EarthWindFire82 of Memphis

You know something, I have realized that the old phrase of a bad apple spoiling the whole bunch is very true. Of course, that phrase has evolved and modernized to the point where it's now something like one person "effing it up for everybody". In today's episode, we find that a few people who turned corporal punishment into abuse has made it difficult for Old School Parenting to continue into the future. Before some of my older readers look at me funny and wonder what I know about Old School Parenting, I will say that I am a product of said style. I wasn't much of a difficult child, but when my foolishness surpassed the loss of privileges, I got spanked. I always knew why I was getting said spanking, and I made darn sure not to repeat that action. Over the years, some people have turned spanking into "beating". Some parents felt the need to physically reprimand their kids with objects you shouldn't even hit an adult with. I mean really, why would you

This is not politcally correct. Hell, has anything I've written been politically correct? Anyhoo, there is no particular order, but these are people that make me want to get up and cleanse my colon. * Britney Spears * I don't know whether or not to pity her, worry about her, or slap the hell out of her. She is the only white woman I've ever known to lose and regain custody of her children more times than I've gone to the Chinese Buffet at the intersection of Ross and Winchester. She wasn't really much of a singer, but she has gone off and messed up the one thing she could do...dance aimlessly. Someone should talk her into going back to Louisiana to take Driver's Ed again. * Star Jones * Star is smart, eloquent, and well dressed. However, I have never met a woman who is in deeper denial than she is. I will commend her on making a name for herself, but I was less than enthralled when she kept telling people she lost half of her body weight from Pilates and a diet.

I understand that high school football is a truly sensitive subject around these parts. Some schools have fans who may have never been a student at the school. Other schools have boosters that come from all over the country just to share their views on what the team should or didn't do. After reading the Commercial Appeal message board for a little while, I saw quite clearly that this issue with Bolton has caused so much controversy that people literally got into a cyber-fight about it. I will tell you what I think...well, you knew I was going to do that because I am a blogger. Bloggers tend to tell people what they think all the time. Every now and then, people agree..other times, people do what they did on the Commercial Appeal website...dissent. I would like to tell you that the student's parent has not done anything new. I have known many parents who have used a friend or relative's address in a better area to get their children into a better school. Fortunately,