Love can keep us together (only if it's Jesus love)

What amazes me is how the "christians" can read the preachings of a man who counseled love in everything we do, and yet use it to spread so much hate and controversy. Liberty Counsel (the name an indication of heavy irony in itself) has begun it's annual hate campaign, during what is supposed to be a holiday of showing love to your fellow man. Did I call it a hate campaign? Oh yes I did.

And why not? They are acting like 4 year olds who aren't getting their way on the playground. From one of their sample ads "In essence, we will be a “Friend” to those entities which allow for the constitutionally protected right of expression but will be a “Foe” of those which attempt to
suppress religious liberty." In other words, if you don't play my way, I won't be your friend no more. Not to mention they're liars based on that statement alone.

Again, no one is "stealing" Christmas. (Don't even get me into where you stole it from to start with guys). No one is looking to rename it or remove it altogether (not like you did the original pagan celebrations). In fact, we all just celebrate in our own way...but you can't stand that can you? Let me explain this so your small minds can comprehend:

1. Happy Holidays is a saying that includes ALL holidays of the season. Yes, yours too. It's not taking away YOUR right to say Merry Christmas. If it helps, look on it as a way to remember Jesus and love your fellow man, regardless of his religious affiliation. "You're a different religion, but I wish for you to be happy at this time of year anyhow. I wish to show that I love you, as Jesus taught, because Christianity rocks that way." The funny thing is this is supposedly Jesus' birthday. Would you dream of attending a real person's birthday party and being rude to everyone who showed up? Yet you do it on Jesus' birthday..what an asshole.

2. Including OTHER holidays that are celebrated at the exact same time is not because we don't like YOU. It's because we like to make our fellow man happy and comfortable. I don't know if you noticed, but this is America. We are diverse. That means we have lots of different people. We have white folks, black folks, brown folks, "Christian" folks, Jewish folks, Pagan folks...take my word, many different people. All these people have the right to be recognized for ALL that they are, which includes their religion. They should all feel comfortable to be in our country (especially since most were BORN here) and live their lives as they wish without harming others. I'm sorry, but your campaign to emphasize your religion over others harms others. You show your children, every Christmas, that it's more important who you worship than being a good person. Those kids go out and do the same thing to the other kids in their class. What a shining example of the love Jesus preached.

a. When schools decide not to sing "Christian" songs during the play, that doesn't mean they are out to crucify "Christians" after the play. It means that thanks to your psychotic meanderings they are trying really hard to follow the Constitution AND not cause a scene that ruins the holiday because you guys are real assholes. See, to show a welcome to all religions then that means they gotta sing that Jewish song, Kwanza song, Chrisitan song, Pagan song. You people will show your true agenda (which is NOT to love your fellow man) by getting all pissy about the Hanukkah songs, Kwanza songs, and Yule songs. So they either have to drop ALL religious songs or sing them all. You've made them a nice catch-22 there. Dicks.

b. This also applies to displays of religious natures. See, it's all or nothing. Once again, you make sure they have no idea which way is right by hating whatever they do either way and making a big stink over it.

3. You are so in this war alone. It's funny, but every fuckin' year it's the "CHRISTIANS" who start the shit. Some innocent person goes off to the wrong activist and says "Happy Holidays" with all the good intentions of the world and YOU people go off. You cause resentment (I swear you guys' AQ is higher than anyone else's on the planet, that's Annoyance Quotient for you idiots out there), you cause ill will, and then get mad at US...that's balls for you. If I KNOW you're a "Christian" and every day do my damnedest to convert you, eventually you're going to start getting annoyed with me. Maybe even pissed off, then you might start pushing your religion just to get my goat. That's what you people do every fuckin' year. Newsflash: You're right, we DO wish you'd go away...just so you'll shut up and leave us the fuck alone. But we didn't until you started this shit. I don't like most of you people, you wouldn't know Jesus teachings if he came down here and gave you the Apple, but I never wished you gone until you started pushing harder and harder. Now I do wish you'd go away, but only for the peace factor. You can stay if you'll calm down and chill the fuck out. You can tell me Merry Christmas and I'll say Happy Holidays and we'll smile and wish each other well and MOVE THE FUCK ON.

4. Can you only feel love if you scream about Jesus? What is this thing you got here where no one can be thankful of what they have, appreciative of spending time with their family, basking in the glow of their loved ones UNLESS they have the Jesus sticker? Do you really think that NO other religion, or even no other human being, can feel those things except you? You had a nice idea going on: A holiday where you spend time with your family and show appreciation and bask in their love. We liked that idea...we used it. Ok, so for us it's not about the Jesus. But it seems we're doing what Jesus said, and apparently that's the only thing the man asked for for his birthday. At least WE are giving the man his wish...you're just too busy being a "christian" instead of acting like one. Damn near every one of you is nothing but a Sunday "christian" anyhow. You act all nice in church, but I see you on the internet. The only people carrying around as much hate and intolerance and childishness is Al Quaida. You people need some Jesus therapy, and I know just the perfect Christian to do it. Shame is, he's too Christian to want to be around you folks. It would sadden him, he'd try I know, but he'd be so ashamed of you....

Look, just enjoy the fuckin' holiday alright. Try a bit of that Jesus love he left behind and you've been thumbing your nose at. As Bill and Ted said:

Be excellent to each other. Party on, dudes.

Kids Cough Medicine; Or why you're an idiot THIS time

This isn't usually a problem I have myself, but atm, I DO have it. I foolishly took my son to the doctor (18 months) when he swallowed a very tiny fuse. The foolish part was taking him to the damn waiting room, where apparently we all caught a severe cold. (How do I know it was there? We hadn't left the house for a week except for the doctor appointment, how the hell else does the WHOLE family turn up sick on the SAME day? Anyone with more than one child knows if it's getting passed from child to child, each child generally turns up sick on a different day or a different time. Normally they don't all get sick at the same hour.) So anyhow, this is right after the big FDA warning: NO COUGH MEDS FOR THE LITTLES.

Naturally of course parents are now in the throes of the newest demand and so what you see online is "OMG, NO!! No cough meds!!!! IT'S THE DEATH!!!" And this classic suggestion from the apparently brilliant at CNN-massages and music....let's just sing the sick away...PRAISES...pray..er..sing the sick away...yeah....

Listen VERY carefully you morons-STOP GUESSING DOSAGE!!!! It takes 5 minutes to call the nurse, give her/him your child's weight and get a proper dosage suggested. If you don't (for some odd reason) have a doctor, you can also call the hospital and get someone to tell you (sometimes, they are so afraid of lawsuits. However, a nurse in a location not to be named did NOT tell my husband that sudafed is ok for pregnant women..get me? My doc's answering service was down). Also, why in the hell (unless there's some fever) would you give a child a dosage EVERY 4 hours just because the meds say so? How do you know if they are getting better??? ATM, my 3 year old is getting Motrin ONLY for fever, she has no cough, throat pain, congestion. Dosage naturally double checked since I'm not a complete moron. My 18 month old is getting tylenol cold and cough ONLY for sleeping. Not so *I* can sleep, I'm still not sleeping, but so HE can. Who doesn't know it's VERY important to get plenty of rest when you're sick? Hell, it's one of the things the doc ALWAYS says "drink plenty of fluids and get a lot of rest". If your body is wore out from lack of sleep, it's gonna be shit to fight off illness. So, except for nap and bedtime I leave him alone except to wipe his nose and check for fever. This also allows me to pay attention to his symptoms, so I can see if they are improving, worsening, or maintaining. If you're giving a child an anti-fever medicine, you're not gonna be able to tell if fever is a new symptom. (Yes, it does treat a symptom he doesn't have, however, he has all the rest). My daughter doesn't get her Motrin unless she shows signs of returning fever, not at the exact moment the medicine says so. Motrin says wait 6-8 hours, so I wait generally longer. If her fever isn't returning, kind of stupid to give her medicine for it, wouldn't you think?

Use a little common sense. You are all so quick right now to return to the methods of our grandmother's time. Some are great, I won't lie. My grandmother is one of the first I call too. But common sense applies. A tiny amount of whiskey and honey is suggested for over 1 year olds...that IS an old method, but not my idea of a GOOD one. Don't be so quick to throw out medicines. Remember, while some of these children's medicines haven't been tested on kids, neither has many of these home remedies. At least Robotussin has been on the market for 40 years and is something we can sue over if it's wrong. Yeah, echinacea has been around a lot longer, but my grandmother (much as I like to think she knows everything) does NOT know medicine. Also, what works for you not only won't work for others, but may prompt an allergic reaction. I'm allergic to belladonna, a staple in many natural sty remedies (and some pharma ones).

Look, I'm not a big one for meds myself. Quite frankly, except for yesterday I've been treating MY cold naturally. I had to finally take something to help me relieve my symptoms long enough to get some rest, just like I had to do for my son. But I'm for sure not stupid enough to throw out medicines that HAVE been tested publicly over 40 years just because you people are too stupid to give it properly. And I surely am not going to be shamed into letting my children suffer by a bunch of idiots who read a headline and start screaming like Chicken Little (or who are all too stupid to pay attention to their kids and the medicines they take).

As for the deaths that have occurred even when properly dosed...I believe it was 30 deaths in the last 40 years...not to sound too harsh, but really....there have been more deaths in the last 5 years from driving cars, we're not throwing cars out are we??

BTW, for those of you too stupid to pay attention, if your kid isn't improving after 3 days TAKE THEM TO THE DOCTOR. I know some of you people are giving these kids this crap for a week with no doctor visit...that's beyond stupid. If my kids haven't improved by tomorrow morning they go to the doctor. I don't keep dosing them for a week. And if they are improving, they not only don't need a doctor, they don't need the damn medicine. You don't keep giving kids this shit for a week, that's just idiocy. That also includes home remedies...TAKE THEM TO THE DOCTOR. Yeah, it may still be a cold, but if you're kid isn't improving, isn't it safer to be sure they don't have something worse than to wait and let it really settle in? You think a doctor visit is expensive, try hospital bills.