A bit of a rant

So this situation with the Baltimore Ravens in which they have fired Raymond Rice has been all over the news lately.  I must take a few minutes to rant about it.

FIRST....Raymond Rice should have been fired immediately not merely suspended for a few games.  The ONLY reason the Ravens finally fired Rice is NOT because he abused his then fiancé (now wife), but because there is a video of that abuse and that video has gone public.  The Ravens name has been sullied by one of their own....THAT is the reason Rice is gone. 

THIS IS WRONG!!! This would be the PERFECT opportunity for the Ravens to take a stand AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!!! A perfect chance for pro sports teams EVERYWHERE to say, WE WILL NOT PUT UP WITH THIS BEHAVIOR FROM OUR PLAYERS!!!   A perfect chance for pro sports teams EVERYWHERE to say, OUR FEMALE FANS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US AND WE CARE WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM!!!!

SECOND....the press is asking the WRONG question!  The question is NOT...WHY DOESN'T SHE LEAVE?   The question is, WHY DOES HE ABUSE???  I put it simply to someone today.

Me: "Do you have a pet?"
O: "Yes"
Me: "Do you love your pet?"
O: "Yes, my cat is part of my family!! I can't imagine my life without him in it!"
Me: "Has your pet every hurt you?"
O: (shows me a scratch):"Just this morning he scratched me and made me bleed".
Me: "And how did you respond?"
O: "I put him down, went and washed off my arm and put a bandaid on then started petting him again".
Me: "What?? You didn't just leave??"
O:(laughing) "Of course not...I love him."
Me: "You didn't kick him out?"
O: "No, he doesn't scratch me all the time, just sometimes when he is irritated with me, but it's never that bad"
Me...just waiting for the lightbulb to pop on.

It's always fun watching the light bulb come on!

I haven't posted any family stuff recently because my kids have not been particularly funny.  However, I will say that this morning Reno got into trouble for peeing in Banana's room.  Now, while Reno INSISTED he did NOT do it, I was sure he had so he was sent outside, IN the rain for  a bit.  He came back in and since no one else was home decided that he was on Doggy House Arrest and pouted until he fell asleep (I know this because he told me...and I saw it on the camera). 

When I got home from work today, Banana finally admitted to me that it was SHE who had peed on her floor and not Reno.  I made her mop it up because her room was stinky, and I apologized profusely to Reno.  I'm pretty sure he had NO idea what was going on, but he loved the attention anyway.

In the meantime, I have been researching (if asking on FB can be called research) how to brush Banana's hair in the morning without being screamed at, hit, spit on, kicked, etc.  The other morning, MISS STUBBORN PANTS was refusing to do ANYTHING I requested.  So, standing with the hair brush in my hand, I finally said, "DON'T ANGER THE WOMAN WITH THE HAIR BRUSH!!!"  I'm pretty sure that during the brushing she was second guessing her behavior.  But her hair looked good and she had a good day at school.

I should have just eaten her....a rabbit would have!