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Written by MrEMann
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Friday, 16 April 2010 19:02 |
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There is an inherent need in this country to speak our minds and voice our displeasure with those things we are unhappy with. It is one of our legally protected rights in this fine nation.
I got that. Speak your mind, join together with like-minded people and make your voice louder. What ever floats your boat. All is well and good until...
YOU BEGIN TO IMPEDE PROGRESS
If you want to protest, do so. If you have something to say, say it. Do not get in my way while you do. Do not cause such pandemonium that I cannot get from point A to point B without nearly running you, or one of your idiot brethren, over.
Don't get me wrong, I certainly hope that your voice is heard and that you get what you want out of the experience. If you are physically blocking the path of others, then you are forcing your hand. Your opinion stops meaning anything, and I could care less about what you think. I am more inclined to join the fray against you, simply because you are too stupid to stay out of the way of progress.
I'm not talking about progress as an Idea. That progress needs people like you. It needs a fire built and stoked under it. I'm talking about REAL progress, the kind that takes you places. Physical progress.
Say what you want to say, just keep out of my path while you do.
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What kind of support do you provide the Early Learning programs in your area? |
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Written by Bleu
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Wednesday, 18 November 2009 21:54 |
Sometimes,when you get into the education field, you get sucked into politics, my soul now belongs to Education Politics, for 2 years anyhow.
I just sent a letter to my Senators asking them to support the Early Learning Challenge Grants Fund legislation. Why? Well, the goal of this legislation is to build a comprehensive, high-quality early learning system for children birth to age 5. Access to quality affordable childcare and preschool is something I think every family deserves.
The legislation would provide $1 billion a year for eight years to states to develop and enhance high-quality early learning opportunities for all young children, birth to five. These grants focus on building parent support and engagement, increasing access to quality child care and creating real quality standards.
High-quality early learning programs for children under age 5 matter in today's economy more than ever. As the Wall Street Journal reported last week, more and more women are returning to work to support their families and consequently, across the country, child care centers are seeing their enrollment rise.
It's time to make this legislation a reality! Join me and send a letter today! I mean everybody in every state..write a letter, an email..make a phone call to the lawmakers in your state and ask them to support Early Learning!
Remember, the little ones of today are going to be the ones caring for this country when we are in the twilight of our lives. Early learning programs foster and cultivate those quickly growing minds, helps open crucial windows of opportunities for learning, and helps every child have the confidence they need to be successful academically and socially in our communities!!!
The big question you need to ask yourself and everyone around you is: Is it worth the tax dollars being spent to educate the next generation now, or will it be better to wait to spend those same tax dollars later on the welfare and prison ($30,000/year/inmate) systems when they are adults?
Thanks!
http://www.wsaheadstarteceap.com/
http://www.momsrising.org/
http://www.educationvoters.org/home/
http://www.k12.wa.us/
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Unbiased Media and Representative Government, what a concept. |
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Written by BooYa
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Saturday, 20 February 2010 09:09 |
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Once upon a time, here in the land of the politically un-ignorant American (quite obviously long
ago), the television portion of the media understood it's role in our lives to be that of an
unbiased, yet diligently concerned bearer of truth. We were brought local, national, and even
some decent international news in the familiar tone of our preferred reporters and newscasters,
often authoritative yet softly comforting like that of a caring father or trusted teacher. An
impressively underappreciated range of influence silently drawing people of all ages, ethnicities,
levels of education, sexual orientations, religions and all other conceivable socially distinctive
groups together to focus on their perfect smile each and every broadcast. The standard bearers of
televised journalism would know no bounds in bringing us truth and offering us the tools we needed
for justice to the full extent of their ability. Then somewhere along the way, Americans own need
for sensationalism, the inherent power of money interests, and the unwavering pull of drama
achieved through foregoing political debate in favor of what can only be described as pubescent
argumentation took over and made it, well, yucky.
I believe that very moment in which this unfortunate path was started upon was the infamously
slow-speed chase of that white Ford Bronco. One moment we're minding our own business, seeking
quality news the few times of day it's available...then poof, news is on every hour of every day,
sensationalism is embraced, truth is secondary to drama, Greta Van Susterin is allowed to be seen
in public, and the sanctity of the media is irrevocably, heinously violated. Naturally as this
has progressed people have been drawn into their own self-flagellating battles to seek whatever
small piece of this perceived excitement possible. From outlandish talk shows focused on
humiliation, to social experiments disguised as reality television, we've been so willingly fed
the means to find such ridiculous forms of short-lived notoriety that we take solace in the
comfort of them as acievements.
There comes a point where someone must answer the call of fate and draw the attention of the
people to the core of the problem, exposing them to the true nature of it's purpose. To awaken
them from the ignorance induced stupor and sheperd them through the valley of darkness as a true
leader, protecting them from even their own weakness of mind. That time is here and yet we wait.
We sit idly, some of us hoping for change, some of us mercifully unaware of the reality around us,
others still denying the infinite importance of this time in history being ours to navigate, a
fatally simplistic effort to hold on to the blessing that ignorance can be.
When we get to the point in time where Al Gore can convince so many that the natural cycles of the
earth are caused by its inhabitants, and when a man can win the nobel prize mostly on oratory
skill, we need to correct course post haste. It's letting it go much too far when the people we
elect to carry out our will are too wrapped up in campaigning full-time to actually govern and
legislate. It's beyond reason that our chosen leaders are able only to point out the faults of
colleagues instead of offer alternate ways to fix the problems they're busy blaming on anyone with
a different party affiliation. It has gotten to the point where American politics is no longer
about the discussion or debate, it is about the disagreement and the differences.
Clearly, now, it is time for us as a body of people to defend the sanctity of what could once be
called the Representative Democratic Government of the American People. It is time to make it
clear to those benefitting from our current collective idiocy that we deserve and demand more. It
is time for them to hear that We deserve appropriate effective representation, and we demand the
inherent servitude from them that true American democracy was meant to have from its elected
citizens. Step up or step aside, move away from that which you have taken greedily, give back
what is ours and what by your own selfishness you have wordlessly declared yourself incapable of
due to moral incompetency.
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2012 - My not so humble review |
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Written by BooYa
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Tuesday, 17 November 2009 03:39 |
2012...
There has never been a more disastrous use of 200 million dollars in the history
of entertainment. Roland Emerick seems very intent on doing his best to follow
10,000 BC with something not only worse, but infinitely more terrible. From the
very beginning you have the sense that you are about to go down a path that you
will never fully make it back from. A piece, or more if you're unlucky, of your
soul will be left behind, weeping, pared from you with the sharp blade of ultimate
sorrow after this film.
This horridly overfunded visual orgy of special effects fails to ever offer much of
a story or even the sense of closeness to the characters that most modern dramas
strive to establish. If at any point Mr. Emerick attempted to tell a story, or
give depth to what we were seeing on-screen, he failed to ever establish any
traction. We learn that the main character (played by the less-than-believable
uber hero John Cusack) is a professionally underperforming writer, that his daugter's
only contribution to the movie is that she still at 7 wets herself, and that noone
could ever be more capable of outrunning armageddon than him...Next, enter armageddon.
The ensuing formula to the storyline is: Armageddon chases writer, nearest vehicle
whether it be limosuine, camper, small airplane etc, helps writer outrun armageddon,
writer catches breath, and repeat. Through all of this we are treated to some nicely
done special effects moments of heinous destruction. Yes that is one of two tally
marks on the 'positive' column for this movie, the other being that the final credits
have rolled.
If a below average aspiring teenage film director was able to talk someone out of 200
million dollars, and make a film with it...it would look a lot like this. If, as a fan
of filmmaking you prefer an approach that skips strong plot, skips plot development,
skips substance, skips character endearment, and focuses all funding on special effects...
you will absolutely love this movie. Otherwise, spare yourself the humiliation of being
one of the anecdotal x-amount of people who wasted the money.
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