The case for sterilization

Every once in a while there comes along a story which gives credence to starting a national program for involuntary sterilization of select citizens. Here are some candidates for first-dibs:

1) A woman in Kerrville who called 911 because her husband refused to eat his dinner. (It’s one thing to call 911 after someone has eaten dinner, but simply because they didn’t want to eat is not a good reason to dial the three magic digits.)

2) A woman in Boston who called 911 to report her 14-year-old son would not quit playing video games.The woman actually told a newspaper that she was glad she had the support of her church in the matter but she called police “because my son didn’t respect his mother.” (Somebody hold me back before I go smack the son … or the mother!)

3) A woman who went calmly into a story in Athens, Ga., and tried to return some items valued at a total of $7. Told she couldn’t return them without a receipt, the lady went bonkers, destroying more than $1,000 worth of perfume. (In a bad economy, the store probably was glad for the sale.)

4) U.S. Rep. Parker Griffith of Alabama who switched political parties recently. One morning he was a Democrat, that afternoon he was a Republican. Griffith waxed eloquently about how he could no long align himself with a party that is doing so many things wrong. And, when asked about other Dems turning GOPer, he said, “If they do, I hope it’s on conviction and not politics.” (This was the statement by the man who was expected to get hammered next year in his re-election bid in a district that voted overwhelmingly for John McCain last year.)

5) Missouri Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder has a web section on his official government site called
"Kinder's Kids." One page is titled "Famous Missourians." One of the best know is Mark Twain,
who Kinder identifies as Samuel Longhorn Clemens. Last time we checked, Clemens' middle
name was Langhorn. (That's what you get, one can suspect, for hiring your cousin's niece's kid
as a summer intern and putting him or her in charge of updating the web site.)

6) House Speaker Harry Reid, who pushed like a bull ox to secure enough votes for health care
reform voted no when the bill came up for vote. He changed his vote, pleading the case that he
was "tired." (As are we all, and add "sick" to the description of our ailment).

7) California's GOP governor, Arhnold Schwarzenegger, appealed to the Obama administration
for help when the state's budget deficit rose to $21 billion. (Come on, Arhnold, the U.S. deficit
is bigger than that. Suck it up and quite whining.)

Who else would you put on the list?

(Submit potential candidates to gsid143@gmail.com)