As the calendar moves towards the end of 2009, we should take a step back and marvel at what the new administration has been able to accomplish. Yes, I know this seems daunting at times, but we should remember that change always comes slowly. I was playing with my [...]
Make your reservations now, and hurry, there are only a few rooms left (oops, bad word choice for this event. Make that remaining.) The First National Tea Party Convention will be held at the Opryland Hotel in Nashville, February 4-6, 2010, and the keynote speaker [...] This is the proclamation which set the precedent for America's national day of Thanksgiving. During his administration, President Lincoln issued many orders like this. For example, on November 28, 1861, he ordered government departments closed for a local day of thanksgiving. [...]
Redmond and Elvis over at Bob Cesca's Awesome Blog are doing a hilarious chapter-by-chapter review of Sarah Palin's "Going Rogue," which they have re-titled "Why Me Not President?" So far they have covered Chapters One and Two. I'll share a few excerpts,' [...] I know it's Friday and I'm supposed to do another installment of my funnies, but I have a beef. It's the Friday before our thanksgiving break, but all I can think about right now are management issues in education. Since I'm sure these issues are mirrored in industry I [...]
During the Rush Limbaugh program today, Limbaugh was discussing the stimulus package. He discussed the idea that the Obama administration would give a tax credit of $3,000 for each American job created by a small business. He claimed this was not incentive enough to actually create any jobs, but [...]
We're a labeled people. Look around and everything has a label. A lot has been made of Sarah Palin and Going Rogue. The only thing she did do was move outside of the Republican plan for her (remain silent) and articulate her viewpoints with all of the eloquence a' [...]
Last week I came out with my Friday funnies on the subject of professional development for teachers, While I could go on for days talking about bad professional development, I thought I would switch gears and talk about the funny things you hear kids say in the classroom. As you [...]
Since Olbermann's one-hour special comment, posted on the Daily Hurricane here, where he called for donations to the National Association of Free Clinics to enable free clinics in the states with blue dog Democrat senators that intend to vote no on the public option.
On the November 12 [...]
Sometimes I wonder what has happened to us as a people. Then, I stop and think about basic human nature and realize the truth. We as people hate uncertainty. Everything must have an explanation to it. When it doesn't, we feel powerless and that is the last thing anyone' [...]
Guest blogged by our friend, bubbabobcat:As we come to this Veteran's Day we are left with the same tap dance that we have had for the past several years. I haven't met anyone that does not respect the troops and their efforts. I don't know anyone that wouldn't agree that we should all thank' [...]
I guess we already knew they made stuff up over at Fox News. I guess they figured their viewers weren't smart enough to figure it out? Fox News, "You Lie!"
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I'm currently enjoying No Ordinary Time: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt: The Home Front in World War II. It's a nice, light read about those who lived in the White House during the Roosevelt administration and how they affected the president and public policy. The anecdotes I'm learning from [...]
The debate over the chicken or the egg is a common one even if you don't have a chicken or egg handy. It can be spread to just about any discipline you want. Today, it will be used in the field of politics. As an amateur political scientist (with' [...]
Yesterday, Desperado and I attended the angry mob tea party in the parking lot of the Sam Houston Race Track. Hundreds showed up to voice their concern about a black president and losing an election higher taxes and government spending. One gentleman was so kind as to let us [...]
Friday, race baiter and chicken hawk Tom Tancredo got pwned by Markos Moulitsas, the founder of Daily Kos, in a discussion about health care reform. You remember Tancredo. He's the warmonger from the suburbs of Denver who's never met a tax cut he didn't' [...] The Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has reported that the latest unemployment rate is 10.2%. This represents the highest unemployment rate since the early eighties when the rate hit 10.8%. The unemployment rate since 1995 has consistently been below 6% (except for a period after [...]
There's low, and there's fearmongering monster low. As 13 families grieve their loved ones this morning, right wing fearmonger Jerome Corsi has already tried to turn the Fort Hood Shooting into another incident caused by a radical Obama associate.
Today, on World Net Daily (a site that makes [...]
Since it's Friday I thought I would do a little self-advertising and tell some humorous stories that are in my book. I'm certain every professional person can agree that so-called professional development is the bane of our existence. In education it is the same and probably worse. Professional development' [...]
With all deference to Desperado, I wanted to piggy back on his idea of looking back at the last year since Obama was elected president. However, instead of evaluating his performance, I wanted to take a look at the political landscape. Obama made a lot of noise about changing [...]
I never dreamed that I would end up sounding like my parents. I still remember my mother shouting my name because the word processing program at the time (probably Word Perfect) wasn't doing something she wanted it to do. I would dutifully go in there and fix the simple' [...]
I was reading JKugler's entry today and it reminded me of a deep problem we have with the second amendment. It isn't being followed. When most people read that statement they naturally assume that I am talking about excessive regulation of gun ownership. In point of fact, we allow' [...]
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I thought I would take the next week or so to talk more about energy, energy supply, and climate change. We'll also talk about the politics surrounding these issues in the United States.