Gun "Control" Gives Control to Criminals

After the tragic Newtown shootings, it seems there are plenty who are using it as an excuse to get on their soap box about gun control.  I think most of them have good intentions, but they are clearly missing an obvious point.  Gun control laws will only hurt law abiding citizens, and help the criminals.  Criminals will find ways to get guns if they want them.  If you think gun control is the answer, you're wrong.  That would be like saying that since cocaine is illegal, no one will use it anymore.  WRONG.  Law abiding citizens won't use it, but criminals will if they want to; and they do.  If we take guns away from the general public, that will mean only criminals will have them.  Then we have no way to defend ourselves and criminals will know that and it will be open game for them.  I'm sure there are some tweaks that should be made as far as what steps to take in order to buy a gun, or keeping automatic weapons off of shelves.  But taking them away is just ludicrous.
I won't speculate as to what would have happened if there was an armed security guard at the Newtown school, because you never know.  But what I do know is that even if guns were illegal, there would still be shootings and innocent people getting killed.  But, at least with current laws, there are good people out there that have a chance to defend themselves.

So we're all Mayans now huh?

So, for those living under a rock, Obama was re-elected for another 4 years last night.  One of the most entertaining things of this whole election is reading the Facebook.  You would think the world is going to end (hence the Mayan reference in the title).  People, there are a lot of things you need to think about here.  First off, let me preface by saying I am not writing this as a "I voted for Obama" post.  This is merely written in hopes to calm down the people who are now building underground bomb shelters for the inevitable end of the world.
First off, there is still a Republican majority in the house.  Keep that in mind when thinking Obama is going to destroy us all.  Also, I think Romney had some brilliant plans and was going to do great things as well, but, in my humble opinion, he hurt himself by being so unaccepting of the gay community.  That lost him millions of votes.  You know how kids now ask their grandparents "is it really true that black people didn't have as many rights as white people back in the day?"  I think, someday, our children or grandchildren will be asking the same about the gay community.  It seems so old fashioned to me to not accept people for who they are.  Some, believe it or not, STILL think it is a choice to be gay.  I'm sorry to burst your bubble, but there is scientific proof that people are born that way.  Why would someone choose to be something that is so unaccepted by a saddening majority of the world?  It's "orientation" not "preference," and bigotry should no longer be accepted.
The main point I think we all should understand here is having a president you didn't vote for or want, in many ways, is like having a loved one marry someone who you think is a jerk.  Whether you think they are right or not, we have to accept them and try and move on with life.  America is beautiful in that we can speak our mind.  If we think something is wrong or needs to be changed, we can speak up.  We can protest.  We can organize efforts to make those changes.  Even better, we can start over with a new leader in four years.  This isn't the end of our country.  He may or may not have been the best option for our leader.  But if he truly was as terrible as so many of you think, would billions of educated voters really vote for him?  I'd like to give my country a little bit of credit as far as being able to cast an accurate vote.
I pray that Obama was the right decision.  I pray that anti-Obama people can accept that he is our leader and move on.  I pray that we can start to be more accepting of orientations (thank you Washington for voting for marriage equality).  I pray that both Obama and the House can discuss topics in a manner that allows them to make fair, just, and educated decisions.  Lastly, I pray that our country can stop fighting over a decision that has been made and can't be changed.

THAT'S WHAT I SAID

     I feel like it's time for me to speak out about the "that's what she said" joke that is being misunderstood by a sadly high amount of people.  

     This joke has been around for decades, but was popularized again by the Michael Scott character on The Office.  The point behind this is that the joke is so overdone and so easy and idiotic that the writers figured Michael Scott would totally latch on to something like that.  Just look at the history of Michael Scott.  His main schtick is that he thinks he's funny but no one else does with the exception of other dumb people (Holly, Packer, etc.)

     Unfortunately, there are people out there who have re-adopted this joke thinking it's actually funny.  I have news for you people, IT'S NOT!  It's easily one of the dumbest jokes one can make.  You can add it to almost any sentence.  The people who think it's funny use it all the time and expect this uproar of laughter each time.  We all know these guys.  This guy could be a total stranger in line in front of you at Subway, say "that's what she said" to his buddy, laugh hysterically at his own joke, then turn around to see if I not only heard the joke but are also laughing.  I wasn't.  Nobody who has half a brain would.  

     So to all the mouth-breathers out there who are using this joke thinking it's going to catapult them to comedy stardom, please stop.  It's only meant to be funny in an ironic way.  If you don't realize that, you are the type of person they are making fun of with the Michael Scott character.