Do we not have more important things in this world to cure? Can you imagine all the things we could have done with the money that went into creating viagra? It’s not bad enough that companies have spent millions of dollars creating all types of male enhancement products, now they have female viagra. To increase the value of life. WHAT? Your telling me sex will increase the value of your life? Sex may be good at times, but it is not that important.
I think it’s time that we sit down and figure out what our priorities really should be. Worry about figuring out what causes cancer, how to prevent cancer, how to cure it. Figure out how to cure AIDS, MS, and a whole host of other problems that plague people everyday. Curing these problems would definitly increase the value of life.
Plus what type of message is this sending to kids watching television? Does it not seem to make sex more important if a pill has been created to make sure men can still do it when there 80?
I’m sorry but sometimes I seriously think we have just gone to hell in a handbasket.

What is the fascination in reality shows? I broke down last month and watched that show about Deion and Pilar just out of curiosity. I was horrified. There was Deion zooming around his house on a scoother, Pilar was hiring help and spending money out the wazoo just to prove some point that Deion didn’t realize what she was worth. It was stupid. There are people in this world who aren’t sure where their next hot meal is coming from and those are two blowing money on stupid stuff. Nobody needs a house that big. You don’t go out and spend thousands of dollars hiring household help just so you can show your husband how much it costed. She has everything in the world and wants more.
Then there’s the new George Foreman show. I haven’t watched that show yet, the previews for it were enough to lower my opinion of George and his wife. In one preview she says her son can’t play football that year. “He has you, he has me, he doesn’t need football”. What? Then there’s George, he sounds like an overbearing horse’s butt in the commercials. His daughter wants to sing and he just keeps putting her down. My Dad wasn’t perfect, but he never would have put me down. No matter what I tried to do, he was always in my corner cheering me the loudest. Shame on you George.
Tori and Dean, I’ve actually watched this one a few times. They do seem to be a little more down to earth, they don’t live in some 6000 square foot house that you need a scooter to get around in. In one show Dean actually took a job I believe in Canada that he didn’t want to because he knew he had to support his family. I liked that. I was totally disgusted over the birthday part they throwed for a 1 year old, but at least Dean was against it. One of them showed some common sense. I mean come on, a huge part for a 1 year old??? Does anyone even remember their very first birthday?? Can you imagine how many people they could have helped with the money from that party?
I could go on listing these shows but the bottom line is quit being stupid people.

I happen to be from Kentucky and a friend sent me this and I wanted to pass it along

History Lesson on Kentucky

For those of you who live in Kentucky
you might find this interesting.
And for those of you who don’t,
YOU might also find this interesting.

Today’s history lesson!

1792 - Kentucky was the first state on the
western frontier to join the Union
1816 - (first promoted) Mammoth Cave,
with 336+ miles of mapped passages, is
the world’s longest cave.
It is 379 feet deep and contains at least 5
levels of passages.
It’s second only to Niagara Falls as the
most popular tourist attraction in the US .
It became a National Park on July 1, 1941.

1856 - The first enamel bathtub was made in
Louisville

1883 - The first electric light bulb was shown in
Louisville .
Thomas Alva Edison introduced his
invention to crowds at the Southern
Exposition.

1887 - Mother’s Day was first observed in
Henderson by teacher Mary S. Wilson.
It became a national holiday in 1916.

1893 - ‘Happy Birthday to You’,
probably the most sung song in the world,
was written by two Louisville sisters
- Mildred and Patricia Hill.
Late 19th century
- Bibb lettuce was first cultivated by Jack
Bibb in Frankfort,Kentucky

1896 - The first (known) set of all male quintuplets
was born in Paducah .

1934 - Cheeseburgers were first tasted at Kaelin’s
Restaurant in Louisville .

1937 - The first Wigwam Village Motel,
with units in the shape of a ‘teepee’,
was built by Frank A. Redford in Cave City .

The world’s largest baseball bat,
a full one hundred twenty (120) feet tall
and weighing 68,000 pounds,
can be seen at the Louisville Slugger Museum in
Louisville (Jefferson Co.).

Chevrolet Corvettes are manufactured only in
Bowling Green .

Covington (St. Mary’s Cathedral-Basilica of the
Assumption) is home
to the world’s largest hand blown stained glass
window in existence.
It measures an astounding 24 feet by 67 feet and
contains 117 different figures.

The world’s largest crucifix,
standing at sixty (60) feet tall,
is in Bardstown (Nelson Co.).

Fort Knox holds more than $6 billion worth of gold -
the largest amount stored anywhere in the world.

The JIF plant in Lexington is the world’s largest
peanut butter producing facility.

Kentucky has more resort parks than any other
state in the nation.

Middlesboro is the only United States city built
inside a meteor crater.

Newport is home to The World Peace Bell,
the world’s largest free-swinging bell.

Pike County is the world’s largest producer of coal.
Pikeville annually leads the nation (per capita) in
consumption of Pepsi-Cola.

Post-It Notes are made exclusively in Cynthiana,Ky.

Shaker Village ( Pleasant Hill ) is the largest historic
community of its kind in the United States .

Christian County is ‘wet’,
while Bourbon County is ‘dry’.
(’wet ’sells liquor; ‘dry’ does not)

Barren County has the most fertile land in the
state.

Lake Cumberland has more miles of shoreline than
the state of Florida ..

Kentucky is best known for its beautiful blue grass.
And, let us not forget about the basketball and the
Race Horses !!

And then there more interesting things about this
state…………..
For example, below are some ‘rules for rural
Kentucky ‘.

THE RULES OF RURAL Kentucky
ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Listen up City Slickers !

1. Pull your droopy pants up.
You look like an idiot.

2. Turn your cap right, your head isn’t crooked.

3. Let’s get this straight; it’s called a ‘dirt road.’
I drive a pickup truck because I want to.
No matter how slow you drive,
you’re going to get dust on your Lexus.
Drive it or get out of the way.

4. They are cattle. They’re live steaks.
That’s why they smell funny to you.
But they smell like money to us.
Get over it. Don’t like it?
Rt. 80 goes east and west,
I-75 goes north and south. Pick one.

5. So you have a $60,000 car.
We’re impressed.
We have $150,000 corn pick ers and hay balers
that are driven only 3 weeks a year.

6. So every person in Southern Kentucky waves.
It’s called being friendly.
Try to understand the concept.

7. If that cell phone rings while an 8-point buck
and 3 does are coming in,
we WILL shoot it out of your hand.
You better hope you don’t have it up to your ear
at the time.

8. Yeah, we eat tater & gravy, beans & cornbread.
You really want sushi & caviar?
It’s available, at the corner bait shop.

9. The ‘Opener’ refers to the first day of deer
season.
It’s a religious holiday held the closest Saturday to
the first of November.

10. We open doors for women.
That is applied to all women, regardless of age.

11. No, there’s no ‘vegetarian special’ on the
menu.
Order steak.
Or you can order the Chef’s Salad
and pick off the 2 pounds of ham & turkey.

12. When we fill out a table, there are three main
dishes:
meats, vegetables, and breads.
We use three spices: salt, pepper, and ketchup.
Oh, yeah….
We don’t care what you folks in Cincinnati call
that stuff you eat…
IT AIN’T REAL CHILI!!

13. You bring ‘coke’ into my house,
it better be brown, wet and served over ice.

14. You bring ‘Mary Jane’ into my house,
she better be cute,
know how to shoot,
drive a truck,
and have long hair.

15. College and High School Football is as
important here
as the Lakers and the Knicks,
and a dang site more fun to watch.

16. Yeah, we have golf courses.
But don’t hit the water hazards -
- it spooks the fish.

17. Colleges?
We have them all over.
We have State Universities,
Community Colleges,
and Vo-techs.
They come outta there with an education
plus a love for God and country,
and they still wave at everybody
when they come for the holidays.

18. We have a whole ton of folks in the
Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines.
So don’t mess with us.
If you do,
you will get whipped by the best.

19. Turn down that blasted car stereo!
That thumpity-thump crap ain’t music,
anyway.
We don’t want to hear it anymore
than we want to see your boxers.
Refer back to #1.

20. 4 inches isn’t a blizzard - it’s a flurry.
Drive like you got some sense in it,
and DON’T take all our bread, milk,
and bleach from the grocery stores.
This ain’t Alaska,
worst case you may have to live a whole day
without croissants.
The pickups with snow blades will have you out the
next day.

I really just downright despise the Houchens corporation. I do not know how they run grocery stores elsewhere, but I do know how they run them here and has my father was quite fond of saying “It’s a bunch of bunk”. A few years ago they opened a grocery store here and ran the thing straight into the ground. They would send out flyers announcing sales, then when you would get there, they wouldn’t have the products. Plus they charged way too much for things. For instance, at Wal-mart a totinos pizza is 99 cents every day, the houchen’s store was charging a dollar more per pizza. It was that way all through the store. At one point there was a woman in the frozen section noting prices and she actually asked me about it and I pointed out the huge price differences. She said that they were going to try to get the prices more in line. It never happened.
Then the Houchen’s chain bought the Save-a-lot stores. The Save-a-lot here is nasty. The floor is dirty and tore up, the ceiling is tore up, the place stinks and the prices aren’t save-a-lot anymore.
They are also buying up the IGA stores now. For many many years we had Bob’s IGA, owned and operated by Bob. Awesome man, everyone loved him and respected him and he was there for the community. He was always donating something for some group or cause. Had the best donuts in the deli. Even if you went in the next day and bought the donuts day old, they were still good, still tasted and felt fresh. Now the donuts are just not the same. Plus the day old donuts seem more like week old donuts, hard as a brick bat. Prices out of this world.
But you know what the worst part is? The way they treat their employees. I overheard one employee talking about finally getting a pay raise to $6.55. I was like well it’s about time these people got some decent pay. Then her next statement floored me. They cut her hours. She now only works 29 hours a week. So technically they aren’t paying their employees anymore money then they were before, plus they keep them below 40 hours a week so they remain part time employees, which means no benefits. Again, as my Dad would say “That’s just a bunch of bunk”. I think Houchen’s should be ashamed of themselves. Those employees deserve to be paid a decent wage with decent hours and benefits. It’s horrible, $6.55 at 29 hours a week isn’t even $200 a week before taxes. After taxes they’re lucky if they get to take home $140 a week.

Step up to the plate Houchens, start treating your employees like human beings and not slave labor!