Dog shows and big dummies

We'll get to the dog show part in a bit.  First let's focus on the big dummies.  I am truly overwhelmed by the volume of dumb people in civilized society.  Maybe I shouldn't be so harsh.  Maybe they're just smart people making REALLY dumb decisions.  We've all thought about doing things that could later be classified as dumb.  What separates normal from dumb is our ability to see the "dumbness" and change course.  The following people apparently are lacking in that particular ability...

1.  The administrators at Indiana University Health Goshin Hospital.  It seems that they thought it would be a good idea to try and force their employee of almost 22 years (among others) to get a flu shot.  This is a woman who hasn't had a flu shot in 21 years and only missed a handful of work days over that period of time which presumably means she never had the flu.  She refused and they fired her.  Call me crazy (or call me maybe), but shouldn't taking an injection of a live virus in one's body be a choice and not a mandate?  I keep waiting to hear that Sandra Fluke has shown up to support this woman....Guess I'll keep waiting.

2.  Lance Armstrong is now weighing whether or not he should admit that he used banned drugs.  Really?  Just now you thought this might be something to consider?  This country, and the world for that matter, has shown time and time again that it will forgive athletes, celebrities, and even politicians if they admit they screwed up before someone else proves they did.  Too little, too late Lance.  You should have called Bill Clinton when the story first broke. 

3.  Joe Biden, during the swearing in ceremony, told a North Dakota female senator, "Spread your legs.  You're going to be frisked."  I can't begin to convey my love for Joe Biden and his filter less mouth.  He flirts, says things that are completely inappropriate, and even lets biker chicks sit on his lap.  Only in America.

4.  Mirna Valenzuala was playing slots in a casino in Tucson and hit a $1200.00 jackpot.  I'm a big slots player and if I had hit that jackpot, I would have been doing a happy dance that would have impressed the Indians who own the casino.  Turns out it only spelled trouble for Mirna.  Apparently, she is an illegal immigrant.  She and her daughter were turned over to US Border Patrol.  Mirna was deported, but her daughter was released under the DREAM act.  Now her daughter is pissed.  She feels she and her mom were discriminated against and the casino should have had signs saying  they didn't want illegal immigrants playing in their casino.  I'm with the daughter on this.  I would love to see that sign, and the ACLU circus that would surround it.

 

 

We have a show today.  Truth will be strutting his stuff in the ring this afternoon, and as you can see from the picture, he is beyond excited.  Ava isn't exactly doing cartwheels either.  Perry told me we have to go early to watch a puppy we purchased show for the first time.  We will then bring her, Chrystal, home with us to socialize her.  I think maybe he told Ava that also before we took this picture.  I overheard her say to him, in her best Fred Sanford voice, "you think bringing another female into this house is a good idea?  You big dummy!"  No worries for Perry though.  She's called me MUCH worse.