As we go into the final week before Christmas, I regret that I won’t be able to do any blogging or even keep up on the news as much as I would like. It’s crunch time! But I’ll be back after Christmas. In the meantime, please feel free to comment on the news as much as you’d like here.
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Everyone.
F.Y.I.
Clip and pasted this from PPS#150.
“PEORIA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BOARD OF EDUCATION
ORDER OF BUSINESS
December 17, 2007 SITE FOR NEW SCHOOL – Cahill
Proposed Action: That the Board of Education approve the Woodruff High School/Lincoln Middle School campus as the
location for a new Pre-K – 5th grade school building and designate either the current White Middle School site or the current
Glen Oak Primary School site as the area
for the new Birth – 8th grade school building”
This will be the decision time that will be final for the East Bluff site. Interesting to see that one school is a Pre-K to 5th and one is a Birth-to 8th. OB clinic’s in the school?
For some light hearted humor: The Sounds of Sickness
http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2007/12/01/scripts/sickness.shtml
There is a little ‘listen’ button link at the top….
Thank you to City of Peoria Public Works Department and staff for improved snow removal.
Yes, Martin, “Birth”. It’s the New World Order on the march. Welcome to the Culture War. If you decide to join those of us who oppose the New World Order, be forewarned, the enemy will reserve a spot for you at the reeducation camp.
My money is on the White school site. Jim Stowell wrote in the comment section of Clare Jellick’s blog that it was the most cost-effective. I predict they will blow off what Bob Manning would like and do what Hinton wants.
As I reflect on the life and music of Dan Fogelberg, it is apparent to me that all Peorians should be proud of Dan and all that he accomplished. He could paint a picture with his words and music that was haunting. Peoria should so something to celebrate his life and honor his accomplishments. When I was down at Woodruff High School last week I took note that his picture was missing from their “Hall of Fame.” If Ray Becker can have his picture up there, Dan should certainly be there. Thankfully we have his music to forever remind us of his talent. RIP, Dan.
So what about the 10-year-old girl charged with a felony for cutting her lunch with a knife? Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? Well, you wonder how the Nazis subdued Germany so easy. It’s happening right before our eyes and most can’t see it. We are being conditioned to view even children doing normal harmless things as criminals. “But it’s the law!” Uh huh, that was Adolf Eichmann’s defense. Wake Up People! Use the brain God gave you. If people don’t speak out every time something like this happens, and start taking back our liberties, then one of these days we are going to suddenly find that the creeping police state has completely engulfed our lives. Then it will be too late.
Hoowah !!! The Chronicle has been godwinned !
I get your point, Mouse, but Mahkno is right to point out that you may be overstating things a bit when you imply that enforcing the law makes one morally equivalent to a Nazi.
I think the no-tolerance-for-anything-remotely-resembling-a-weapon policy in schools today is ridiculous. I mean, kids can’t even take pocketknives to school anymore. I suppose someday when some kid hits another with his textbook, they’ll ban textbooks, too.
The law says: Weapon. The child brought to school a kitchen utensil to use as a kitchen utensil. If the teacher, who is supposed to be smart, had used a little common sense she would have quietly taken the knife away from the child and held it until after school. Then she would have returned it to the child and explained that it might, mind you I said, might, be considered a weapon and not to bring it to school again. Then she would have called the parents and explained it to them and written a report for the Principal. All of this could have been handled so peacefully. Instead the child was traumatized, the whole nation heard about it and the teacher should be ashamed of herself/himself. This is taking things way out of context and to an extreme. This child will live with this for the rest of her life and she is only 10. Its horrible that the supposed grownups in her life didn’t have better commonsense. How can we expect our children to grow up with any kind of commonsense when we aren’t teaching them any? Wake up people, this should never have happened or made it to the news. This family has to be horribly embarrassed over the entire thing.
Be Careful everyone, The Mouse is a “Homegrown Terrorist” according to HR 1955…
“The term `homegrown terrorism’ means the use, planned use, or threatened use, of force or violence…to intimidate or coerce the United States government, the civilian population of the United States, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of political or social objectives.”
The Mouse equating the government to Nazis is surely trying to “coerce the civilian population” into “political or social objectives”, and may lead some to violence.
Read what I wrote, CJ, not “moral” eqivalent of a Nazi, not yet, rather the “mindset” of a Nazi – ie. enforce the laws regardless of their effect. This is conditioning us to accept laws that clearly violate our civil liberties and common sense. I know, I’m a conspiracy theorist. Well, fine, so be it. Conspiracies exist. They’re not all just stories. The enemies of freedom don’t all live in caves and they’re not all religious fanatics. Some of them live right here in the U.S.A. and they are not stupid. They are hoping we are too naive to see them for what they are until its too late.
And Brad, I didn’t equate the govt. to Nazis, just the mindset of some elements, and if advocating the preservation of the Constitution of the United States makes one a terroist, you probably qualify too.
Mouse,
I agree that I would be considered a terrorist under HR 1955 (passed the House 404-6) and also to the “are you a terrorist quiz?” the was linked some time ago at Peoria Pundit. I was merely pointing out another piece of legislation that some fanatical leader(s) could use to subvert the American Republic. I meant it to be in a sarcastic tone, I guess I should have made that more clear.
I probably saw that Brad, but I was trying to draw the distinction in response to CJ’s comment. You are absolutely right, of course, that “anti-terrorist” laws are written so broadly that they can be (and sometimes are) applied to silence peaceful political dissent. Even more so with the “hate” crime laws. Those outrages to both common sense and freedom of speech probably have a lot of people spinning in their graves. Well, let’s enjoy this Christmas. Next Christmas (or will we have to call it “Winter Solstace”) we might have (God help us) a new-world-order-secular-socialist President-elect.
A trail beside the rails?
Wow, what a great idea.
Why didn’t someone think of that before?
CJ,
The performance we watched last night was even more beautiful than ever! Your efforts were very professional – you, my friend, are talented! Merry Christmas ^oo^~