Sketchy Playground

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9857513/Childrens-playground-in-Cotswolds-fenced-off-for-being-too-colourful.html

A children's playground in the Cotswold, North Carolina has been fenced off while local residents argue whether it is too brightly colored. This playground, being one of the better-known parks in the area, was a major attraction to the neighborhood until some residents decided they disliked the color scheme. They say it may distract ongoing drives, and could lead to accidents. 

Redrow Homes offered to repaint the swings and other equipment darker colors, but the residents weren't only upset about the color. They also thought the size could be a distraction, and wanted the entire park to be smaller as well.

Elizabeth Lloyd, a resident near the park, said her four-year-old son and two-year-old daughter are desperate to play on the equipment. She thinks the complains are ridiculous because the only people complaining are the people without kids. She went on to tell reporters that it was because of that park that she bought her 450,000-dollar house. She loved the idea of her kids being able to go right outside and play with the equipment. Now, she wishes the park had never been there at all.

I think it is absurd that these children are being punished for a couple of angry neighbors who don't want a park! They need to go back to when they were kids and think about how magical a park was for them. Everybody has been to a park before, and everybody knows that they are a miraculous to kids of all ages. The park does not have neon colors so its not like it is going to blind drives. It’s almost like these residents just want to suck the life out of the neighborhood. They need to stop being so selfish and realize that there is more to life then your own happiness.

Matthew Todd of Boaz is one sketchy guy

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01/30/16773955-police-for-er-getaway-man-tries-to-use-ambulance-pair-of-horses-stolen-cars?lite

Twenty-four year old Matthew Todd was in a car accident last Friday after drinking at the local bar in Boaz, Alabama. Drunken driving accidents happen all the time, so this wasn't abnormal. The police came and he was admitted to Marshall Medical Center. The day seemed about rapped up for young Matthew, until he made one bad decision after another.

Matthew convinced the nurses that he needed to go out and have a smoke. Although it is against hospital rules, Matthew insisted that it was absolutely necessary, and without it, he refused to corroborate. So he went out to smoke a cigarette.

Then, out of the corner of his eye, he sees an ambulance (still running with the keys in the ignition). He then proceeded to steal the ambulance, and drive away. Still extremely intoxicated, Matthew crashed the ambulance on a tree out side a farm. He then stole a horse and attempted to mount it. He failed miserably and found a SUV outside. He hot-wired it, and drove away. 

Not long after that, he totaled it, found another SUV, and stole that one too. He was then pulled over without resist, and was taken back to the hospital. He is now in Marshall County Jail on $7,500 bail. He has two charges of auto theft and one count of burglary.

This all started because this man was allowed to drink too much at a local bar. I don’t think we should outlaw beer, but I do think we should make a restriction on how much one person can drink at a bar. 

It is also ridiculous that the hospital allowed him to smoke for any reason. Smoking kills people and I am flabbergasted that this was allowed. These nurses should be fired for not keeping an incredibly intoxicated person inside their hospital, with somebody watching him at all times! 

With all this said, it is still completely Matthews fault for not being a responsible twenty four year old man. He could have hurt, not only himself, but also many other people. The community of Boaz was lucky this time, but if we continue to allow people to make bad choices like this, people will get hurt.