Blame The School?

I heard something that almost made me fall over, a woman is blaming the school because her kindergarten age daughter does not know her ABC's and cannot count to 20. Are you kidding me?!? How hard is it to sign the ABC song? Or to play with the little magnetic numbers and letters on the fridge? I have spent almost enough hours helping my children with home work that I probably could be a teacher. Isn't that what a parent is supposed to do? Since when did it become the school's responsibility to make sure your child knows the basics?

This is what is wrong with America, no one wants to accept the blame for failure. It's the school's fault, it's the government's fault, it's the president's fault. Look in the mirror, you have no one to blame but yourself!!!

Time For A Change?

Yak, yak, yak...people whining that it's time for a change. So you think the president is your vehicle for change? Oh come on, it's been in your hands all the time. It's time you got off your butts and did something for yourself. It's time you quit depending on the government to bail you out for this, that or the other thing. It's time you stopped blaming rich people for all your problems.

Maybe if you would have paid attention in school...oh, I'm sorry you let the government dumb down your education to the point you can't think for yourself anymore. Quit blaming everyone else for your problems, look in the mirror, that's who you need to blame.

It's time you demand public servants be just that, servants to the people. It's time you demand term limits, career politicians are not what our founding father's envisioned. It's time you re-read the Constitution and the Bill of Rights...silly me, I'm still assuming you can even comprehend the documents.

Now you want the government to run the oil industry? I have 4 letters for you USPS. Does it hurt to be that stupid?

Let Them Rot In Jail

It's been a while since I jumped up on the soapbox, but when you've got 3 terrorist that want to die - "Accused Sept. 11 Mastermind: 'I Wish to Be a Martyr' " just to become heroes, I say let them rot. Don't give them what they want, ever. Heck, if I were in charge I would have through a pig in their cell with them.

Eye on the Candidates

Just went and looked at the Presidential Scorecard kept by the Fair Tax people - Fred Thompson has somewhat dropped off my list after he said supported a flat tax system. I've been keeping an eye on Ron Paul - he's not in the line of the mainstream polls because he's embracing the new media - the internet and the youth that know how to use it.

Think I'll keep an eye on Mike Huckabee too. I love the quote from him "I want to be the president of the United States that nails the going-out-of-business sign on the Internal Revenue Service and ends a $10-billion-a-year nightmare called the IRS."

If people would just wake up ...

Seceding

While I might not agree with some of their rhetoric, they have the right idea - Seceding from the Union. I too am tired of the federal government trying to tell me what to eat, drink, wear and think. Let's not even get into taxes or social insecurity.

From this article The Once and Future Republic of Vermont:

The United States has destroyed the 10th Amendment, which says that "powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."

Doing a little gleaning, seems like Vermont isn't the only state thinking like this. Other state including Alaska, California, Hawaii, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Texas are thinking along the same lines.

I'll try and hunt down the "official" website devoted to each states movement, but I'm sure there is enough chatter for you to be able to Google the topic.

It's something to think about - government has gotten too big, politicians are making careers out of what should have been a short service to city, state or country. Forcing laws on us treating us like we are too stupid to think for ourselves. The list goes on and on.