I agree with you. True, breasts are not genitalia, but

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I believe God gave women breasts to feed their young and did NOT give us breasts for *sexual pleasure* regardless that we get sexual pleasure from them.

The reality is that God gave women breasts to breast-feed........not just for poor people in 3rd world countries.  I breastfed mine until they were 6 months old..........it's an individual thing but I went by the teeth thingy - once teeth are in, time to start weaning.

I've heard the Wal-Mart brands are the worst (like Old Roy).

I have to feed my dog a special dog food I get from the vet for dogs with kidney and bladder problems because he gets bladder stones. Hill Science Diet makes it.

I also get regular boneless chicken breasts from the grocery store, usually about 10 pounds at a time, cook them up in the crock pot (I have a 5-6 quart crock pot), put them into plastic bowls and freeze them. Since he is a small dog, that makes enough food for his "supper" for a month or more. I usually try to catch sales for $1.99 a pound (sometimes $1.49 a pound). That's only $20 for a month's worth of food that you know is at least reasonably healthy.

In our state they had instituted a program called "young 5's", which was basically a year of pre-K where they did the exact same cirriculum as K.  I saw no point in it as my child was K ready, so I insisted they just go ahead and put him in Kidnergarten.  His teacher kept hassling me about it during conferences.  She was an old battle-ax that insisted she knew better than me and he belonged in pre-K.  She couldn't give any reason other than "emotionally immature" (what 5 year old isn't?).  She informed me that sooner or later, he'd be held back a year because of my arrogance about his ability and pushing him into something he wasn't ready for - SHE knew, SHE had been in the business a long time and SHE was the expert.

He started high school this year at the age of 13 (he'll be 14 next month), and still hasn't been held back a grade due to "emotional immaturity" - in fact he's doing just fine.  I think when he graduates I'm going to track her down and rub her face in his diploma - I'm still peeved at her after all this time for trying to bully me into keeping him back a year .

The majority are expected (and actually counted on) not to think, to focus on themselves and only what's beneath their very noses, the acquisition of products nobody truly needs, and fluff entertainment only, and not take an interest in any real issues. 

The government and media expect, and actually think they need, people to stay shallow, uniformed, marginally educated, and childishly willing to be led wherever "authority" tells them to go as long as it sounds good.

Perfect example of this is the housing crisis.  People were told by "professional experts" they could afford too much house, and that they could always refinance, so they signed for it.  They didn't bother to question or think, and now are up a creek.

Many people are lazy and don't want to think too hard.  They don't want to take responsibility for themselves, much less responsibility for issues affecting others, their country, or their world.  They learn to care about MS Spears by staring blankly at the tube, and whatever they see there often will be what they are interested in and care about.  They'll only touch a newspaper to find a sale or a job, a magazine for the pretty pictures and short, breezy tales that don't strain their attention span.  And books - if you can get them to touch one - only for entertainment, and not too thick, please!

We are being trained to be like this.  We are letting ourselves be trained.  We are letting our children be trained.  You are not crazy.  It is the truth.

I had to laugh out loud at your parable, otherwise I would be crying out loud.  By the way, I still have the pen they gave me!

I have a pointer mix that is pure muscle.  When he gets his mind set to something, its pretty hard to stop him, which is why we train him constantly each and every day.  If you are the pack leader, the animal will almost always listen to you, even in the heat of the moment.  I have worked with trainers personally and seen dogs rehabilitated once they have an outlet for their frustration and have a packleader in place.  Its against animal nature to go against the pack leader.

Lots of dog breeds are muscular and strong.  Any dog can bite someone... don't kid yourselves that only pits are this way.  The reason most people even draw on them as a "killer" breed is because of the media and because that is the way they are portrayed, but in the end (through my own personal experience and education) its the owners that are responsible for the dog.  Good training and a knowledge of dog language/behavior/signs and signals is very very important.

Its pretty easy to just put the dog down though and take no responsibility as the owner.  Its really easy to say... ohh, its the breed and lets ban it instead of doing to work to make sure that dogs or other animals can live as balanced members of a pack.

That's how people are though... whatever is easiest.

That young men marry women who look similar to their moms? I heard this once and I started to take note...

I'm beginning to think that maybe there is some truth to it...

When I took an IQ test and scored 166, I thought it was a huge mistake. I struggled in school, which I believe is because I was bored. I am very good with technical things (computers and such), but I learn by doing not by reading. There's a component of ADD in there as well, however. Your explanation of those with higher IQs being more prone to depression was right on. I have had depression my whole adult life, but I've had really good control of it in the last few years or so without meds. Most of the things you wrote about those with higher IQs are just like me. I always thought I was dumb because I did not get As or Bs in school and could not retain most of what I read. Of course, like I said, ADD plays a big role in that.

Thanks for your post. Made me realize some things that I hadn't before and made me feel not so alone.  Only my husband knows my IQ score...I don't want my friends or other family members to know (I don't think they would believe it).