Crazy News

There are a number of news stories today that make me think that the world has gone mad. Let me mention just a few of them. (Since I'm not privy to the actual facts and am just reading these stories in magazines or newspapers, I may be reporting on erroneous or misleading items in those media.) But anyway, here goes:

1. The Justice Department has said that they will drop corruption charges against former Alaskan Senator, Ted Stevens, because of prosecutorial misconduct. Huh? Was the whole thing a ploy to get the old-timer out of the Senate?

2.The Principal of Peabody High School in Massachusetts has shut down the students' monthly ice cream socials because everybody knows that ice cream is not good for you.

3. North Korea claims that it launched a satellite that is broadcasting communistic slogans. The world has yet to be able to tune in to this program.

4. A woman in Maryland walked into the propeller of an airplane. I wonder why.

5. In Pittsburgh, three policemen were killed when they responded to a 911 call for help in a fight between a woman and her son over a dog urinating in the house.

6. In Georgia, a jail inmate escaped, stole a lot of cigarettes, and then tried to break back into the jail.

7. A 79 year old Florida woman recieved a "priority" invitation to join the U.S. Marines.

8. A British chicken farmer has urged consumers to buy "medium" eggs, because he says it is painful for chickens to lay larger eggs.

9. A Pennsylvania man tried to do a hold-up at a convention of police officers.

10. Ex-President George W. Bush plans to give 10 speeches this year "to make some money".

11. A study has found that fidgeting kids are not being inattentive, they are just trying to stay focused. Parents are urged not to nag kids to "sit still" anymore.

12. Residents of Broughton in Southern England formed a human chain to turn away a car full of people shooting pictures for Google Street View.

13. A measure sponsored by Senator John Ensign of Nevada would repeal DC's strict gun registration requirements and its restrictions on semi-automatic weapons.

14. The father of a son who beat his mother to death in Maryland said that except for that one act, every man would be glad to have him as a son.

Enough!