I'm Mad as Hell!

I know that I shouldn't be, but I am. I have tried to hold it in, but I can't "I Am Mad as Hell". There really shouldn't be a reason for it. I just finished my first radio show on www.wsradio.com. It was fun, exciting, chaotic and hopefully informative. Who knows if anyone really listened? I would like to believe that someone beside my family did, but I am not sure. But that's not what's making me mad. Something else has me, "Mad as Hell".

It's a new year filled with hopes and dreams. Good riddance to 2008. I am sure that the economy and the stock market made many of you mad, but that's not what's making me, "Mad as Hell".

My kids just returned from their annual winter trip to Montana. They visited their cousins, grandparent's aunts and uncles. It is the one week each year that I am free to do what I wish, with no parental responsibility. Fifty one weeks on the job, one week off. But that is not what's making me "Mad as Hell".

I'll tell you right now that I have almost eight million reasons to be "Mad as Hell". I have always known that the US Census Bureau reports there are over 2.5 million single dads in this country. I have also known that many of those dads are proud of who they are. They are raising, guiding and leading their children in the right direction. I have also always had a deep respect for the 10.4 million single mothers in this country. After all single parenting is single parenting, regardless of gender. But what has made me so mad is the fact that I finally did the math.

Allow me to recap for you. 10.4 single mothers and 2.5 million single fathers. I am officially "Mad as Hell". Why you ask? Do the math. I am not the smartest guy in the world but I learned along time ago that it takes a male and a female to have a child. Now do you get it? If there are 10.4 million single mothers and 2.5 million single dads where the hell did the other 7.9 million dads go to? Why did they not list on their census that they were a father? Ok I will grant you that some of them may have gotten re-married, some unfortunately may not be aware that they are a father, and some may only see their kids occasionally, but come on 7.9 million of them?

I am very proud to be a contributing, loving and involved single dad. I am also very proud of the other 12.9 million single parents in this country who go through difficult times and make great sacrifices for their children. What I have no respect for are those dads out there who don't accept their responsibilities as a parent. The 7.9 million dads who make the rest of us look bad. The 7.9 million dead beat dads. The 7.9 million selfish, self centered and shallow men, who are the fathers of children, just like yours and mine. These are the ones who make me "Mad as Hell".

The more that I think about it, I have every reason to be "Mad as Hell". But then again why should I be? Why should I spend more time on these dads, than they are willing to spend on their own children? You know the more I think about it I don't have 7.9 million reasons to be mad, I have 12.9 million reasons to be "Happy as Hell". May 2009 is the happiest year of your life.