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I think I'll sue Crayola...
2007-11-03 13:08:00
...because I'm offended.You see, DH, RedQueen and I were at our annual trip to Hobby Lobby in Ocala yesterday. It was Homecoming and we all had the day off so we figured we'd load up on crafting supplies. I was perusing the aisle where they keep the metallic and other type markers when I came upon something quite interesting.Now I'd certainly heard of people being multicultural but not art supplies. So I picked up the package and looked at the colors---tan, beige, tawny, gold, bronze, terra cotta, mahogany, and sienna. I didn't see "white" though. And of course all my life I've always been told by others that I'm white so I felt kinda left out when I didn't see any white markers. DH and RQ were also offended because all their lives they've been told they are white and like me, their skin color certainly doesn't match any of those crayola markers. Of course our skin color isn't really "white" but since all our lives we've been labeled as such, I figured that we had a right...
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Who says bitching does no good?
2007-11-03 04:12:00
While the University of Delaware insists they've done nothing wrong, they've canceled their so-called "diversity education program" amidst cries of outrage over alleged indoctination and reverse racism.My thoughts are that if they truly believed there was nothing wrong with it, they would have kept the program. The fact that the institution even allowed this course to be taught in the first place shows a serious lack of judgment at all levels.And by the way, Dr. Shakti Butler, who authored the training materials is defined as multiracial because she is of African, American Indian, Russian and Jewish descent.Well then we're ALL multiracial aren't we? Why do I have to mark "white" when I have a variety of heritages? I'm an American of Romanian, Jewish, Sicilian, Italian, German, English, Irish, Scotch, Native American, and possibly even Dutch and Russian extraction.But of course because my skin color is slightly on the peachy side, I can't be multiculti-it's not allowed.
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University of Delaware: All whites are racist...
2007-11-01 10:18:00
Wow I knew that some aspects of higher education were going down the toilet but this?This latest is pathetic. This document is the "Diversity Facilitation Training" Manual from the Univers ity of Delaware 's Office of Student Life.You can click on the document above but first read the exerpts:“A RACIST: A racist is one who is both privileged and socialized on the basis of race by a white supremacist (racist) system. The term applies to all white people (i.e., people of European descent) living in the United States, regardless of class, gender, religion, culture or sexuality. By this definition, people of color cannot be racists, because as peoples within the U.S. system, they do not have the power to back up their prejudices, hostilities, or acts of discrimination. (This does not deny the existence of such prejudices, hostilities, acts of rage or discrimination.)" Page 3“REVERSE RACISM: A term created and used by white people to deny their white privilege. Those in denial use the...
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Andrew Meyer's fame comes at the expense of others...
2007-10-31 10:40:00
This latest (click on the red) in the Gainesville Sun shows the videotape of Meyer's ride to jail and the taped telephone calls between he and his father during his first and second day in jail.In the first audio telephone conversation, Meyer is laughing and his dad Joel speaks directly to the Alachua County Jail folks on tape that they should be careful not to use excessive force on his son and that "there should not be a hair on his head harmed" because all of this was on tape.In the second audio, Meyer tells his dad that he wants the story out there. His dad has already talked to an investigative reporter. Meyer also asked his dad to email the author of the book he was holding at the event and gave his dad the author's website URL. He told his dad to tell the author that he "went to a John Kerry rally with his book and got tasered."In the third audio Meyer tells his dad that he kept asking for water and nobody would give it to him and his father says he's going to mention that...
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Galveston School Board threatens to sue parent for speaking out against cra
2007-10-31 02:45:00
Things are heating up in Galveston , Texas.Sandra Tetley put together a website, the Galveston Alliance for Neighborhood School s where she and other concerned parents and members of the community post their opinions about things going on in the Galveston School District. The School Board is not happy and has threatened to sue her.According to this story in the Galveston County Times, the district's attorney David Feldman states that there are at least 16 libelous postings half of which were posted by Sandra Tetley and the other half by anonymous users. The district claims the postings on the site are legally offensive.According to Sandra Tetley's research of the books, which are available to the public, the school paid the law firm of Henslee, Fowler and Hepworth $30,613.19 in one lump sum (check number 251656) for the work done so far which includes time spent monitoring the website.I agree with the concerned parents who stated that the $30,000 could have been better used for edu...
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Drink, drive, kill two people and get acquitted...
2007-10-28 23:39:00
On November 26, 2004, Holly and Nancy Cummings, mother and daughter, were hit dead-on by Billy Nichols. Both women died as a result of their injuries. Billy Nichols, a successful local businessman and champion waterskier, had a blood alcohol level of .103. The legal limit is .08. The judge dismissed vehicular manslaughter charges and the jury recently found him not guilty of DUI manslaughter.How can this be?It's because Billy Nichols paid top money to a top defense lawyer and a top defense lawyer can hire top experts whose technical jargon for the purpose of confusing the average jury. And that's what happened. Amazingly enough, the jury bought the idea that Nichols had a gastric condition which miraculously caused Nichols blood alcohol level to spike at just the right moment---when he went off and then back on the road and hit the victims. Then of course add in the idea that he was tired and the road conditions were poor, and you have an acquittal.The gastric issue is an interes...
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It's times like these...
2007-10-27 01:20:00
...you thank God for what you have.This story out of El Paso is heartbreaking.Army Specialist John Johnson was injured in an IED explosion in Iraq and recuperating at an Army Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. His wife Lisa and three young children Tyler (9), Logan (2), and Ashley (5) were on their way to visit him when they were involved in an accident on the interstate, their SUV rolled and killed two of the children.Logan was buckled into his car set but he died in the accident. Tyler and Ashley were ejected from the vehicle and Ashley also died. Tyler is in a coma and not expected to live. The mother survived but sustained injuries.FirstLight Federal Credit Union in El Paso has opened a bank account to help the family and they've deposited $10,000 and encourages more donations. This family is facing huge medical and funeral expenses and other bills and needs all the help they can get. Donors can make contributions to the "Johnson Family Memorial Fund" by sending a check to any of ...
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"Is your husband a weenie--that you had to stay home with him?"
2007-10-26 04:30:00
....was the question asked to me by a coworker recently when I took two days off to be with DH because he didn't feel well., his head hurt constantly and he felt dizzy and discombobulated. Not knowing if he was coming down with something serious, I opted to stay home with him.What got me about that question was that it came from someone who never seems to get herself to work on time and takes a whole lot of time off for everything from back pains to headaches.Have I ever taken a "mental health day" or a day off sick just to get over a really bad sinus thing or a bad headache? Sure, I've done it and I'm not ashamed either. I work damn hard and I put a lot into my job and I've got plenty of sick leave and annual leave hours. So if anyone else wants to do the same....fine.But don't give ME shit for taking care of myself or a member of my family especially when 1) I get my job done (and damn good I might add!) when I'm at work and 2) I don't give you shit about never getting to w...
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Cleared of wrongdoing! It's about damn time!!
2007-10-25 00:18:00
The FDLE Executive Summary is released.President Bernie Machen made a statement on his website today about the FDLE review of the tasing of Andrew Meyer.An exerpt:While I am pleased that the FDLE review is complete, we still have work to do on a separate front. As an academic institution, it is our responsibility to continually review – and improve –­ how we foster an open environment that is also safe for our ever-changing campus community.I have faith in the student-faculty Ad Hoc Committee on a Civil, Safe and Open Environment to determine how our existing event management rules can be improved. These policies guide not only the actions of law enforcement but also event organizers and audience guests.The committee’s goal is to develop recommendations that best ensure our campus venues are safe and secure for those attending UF-hosted events and at the same time supportive of a free exchange of ideas, no matter how controversial.Gee, it doesn't take tenured professors, ...
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People helping people in San Diego wildfire emergency!
2007-10-24 02:04:00
This CNN video brought tears to my eyes. Maybe it's because we hear so much ab0ut the nasty and hateful things going on in this country, we're not used to stories about people helping people and animals.In a nutshell, thousands of people in the San Diego area have fled their home and sought refuge at QualComm stadium. Hundreds of volunteers across the state are at the stadium donating items and services for people and pets (including small pets and larger ones like goats and horses!) making sure that nobody goes without necessities.Watch the video I posted, it will really make you feel good!!What's going on in San Diego is a fine example of how it's supposed to work. When you see the images of people helping each other out, no looting or rioting, no complaining or whining about "where's the government?" and then you flash back to New Orleans and the pathetic display that took place there, all you can do is shrug your shoulders and ask "WTF?"New Orleans and Mayor Nagin should le...
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Awaiting FDLE verdict in the Andrew Meyer tasing incident!
2007-10-23 03:17:00
The FDLE's report is due out any day now on the Andrew Meyer tasing incident. So far, President Machen hasn't said a word about anything, you'd think that by now the report would have been released and he would have sided with the officers for doing the right thing. Hell, he should have done that after it happened. No, he didn't compliment his fine officers for trying to keep the peace, instead he joined the bandwagon of those who claimed it was an issue of free speech.Now we've got this committee on campus, a committee of faculty, three undergrad students and a law student meeting to decide the future of safety and tasers on campus.Please.....anyone seen who is on this committee? No offense but not a single person with any law enforcement experience. Not the people I want deciding how the police should do their jobs.I just know my pal Nicole and her fellow officer will be cleared, I know it, because they were in the right. And I have a feeling Andrew Meyer is going to regret h...
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Evita!
2007-10-21 14:17:00
DH and I went to see Evita last night and it was awesome. Cameron Leigh Wade and Philip Peterson portrayed Evita and Juan Peron. Fantastic music, great dancing and lots of memorable moments including Stephanie Barnum's solo. It was well worth the money and I couldn't stop humming the tunes in my head! I could tell this was Andrew Lloyd Webber's music--the guy is awesome.Oooh

Shame on Maine!
2007-10-20 03:21:00
This story out of Maine is shocking.Allowing school nurses at King Middle School to dispense birth control medication is just wrong and it's dangerous.Ahh--you may be saying "but they have to have parental permission".Yes and no.The students only need parental permission to be treated at the student health center, but state law mandates that the treatment is confidential and students may decide if they want to tell their parents about what treatment they receive. One parent, Richard Verrier, was quoted in the piece as saying,"Unfortunately, not every child is getting the kind of parental involvement that is going to help keep them safe. If my daughter were not able to talk with me about something, if she couldn't reach me for whatever reason, to keep her safe and healthy, I would want to make sure she had access to those resources from trusted adults."Really Mr. Verrier? You think someone else is better qualified to decide what's best for your daughter than you are?There are many...
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Michael Chertoff needs to step down...
2007-10-18 05:42:00
This story out of the Washington Times with a shocking claim--a Mexican national named Amado Isidro Armendariz Amaya, who was infected with a highly contagious form of TB crossed our border 76 times this year and took multiple flights within the US. According to the story, Customs was warned on April 16th but Homeland Security didn't issue an alert until six weeks later.SIX WEEKS!!!!The CDC reports that the airlines are only notified if the infected person was on a flight for eight hours or more! How would you feel if you just found out he was sitting next to you on one of those flights?It's time to clean house in Homeland Security. We've all had enough of this crap. It's apparent DHS can't seem to get it's shit together. They can't even communicate with other government agencies, we expect them to be in charge of keeping our country safe?Please!
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California should spend more time actually educating...
2007-10-17 02:09:00
Governor Schwarzenegger just signed SB 777, part of which states:Existing law states that it is the policy of the state to afford equal rights and opportunities to all persons in the public or private elementary and secondary schools and post secondaryeducational institutions of the state regardless of their sex, ethnic group identification, race, national origin, religion, or mental or physical disability and prohibits a person from being subjected to discrimination on those bases. Existing law prohibits a teacher from giving instruction, and a school district from sponsoring any activity, that reflects adversely upon persons because of their race, sex, color, creed, handicap,national origin, or ancestry.Existing law prohibits the State Board of Education and the governing board of a school district from adopting for use in thepublic schools any instructional materials that reflect adverselyupon persons because of their race, sex, color, creed, handicap,national origin, or ancestry...
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Nancy Pelosi is a clear and present danger to America...
2007-10-16 01:50:00
What in hell is Pelosi's motive behind suddenly bringing up a resolution condemning the deaths of a million Armenians in WWI by the Ottoman Turks? It's been 80 years and now a resolution? Why NOW?What in hell is she thinking?I'll tell you what she's thinking.She knew Turkey would get pissed off at us and possibly invade the Kurds in Northern Iraq. So then what? Do we fight Turkey?
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Senseless killing of 844 pound Mako shark is appalling!!
2007-10-15 19:50:00
This latest story out of Destin Florida.Six fisherman were in the Destin Fishing Rodeo tournament and caught a Mako shark weighing over 800 pounds. They killed it.Assholes.
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The man with one white shoe...
2007-10-15 05:38:00
A few days ago I told you about a trash bag disappearing from our back porch. Well, now a shoe has disappeared!DH washed and waxed the car Saturday and because his brand new Nikes had mud on the bottom I asked him to leave them on the porch. Well he did and we forgot about them. Sunday morning I walked outside to do something and upon walking back into the house I noticed only one shoe was there. The other was nowhere to be found.Last night before it got dark I put flour all around the shoe. Last night I got up a few times to check---nothing. This morning there are little paw prints but the shoe is there. Looks like dog prints...and I betcha I know which doggie!
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Dedicated to adult childen everywhere...
2007-10-13 15:54:00
"It doesn't matter what your parents want Rose, you're never going to make them happy. They're just going to nag you and nag you until you want to grab their throats and choke them but you don't because you're in a hospital with rescuscitating equipment!" .....Dorothy, Golden Girls Season 6
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Al Gore winning the Nobel is as bad as Michael Moore winning an Oscar!
2007-10-12 12:59:00
Definition of the Nobel Prize:"to the person who shall have done the most or the best work for fraternity between the nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses".Hmm and that applies to Al Gore --how?Al Gore's controversial "inconvenient truth" is about as deserving of that as Michael Moore 's Fahrenheit 911 was of an Oscar . Pure overdramatics, sensationalizing, speculation and hype----but no substance.For every claim of global warming there's an equal claim disputing it. We've only been charting the global temperatures for a little over a century. The earth has been around for billions of years. I have a hard time believing that glaciers have never melted, that ocean levels have never risen, that hurricanes, droughts, wildfires, tornadoes and other natural disasters have never devastated the lands.What? The earth was perfect for billions of years till the age of industry just over 100 years ago?Is the environm...

The results of bad parenting and a crappy school system...
2007-10-12 04:41:00
Fourteen year old Dillon Cossey of Norristown, PA was arrested for planning a Columbine-style assault on his classmates.Reports state that his parents had removed him from school and decided to educate him at home due to excessive bullying because he was overweight. According to reports, police found "30 air-powered guns, swords, knives, a bomb-making book, videos of the 1999 Columbine attack in Colorado and violence-filled notebooks in the boy's bedroom" . The mother purchased some of the firearms for her son.Here's a 14-year old who is picked on so bad his parents have to pull him out of school and he feels so lost and unwanted that he feels he must kill others and perhaps even take his own life. This kid was failed by his parents and the school system.First, his parents had a responsibility to support and encourage him in POSITIVE ways to help him get through his troubled times. Second, the school had a responsibility to put an end to the bullying. If bullying becomes so excess...
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RIP Luther, Fatty, Wufer, Mister Luthor, Little Buddha...
2007-10-11 02:21:00
This morning my sister's beloved thirteen year old kitty kat named Luther passed away.About a week ago he stopped eating regularly and wasn't himself and it was determined there was fluid in his belly and he might have to have one kidney removed because it was full of stones. This morning during surgery his vet found cancer--all over.Sis had to make that awful choice. While he was sedated and dreaming about his younger kitty kat days running and jumping and playing, Mister Luthor was given a shot to relieve his pain forever.Now he can run, jump, eat, and play all he wants and he'll never hurt again.
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Hey...someone stole my trash!
2007-10-09 12:40:00
DH and I arrived home from work about 4:15 p.m. yesterday afternoon. Because he had school that evening I immediately began cooking dinner. After he left, I took the garbage out and set the bag on the back porch. I hated walking out to the pole barn to dump the trash so I was hoping DH wouldn't mind doing it either when he got home that evening or when we left for work the next morning. At about 6:45-7:00 I cleaned the kitty litter box in the kitchen and took it outside to the special sealed kitty litter garbage pail we keep on the back porch. As I walked out there I thought I would take the garbage bag and stuff it into the kitty litter garbage pail so that no animals would get into it overnight, after all we live in the woods and any number of critters would love to have at that bag.But my plans were thwarted when to my surprise when I walked out to the porch, the full-size garbage bag which had been placed on the porch, under the window, was gone. Only a small stain was left whe...
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Bureaucracy sucks...
2007-10-09 01:27:00
I really hate it when people in positions of power think they can do things better than the people who actually do the work.I say that if you can't do it any better than those who do it for you, shut the f*ck up.Thank you. Now go have a nice day!
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No surprise here...
2007-10-08 01:32:00
Recently Earl Antonio Joiner, a UF Gator safety was arrested for breaking into Stan's towing to retrieve his girlfriend's car. The police hauled his ass off to jail and rightly so.After all hell broke loose, Stan came out publicly and said that Joiner had made an agreement to get the car out and that the gate had been left open for him.Why didn't Stan tell the employees on duty? Nobody knew of the alleged agreement until after the arrest was in all the papers.The State's Attorney dropped the charges after they determined it must have been a miscommunication and the guy did nothing wrong. Joiner was reinstated to the team and allowed to play but did not regain his position as captain.Many people, including me, are left wondering how much influence his status as a football player had on Stan dropping charges. All along I have felt that it is likely the guy did attempt to steal the car and I also felt that Stan dropped charges because he knew the Gator nation fanatics would have a ...

Jazz rocks!
2007-10-07 06:29:00
DH and I went to see the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, they were fabulous!
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Happy Birthday to me...
2007-10-05 05:21:00
Well yesterday anyway.Not sure what 38 is supposed to feel like but for 38 I think I feel pretty good. When my parents were 38, I thought it was old, when my teachers in high school were 38 I thought they were old. Now I'm 38 and I don't feel old, not like I thought it would feel.Good for me!
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It's a very dangerous day in America...
2007-10-03 11:15:00
...when the local, state, and federal government begins slowly but surely etching away at free speech. It's happening all over, most of the time you don't even hear about it. Recently two cases come to mind....A few months ago, hordes of immigrants or so-called immigrants marched in front of the station where Michael Savage broadcasts his radio program. San Francisco Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval and others demanded that Michael Savage be taken off the air. Meanwhile the Board of Supervisors attempted to adopt a resolution condemning talk show host Michael Savage because of his alleged anti-immigrant remarks. And believe me they are ALLEGED only because there's NO basis to the claims. What he said was NOT anti-immigrant, it wasn't even inflammatory. I heard the remarks live and I know that for a fact. Only ONE person on the Board of Supervisors prevented the resolution from being passed, that's Ed Jew, a third generation America n, whose father emigrated here some 70 years ago to...
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So much for standards...
2007-10-02 11:10:00
Something to ponder...How does a young man who earns average grades in high school, does poorly on the SAT, barely passes remedial writing and reading at the community college level get admitted and offered an athletic scholarship from a major university?How is the same student able to keep this scholarship and NCAA certification while at the same time he's unable to earn a passing math score on the CLAST, barely gets by in the easiest (and I do mean easiest) of college courses and has just barely an overall 2.0 gpa at the university level...It's called NCAA standards.
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President Michael Savage?
2007-10-02 05:14:00
For what seems an eternity Mike Savage keeps saying he's pondering leaving radio to run for President . Because 20 million people responded on his website in favor of him running for President, he thinks he's Presidential material. Now I'd like to know how the site is counting hits and if the 20 million votes are from unique visitors or every visitor to the page. I just can't imagine 20 million Americans think he should run for President. Of course if you look at what we've got running now, I suppose anything is an improvement eh?Mike is a very educated, highly intelligent man and he tackles issues near and dear to my heart but frankly most days he's just so friggin' annoying. For me it's a love-hate relationship with the Savage Nation. Sometimes I love the guy, sometimes I hate him. I love him when he attacks the issues of illegal immigration, taxation without representation, socialists and leftists, corrupt politicians and Hollywood hype. I agreed with him he came out again...
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