The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists announced that there is no longer necessary for a woman to get checked pap smear every year.  They say that woman can get checked every two years now.  Here is the link:  Link  (No word on a save the vagina campaign).



This is right after the United States Preventive Services Task Force announced women can wait until 50 to get mammograms.  Here is the link:  Link  (I hope I didn't collect all those topless photos for free mammograms for nothing).

Do you get the feeling that most of the women's screening was a bit excessive?
                                       
                                               

Guys:  If the above woman was the last women on Earth, would you mate with her to save the human race?



Ladies:  If the above guy was the last man on Earth, would you mate with him to save the human race?

                                                            

I have been reading all of these stories about people being bullied and I am reminded once again of the victim mentality of our society.

Everyone is being picked on or has been hurt by society.

That is why I don't like to use the term "bully."  Instead, I like to think of it as a growing process in which we learn to interact with others.  The reality is that when we are growing up, we are surrounded by people who are immature at the same time we are trying to grow in maturity.  We made mistakes while maturing and so did the people that surrounded us.

In my opinion, I was never bullied.  Now I tried to never throw the first punch in a fight.  But if someone messed with me, I would find myself punching the person if I felt it was needed. 

Now our victim mentality would tell us that all of us have been bullied.  I remember when I was growing up that three kids jumped me.  They punched me over and over again for about 20 minutes.  I had to go to the hospital and I was bruised up nicely.  Was I bullied?  No.  Three kids decided they were going to teach me a lesson about something and so they got together and hit me a bunch of times.  I went to one of the kid's house before I went to the hospital and I beat the crap out of him one on one.  The next day at school, I hit one of the other kid's head against one of the lockers (I received swats for that.  It was worth it).

Did I bully those kids?  No.  I simply built appropriate boundaries around our relationship.  Kids learn to build boundaries when they are growing up.  Because we are in the process of maturing, we sometimes use physical action in order to build those boundaries. 

I remember a kid bumping me in the walkway one time on purpose.  I punched him in the face.  Was he a bully for pushing me?  No.  He simply didn't like me.  Since he pushed me, I didn't like him either so I expressed this by punching him in the face.  I received in-school suspension for that fight.  I remember another kid tossed my book off to the side.  He was a 7th grader but he flunked twice.  He went around starting fights with people all the time and people were afraid of him.  In 7th grade, he weighed over 200 pounds.  I didn't like him throwing my book so I walked up to him and punched him in the face.  He hit me back really hard.  A few teachers jumped between us.  Did this kid bully me?  No.  He messed with me.  Did I bully him?  No.  I punched him.

We get older and we realize that we can't just punch each other anymore so we sometimes give others words of acceptance or words of rejection.  We can even get others to join us in our rejection of others.  No amount of education will fix that problem.  So we have to learn to build verbal boundaries with others.

My point is that if you think you are bullied, you think you are a victim.  If you don't want to be a victim, you need to stand up for yourself.  That just doesn't change as you get older.  It is called functioning in society.  We don't do anyone any favors by suggesting they don't need to build their own boundaries.  We don't do anyone any favors by trying to remove conflict from their lives.  When Jesus said to turn the other cheek, I think He was referring to a general attitude.  I don't think he was saying to just let people punch you or walk all over you.

The reality is that you are not a victim or at least you don't have to be.

If someone punched you, would you punch him/her back?

                                                           

You didn't think I would miss this did you?  Just when you thought Sarah Palin could not take a better photo, Newsweek put her on the front page in sexy biker shorts and a cute red top.



Here is the link:  Link

The liberal media tries to bash her and make her sound like she is stupid.  She was the governor of a state and so that will not work.

The media can say whatever they want.

Because the reality is that Sarah Palin is so freaking cute and they can't do anything about it.

Is it me, or is she just adorable in this photo?
                                                     
                                                      

Titans Owner Bud Adams was caught on camera flipping off the Buffalo Bills.  Here is the link:  Link

It is funny because I don't think I have seen anyone flip another person off in forever. 

Do you ever flip anyone off?