Shocking...

There's a lot of buzz over the past couple days about an Oregon man who apparently shocked his kids with a dog collar. Not exactly the fine model of parenting most of us would come to expect, but hey, somebody has to be the worst at it...

I've got three dogs, and Taz has worn a shock collar like the one above since she was a puppy. Without the collar, she'll bark for hours. With it, we get a couple of light woofs once in a while, which she's learned is enough to trick the collar into not going off... And yes, I've been shocked by it from handling once in a while. A little worse than a nasty static shock from carpet and metal, but just annoying, and not lethal. Taz may have a nasty disposition at times, but I don't think it's from the collar.

Step back into the time machine.... remember Troopergate, and how outraged the world was that Sarah Palin tried to get her ex-brother in law fired?

I find it sad, yet totally predictable, that while the media is up in arms about what this dad in Oregon did, nobody in the media seemed to focus much on the fact that Palin's ex-brother-in-law used a taser on his 10 year old stepson. And no, nobody seemed to be nearly as outraged as they are over the Oregon guy.

For the record, I don't endorse doing this, and I trust this shmuck in Oregon will get the punishment he deserves.

It's just too bad the media couldn't see as clearly when it came to Mike Wooten. Instead, they were off committing journalistic malpractice by attacking the whistleblowers instead of the actual criminals.

The Oregon guy is in jail. Mike Wooten still is employed as a law enforcement officer. Go figure.

What's even more discouraging... Had Palin not taken any action, I'm sure some cutting edge liberal investigative reporter would now be pointing out how the Palin's abused privilege by condoning similar actions on her nephew by a family member.