MY TWO CENTS - A PEEK INTO MY BRAIN
It's about 2:25am on a Tuesday morning here in Hawaii. I think it's almost been two weeks since my last University of Hawaii football game, and I can tell you that I'm still riding on a high. That Washington game was some game. Remarkable...just remarkable.

But as I was catching up on the news today, my high spirits basically fell a little. The reason? Well, as I read the news today, I realized how upside down the world has become since my father's generation. Kmart and Sears are no longer calling their Christmas trees....."Christmas Trees." They are just calling them "trees..." At one of our larger malls, Ward Center, they are not calling calling this holiday, a Christmas Holiday, but they are calling it "Festival of Gifts month." Isn't that just insane?

Then I take a look at today's sentencing for Michael Vick. He got 23 months in federal prison for cruelty to animals and being the head huncho in an underground dog fighting gambling ring. Is he an idiot...yes. Is what he did wrong and disgusting? Yes. But does he deserve this stiff of a sentence and his entire NFL career to end? No. He should have the chance to redeem himself, to bring himself back from this low. And with this sentence, it looks as though his NFL career is basically over. Now you're probably wondering why I feel this way about Michael Vick. Well, in a way, he is a victim here as well. Don't get me wrong, again, what he did was horrible. But did you see the hate that accumulated toward him for his actions. He had the animal rights group, angry protesters, you name it, calling for his head on a stick. Now that's all fine and dandy. But where is the same anger when we learn of a sick child molester in our neighborhood? Where is the anger then? How about just plain ol murderers who are sentenced in federal prison. Where are the angry mobs then? Why are these child molesters and murderers getting a lighter sentence than Michael Vick, and getting out early on good behavior? Why can they (the child rapist and murderers) plead insanity and not even go to jail? Why are there more groups that advocate that rapist, murderers, and child molesters should have the chance to redeem themselves in society, and not Michael Vick? There's a very sick double standard here.....

Guilty as charged, but too stiff a penalty?

And then we take look at the Jena six case. A case which is pretty much open and shut. Six angry black kids beat up a white student after being outraged that he may have hung nooses on a tree. If the white kid hung those nooses, yes, it was very distasteful. But those six angry black kids had no right to beat him unconscious, and to continue kicking him on the ground while he was unconscious. Here in Hawaii, that would be attempted murder. In most states that would be attempted murder. But in Jena, it is not considered attempted murder, but aggravated assault. But what really gets me is that this white kid, the victim, is not seen as victim, but more as the one who deserved to be assaulted. And the Jena Six are victims, victims of a corrupt system according to many. Am I missing something here? How can you assault someone and then held up as hero for civil rights? Something is wrong....

If the roles were reversed, and six white kids beat up on a black kid, it would definitely be charged as attempted murder and a hate crime. Again, there is a very sick double standard here.... And I know about other instances that happened in Jena, which look as though black kids looked as though they were judged unfairly, but that is a separate case, nothing to do with the Jena Six. The Jena Six are not victims here, they are the assaulter and should not be freed, but charged for their crime whether that'd be aggravated assault or attempted murder.

Jena Six the victims after beating up a white kid unconscious

So what was once right in my father's generation: working hard, getting married, raising a family, is now considered by the younger generation as laughable. Work hard? Forget it, they want entitlements. "What has my government done for me lately? What has George Bush not done for me...that's what it's all about. Getting married, ah forget about it.....I just want to have fun. Raising a family? I can do without kids because kids apparently contribute to global warming." How in the world did my generation get so off track? Did you know there are couples out there who want to sterilize themselves so they can save the earth from warming? How crazy is that?

Classical Culture and Ethics is where we should be...

But the great news is that there is a population in America, still believes in its classical culture and values. There is still a small group of couples out there that want to tie the knot, and I am happy to provide that service for you. Well that's all for my post for tonight people. I'm sure you learned more about this plain old fashion 30 year old wedding guy today.