Anyway, what am I missing here? Good grief. Earlier this week, the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general revealed that 858 people who were supposed to have been deported from the United States were instead actually accidentally granted citizenship . Oops. And this is the same DHS that wants us to believe their vetting of refugees is flawless. Where’s the outrage over that? Is the media worried about the “pattern” of conduct from those 858 individuals?

And the response from Wrigley Americas, the maker of Skittles, was absolutely mind-boggling. Vice President of Corporate Affairs Denise Young said company officials “don’t feel it’s an appropriate analogy” and “will respectfully refrain from further commentary.” How can someone that sanctimonious be in the candy business? I’m as respectful of Skittles as the next guy, but seriously? I don’t think it was an inappropriate analogy. And, when you think about it, we actually refer to people as animals and food all the time — muffins, top bananas, lambs, lemmings and the like. What’s so bad about a colorful, sugary candy? No doubt I will be referred to as much worse than a Skittle in the comments below this post. Life will go on. In fact, I may actually add “Skittles” to the glossary of nicknames I have for my own 14-year-old daughter. Maybe I’ll even augment it with my own personal flair and call her “Baby Skittle Toes.” I don’t think she would mind it any more than any of the other silly dad-names she gracefully endures with a roll of her eyes.