Saturday, November 20, 2010

Loose Cannon Fire 11 20 10

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Women have been villified for centuries, thanks to the 3 major religions - Christianity, Judaism and Islam. I noticed that Wicca doesn't judge women nor condemn them. Why is that?[/QUOTE]
Wicca just allows women to be abused by choice and lack of moral absolutes.
If you had a clue about Judeo/Christian beliefs you would know that the Bible sought to protect women from the capricious cultural norms that allowed men to divorce their wives without cause, kind of like the Muslim beliefs of today still hold. No joke.



Obama as a capitalist is like Brock Lesnar as a ballet dancer.
If America is to be competitive in a global economy businesses MUST be able to operate for profit on a global scale. The Democratic tax deforms cripple businesses and make it all  but impossible for US businesses to compete. Countries without unionized labor such as China will have an edge because the cost of labor is so much lower than Americas.
Will the sales of the shares of GM go to pay back we the people?



"The rich hate us"?
Who are these rich people the Democrats love to make their scapegoats?
When you say rich do you mean the small business owners who seek to employee people like "us" everyday?
When you say "the rich" do you mean those who make more money than you?
Take a look at Cuba. Castro blamed the rich and they left. He now admits that socialism hasn't worked out the way he hoped. The first Cubans came to America and and new how to work. Now, thanks to socialism, they know how to stand in line waiting for bread.
Blame the rich? Really?



The idea of the "bright young people" as teacher is a myth. Studies show that although newer teachers believe they are more affective because of their "passion", the reality is that students of more experienced teachers score higher and learn more.
I have taught and been and administrator for over 22 years. Experience counts.

The teaching profession does have some nice benefits. But for all you people from the "private sector" who think it is all drinking tea and talking with kids, I doubt you have to put up with 14 year olds telling you to F off, or their parents who insist on teachers respecting their children despite the fact they are out of control and disrupt classes on a daily basis.


The Wall Street lobbyists shouldn't have too hard of a time finding connecting with their old buddies since many of them now work for Obama.



The reason why the republicans were " successful" in their " campaign to cast the healthcare legislation as a " Washington takeover," is because IT IS a government takeover!
FIGHT ON GOP!!!



I'm surrounded by lunatics! Maybe after this bunch of Democrats decimate the state even more  Californians will realize liberalism destroys economies and freedoms.



As is the custom of my libtard state, the regressives have again injured the themselves, our state and our country.
If someone is in state or out of state or incognito illegally, they have no rights.
If businesses will be required to not hire and turn in illegal aliens why shouldn't schools and universities?



Rangel guilty - Why did it take his peers TWO DAYS to figure out he was guilty? Or did it take them that long to narrow it down to under a dozen?
When's Maxine up to bat?

"The chief counsel doesn't cite corruption but financial sloppiness."1. Sloppiness? Charlie wasn't eaten' ribs, he was managing his financial affairs with a "lack" of integrity and honesty! 2. If it was a Republican the propaganda wing of the left (yes, The Times and most "news" outlets) would of been all over it like hyenas to a fresh kill.


You know, if you don't have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear.
Why is it that "civil rights" groups put other Americans at risk with their phobias?
I don't mind a little intrusion at the airport to avoid a bomb blowing me out of the air.
Maybe these civil rights groups should worry about the government controlling the salt intake.



["Rocket J Squirrel"]I USED to fly between LA and San Jose on business but between the usual problems at airports and now this, my actual drive time to LA is about the same.
I'm sorry but this is just an invasion that exceeds even Orwell's idea of the future.”
Did Orwell envision getting ones asterisk blown to kingdom come by a radical Muslim?




“For those talking about deficits and paying for things, they often fail to realize what will injure deficit reduction will be a failure of the economy to continue to grow," Casey said. "You can’t have economic growth without jobs.”
Only a Democrat considers unemployment as "a job." In my understanding of reality, the act of collecting an unemployment check is not a career. I do also think paying for something at the point of purchase rather than later in debt is more responsible and cheaper in the long run.



This what is wrong with our educational system.  "Our way of thinking" is a warped sense of moral relativism that is based upon the whims of perceived needs, poverty and injustice.  It is where wrong can be right and right is called wrong.
Illegal is illegal, the circumstances do not determine the rightness  or wrongness.  It is just wrong.
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Friday, November 19, 2010

Flush 'em Friday 11 19 10 Edition

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It's time to roll up my sleeves, make my list and Flush the worthless down the drain!
The list for this week is as follows:

  • Charlie Rangel - for being a sniveling tax cheat.
  • House of Representatives - for re-electing Nancy Pelosi as speaker (minority). 
  • Nancy Pelosi - for being such a liberal leftist lie threw your fake smile Democrat.
  • Antonio Villarigosa - for being a general all around putz.
  • Arnold Schwarzeneggar -for being a Democrat in Republican clothing ( or Maria's skirt, I'm undecided).
  • Maxine Waters - for being Maxine Waters.
  • Insurance Companies in general - for raping the country for profit.
  • Ramon Cotines, LAUSD Superintendent - for being the little butcher that he is and still missing a ton of fat!
  • The LA School Board - for being the pathetic group of political pawns and inept group that they are.
  • California Voters - for voting with their hands out rather than their brains on.
  • California State University, Fresno - the whole Cal State system - for not knowing the difference between legal and illegal, right and wrong and teaching the moral relativism crap they do.  
Consider yourselfs flushed! 
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010

What's Up Chuck?

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So Charlie Rangel was charged with 13 counts of financial and fundraising "misconduct" and convicted of 11. It took two days to figure out he was guilty? What were they doing? Maybe they were just trying to get the total number of charges to under a dozen. 

The LA Times said, "The chief counsel doesn't cite corruption but financial sloppiness.” Sloppiness? Charlie wasn't eatin' ribs (was he?), he was conducting his financial and fundraising affairs with his usual ethical integrity. Why isn't La Times asking for his head? Because they are the propaganda wing of the left. Come on, Times, sloppiness!? The only sloppy was the journalism.


If Chuck was a Republican the party would ask him to resign. But, the Democratic party will just ask him to lay low for awhile. This clearly demonstrates the lack of moral fiber by the self-righteous left. They tell us what a defender of the weak he was and how he has always been there for minorities. He's a crook.

Isn't it nice how the committee was able to do this charade AFTER the November 2nd elections? Typical politics, a show of righteous indignation but noting more. Let's see what the "Committee" will come up with for punishment.
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

No Tax Tuesday: Money Well Spent?

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As is my custom I will attempt to pull a tangential idea from left field, connect it to taxes and then rant a bit.
Happy No Tax Tuesday. The topic for today is the way our tax dollars are spent in education. I have read a few articles lately concerning teachers pay. All I can say is, "Show me the money!" As a veteran teacher in a large urban district, I have seen 15% pay cuts and 8% suicide contracts. What it boils down to is value services. If you don't think teachers are worth their pay. Vote to have it lowered. Mine was already lowered this year due to  budget shortfalls, by-the-way. Also, since education is about TEACHING the majority of the money should be spent on TEACHERS!

But, all that malarkey aside about teacher pay the real problem is the supposed ancillary positions and those chosen to fill them and the pet projects they fill. Schools need administrators. Schools need maintenance personnel.. Do schools need curriculum coaches? For LA Disunified each school that is program improvement must have a literacy and math coach. That's about $90,000 per position at 2 per school equals $180,000. For just 100 schools that is $18 million! Another of my personal favorites is the Drop Out Prevention Coordinator position and program. These people are given the nebulous task of finding students who have already dropped out (or might be in danger of dropping out)and induce them to come back to school and become good students. This program was inflicted on the district by a person who "encouraged" the then Superintendent to stop funding the intervention program that sought help students BEFORE they dropped out (as early as second grade) and instead to invest in the least productive group of students. He did retire shortly after instituting his program but, the damage was done and is still be inflicted on schools throughout LA. 

The last group I would like to take aim at is the nepotism and multicultural at all cost leadership that is leading the district on the downward path. Ask any teacher and they will tell you nightmare stories of administrators gone wild with avarice and capriciousness. It is no wonder considering the lack of integrity the upper levels of administration routinely demonstrate during hiring. In my local district an Assistant Principal was hired with the same last name as a board member. Scores of more talented and experienced educators were overlooked and ignored in the "selection" process. With little to no outside the classroom experience the lad was hand picked and placed. Others are "slotted" and placed without regard for experience, talent or ability. Again, many are not even allowed to interview. Principals are at the mercy of the petty political agendas of administrators climbing the administrative ladder. Who suffers? We all suffer because money and tax dollars are wasted by the decisions that affect teachers and students on a daily basis.

The point? Tax dollars are being wasted on politically correct decisions in leadership of schools and districts. This needs to stop!
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