Signs Of the Times

A collection of headlines that I've read through out the month, in my perspective:

• A suburban Pennsylvania woman lies to police when she falsely reports that two black men have abducted her and her daughter. She was apprehended in Orlando, Florida enjoying a day at Disney World with her daughter. Have we not learned anything from real life runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks. Black men, Puerto Rican men, or any other type of men don't like abducting depressed suburban women.
• Great news for all the baseball purist because LA's Manny Ramirez was not taking steroids. Woman's fertility drugs maybe, but not steroids. Ramirez is currently serving his 50 game suspension, or as one Sports Illustrated writer calls it, 'maternity leave'.
• The vehicle make I drive is officially 60% owned by the U.S. government. Sorry GM, or should I say Government Motors.
• Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor gets no love from Republicans, citing reasons like 'She's Racist' and 'a radical'. Because the last thing we need in this country is a group of racist that make radical statements like 'the terrorists want to kill your babies'. Either that or they feel like they might be pushed out from that pantheon.
• Spencer and Heidi are still famous.
• A judge in Saudi Arabia ruled that it is legal to slap your wife for spending to much money.
• And finally, an Ohio high school cancels graduation after learning of a cheating scandal that an estimated 60 graduating seniors were involved in. Said one parent of the cancellation, "the school district is treating them like a bunch of criminals". Don't worry no jail time was involved but, I would say the school treated them like a bunch of cheaters would be more of an appropriate statement.

Yes ladies and gentlemen, these are the times we live in.