What is it with American’s these days?  We, as a nation, have become so lazy and casual about almost everything.  I go out to the store and I see younger people running around in these heavy pajama bottoms (or at least that is what they look like).  Many times, they are also wearing bedroom slippers!!

And then there are the jeans worn below the buttocks, I think that one irritates me the most.  I don’t want to see some guy’s boxers (and sometimes their upper buttocks) when I am walking down the street.  This offends me.

They say it is supposed to be cool and was started in the prisons because they are not allowed to have a belt to hold up their pants, but for heaven’s sake, buy pants that fit and you would not need a belt!!!  I believe that the American people as a whole have become too complacent when it comes to the way we dress when we go out in public.

Have you ever watched the TV show called Toddlers and Tiaras?  I find it deeply disturbing.  These mothers are disturbed people trying to live their dream through their daughters.  They are so hard on the children, making sure they don’t gain too much weight, making them adhere to a strict routine.

I think they should let the little girls be little girls.  They are making them grow up way too fast.  And some of the coaches!!!  I think that child beauty pageants should be against the law!!!

So, it is the eve of the year 2012.  What will this year hold for the world?  Will we come to an end as Nostradamus and the Mayans predicted?  Or will the earth continue to spin in space, third rock from our sun?

I don’t know if I really believe in the 2012 theory.  If we are coming to an end this year, we had all better get our affairs in order and make things right with whatever God we answer to.

But can anyone really predict when our world will end?  The bible says that no man shall know the day and the time, only God himself knows.  Even the son of God does not know.

Something to ponder in the year to come.

My brother Dave called today and said that there had been a murder-suicide about 20 miles from where I grew up.  It seems strange that something like that could happen in a place where everyone knows everyone else.  You never think about those things happening in small-town America.  Small towns are thought to be friendly places, where you know everyone and neighbors greet each other when they meet on the street.

This, like so many of these cases, was the result of a domestic dispute mixed with alcohol.  It is so sad that a nine-year old little girl will have to live with the memory of her father shooting her mother right in front of her.  She will surely have nightmares for the rest of her life.  I hope that she finds someone, a family member hopefully, that will take her in and nurture her so that she grows up to be a fine young woman.

I think that the shooter in this case was very selfish.  He should have thought of what would happen to his daughter, with no mother or father for the remainder of her life.  Very sad indeed.

I have been following the highlights of the Casey Anthony trial on the nightly news.  I am very shocked by the outcome of the trial, as I know many thousands of others are also.  I truly thought that Casey would be found guilty for sure.

There are so many things that don’t make sense.  First of all, there is the claim that she accidentally drowned in the family pool.  That is totally absurd.  Why would Casey’s father, a former police officer, try to cover up an accidental death?   That makes no sense at all.  If it was an accident, then it was an accident and no charges would have been brought against Casey, so why cover it up?  And Mr. Anthony knew that.  If she drowned, then why was there duct tape over little Caylee’s mouth and nose?  I guess to make it look like an abduction maybe.

Also, if she were abducted, or even if she had drowned as was claimed, why would Casey be out partying at a time like that?  Some of the witnesses stated that she was a good mother, but for heaven’s sake, you don’t go out to party if your child is missing!

I feel as if there was no justice done for this little girl.  She was sweet an innocent and her life ended far too soon.  My hope is that some kind of evidence comes out that let’s the world know what really happened to Caylee Anthony, even though her mother can never be charged again for the same crime, at least the world will know.  Rest in Peace, Caylee.