I ran across an excellent BLOG titled Wealth is not the Problem, with a subheading of "Poverty is the problem. Wealth is the solution." The BLOG site is now on my must read list, the site has a plethora of great book recommendations in both economics and "climate change" that I will add to my reading list.
Cathy
Quote of the Day - Regarding Climate Change and the Left "You can't just look at correlations, you have to look at causations -- what order things happen in, what happens first, what happens next, what causes what. In the earth-sun system, the sun dominates the earth. The sun is pouring energy into every square meter of half the earth's surface 24/7. 0.1% changes in energy received over long periods of time are very significant to the overall temperature of the earth. Human activities pale in comparison.
People who want to globally control greenhouse gases basically want to globally control energy production/usage, and when you control that, you basically control all of human activity, which is the ultimate goal of these people. They want to take control away from corporations and capitalists and keep it for themselves, and implement central planning. This is why the left has politicized the science and made it their issue. Study the data for yourself -- don't just accept the conclusions someone else has reached for you." - Joel W. Storckman
Monday, May 4, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Capitalism VS Socialism
"All economic systems are based on greed. Capitalism is based on greed of the productive; Socialism is based on greed of the non-productive. What type of person would you prefer to thrive in our country?" Jim Peschke
Cathy
Cathy
Consolidation of Schools
While surfing through New Hampshire Newspapers online I ran across an article on the CV Spectator titled Board to proceed with consolidation plans. The story got me thinking about "Big Public Ed", SAU 43, the Newport School district and our own district here in Croydon. Here are some random thoughts on the four items I just listed.
Despite their denial "Big Ed" in general in public schools promotes some ideas that are counter productive to their existence. Through the promotion of a homosexual agenda, women's rights, abortion and birth control they reduce the number of children in the world which reduces the students they need to keep their schools running. Than they wonder why enrollment keeps dropping or remains flat. Now I am not making judgement on any of the above just making an observation.
Marilyn Brannigan is the Superintendent of SAU 43 I have read the statutes regarding her duties. Those duties do not include meddling in the Croydon's citizens and taxpayers decision as to what to do with the area agreement once it expires. If she and the educators at Newport would spend as much time trying to educate the students of Newport as they are trying to merge Newport and Croydon into one district the students could achieve so much more academically. Croydon is a separate district from Newport we are not just another school within the Newport school system. Stop worrying about job preservation and start educating your students and Croydon's students.
The merger of Newport and Croydon into one school district would be very bad for Croydon residents and taxpayers we as voters would carry less weight when it comes to controlling education costs. The bigger the district the harder it is to control costs.
Cathy
Spelling and grammar errors as well as typos are left as an exercise for my readers.
Despite their denial "Big Ed" in general in public schools promotes some ideas that are counter productive to their existence. Through the promotion of a homosexual agenda, women's rights, abortion and birth control they reduce the number of children in the world which reduces the students they need to keep their schools running. Than they wonder why enrollment keeps dropping or remains flat. Now I am not making judgement on any of the above just making an observation.
Marilyn Brannigan is the Superintendent of SAU 43 I have read the statutes regarding her duties. Those duties do not include meddling in the Croydon's citizens and taxpayers decision as to what to do with the area agreement once it expires. If she and the educators at Newport would spend as much time trying to educate the students of Newport as they are trying to merge Newport and Croydon into one district the students could achieve so much more academically. Croydon is a separate district from Newport we are not just another school within the Newport school system. Stop worrying about job preservation and start educating your students and Croydon's students.
The merger of Newport and Croydon into one school district would be very bad for Croydon residents and taxpayers we as voters would carry less weight when it comes to controlling education costs. The bigger the district the harder it is to control costs.
Cathy
Spelling and grammar errors as well as typos are left as an exercise for my readers.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Reason number 2498 to not send your children to public schools - BULLYING!
Teachers unions survive and exist because of bullying. How do you expect teachers to regulate bullying in schools when they condone bullying? Because they do not see themselves as big bullies they will never be able to regulate bullying in schools to the degree it should be regulated. Children learn by example if they see teachers and administrators as bullies they may become bullies themselves.
If you have ever sat at town hall meeting when the town is discussing the school budget you know what I mean because you have received the nasty glances from school administrators and teachers because you opposed excess education spending. If you have ever received pro-referendum or pro-tax warrant propaganda from your school district you know what I mean. If you ever had to deal with a school strike you know what I mean. Nothing like a group of bullies holding your child's education hostage. Been denied school choice? This is just another form of bullying by the unions. Unions actively fight school choice with massive abuse of your hard earned tax dollars and lobbying. Public schools exist because of the massive bullying by the teachers unions and other education special interests groups. If the dollar followed the child and not the institution there would be less waste of public education dollars and less bullying in public schools.
Cathy
Spelling and grammar errors as well as typos are left as an exercise for my readers.
The following story appeared on CNN.com.
My bullied son's last day on Earth
By Mallory Simon
CNN
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Eleven-year-old Jaheem Herrera woke up on April 16 acting strangely. He wasn't hungry and he didn't want to go to school.
Jaheem Herrera's mother thinks he hanged himself because he was perpetually bullied at school.
But the outgoing fifth grader packed his bag and went to school at Dunaire Elementary School in DeKalb County, Georgia.
He came home much happier than when he left in the morning, smiling as he handed his mother, Masika Bermudez, a glowing report card full of A's and B's. She gave him a high-five and he went upstairs to his room as she prepared dinner.
A little later, when his younger sister called him to come down to eat, Jaheem didn't answer.
So mother and daughter climbed the stairs to Jaheem's room and opened the door.
Jaheem was hanging by his belt in the closet.
"I always used to see these things on TV, dead people on the news," says Bermudez. "I saw somebody die and to see this dead person is your son, hanging there, a young boy. ... To hang yourself like that, you've got to really be tired of something."
Bermudez says bullies at school pushed Jaheem over the edge. He complained about being called gay, ugly and "the virgin" because he was from the Virgin Islands, she said.
"He used to say Mom they keep telling me this ... this gay word, this gay, gay, gay. I'm tired of hearing it, they're telling me the same thing over and over," she told CNN, as she wiped away tears from her face.
But while she says her son complained about the bullying, she had no idea how bad it had gotten.
"He told me, but he just got to the point where he didn't want me to get involved anymore because nothing was done," she said.
Bermudez said she complained to the school about bullying seven or eight times, but it wasn't enough to save him.
"It [apparently] just got worse and worse and worse until Thursday," she said. "Just to walk up to that room and see your baby hanging there. My daughter saw this, my baby saw this, my kids are traumatized."
She said Jaheem was a shy boy just trying to get a good education and make friends. Watch what experts say about bullying in schools »
"He was a nice little boy," Bermudez said through her tears. "He loved to dance. He loved to have fun. He loved to make friends. And all he made [at school] were enemies."
Bermudez said she thinks her son felt like nobody wanted to help him, that nobody stood up and stopped the bullies.
"Maybe he said 'You know what -- I'm tired of telling my mom, she's been trying so hard, but nobody wants to help me,' " says Bermudez.
To read the rest of the story go to CNN.com.
If you have ever sat at town hall meeting when the town is discussing the school budget you know what I mean because you have received the nasty glances from school administrators and teachers because you opposed excess education spending. If you have ever received pro-referendum or pro-tax warrant propaganda from your school district you know what I mean. If you ever had to deal with a school strike you know what I mean. Nothing like a group of bullies holding your child's education hostage. Been denied school choice? This is just another form of bullying by the unions. Unions actively fight school choice with massive abuse of your hard earned tax dollars and lobbying. Public schools exist because of the massive bullying by the teachers unions and other education special interests groups. If the dollar followed the child and not the institution there would be less waste of public education dollars and less bullying in public schools.
Cathy
Spelling and grammar errors as well as typos are left as an exercise for my readers.
The following story appeared on CNN.com.
My bullied son's last day on Earth
By Mallory Simon
CNN
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Eleven-year-old Jaheem Herrera woke up on April 16 acting strangely. He wasn't hungry and he didn't want to go to school.
Jaheem Herrera's mother thinks he hanged himself because he was perpetually bullied at school.
But the outgoing fifth grader packed his bag and went to school at Dunaire Elementary School in DeKalb County, Georgia.
He came home much happier than when he left in the morning, smiling as he handed his mother, Masika Bermudez, a glowing report card full of A's and B's. She gave him a high-five and he went upstairs to his room as she prepared dinner.
A little later, when his younger sister called him to come down to eat, Jaheem didn't answer.
So mother and daughter climbed the stairs to Jaheem's room and opened the door.
Jaheem was hanging by his belt in the closet.
"I always used to see these things on TV, dead people on the news," says Bermudez. "I saw somebody die and to see this dead person is your son, hanging there, a young boy. ... To hang yourself like that, you've got to really be tired of something."
Bermudez says bullies at school pushed Jaheem over the edge. He complained about being called gay, ugly and "the virgin" because he was from the Virgin Islands, she said.
"He used to say Mom they keep telling me this ... this gay word, this gay, gay, gay. I'm tired of hearing it, they're telling me the same thing over and over," she told CNN, as she wiped away tears from her face.
But while she says her son complained about the bullying, she had no idea how bad it had gotten.
"He told me, but he just got to the point where he didn't want me to get involved anymore because nothing was done," she said.
Bermudez said she complained to the school about bullying seven or eight times, but it wasn't enough to save him.
"It [apparently] just got worse and worse and worse until Thursday," she said. "Just to walk up to that room and see your baby hanging there. My daughter saw this, my baby saw this, my kids are traumatized."
She said Jaheem was a shy boy just trying to get a good education and make friends. Watch what experts say about bullying in schools »
"He was a nice little boy," Bermudez said through her tears. "He loved to dance. He loved to have fun. He loved to make friends. And all he made [at school] were enemies."
Bermudez said she thinks her son felt like nobody wanted to help him, that nobody stood up and stopped the bullies.
"Maybe he said 'You know what -- I'm tired of telling my mom, she's been trying so hard, but nobody wants to help me,' " says Bermudez.
To read the rest of the story go to CNN.com.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Reason 3487 Not to Send your Children to Public Schools
I don't remember watching much news as a child but I do remember reading the Sunday paper after church as a young child. After 14 I started working and I don't remember getting into watching news and reading the papers until I entered college. When I went to high school we did not have computers in our school and no one I knew was into the news. As an adult and a capitalist/libertarian/Reagan Republican I read both right, left and neutral news sources. Most people I know who watch Fox News do the same that is not to say that the boy in the story below does not but his teacher was way out of line for scolding him for reading Fox News online. The teacher should be grateful that he was not playing online games or on a social networking site he was actually getting informed about what was going on in the world around him.
As a parent I do not want my children to be educated by people with such narrow views.
Cathy
Spelling and grammar errors as well as typos are left as an exercise for my readers.
Quote of the Day - "You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on."
Harry S. Truman
The below story appears at Fox News.com
Student Says Teacher Scolded Him for Viewing FOXNews.com
Friday, May 01, 2009
A Michigan high school is investigating allegations that one of its teachers berated and belittled a student for taking part in what the teacher considered an unacceptable activity: reading FOXNews.com.
A young man who identified himself only as Mitchell, an 18-year-old senior at Traverse City West Senior High School, called in to Rush Limbaugh's radio show Thursday and said he was yelled at in front of his classmates for reading the "wrong" news.
The teacher of his video production class saw what he was looking at and "proceeded to give me a 10-minute lecture on why I can't read FOX News ... and that I can only listen to BBC and other news venues," the student said.
James Feil, superintendent of Traverse City Area Public Schools, told FOXNews.com that any attempts to pressure students politically would go against his schools' policies.
"It would be inappropriate. I would clearly tell you that is not something that we would do anything to indoctrinate students here," he said. "That would clearly be a violation of our policies and guidelines, written or non-written."
Traverse City West principal Joe Tibaldi declined to comment about the inquiry he was leading, but school officials said the student hadn't violated any computer-use rules in his class.
But the school has a strict policy against bullying, which it says "may in circumstances be a violation of federal or state law" and goes against its commitment to provide a safe learning environment.
"Bullying, taunting, stalking, hazing and other forms of harassment ... by any member of the staff are strictly forbidden," according to the school handbook. "Any student or staff member found to have bullied, taunted, stalked, hazed or harassed another person in any form will be subject to discipline."
Traverse City West has several art and science teachers, but it was unclear who leads the video production class. The superintendent wouldn't confirm the involvement of any specific teacher.
Feil said the student never filed a complaint to the school and Tibaldi was following up "in a very responsible and a timely manner."
FOXNews.com's Joseph Abrams contributed to this story.
As a parent I do not want my children to be educated by people with such narrow views.
Cathy
Spelling and grammar errors as well as typos are left as an exercise for my readers.
Quote of the Day - "You can never get all the facts from just one newspaper, and unless you have all the facts, you cannot make proper judgements about what is going on."
Harry S. Truman
The below story appears at Fox News.com
Student Says Teacher Scolded Him for Viewing FOXNews.com
Friday, May 01, 2009
A Michigan high school is investigating allegations that one of its teachers berated and belittled a student for taking part in what the teacher considered an unacceptable activity: reading FOXNews.com.
A young man who identified himself only as Mitchell, an 18-year-old senior at Traverse City West Senior High School, called in to Rush Limbaugh's radio show Thursday and said he was yelled at in front of his classmates for reading the "wrong" news.
The teacher of his video production class saw what he was looking at and "proceeded to give me a 10-minute lecture on why I can't read FOX News ... and that I can only listen to BBC and other news venues," the student said.
James Feil, superintendent of Traverse City Area Public Schools, told FOXNews.com that any attempts to pressure students politically would go against his schools' policies.
"It would be inappropriate. I would clearly tell you that is not something that we would do anything to indoctrinate students here," he said. "That would clearly be a violation of our policies and guidelines, written or non-written."
Traverse City West principal Joe Tibaldi declined to comment about the inquiry he was leading, but school officials said the student hadn't violated any computer-use rules in his class.
But the school has a strict policy against bullying, which it says "may in circumstances be a violation of federal or state law" and goes against its commitment to provide a safe learning environment.
"Bullying, taunting, stalking, hazing and other forms of harassment ... by any member of the staff are strictly forbidden," according to the school handbook. "Any student or staff member found to have bullied, taunted, stalked, hazed or harassed another person in any form will be subject to discipline."
Traverse City West has several art and science teachers, but it was unclear who leads the video production class. The superintendent wouldn't confirm the involvement of any specific teacher.
Feil said the student never filed a complaint to the school and Tibaldi was following up "in a very responsible and a timely manner."
FOXNews.com's Joseph Abrams contributed to this story.
Happy Anniversary to my Wonderful Husband
Happy Anniversary to the most wonderful husband in the world. It has been the best seven years of my life.
Cathy
Cathy
Thursday, April 30, 2009
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