The human resources director of Framingam State University, Rita Colucci, decided to consider a fragrance ban after receiving "numerous complaints" from faculty members.

What is wrong with this woman?

According to the report, the faculty members also noted that cleaners and disinfectants can cause health problems. I'm sorry, but is the solution to stop using cleaning products? Is it time to stop disinfecting things?

This is just an example of a person with a minority voice trying to make a change that the majority doesn't want. Even the reporter stated, "I couldn't find a single student on campus who thought banning perfume was a good idea."

But the best quote came from a student at the university:

"There's always going to be something that [somebody doesn't like] but you don't just take it away for everyone. You learn to live with it and you learn to cope and you compromise with each other."

Hmm, maybe he should take over the job of HR director. He seems to have his head screwed on a lot straighter than Colucci does.

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Easter is more than just a Christian holiday - it's a cultural tradition in America. But Munson Township, Ohio decided pull the correlation between Easter and their annual egg hunt to be more inclusive.

Have you ever met anyone who has been offended by an Easter Egg Hunt?

If people keeps killing our cultural traditions, we're going to have nothing left. We'll have a bunch of random celebrations that are meaningless, and the next generation will wonder why we even celebrate them at all.

Mark my words: next, these idiots will start a war on our July 4th Independence Day celebrations because it's exclusive to America.

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This one needs no comment. It only takes 45 seconds to start understanding why she's today's douche.

Kudos to Bernie Rayno for not losing his cool from Nancy's condescension. I probably would have walked off the set.

And one of my favorite comments on this video (from YouTube):

Nancy Grace.... Often wrong but never uncertain.

Toward the end of this post, I'm going to share with you the advertising budget for the U.S. Census Bureau. Before you read it, make sure you're sitting down. You're going to be appalled.

Whenever I see various government agencies buying ad space on TV, radio, or internet, I get a little annoyed. Last year, Medicare aired this TV spot:

There are very few occasions, if any, where the government should be paying for TV ads (with the exception of recruiting videos for programs like the Armed Forces). As such, I see very rare need for government agencies to spend tax dollars on advertising.

Today, I saw a Facebook ad posted by the Census Bureau, announcing results of the 2010 census.

There is absolutely no reason the government should be wasting money on promoting the Census website. The Census is taken a couple reasons: to apportion the correct number of state representatives and to divy up government funds. While the information found in the census results might be interesting, it's not the role of the Census Bureau to pay to advertise its results.

One of the reasons we have free press in America is so the government isn't feeding us news. While the Obama Administration claims to be "more open and transparent" than previous administrations, the proper channel to disseminate information like census data is to share it with the news media. They, in turn, can analyze the data and share it with viewers.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with having a website to share information (unless said website cost taxpayers $18 million *cough* recovery.gov *cough*), but spending tax dollars to promote the results crosses the line.

The Census Bureau isn't new to this whole marketing thing. If you're in the United States, I'm sure you remember the constant TV ads they ran during the census, reminding you to fill out the census form so they didn't have to send agents to your door. Oh, and then there was the direct mail campaign, before the census, telling you that they were going to send you the census form the next week. Huge waste.

So I decided to do a little digging (okay, I googled "census bureau advertising budget"). Here's what I found:

The 2010 advertising budget for the U.S. Census Bureau was over $140 million.

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It's pretty appalling that the U.S. Government is spending $140 million on what are essentially free public service announcements.

If Congress wants to seriously look into a government agencies that waste money, I'd suggest the Census Bureau as a good candidate. Aside from the huge controversy and fraud that took place when the government hired thousands of census takers, there's this whole $140 million that could have easily been saved.

Harry Reid is no stranger to Douche of the Day. Recently, Pat Gray and Stu Burguiere did a rundown on Harry, posing the question, "What is the dumbest thing Harry Reid has ever said?" Here are two of my favorites.

Harry Reid on debt/social security
"When we start talking about the debt, the first thing people do is run to Social Security. Social Security is a program that works and it's going to be fully funded for the next 40 years...No, it's not a crisis.  This is something that's perpetuated by people who don't like government. Social Security's fine."

Harry Reid and baseless assumptions
"I don't know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican, okay?  Do I need to say more?"

Watch the full video here.