I WOULD BE IN JAIL...POSSIBLY DEATH ROW!!!

In Stone Mountain, Georgia, this man, Roger Stephens, 61, was arrested on Monday and charged with FIRST DEGREE CRUELTY TO CHILDREN. Apparently he found a two year old's crying quite annoying and threatened the child's mother by saying "either you shut her up or I will do it for you!" And that indeed, he did! He smacked this little 2 year old girl in the face four or five times. In court he stated that he later apologized to the mother of the child...WTF?!?! An apology - what good is that? The man left red marks (of course) on the face of an innocent child and he would imagine that an apology is more than enough?


Realistically, crying children sometimes do get on the nerves of others, but most mothers in their innate way, are trying to comfort and appease the child. From everything I have read and seen on the news, there is no assertion that this child was throwing a tantrum of any kind - she may have been hungry, been in pain, or just needed a diaper change. None of these would require a bystander to enter the picture and threaten the mother and child. For chrissakes - WALMARTS are huge stores - walk away moron!!!

Now, I don't know about anyone else, nor do I care...had I been this mother - this fukktard would not have gotten past the first slap - I would have been all over him! Yes, there is no doubt I possibly would be in jail also - but to defend my child - small price to pay.

What the hell was this guy thinking? Nothing has been stated as to whether he had a prior history of violence or was possibly mentally unstable - so what was his problem.

When my kids were quite young, I can remember being in the grocery store with both in the "buggy", and when I would reach up high for an item, they would cover their heads like I was going to flog them. After a while, they seemed to master this - I do believe hoping mommy would be hauled off to jail. But, if they were on a crying jag, I would remove them from the store (which was rare) and deal with whatever issues were the problem.

Just the other day, I was in Walmart and there was one hellacious tantrum being thrown by a young boy, around 4-5 years old I would guess. The mother was yelling and finally ended up "dragging" this child to the front of the store - I would imagine to leave the premises.

Our children manage to play and irritate every nerve we have...but to abuse children is unforgivable. This man is being charged with a felony (Yay!) and being unemployed will remain in jail till his next hearing this coming Tuesday. An apology no way comes close to being the end of this matter. I will be curious as to what punishment he may face...and even if he does get more jail time.

He is definitely very lucky that this incident did not involve my child or grandchild. My mind would have snapped and I would probably end up facing some serious charges in defense of my child. And guess what...I would never think twice - my children and grandchildren are my life and soul. NO ONE BETTER EVER TOUCH THEM in such a manner.

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TAKING A BREAK FROM ALL THE CHAOS....

There is so much going on at the present time...AIG, bonuses, blame Obama, blame this one and that...I am taking a break from it all!!!

I choose to rant a little about my trip to Wally World yesterday. There are actually three Walmart's, equi-distant from my home, so yesterday I chose the one on the WV side of the river, south of my home. WTF is it with older women (that would be my age group), and GOING BRALESS???? I have been cursed or blessed in some minds, with boobs that have to be suspended in a bra at all times. God forbid I was a jogger, I would suffer a broken jaw and two black eyes, with these babies flopping wildly on their own. Oh...and FYI...I would not know if it is true or not that going braless - pulls the wrinkles out of your face or not!

These - and there were several - women were on the plus size, and wearing thin t-shirts or tank tops - and to even suppose they might be wearing a good foundation was a no-brainer. Gross, I tell you. Damn, their shoulders and backs have to kill them at the end of the day. Being nauseated almost immediately, I hurried my shopping and left the premises.

Sorry son...I know you get the creeps when I talk boobs and stuff!!! It just has to be said. I guess I must be blessed that they weren't wearing bikini's or thongs (I didn't check that close).

I have been shackled to the puter and calculator, as many of my clients are running later than usual this year. Usually I have a lull the first two weeks of March - but it has really been steady. The one client I have been working on for two days (still not complete), barters with me for their return. He is a contractor - and bartering works so well for me. I can't decide whether I want more gravel to expand the parking beside my house - or maybe get a new french door for the kitchen - which would involve closing in part of the wall. Decision, decisions...life is tough. I have a NINE foot sliding glass door in the kitchen - which I loved when I bought this house, but now it needs replaced as too much cold air comes through.

I had a large great dane/black lab mix dog - who jumped on the door constantly, which definitely loosened the door in the tracks. The screen is shot - yes, a new door, this would be my ideal change this year.

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This is my NEW computer wallpaper...a panoramic shot of Pittsburgh with SIX Super Bowl trophies throughout the background. Awesome.

I should be able to polish off the bottle of Vodka tonight with a couple more appletini's. Thedaughter is shocked....I say "get over it!" It's not like I do this for a living.

I ran out of some supplies and headed to Staples a short time ago - and took along the four empty laser cartridges - they give me a $3 coupon for each one - isn't that cool. In the past, I have always shipped them back to HP via UPS - no money for me or nothing. I try to avoid Staples at all costs though...I could shop in there for hours. I need a new printer and would like one with the scan, copy, fax features, and they really aren't that expensive. But I have my priorities and a new printer isn't on the list this year. I'm sad about that, but what can I do.

Gotta run for now...everyone behave. I'll return....later.........

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