Are you kidding me?

Today I had a little down-time while I was waiting on a customer, so I sat in the customer's break room and watched CNN loop through about 20 times. In case you are like me and never watch CNN, it's constant news over and over and over again. So needless to say there is a good-bit of repetition. There were three stories that got me to thinking. They caused the same reaction: "Are you kidding me?"

1.) There was a train accident in Colorado, but wait there's more. It was a tanker car for Coors, so there was beer spilled everywhere. The reason for the spill? Some guys were "building the train" and 34 cars "got away from them." ARE YOU KIDDING ME? How do you let 34 cars filled beer "get away from you?" It's not like they were helping their buddy move a couch up some stairs, with one of them yelling "PI-VOT!" No it's 34 train cars. Where are Thomas, or Percy when you need them?

2.) Apparently we are sending covert operatives into IRAN rather than going to war with them. According to CNN there is a secret mission planed for IRAN. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? If CNN knows about it, it's not so SECRET! Here is a wonderful idea, let's not tell the entire world about it, butHey, what do I know? Maybe they don't get CNN in IRAN. Maybe they don't have then Internet. Maybe covert translates to cute little puppies in Arabic. So basically they think we are sending puppies over to IRAN. (note to self: Don't tell CNN about that time in Tallahassee. Apparently they aren't too good at keeping secrets.)

3.) This one is a little tough to swallow. There was some a-hole who put his little girl in the MICROWAVE! Yes you read that right, THE MICROWAVE, and then turned it on. He did so AFTER he had put her in a refrigerator, and a hotel safe. I can't even begin to express how much this infuriates me! The baby is safe in foster care at the moment, and is recovering from severe burns. The mom/wife is attempting to regain custody of her daughter. She says she will not leave her husband (the baby's father) because she wants to up hold her marriage vows. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I don't want to start a theological discussion on the sanctity of marriage. I think we all agree how important the bond of marriage is. But what baffles me is that you have to jump through thirty-BILLION hoops to adopt. You have to jump through hoops to become a foster parent. You even have to be back-ground checked to work in the church nursery. BUT ANY MORON CAN HAVE A BABY! I say we invoke a new law. Everyone with in the child bearing years should have to take a test after they become pregnant. If you fail. You don't get to keep your baby. We can put it up for adoption for the thousands upon thousands of people who have already been through the process of becoming "qualified."

Sorry for the "heaviness" of this last one. For the couple of you who read this, I hope you have a happy Memorial DAY!