THIS is whats wrong with America!

ASHLAND, Ky. (WSAZ) --
A mother says the straws she bought for her three-year-old daughter were shaped like a male sex organ. Andrea Bailey says she went shopping at the Ashland Wal-Mart on Thursday, February 28th, and bought a package of fun straws for her three 3-year-old daughter, Ashlynn.

Bailey says Ashlynn came in and used one shaped like a heart. A couple others in the package, though, were shaped like something different. "There are two of them that are shaped like the male private area," said Bailey.
"I called Wal-Mart and they very rude with me about it. They acted like I was lying, like I was making it all up. You know, I would never make something up like that, especially about my little girl. But, that's just how they treated me and it just not right," Bailey said.

A communications representative at Wal-Mart corporate headquarters e-mailed us a response:
"At Wal-Mart we take customer questions and concerns seriously," said the spokesperson in a statement. After being contacted on this matter, Wal-Mart pulled the product in question from our shelves and is investigating the claim. Of course, our customer is welcome to return the item for a refund, if they would like."

Wal-Mart informed us the straws came from a manufacturer called Eagle Marks Corporation. We could not obtain contact information for the company from our own search or Wal-Mart officials.

Andrea Bailey says her concern is not the $1.69 she paid for the straws, but what might happen to other families with kids a little older than Ashlynn.
We searched at three other Wal-Mart stores in three different states last week, and found no fun straws on any shelves.
A Wal-Mart corporate communications spokesperson told us the regional stores were aware of the flap, and Wal-Mart was reviewing the product.




(Please accept my apology, in advance, for offending a shitload of mothers that in real life I truly admire but on something like this I go blind with the WTF's)

Your child had no idea it was anything different than a fun straw. But you and your stepford friends have decided that this will be your 15 minutes of fame! You are saving the younger generation from perversion that is readily available on the shelves. You will be the "talk of the town". If you aren't already. Did you OOOO and AHHHHH over the state of the world while fondling these straws and passing them around? So that others may share your warped view?

You probably let your child sit for hours in front of the TV watching Barney, Sesame Street, Nickelodean and all that other "mentally-healthy" shit, Game boys and Ipods abound. You probably pick their friends for special playdates. It has never occurred to you NOT to completely run every aspect of your childs life, the best schools, the nicest clothes, being politically correct at all times and oh DON'T ever mention S-E-X! After all if you do discuss the "male private area" or "female private area" it could lead to an open and frank discussion that would lead to respect and enlightenment and MAYBE, just MAYBE, that generation won't have the high rate STD's, teenage pregnancy and lack of direction so many kids have now.

Please, please don't make something out of NOTHING!

Again, I apologize for going off on a tangent but, I get so very frustrated. Those who read my posts know I'm not a "hater" but sometimes things are just wrong. In my opinion (like assholes, everyone has one) this is so WTF!