HOGAN DOES NOT KNOW BEST

By Rev. Johnny Lee Clary

State lawmakers in Massachusetts are considering a bill before the legislature making it illegal to spank your kids, even in your own home. A nurse named Kathleen Wolfe submitted this bill to Representative Jay Kaufman, a Democrat, (why does that surprise anyone) who introduced this bill. If passed, any parent who spanks his or her child will be arrested and charged with child abuse.

Well let's look at this shall we? I am totally against child abuse and any adult caught abusing a child should have the swiftest and most severe punishment handed to them on the spot. However, spanking a child's butt with a belt to get him to behave is not, I repeat NOT child abuse.

So what does the Holy Bible say about disciplining your child?

· Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him. (Prov. 13:24)

· Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. (Prov. 22:15)

· For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it. (Heb. 12:11)

· And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives." It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? (Heb. 12:5-11)

· The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother. (Prov. 29:15)

· Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. (Prov. 23:13)

Ok there are plenty more scriptures I can present to you but for right now, these shall be sufficient. They are all self explanatory. You see, God's way is the best way and it has been proven time and time again that man's way has always been a failure. When children are not disciplined, you are looking at a future problem case and most of the time a future criminal. If Massachusetts passes this idiotic bill, it will only be a matter of time before other states follow in their example. Massachusetts has never been known for having been a state that produced smart intelligent upstanding citizens of society. They have been a black eye on the United States of America, legalizing same sex marriages, electing certified mentally deranged people to office such as John Kerry, Ted Kennedy and Barney Frank, encouraging the practice of witchcraft by making one of their cities, Salem the "Witch Capitol of the World", even putting the silhouette of a witch on the side of police cars; making it illegal to hunt on Sundays, outlawing tattooing and piercing, and making it legal for children to smoke, but illegal for them to purchase tobacco! Allowing a child to smoke is a form of child abuse in and of itself! Now these left-wing liberal blue state people want to set the example to the rest of the nation by becoming the first state to outlaw spanking your child!

You know all these jokes that Northerners tell about Southerners, accusing them of inbreeding? Well, after seeing these silly laws and witnessing the antics of the state electing the Phony Soldier Kerry, the Drunk Driver-murderer Kennedy, and the female impersonator Barney "Boom Boom" Frank to public office time after time, I am one American who says Massachusetts has no right to ever make fun of the South anymore, especially when it comes to inbreeding. I mean there has to be a reason they enact these crazy laws and elect nutty people, and the only conclusion I can come up with is that all the Democrats in Massachusetts meet their spouses through the "All in the Family Internet Dating Service!" I can here it now, " Yo sis, we are a match!"

I don't mean to chide everyone in Massachusetts. There are some good Republicans like my friend Don Drake in Fall River, but he and the other 5 are obviously outnumbered!

Let's look now at Hulk Hogan. Does Hogan Know Best? Obviously not. The former WWF wrestling champion has had his own reality TV show where he shows America how to raise your kids and be a proper parent. Hulk Hogan, whose real name is Terry Bollea and his wife Linda's idea of parenting, is to be their children's best friend instead of parents. That's the problem. They allowed their daughter Brooke to go out on a date with a 30 year old man when she was only 17 years old. Oh yeah, Hulk had a monitor on them and was tracking them on the computer trying to act like the concerned parent who thought the man was too old for his teenage daughter, but that doesn't fly with anyone who has half a brain. Hogan does not know best, otherwise he would have never allowed his teenage daughter go anywhere with a 30 year old man, let alone on a date!

As far as Hogan's teenage son Nick goes, he decides he likes fast cars and loves to race. Hogan did not discourage the boy but encouraged him even buying him a supped up race car. In 2005, Linda Hogan was caught on tape racing her own car with her daughter Brook in the passenger seat and saying, "I love it. The rush, the speed on the road….racing in between all the cars, dodging the cops. It's awesome!"

From 2006, within the first year of obtaining his license, Nick was ticketed five times for speeding. Nick has a custom license tag on his black 1998 Supra that reads "COEHSP2", a reference to the police acronym for "Capable Of Eluding High Speed Pursuit." The Hogan's should have taken away his right to drive for at least several weeks when he received his very first speeding ticket, but they didn't. Again, they failed to take his keys away and nothing was done to punish him either after he received his 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th ticket.

On Aug. 10^th, 2007 Nick received his 5^th speeding ticket for doing 82mph in a 45mph construction zone. He was fined a thousand dollars and ordered to attend driving school. The ignorant judge should have known a thousand dollars is chicken feed to a millionaire daddy TV star that pays the bills. Just a few days later, on the night of Aug. 26^th, Nick was racing a friend in another construction zone when he crashed his car into a tree. Police estimated the car was doing in excess of over 60mph in a 40mph zone but the other driver that was driving another car belonging to the Hogan's said they were doing 70.

This time Nick had a passenger, a 22-year old United States Marine friend named John Graziano, who was not wearing a seat belt. As a result of the crash, doctors say Graziano is paralyzed and will spend the rest of his life bed-ridden and in a nursing home. Nick was arrested and charged with 3 violations including a felony which carries 5 years in prison plus the fines. Oh yes, his license was finally suspended by the state of Florida, but I'm afraid that is a little too late especially for Graziano.

The Graziano family announced they are planning on filing a civil lawsuit against the Hogan's, which I am sure, will total in the millions. Linda Hogan filed for divorce against Hulk Hogan, asking for one half of everything they own. Some say this could be a ploy by the Hogan's in order to protect their assets so they don't lose everything to the Graziano family. You see, according to some lawyers who have commented on this, they say that if the car Nick was driving was in Hulk's name and not Linda's, then only he can be held financially responsible especially since Linda Hogan stated in her divorce petition that she does not work and has no money. She has asked for half of the Hogan fortune which includes 2 luxury homes and a condo and several cars and boats etc. In a divorce settlement, since she is his wife, she will be entitled to half of everything. Therefore, the Graziano's could only take Hulk's half. If Hogan and Linda stay together after the divorce, they would still be millionaires and have half of everything, providing this is a ploy. If it is not, looks like Hulk may find himself back in wrestling in order to eat.

I do believe Hulk needs to say those prayers and take those vitamins because he is going to need it!

In any case, I think it is a safe bet to say his reality TV show, will not be returning with any new episodes.

Again, I make the statement that I think this serves as a prime example of what happens when parents try to be their child's best friend instead of being a parent to them. Failure to discipline your child can result in a future disaster like the Hogan's are facing. If Massachusetts passes this anti-spanking bill, and other states follow their lead, get ready to see the Storm trooper Spanking SWAT team come kicking in your door when you give your kid a spanking for playing with matches!

I am reminded of Ronald Reagan's famous words, "Government is not the solution to our problems; Government is the problem!" I believe each citizen in Massachusetts should be on the phone and at the office of their state lawmakers letting them know that if they vote for the spanking bill, they can expect a huge drive against them come next election and maybe even a recall.

Parents do as the Bible says to do and do not spare your children from spanking their butts when they are out of line in order to provide discipline and wisdom. However, if you are one of those left wing liberal parents who does not believe in spanking your child then do not expect to purchase a bumper sticker for your car that says "My child was student of the month" but instead get ready to put on that sticker that says "My child was inmate of the month at State Prison."