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Former Presidential candidate Ralph Nader has been trying to get the FDA to take some action. He says that the public isn’t aware of the seriousness of this and wants them to start issuing stronger warnings on the side affects of botox injections. Read the story here.

People are willing to try just about anything these days to look younger. As the majority of our population starts getting older the market for these products is growing. It seems you can’t open a magazine or turn on the TV anymore without seeing an add for some kind of product claim to make you look younger. But poison?

The way that botox works is that this poison is injected just under the skin. Then it paralyzes a muscle which prevents it from contracting for 4 to 6 months. This of course eliminates the wrinkles in the area of injection. This s what gives you that plastic face look.

When I first heard about botox it was on a news program on t some years back. My first thoughts were that it looked painful. Why the heck would anyone want to stick needle between their eyes. I also notice that the patients that were trying it didn’t look natural. They had this plastic look on their face. I thought it would never catch on, but it is.

I think Hollywood is partly to blame for this one. If you turn on an awards show you can see all of those older actors with the stiff faces. People could become billionaires with this product in L.A. alone. When people see their favorite stars using it and they see how much younger they look, they want to go out and try it themselves.

It costs approximately $400.00 for the price the botox and another $500.00 to $2000.00 for the fee to the doctor to inject it. Once started, this process needs to be repeated every 4 to 6 months. It’s no wonder that this product is not being properly regulated. This is some very big money. it kind of reminds me of the oil industry, but that’s another post.

This is another area where people are just too stupid for their own good. If people want to poison themselves, hey it’s of with me. However, without the proper warnings the public will unknowingly get themselves injected which can lead to some serious health issues including death. This is totally insane. It’s time the FDA starts doing there job of protecting the citizens.

I think botox injections should be limited to only medical necessities just as the article states. People need to start accepting the fact that they are getting older. Until they do, they will continue killing themselves trying to find the fountain of youth.

I knew that someone was still in the house because the garage door slammed and there was noise inside. My dogs were also going crazy. So, I immediately called 911 to get someone over.

As it turned out, the vehicle was stolen. The owners of this vehicle stopped by my house to talk to me. This was their second vehicle stolen within two weeks and they believe that there is some kind of teenage criminal group in our part of town. After their first vehicle was stolen, the police did manage to catch one person who refused to tell them who else was involved. This by the way wasn’t the first vehicle he stole.

Since this kid went to the same school as my kids I was able to get a little bit of information on this kid. Since he is a minor I can not legally state any names, but I was to find out that he only spent a few days in jail. Remember now that this wasn’t his first offense.

This kid was out by the time the second vehicle was stole and used in the crime of breaking into my house. Based off of what I heard, I believe he is the one that kicked in my back door and was still in my house when the others took off. This kid is only 16 and he is on the road to a lot of prison time. Unfortunately a lot of people will suffer before he gets any real time.

Now we can go round and round debating why kids go bad. I think I have met this kid before. I know that he used to be a good kid up until his parents got divorced. But I’m not saying that the seperation of his parents is what caused it. I grew up in a single parent home and I never reverted to crime.

The problem may have started as to the why’s, and we may never really be able to fix that. However, I do think we can fix the continuing problem by punishing these kids for their crimes the first time. Why on earth is a kid that has been caught stealing cars on more than one occasion out running the streets? Why isn’t he at the very least under full time supervision?

According to Time Magazine, teenage crime is rising 67% every 10 years. What are we doing about it? Not a thing from what I can see. Why wouldn’t a kid continue committing crime if there are no consequences?

When children are still babies you tell them no. You can keep on telling them no but eventually it quits working. Eventually you have to smack there hands. Well we are way past hand smacking when they reach their teenage years. We need to start looking at some serious punishment.

Now I’m ok with probation for a first offense. However probation can not be just saying “don’t do it again” and then just have them come visit you once a month. They need to be seriously monitored. They need to know that society is serious about keeping them on the right track.

If the teenager commits a second offense I think there should be mandatory time spent behind bars. I’m not talking about a weekend playing basketball with a bunch of other delinquents, I’m talking about doing some real time. This time should be spent locked up. Some time for education and counseling should be fit in to the cell time to help correct them as well, but they need to know that if they commit a crime they will have to pay the penalty. By the time that these kids get out of jail there should be no need to worry as much. They should be educated and have a good understanding of what is expected of them.

I also think this should also be a part of their permanent record. If when they get out, possibly as adults, and they commit another crime it should be considered a 3rd strike and they should be put away for good. If they can’t straighten out after there second strike, they aren’t going to straighten out and should be deemed career criminals. We shouldn’t have to wait until they start all over again as adults before we consider them as no good.

I put a lot of my opinions on this blog. Most of them aren’t agreed upon by others, but I do think that for the most part people will agree on the points that I have mentioned here. So, what do we do about it? It’s high time that we start taking an active role in this. The only way that we are going to start correcting the problem with teenage crime is to start letting our political leaders know how we feel about this issue. It’s high time that it becomes a major issue on the ballots.

Read the article here.

If you think that they had problems during the 2000 elections, just wait. Now that they will start to allow elections to be held online their will be more court battles, more cheating, and a whole lot more confusion than any previous election that was ever held.

I’ve seen first hand what can happen when a website gets hacked. There are some really good hackers out there. Most of these hacks take place on minor sites and are done for the hackers own perverse pleasures. But what will happen when election websites start showing up on the internet?

Picture this. You are registered to vote on an election website. It’s now election day and you are ready to online to vote. You go online and put in the correct url and the opening page has a giant picture of a skull and crossbones with the words “You’ve been hacked by some idiot”.

That scenario would of course be minor. Still regardless how minor that may be, it could be enough to greatly affect the outcome of an election. Imagine if everyone located outside of the U.S. can not vote. That would be a lot of voters not counted.

Now picture this. You go to the website to vote. You select your favorite candidate. You get a response back thanks you for your vote and that it has been counted, or whatever. However, someone has been able to manipulate the code and the vote is actually counted for a different candidate.

Are these impossible scenarios? Not at all. This kind of stuff happens everyday all over the place. Kids these days are hacking sites that have been deemed impossible to hack. They do it for fun. Imagine what would happen to a website that gets attacked by a professional that has a real interest in corrupting the system.

I think that we are a long way off before we can even consider electronic voting over the net. They would still need to find a way to prevent access of people that are determined to ruin the legal voting system. As long as the internet is world wide, I don’t think this will ever happen. In my opinion, a telephone voting system would be much easier to secure. Why don’t they start looking into this option for voters that live abroad?

What the heck does this have to do with me? I’ve driven in some of the most populated driving conditions possible. I’ve driven in Paris and Seoul which has more cars than they have roads. They drive like maniacs over there. yet I still have a perfect driving record.

You see I’m a defensive driver. I know everything that is going on around me while I’m on the streets. I know what you are thinking….they are called accidents because they are accidental and can’t be avoided. BULLRUBBISH! If you are aware of your surroundings you can avoid these accidents and the insurance companies know this.

The problem isn’t that it’s getting more dangerous more me on the streets as the auto insurance industry would like you to believe, it’s that they need to make up for money lost on the stupid drivers. They are actually making us pay for the stupidity of others.

I was doing some unrelated research on the internet and saw the dwi is one of the top searches on the internet. So I got to looking into that. The highest priced keyword is that I found under that category is Austin dwi followed by Austin dwi attorney.

I don’t live in Austin, or even Texas for that matter, but I would have to assume that based on my conversation with my insurance company auto insurance must be outrages in that area.

But once again. Why should someone have to pay for the stupidity of others? I know what happens. Someone gets arrested for a dwi. They lose their license and in turn the insurance company loses their customer. If this idiot driving drunk is involved in an accident, which most do, then the insurance company is left holding the bag. So, what do they do? They pass it on to us.

Based off this research that I was doing, Austin, San Diego, and then Houston are the top cities where people were searching for a dwi attorney. I can only assume that this means those are the top cities with drunk drivers. If you ever considered moving to Texas, you may want to reconsider due to the drunks that are driving in that state.

Now how the heck did I get off topic? Oh yeah, other idiot drivers are costing me money regardless how spotless my driving record is. What the heck is going to happen when my 16 year old daughter starts driving this year? I may just have to take out a second mortgage.

So, what this guy do? He goes out and buys a lottery ticket ……. and wins.

See the whole story here.

Now most people would thin that’s ok, it’s his money and he should keep it. But, he broke the rules of his probation to win this money.

Two things come to mind. First of all this guy has got to be pretty stupid. He risked going to prison by claiming this ticket. Wouldn’t the smarter thing to do be have someone else claim the ticket? Now of course stupidity on this guys part was already known since he was known to do stupid things in the past anyway by robbiong a bank.

The second thing is what the heck are we saying to society in general? That’s like telling a drug dealer he can keep the money he earned selling drugs. “It’s ok, you earned it so it’s yours”.

This guy breaks his probation and wind 800 million dollars because of it. I have to think that there is something else going on here. Maybe?

This guy should have been forced to give up his illegal winnings. I’m sure the state can put this money to good use for the needy. Then he should have been locked up for breaking probation. Instead, what was the penalty he had to pay? He has to pay his own probationary supervisory fee. A mere $65.00 a month.