It's been a while since I had a chance to sit down and rant about anything in the news.  I've been a touch busy, what with the economy imploding, trying to keep my day job, and working in another country for a couple months.  But enough about me and my hiatus.  On to more important things.
 
Here's one I just read about today: "Prison Officer Sacked After Befriending Inmates on Facebook."
 
My friends and coworkers have commented to me that I rarely have anything good to say about anything, and that assessment is pretty accurate.  I usually say to them that I used to be an optimist, but then I started paying attention.  In this case, though, I actually have something positive to say.  My simultaneous first thoughts when I read the above headline were "GOOD!" and "Wait just a fucking minute...they get Facebook in prison?" 
Not that I give the tiniest of shits about Facebook personally, but I can't even get there from work, nor can I check my gmail account or view most message boards and forums.  Why the hell do convicted criminals have access to the Internet?