Why I Ban Anything Denis Leary....

The whole quote can be found here on this page, which has gotten me so ticked off that I could just puke.  Here's what Mr. Leary said in his new book:  Why We Suck: A Feel-Good Guide to Staying Fat, Loud, Lazy and Stupid.

"There is a huge boom in autism right now because inattentive mothers and competitive dads want an explanation for why their dumb-ass kids can't compete academically, so they throw money into the happy laps of shrinks . . . to get back diagnoses that help explain away the deficiencies of their junior morons. I don't give a [bleep] what these crackerjack whack jobs tell you - yer kid is NOT autistic. He's just stupid. Or lazy. Or both."

This reminds me of the radio host Michael Savage, who said that autism is a fraud and a racket last summer.  He also said, "I'll tell you what autism is.  In 99% of the cases, it's a brat who hasn't been told to cut the act out."  Any parent, teacher, or adult who knows a child with autism will definitely tell you otherwise!

Speaking of autism, it really irked me last night while listening to the debate that McCain brought up the subject of special needs children, specifically those with autism.  And saying that Sarah Palin is qualified to be his running mate because she identifies with parents of children with autism.  But her special needs child does not have autism--he has Down's Syndrome! One site I've been reading blogs on lately is Science Blogs.  There's an article HERE about the whole debate and autism reference.  I'm sorry, but America needs someone with quite a few more qualifications than what she has.

Okay.  That's my soap box speech....I'm getting off both the soap box and the computer for the day.

Obama or McCain?

Here at the website, The Buzz Log, they surveyed people about how they felt the debate went last night between McCain and Obama.  Here's the first paragraph:

The experts said this was John McCain's last best chance to turn the tide. The election has been going Barack Obama's way, and his republican rival needed a big win in the third and final debate. Did Sen. McCain get it? The polls say one thing, but do the pundits agree?

Most of the polls believe that Obama won overall even though McCain had his best debate of the three.  All I can say is that I felt Obama did a great job of staying calm even though many mocking comments, lies, and misconceptions were flung at him.  That, and I wished that I could have wiped that smirky look off of McCain's face everytime Obama spoke.  CNN had a split screen feature that was truly revealing of each candidate's facial expressions as the other spoke.

I know who I"m voting for and will be doing so at the early voting place tomorrow!