More ‘do-gooders-doin’-stupid’ in Britain

After the riots and looting we’ve seen in London of late, I find this pretty astounding.  The story was featured on Cam & Company tonight.

There are going to be 125,000 school kids getting free tickets to go to the 2012 London Olympics but they will not be allowed to watch the shooting events. Not even shooting practice for you, kiddies.

Danny Bryan, founder of Communities Against Gun and Knife Crime said: “I agree with Boris [the mayor of London]. It is good kids should enjoy the Games but there’s no way we should glorify guns.”

So with that argument, are they glorifying the javelin, the shot or the discus? Any of those can be lethal weapons and all are Olympic events. For cryin’ out loud, you could beat someone over the head with a hurdle or a block, for that matter.

What do they think they are protecting these kids from? It’s okay to see Londoners break windows, steal flat screen tv’s and throw rocks at the unarmed police but not okay to watch people shoot at targets. And it goes without saying, but I’ll say it anyway – these kids have seen much worse on tv, in video games and in movies. They have seen much worse “glorifying guns” than they can ever absorb at an Olympic shooting event.

After the looting and riots we have just seen in London, how do these ‘do-gooders-doin’-stupid’ justify this – – seriously?

You know, I love the Brits but sometimes they say and do things that just make no sense.

Who says you can survive without Newports and Coors?

Tornado this week in Minnesota from the WeatherChannel.com

For the last 80 years, in presidential elections, Minnesota has almost always voted blue. Keep that in mind when you read this story.

And then, to publicize the need to steal Old Milwaukee and Kools, there’s this one.

Makes you proud to be an American, doesn’t it?

3/4 of Joplin, Missouri is reportedly GONE. Homes and lives lost.  You’ve read all the stories and seen all the clips. Just like in the South a week or so ago, the tornadoes, flooding and weather has been devastating.  And I know that all your thoughts and prayers, like mine,  are with our effected fellow Americans.