The NCAA is around again. This year I didn’t join a pool. The last few years it has been like throwing my money away anyhow. I find unless I am in a pool I don’t care about the games as much. The only team I was cheering for lost yesterday. Oh well… Let me know who wins.
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A student told a teacher. ..
“You didn’t go over this more than one time. . .”
“You never gave us one with 2 variables. . .”
“You never gave us a problem like this. . .”
“You didn’t prepare us at all for this test. . .”
Yet, the teacher has talked for more than a week about the topics on the test. She has given homework each night that was not always completed by the student. She took questions each day on the homework and on the problems presented in class. She gave a review sheet that had 14 problems very similar to the ones on the test and gave extra problems from the book so that the student would get a thorough review. And, she gave the student an index card that she could write whatever she wanted to from the chapter on and use it during the test. The student hastily wrote one thing on the card the morning of the test.
I love how it’s always the teacher’s fault.
Thanks Jeanette.
“Where’s the shared sense of sacrifice?” asked council member Rodger Koopman, an Air Force veteran, “If you do support the troops, be willing to suck it up just a little bit.”
If you give up go to this link to find out.
I am sure many of you have heard of the murder of Eve Carson. She was the student body president of UNC and was loved by most on campus. The arrested two young men and charged them with her murder and a spree of other crimes. So, is it their fault they were out early in the morning murdering a young woman. Of course not it was education’s fault, as this letter writer to our local paper says. When can we place the blame squarely on the shoulders of the offenders responsible for these horrendous crimes?
Recently it has been revealed that Barack Obama’s pastor, Rev. Wright has some very divisive racial views. He attacks white Americans and advocates a new separation of the races. Obama has been a member of this man’s church for twenty years or more. He claims Rev. Wright is has been his spiritual mentor for many years. He also claims he did not know Wright’s views and had never heard him speak the way he did about whites.
It would be the height of ignorance to believe Obama did not know his pastor’s racial views. To accept the premise of Obama’s ignorance leads to only one conclusion, Obama is so naive and blind to those around him that he would not make a good leader. It is like Ulysses S. Grant. He was a great leader but was not aware of the corruption of his friends. We can ill afford another president of that caliber.
The proper conclusion to draw is that Obama knew about his pastor beliefs. That leaves you with one of two conclusions, either he believes the same way Rev. Wright believes or he is truly is a tolerant man who looks past his friends flaws. If he believes Rev. Wright’s hat speech then he is unfit to be president as he will find a majority of the people of this nation repugnant. If he is truly tolerant of other people’s opinions then he may be a decent leader but would invite similar controversies in the future. Again, the nation would be in a situation where every move the President makes will be questioned because of his associates (see Tony Rezco).
I watched this movie last night. It was riveting. It is only an hour and a half long but I was glued to my TV the entire time. He Was A Quiet Man chronicles the life of a desperate worker and his attempts to find happiness. It is about how society can create desperate men and what those men can do. I highly recommend it. I watched on a In-Demand channel. You can probably find it there. I’m not sure it is out on video yet. The IMDB site for it is here I don’t know what I did to mess this up but here it is.
Okay, I will admit I am a fan of American Idol. I personally think Michael Johns should win but the more I hear form David Cook the more I like him. We shall see. If you like rock music you will like this season. About half the field fits some type of rock category. I think the producers and judges worked it this way. There has never been a rocker win the show. I think they stacked the deck. I don;t think it is wrong, these may very well have been the best singers left, but I have a feeling these were the best rock singers they have had since Chris Daughtry.
This commentary by Hendrik Hertzberg offers an interesting idea for John McCain’s running mate. One I would have never thought of. The second half of the article talks about Condoleezza Rice as perfect running mate for McCain.
Personally I would love to see J.C. Watts get into the picture. He is conservative, speaks his mind, and would be historical, he’s black.
Raleigh Eyes Easing Restrictions as Falls Lake Fills Okay, we have a lot of rain the past week and Falls lake is filling. But, we are still down 3/4 of a foot in rainfall since last year and the summer months are just around the corner. I think it is premature to lift any restrictions just yet. This seems to be a continuous problem with Raleigh city leaders. There is a short sightedness that boggles the mind. We have been struggling to conserve water for 8 or nine months now, why do we need to squander the resources God has given back to us? We need to continue to conserve water. I do agree that stage 3 water restrictions may not be needed but stage 2 restrictions should stay in place for the foreseeable future, until we begin getting consistent rain. Don’t be stupid Raleigh. Save your water.
This is one of my favorite moments from one of my favorite shows.
