn’t want to chance one of those whackos whipping out something else. He’ll be replaced by Raffi speaking into his Banana Phone.

All this fuss over one boob is a bit much. There should constantly be bare boobs (I mean breasts not the celebs themselves) on TV. That way when one shows up unexpectedly no one has to fall on a sword as we’ll all be used to the sight of the vile things.

MTV.com – News -The Pixies – Yes, All Of Them – Gather For Rehearsal, Announce Tour Plans

Being the band that heavily influenced Nirvana’s sound, taking in this reunion tour just may be the thing to do.

Foster Child Allegedly Forced To Take Meals To Corpse

People do some messed up things. It seems like foster kids get the crappy end of the stick a lot. It’s bad enough that a kid ends up in a foster home in the first place, often as a result of child abuse or neglect, but to be abused when you arrive in what’s supposed to be a ‘safe place’ is horrendous. We’ve all heard the stories.

Don’t get me wrong. I don’t believe that all foster parents are like this. I know a number of good people who are foster parents themselves and would never do this to a child.

As an infant prior to my adoption, I was in foster care. For the first three months of my life I was placed in a caring home. My adoptive parents said that the woman who was caring for me at the time was a good hearted soul.

I know that abuse in foster care like the article above is the exception and not the rule, but it does happen.

Why does it happen? Greedy sadists who don’t really care about kids apply to be foster parents as they see the kids as meal tickets or something to torture.

How does it happen? A lack of improper screening due to the inattention of governmental regulatory bodies as a result of ultra-high demand for more and more foster families. If they were too stringent, no one would apply to be a foster parent. If no one applied to be a foster parent where would these kids go?

Quite the dilemma. There has to be a better way to find suitable foster homes for kids in need.

For more information on foster parenting in Canada go here and in the US go here. You can also check out the Canadian Child Welfare League and the Child Welfare League of America.

Nicole sent me this flash movie. It about sums it up.

Jethro Tull Star’s Sex-Change Op

Okay. You’re 66 years old and have had your twig and berries for all that time. What on Earth, other than a complete mental meltdown, would prompt a change now?

“Aqualung!”

Prance around playing your weird assed flute, get your weiner lopped off and grow some boobies.

Thanks to Carol for the strangest link today. Yes, it’s stranger than the cannibal and his willing victim.

Jackson went here with his buddies the other day. He was quite impressed. Carol has been there before (without me) and raved about it then. Methinks I will stop procrastinating and check it out ASAP.

Will Ferrell is at it again. Anchorman looks like a ton of fun!

Thanks to Nicole for the heads up on this one.