Outrage ... and sin verguenzas (and one unrelated)

I was going to post the article about Sandusky's wife getting on the stand -- it was the first piece (headline actually because I couldn't even bring myself to read it) that screamed SIN VERGUENZA to me. [I don't put in accents or other notations because the computer just mangles them, but there should be an umlat over the u...just in case you were wondering.]  But since he has been found guilty, I will let that shame speak for itself.

If you don't know what that means ... literally "without shame" or SHAMELESS!  Like, can you believe that? SERIOUSLY!? NO!!!  When you put the two words together, it becomes an epithet towards a person, or a description of someone who is not so nice.

So, here are a few more for you.

Where does Dick Cheney stand on gay marriage now?  And when will he join the President on the stage to say he has changed his mind?

Not sure who should get the most outrageous-ness medal on this one.  It was just amusing all the way around.

This makes it in because the "neighbors" have created a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation because they are unwilling to admit the racism and prejudice that lies at the heart of their criticism... you judge for yourself. Why are these farmers not ashamed that they "own" land near the casino because said land was stolen from these folks' ancestors? SHAMELESS indeed.
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This story is not related to the "sin verguenza" theme, but I am leaving town and going to be away from the computer for a while, so I thought I would share.  It is more than refreshing for those "in the shadows" to share their stories ... instead of listening to politicians (from either side) drone on about it.

In case you are not sure you want to invest the time, here's a snippet I enjoyed:

"'Getting educated made me a better person,' she told me. 'It could have been easier, but it was worth it.'
When President Obama announced last week that the government would begin granting work permits to certain, young undocumented immigrants, it was all a bit anticlimactic for Ana. She'd been working so hard to overcome the obstacles in her path, and for so long, that she began to realize that her illegal status had actually made her a better person.

'I don't know if I would have gotten the grades that I did, or achieved what I did if I hadn't been undocumented,' she said. 'For me, school doesn't measure your intelligence. It measures your endurance. I have a lot of endurance.'

Ana and people like her persevered. In high schools, in university classrooms, in law schools, and on battlefields under the U.S. flag, they reached for public success. Instead of lingering in the metaphorical shadows, they climbed up on the stage of American achievement. In doing so, they forced all of us to face up to the contradiction of their existence." [emphasis added]