The same-sex marriage debate continued to rage this week... with the President being "troubled" by the San Francisco marriages and the First Lady finding it "shocking" - for some reason I have a feeling that those same words were thrown around when the country was in the process of ending slavery and giving women the right to vote. (I know, I know...it's different... we choose to be an abomination!)
But nevertheless I have been trying to come up with some ideas to defend the sanctity of marriage. Since the government seems to want to be involved..and since there are tax benefits for being married...I offer the following:
* Taxation or other financial penalties for separations, annulments, and divorces. While we're at it why don't we have a sliding fee schedule for the length of the marriage. Say $25k for Britney and Jason's 24-hour marriage (a flagrant violation of sanctity!)...while let's just impose a fine of $5k to Cruise and Kidman since they last 10 years.
* Another fee schedule for marital digressions. Infidelity of course would top the list though let's not forget about the oft-named "irreconcilable differences" (shouldn't you have thought more about these things before entering this sacred union?)
* Collect more money for children born out of wedlock...while many of these folks did do the correct thing by not using birth control...if they were participating in the act that leads to possible procreation shouldn't they be married?!
I figure this is just a start to help reduce the federal deficit!
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The big news in sports this week (see I am not that gay! errr...well...ummm) was the Yankees signing of Alex Rodriguez (seen hear with his equally lovely wife). Talk about "the rich-get-richer"... like the Yankees need another All-Star player on their roster. Even though I think he is pretty much a jerk it was predictable that if Steinbrenner see something he likes, he buys it! Now that is a philosophy I can relate to ... I go out and get a second TiVo, George gets A-Rod... no difference, right?!
But even despite the headline grabbing new addition, baseball aficionados should know that a team can't buy a World Series championship (stack the odds in your favor, well yes)...just ask the 2003 Florida Marlins.
I am hoping it translates into some good market value when it comes selling some of our season tickets when the Yankees come to town vs. the Diamondbacks this June.
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Not that I did not think it before, but pugs are very cool dogs...or else we are
puppy-sitting a pretty darn cool one until next week. This dog loves to show affection, has oodles of personality and really gets into playing fetch with a dog toy (and without destroying it...imagine that)! Now there is no way I am returning our own beloved bassett hound Toby, but I guess he just shows his love in different ways... like moaning and taking our seats/bed when we're not looking! ;-)
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