My family loved "The Singing Bee", however we will not be watching it anymore. I have talked with other families and they all agreed with me. We think it is ridiculous how the dancers dress on the show. And we don't think that it is an appropriate show to watch with the family because of this. What kind of message is this sending to our young people. We do watch "Don't Forget the Lyrics" and we do love it. And just imagine we can enjoy it without watching half naked dancers!!!

I was hoping that he would have taken a bit more of a beating, but check out what Michael Vick, dog torturer, has pled to:

• "one count" of conspiracy to travel across interstate lines for the purpose of doing the dog fighting thing. One count. yeah, that's believable. "I did it once."
• "I owned the property, but I did not bet on the fights nor did I make any money." Yeah, I just let people torture dogs on my property out of the goodness of my heart, there was no monetary compensation in it for me. I just like watching animals suffer, it's how I get off.
• "Through the collective efforts of everyone involved", dogs died. So, you know, he doesn't have to be documented as saying "I personally killed the weak ones." If you think about that one, it's even better — he had no monetary stake in the betting, and yet he still admits to killing the weaker animals? Why, exactly? What was his motivation there?

None of that is shocking. It is, after all, a plea deal. What is shocking is that the prosecutors are going to agree to the minimum penalty. I think their reaction should have been more along the lines of "No, seriously. What are you really going to admit to?"

Part of the penalty he might face includes "full restitution." What exactly does that mean? How do you unkill dogs? Who do you pay restitution to?

CNN has a lengthy article up on the mother who claims that children were injured during Kid Nation. CNN's article, though, is much longer and goes into much greater detail about the show in general.

Highlights:

• Complaint claims that 4 children "accidentally drank bleach." First of all, 4? One maybe, but 4? Second, dig how CBS confirms it as a "bleach-sipping" incident. Makes you think of wine tasting contests where they're passing it around. "Does this taste like bleach to you? here, try it."
• The comment that adults of all shapes and sizes, including psychologists, doctors and so on were around at all times. Ummm…so you *watched* 4 children drink bleach? I mean, ok, the other girl who had grease spatter in her face, that was an unpreventable accident. But somebody tell me how you watch 4 children drink bleach?
• Parents signed a 22 page waiver that said they wouldn't sue, among other things, "if their child dies."

ARE YOU FRIGGING KIDDING ME?

Explain to me in god's name how you can put such a piece of paper in front of a parent and expect them to sign it?
"Hey Billy, guess what Mommy signed you up for?"

"Karate? Soccer? Computer camp?"

"No, Kid Nation, where if you win mommy will take your $20,000, and by the way, you might die! That's ok, though, Mommy signed the paper, you really have no say in it. Get to work. Oh, shoot, Billy died. Well, I can't do anything about it, I signed a paper and everything. Oh well, I've got other kids. Hey CBS, what else are you working on? How much is the safety of my other children worth?"

I enjoyed this CNN Headline: Ex-Astronaut wants ankle monitor removed. The ex-astronaut of course being the now infamous Lisa Nowak who drove across the country in diapers to spray pepper spray into the face of a fellow astronaut in some sort of weird love triangle gone wrong.

Well, duh. Isn't that like saying "Prisoner in jail would like to go home, please"?

Turns out that the lawyer is arguing for the removal of the monitor as well as having all statements by his client, as well as evidence taken from her car, thrown out.

I'm reminded of one of my favorite quotes from "Liar Liar", with Jim Carrey:

"Your honor, I object!"

"…on what grounds?"

"Because it's devastating to my case!"