Today the Christina School District had inservice for teachers. The presenter claims education is malleable. Kids with disabilities can achieve with their their hgher functioning peers. The less fortunate can rise to the expectation if “the teacher does more.” PLEASE note that higher standards are good. Kids with challenges can do more if challenged but there is [...]
Archive for April, 2010
We paid for this today.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Succession
Posted in Uncategorized on April 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I just discovered that 92 year old former Klan leader, US Senator Robert Byrd, is third in the line of succession to the Presidency (after Speaker) as President pro tem of the Senate. Until there was a discussion in the office about it, I would have thought Harry Reid, but it is more logical that [...]
Things sure have changed.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 27, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Today’s paper was a plethora of news about education. Having read the article carefully the following points require addressing with a particular focus on the teachers union. Back in 1978 the teachers went on strike. Schools were closed. The hell with the children, graduation, sports, etc. They were going to make a point and they [...]
Government’s Medicare Auditor — Healthcare Bill To Raise Costs, Lower Access, Rife With Uncertainty
Posted in Medicaid/Health Care, Uncategorized on April 26, 2010 | 5 Comments »
The Auditor for Health & Human Services Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services has now commented on PPACA. Not surprisingly, his review is not flattering — a $251 billion additional cost through 2019. I’ve read the whole report which can be found here, but I’ve included the lengthy end of the report because it presents [...]
AARP Radio Ads
Posted in Uncategorized on April 26, 2010 | 13 Comments »
Does anyone else think the radio ad campaign AARP is running in support of President Obama’s Financial Regulation proposals is kind of odd? What does this have to do with AARP? Why are they spending money on it? Sure their members lost money just like the members of every other organizaiton. Would it not be [...]
Happy Birthday!
Posted in Uncategorized on April 26, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Matt Denn just sent me a birthday card urging me to get a colon screening. (What ever happened to getting laid?) The card comes from some state agency which means we paid for it. (This is why I’m not getting laid because my money goes to taxes for nonsense like this.) So Matt campaigns for [...]
Challenge Program gets kudos for Eco House/Children’s Museum
Posted in Economy, Uncategorized on April 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
In 1997 Andrew McKnight & I started the Challenge Program to provide training opportunities for at-risk youth in the Wilmington vicinity. Most of these young people have been adjudicated and/or have no high school diploma. You can check out our wesite here. The News Journal ran a nice piece on our work with the Children’s [...]
President Obama and “Fat Cat Bankers”
Posted in Economy on April 22, 2010 | 15 Comments »
The Table to the left lists the top campaign contributors to President Obama’s 2008 election campaign. You’ll note that the campaign received almost $1 million from Goldman Sachs (with whom Secretary Geithner has very close ties). Citigroup gave over $700,000. JPMorgan Chase is run by longtime Democrat Jamie Dimon (who built Citigroup before being somewhat [...]
Today at the Pizza Shop.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 22, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Today while grabing lunch the cashier and I spoke. Over the years we’ve gotten to know each other. She’s a, moderate Catholic, mom of 1, divorced and an Obama voter. Well use to be an Obama voter. She is much more then the cashier for she handles inventory & purchasing. She tells me food prices [...]
NCC Clerk of the Peace Wants to Tax Churches & Clergy
Posted in Uncategorized on April 21, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Ten years ago, a government employee, whose responsibility was to register clergy authorized to perform marriage ceremonies in Delaware, retired. For the last decade, chaos has ruled the State. I’m sure that you’ve noticed. All kidding aside, I agree that we need a system to ensure that folks who marry are legally in a marriage. [...]
