Monday is Labor Day. Perhaps it is one of the holidays that should be eliminated from our calendar. Gone are the days that God mentioned when he said, "six days shall thou labor." Gone are the concepts of Paul, in the New Testament, and John Smith in Jamestown, when they both said, "he that does not work, shall not eat." Gone, in many instances, are the days when man took pride in his work. I remember one of my grandfathers who had farmed until he was unable to physically farm, crying when he had to accept commodities. Many are crying today if they cannot get the replacement for commodities, food stamps.
There once was what was considered as--a dignity to work. Now it is looked upon by so many as being beneath their dignity to accept certain types of work. I might quickly add, it will stay beneath their dignity as long as the government keeps handing out checks for doing nothing. It seems like the government looks upon the concept of giving out checks as a way to get the population to do what the government wants them to do. We will control what is grown on the farm by paying the farmer not to plant cotton or not to plant peanuts. It is past time for the government to stop giving out money. If nothing else, those who are able to work put them to doing something even if it is picking up trash on the side of streets. Oh, I forgot that would be beneath their dignity.
Most of you remember when there was an element of pride for something to be labeled, "Made in the USA." Also unless it was a camera, it was a joke if it was labeled, "Made in Japan". Now our current president seemingly delights in farther destroying the concept of the dignity of labor. Maybe we should just rename the holiday make it become, "Handout Day." Only problem with that is pretty soon there will be nothing left to hand out.
Friday, August 30, 2013
Sunday, August 25, 2013
A Cobra by any other name would still be deadly!!!!
It is past time that someone said what I am about to write. I realize that it will not be accepted by many of my liberal friends, but say it I must. By no stretch of the imagination can Islam be considered a religion. It does not meet any of the requirements of all of the religions of the world. If you wish to become a Christian, you simply accept the truths as told by the Christian religion. If you do not want to be a Christian, no one is going to force you to become one. That same statement can be applied to all religions of the world, except Islam.
If you do not wish to convert to the Islam thought structure, no problem, off with your head. It makes no difference if you are Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, or any other religion your fate will be the same when they gain control. Oh, yes, atheists will be in the same situation.
Have you ever noticed that it is totally impossible for light and darkness to exist at the same time. If it is dark in the room, you flip on the light and the darkness is gone. I can turn on an electric light, a kerosene lamp and a fluorescent light; they will all function in varying degrees of effectiveness. That is true because they all have the same common goal, to give light. Darkness cannot dwell where light abounds. The religions of the world and Islam are direct opposites and cannot coexist together.
It is not in the nature of the religions of the world "to do unto them as they would do unto us." So what is to be done? Stop giving Islam the protection that is offered to religions. This country, in spite of statements to the contrary by our president, is a Christian nation. It was founded on the principles of the Jewish and Christian faiths. Those concepts are the underlying concepts of our freedom. It allows those of other religions to be able to express their faiths. But Fascism, communism, Marxism, and Islam should look somewhere else for protection than under the freedom of religion clause.
If you do not wish to convert to the Islam thought structure, no problem, off with your head. It makes no difference if you are Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, or any other religion your fate will be the same when they gain control. Oh, yes, atheists will be in the same situation.
Have you ever noticed that it is totally impossible for light and darkness to exist at the same time. If it is dark in the room, you flip on the light and the darkness is gone. I can turn on an electric light, a kerosene lamp and a fluorescent light; they will all function in varying degrees of effectiveness. That is true because they all have the same common goal, to give light. Darkness cannot dwell where light abounds. The religions of the world and Islam are direct opposites and cannot coexist together.
It is not in the nature of the religions of the world "to do unto them as they would do unto us." So what is to be done? Stop giving Islam the protection that is offered to religions. This country, in spite of statements to the contrary by our president, is a Christian nation. It was founded on the principles of the Jewish and Christian faiths. Those concepts are the underlying concepts of our freedom. It allows those of other religions to be able to express their faiths. But Fascism, communism, Marxism, and Islam should look somewhere else for protection than under the freedom of religion clause.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
One Size Won't Fit All
Education within the United States in times past was even more than adequate. But that was in the day when the local citizens had total and complete control over their school. They decided what was to bee taught, when it was to be taught and by whom it was to be taught. The small school was the norm. Many a person was taught in a one-room school house. Pre-civil war days you would find that these schools were private schools. Gradually, the schools were merged together into community schools with tax money coming back to the school, but the local school board maintained control.
The first enemy of the local school was the entity that should have been their greatest supporter, the state department of education. Moves were made to have larger and larger schools even though at the time it was being promoted everyone knew that the larger schools were where most of the problems were.
But, the great enemy of the local school entered the picture--The Federal Government. Everyone should know that the most of the things they touch; they mess up. It was such a noble thought to have--No Child Left Behind! That sounds much better than--No Child Going Ahead, but the end result is so similar. Everyone knows that there are differences that cannot be ignored. All children do not have the same potential, the same personalities, the same drives. There will always in the real world be a gap between the haves and the have-nots.
Since that was a dismal failure, let us change the name to Common Core and change our approach. But do not be deceived, it is an attempt to do the same thing in a different package. In order to better promote the concept let us use statistics to make our case. IN ALL TESTING THE UNITED STATES COMES IN LOW WHEN COMPARED WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTRIES IN EDUCATION. That statement is grossly misleading at the very least and is a blatant lie at the worse. Statistics can prove anything. I heard of a man who drowned in a river where the water averaged only six inches deep . Too bad he stepped into a six foot hole.
Do you think for a moment the other countries are figuring the scores of the special education students, the handicapped, the hungry, the homeless, or the unconcerned in their averages. No, I think not, and when you remove those from our stats you will find America at the top.
There are problems in education, but they cannot be solved from the state capitol or Washington, D.C. Get the government out of education and put it in the hands of the people who educated the generation that put men on the moon and brought them safely back--the local school board.
The first enemy of the local school was the entity that should have been their greatest supporter, the state department of education. Moves were made to have larger and larger schools even though at the time it was being promoted everyone knew that the larger schools were where most of the problems were.
But, the great enemy of the local school entered the picture--The Federal Government. Everyone should know that the most of the things they touch; they mess up. It was such a noble thought to have--No Child Left Behind! That sounds much better than--No Child Going Ahead, but the end result is so similar. Everyone knows that there are differences that cannot be ignored. All children do not have the same potential, the same personalities, the same drives. There will always in the real world be a gap between the haves and the have-nots.
Since that was a dismal failure, let us change the name to Common Core and change our approach. But do not be deceived, it is an attempt to do the same thing in a different package. In order to better promote the concept let us use statistics to make our case. IN ALL TESTING THE UNITED STATES COMES IN LOW WHEN COMPARED WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTRIES IN EDUCATION. That statement is grossly misleading at the very least and is a blatant lie at the worse. Statistics can prove anything. I heard of a man who drowned in a river where the water averaged only six inches deep . Too bad he stepped into a six foot hole.
Do you think for a moment the other countries are figuring the scores of the special education students, the handicapped, the hungry, the homeless, or the unconcerned in their averages. No, I think not, and when you remove those from our stats you will find America at the top.
There are problems in education, but they cannot be solved from the state capitol or Washington, D.C. Get the government out of education and put it in the hands of the people who educated the generation that put men on the moon and brought them safely back--the local school board.
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