Hello it's barbie rants. Last week I read an article on Shine about a stranger who spanked a woman,s small child for acting up in a store. A lot of people responded to the article. Some were mad, others found humor in the way the story was written, some were sympathetic, and still others were ready to be violent.

I grant you the woman was wrong for hitting another person's child. But the mother of the child was also wrong for not disciplining her own child, or being so far away from her that some one else had to do the disciplining for her. I have heard another side of this story that the woman was not spanking the child but was merely trying to comfort her. At any rate some of the comments are as follows:

1. I let my child scream until he gets tired. That way he learns that he is not going to get his way.

(a)It does not matter how long it screams or who it bothers. Question : What do you think about that?

2. I don't believe in spanking a child.

(b) The bible says if you spare the rod you spoil the child. Question: Who is right the parent or the Creator Almighty God?

3. I live in New York, if it had been my child or any other New Yorker, the woman who hit the child would be dead now and I or some one would probably be in jail.

(c)Question: Do you think this is a proper attitude to have? What is the parent really teaching his/her child? As the response came from a parent in N.Y. stating that other parents would do the same, does this mentality really reflect all New York parents?

4. I think that people who agree with this stranger do not have children.

(d)Question: Do you think that only people with children can speak on raising them?

5. I read parenting books and they say never spank your child. Let them scream, cry whatever.

(e) Sounds like Dr. Spock who felt that way for years, then one day came to his senses and changed his opinion as to using spanking as a form of discipline. Question: Do you think that those readers who base raising their children on parenting books, written by who knows who make the best parents, rather than those who raise them by the experience that they had, being raised by their own parents?

I could go on with these comment and question for days but it has to end somewhere. So I will end it with a comment of my own, and a question. For you people who feel that only parenting books is the best advice to follow, look out you may be raising jail birds. Those of you who felt that violence is how the problem should have been handled, that sounds like to me a dramatic step, that will always back fire, on you or your off springs. For parents who say let them scream, cry, or whatever, that is foolish, and you should be disciplined for allowing a child to carry on in this way. For those who have no children, don't be offended by those who do. They are just ignorant, and need someone to teach them the base facts of life. That is because people do not have children for whatever reason they choose not to have them, probably will make a better parent than a lot of those who have them. A lot of your comments made better sense than those who have children did. Maybe because you could look at both side of the situation.

My question is this: Since the government has interfered with how parents raise their children, Do you think that they are to blame for the increase in crime, that exist in our world today?

Hello follower Barbie rants today about life.

What is life? Life to some is getting ahead by what ever means they can. Some it trying to get rich. Other it is just trying to survive from one pay check to another.

The question then is what are we teaching our children about life? Is it, that a name is better than good oil, or how to be cruel, con artistic, thieves, murder, how to lie, are just how to be hateful.

Have you ever notice that those who are rich they die just as the poor does. When they die they can not take their riches with them, instead they leave them behind and their family member fight over what ever is left. The poor don't have much to leave but their family member do the same thing. They too fight for what ever it is that has been left behind. They all seem to fight rich and poor by what ever means they can, be it cheat, lie, or steal.

Some say that when we are born, we come into this world kicking, and crying for a reason. The reason being that even as babies we already know what kind of world we are coming into and we hate it. No wonder the Bible tells us "That the day of death is better than the day of one being born. That it is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the ban quest house."

Years ago I was told that I should cry when some one is born, and laugh when they die. I did not understand at the time how any one could say such a thing. As I have gotten older I have since learned just what the significant of that statement denotes. It means that for now they rest and no longer have to deal with the anxiety of this life. It may sound cruel to some but there is a lot of truth in the saying because of the meaning.

A wise man once said "I myself returned that I might see all the acts of oppression that are being done under the sun, and look the tears of those being oppressed, but they had no comforter, and on the side of their oppressors there was power, so that they had no comforter." He went on to say that "He congratulated the dead who had already died rather than the living who was still alive. So better than both of them is the one who has not seen the calamitous work that is being done under the sun."

That wise man was helping us to appreciate that the dead was better off than the living as they no longer had to deal with the calamitous of life, and that the one's who had never been conceived was better off than both the living or the dead, as they would never have to know the calamitous that would await them in this cruel world.

Join Barbie rants next week for a series of question. Tell me your opinion to each one. In the mean time work on obtaining the wisdom that will make your life a happy one, instead of being one of those who cheat, steal, lie, or con other. Pass on to your children , your families a good name not one that is causing grief to other. So then what is life? Each one of us have to answer that question for our selves.

Hello followers, I was just on line following the yahoo buzz news. Felt that the resolution that the house brought against Joe Wilson was a good one. We don't need any one in Government that is going to keep stirring up racism. I mean no disrespect to Mr. Steny Hoyer who said he was surprise at what Joe Wilson said, and that he thought that Joe Wilson was surprise at what he said himself. I don't think that Joe Wilson was surprise I think he planned the whole thing. I think that a part of him, still lives back in Slavery time when black was consider as low life and not respected at all. Just good enough to keep their homes clean, raise their children, work their fields, and the women be raped by their so call owner who could not be satified by their own wife.

As for the few who decided to vote in Joe Wilson favor I don't care if you are black or white, Democrats, or Republican, he was disrespectful and if you agree with him then maybe you too are still living in slavery time, and should not be a representative of the people who really would like to see things change, in hopes that every one become united as one people. There are some who really want to for get the hate, and try and bring a world of love and peace for all people. Every one seem to for get that we are all one race and that is the human race. We are all different in the color of our skin. But we all stem from two people. Adam and Eve. We all bleed the same color blood, we have the same type of organs inside of us, and we all die.

I can not help but wonder if the shoes was on the other foot, how would Joe Wilson feel, if he had been called a lie. Joe Wilson you were wrong and you should be ashamed of your self. You are stirring up racism, a hate that a lot of people have worked so hard to put behind them. We have come too far in this world to start going backward. You should not be so evil, or jealous because the President came up with a better plain than you could, that you would try and destroy it. If any of you politicians really cared about the people you would get behind this policy and give it a chance. I speak as one of those who have no insurance and can not afford to buy any because the rates are so high.

What are your thoughts?

To all of you who are out there looking for a place to rent, especially those of you who are coming from another state. The houses, apartment, condos, and condominium, that you see on the Internet are not as they appear. Pay attention to the date and year on the pictures that are shown. You may find that some of them are any where from 5 to 10 years old.

My experience has taught me that the real estate management company, are the worst kind of con artists. There con's are legal and the law back them. Here are a few things you should look for and do, when looking to rent especially here in Florida.

1. The wording in their contracts.

2. Have the place inspected by a professional. It is better to pay $200 or $300. for an inspection than to end up stuck in a bad place for a year.

3. Make sure you have your own clause put into a rental contract concern problem that may come up with the property that you are renting.

4. Get every thing in writing. Any promises made as to the cleaning or fixing the place. They smile in your face when they are trying to rent once you sign the contract you will then need a lawyer. Who are not cheap.

5. When viewing the place pay close attention to the smell. If the place is empty and you see air fresheners plug into the wall sockets, and perfume candles in every room, put your guard up. There is a very, very, strong possibility that they are covering up the smell of mildew, mold, or some other odor.

6. Check all the closets out look up at the top of them, you see brown colors, something wrong.

7. Keep in mind that odors don't lie, people do.

8. Look under all cabins, turn faults on, you may discover some leaks. Note the brown coloring, or contact paper used to cover over the problems. Some one is trying to hide something.

9. If you see dead insects just know that you will find live ones also.

10. Beware of this to they charge you a leg and an arm and then they wont you to be responsible for keeping up their lawns. I remember a time when owner kept up their own property, made repairs that need repairing.

11. Don,t let those smiling real estate agents con you. They grin in your face, answer your question. Tell you about how the law is wrong because rental have no rights. But you later find out that the answer they give you are not true. All they are after is getting you to sign the contracts.

So be smart and if you have to get a lawyer to help you not be rip off then I say get one. You will need one to deal with them on a level that a con article need to be dealt with.

I hope all of you who are looking fare better than I have. I have three months left on my Lease then I can get out of this dump that is suppose to be a home. So far I have not found anything worth renting. I may have to go with my second choice and put every thing in storage and get on the road again.