This is why I don't read the news

I hope that the person who is responsible for this dies a horrible and SLOW death.

I don't mean to shock anyone and I'm being completely serious. This is a real serious subject for me. One can only wonder at the mental capacity of a human who is capable of this sort of thing. And you know what the makes-ya-wanna-smash-your-head-on-the-floor part of it is? WE HAVE LAWS ALLOWING SAFE, NO-QUESTIONS-ASKED DROP OFF of infants! Helloooooo!

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And in other news ...

Some nasty rumblings from the powers-that-be over changing the FMLA (from Elizabeth over at HalfChangedWorld) Thank you Russ over at Daily Yak for the heads-up!

While I appreciate a businesses need to weed out the slackers who are abusing our system, there must be a better way. Just speaking for women: so many of us depend on the bare scrap of leave that FMLA gives us to attend OB appointments, have our babies, and tend to sick kids. There are many of us who want to work, many who need to work but without a little support from things like FMLA we become a detriment to our companies because we must put our families first!

Weak families mean weak workers. An employer can't expect our best performance if we're worried about having sent our ill child to school or missed appointments or whether or not we will lose our jobs if we choose family over job for a day!