Scandal, war and what does that mean?

First, the man has a brand new scandal happening in his family. It's kind of a bummer, in a "are you kidding me?" sort of way. I don't think there will be dire consequences for anyone though. On my side of the family, there's REAL scandal! Here it is in a nutshell, so and so
"Was a member of the infamous Plummer Gang in the time following the 1863 discovery of gold in the Black Hills. Bold and brutal, he came to a bad end with a murder, trial and hanging. The controversy surrounding these events led to a two month spree of 22 hangings by a vigilante mob and, ultimately, to the formation of the Montana Territory in 1864 to restore order."
That's some serious scandal! We have some others but mostly they just led to disappointment in those perpetrators of bad behavior. Do you have a family scandal?

Second, it's big news this morning that some Marines urinated on a couple dead Taliban soldiers. There's outrage as a matter of fact. Hmm. When I first heard it this morning I thought, "so?"...war is ugly people! Profoundly ugly. What the hell do you think happens in times of war? Bad, evil, good, innocent men women and children are killed. Why is it even news that a couple dead Taliban soldiers were peed on? Get over it.

And lastly, have you seen these signs in your city?

I saw the first one a couple weeks ago. I saw another one today. I had NO idea what they meant so I looked it up this morning. It means, Hazardous Materials prohibited.
Oh yeah, and completely unrelated but interesting none the less, today's cyber poll on MSN;