You know we went over the reasons why this is true here. First, we brought you news of the death. During the reporting of his death, we speculated correctly. (This is something that you never want to be right on) With his death, we tried to look towards something positive. We told you that you can prevent his from happening by not buying your side pieces things, because they become accustomed to getting things. When you pull back, they will be upset. Now, if you are like Loso, then you can just throw it in the bag and not care.
But, it remains worth saying, due to the release of the cell phone records of Steve McNair and Sahel Kazemi.
One message that I hope doesn’t get lost is that the things that you say are not really protected once you die. So all the dirt that you texted about, there are records of all that. So, don’t think that you are getting away with something, because if you commit a crime, they are going to subpoena these records. USA Today reports the mayhem….
Nashville police have released more details about the murder-suicide of former Tennessee quarterback Steve McNair and his 20-year-old girlfriend, Sahel Kazemi, including some of their final text messages.
In the early morning of July 3, one day before their bodies were found, Kazemi sent a text message to McNair asking if he loved her.
“I’m gonna have all of u soon,” she said.
“Yes u will,” McNair replied.
See, here is the first mistake. Don’t promise something that you have no intention of following through with. Playing with someone’s emotions can have dangerous consequences.
The deaths have been ruled a murder-suicide, but the case file was withheld pending outcome of a related federal case involving the sale of the weapon used in the killings.
Click here to read the police summary report.
McNair and Kazemi were found July 4 at a downtown Nashville condo McNair rented.The former Titan quarterback was shot four times, and Kazemi died from a single gunshot to the head. Neither had any defensive wounds, and police believe McNair was asleep.
Investigators concluded that Kazemi was drowning in debt and despondent over realizations that McNair was dating other women and wasn’t going to leave his wife for her, The Tennessean reports.
If you had kept it real in the first place, then the other women might not have been so stressful. But, when you tell her that she is about to be elevated to QB#1 and in reality, you keep her on the practice squad, that can tear at a woman.
Early in the morning on July 3, she texted McNair, saying she might have a breakdown because she was so stressed. He responded, telling her everything was going to be fine.
“Baby I need to pay the cell phone bills n the hospital. can you transfer 2000 to my acc (sic)”, the text message said.
Then, nine minutes later, she said she might need to go to the hospital because she could hardly breathe.
A few hours later, she told McNair she wanted to pay some bills before she went to work because they were stressing her out.
He assured her he had someone transferring the money, the report says.
it really isnt that serious....just file for bankruptcy...or have someone steal the Caddy and get the insurance money...
This is when it fully becomes a problem. When she is equating her fiscal problems with the causes of health problems, then you have a situation that you need to deal with. The sad fact of the matter is that the 10K or 20 that she owed was a drop in the bucket for McNair. But, for normal people, that can seem like a drowning amount of money.
The American Dream....to be drowning in debt and owning a bunch of crap....
But, for those of use living large, here is how to live larger
ESPN reports the level of despair that she was feeling…
Kazemi later texted McNair three times asking to be with him that night. He said he was having trouble getting his sons to sleep. But at that time, McNair was seen at a restaurant with friends. Kazemi texted she was going to his condo. He texted back at 12:38 a.m. that he was on his way and asked her to open the front door at 12:52 a.m. Kazemi told him at 1:14 a.m. it was open.
Don’t play with people emotions is the sad tale that this story tells. That and not to have a side pivce or jump-off
Now, she can smoke legally and not have to hide behind the haze of the smoke to conceal her identity
This is going to be great news for people who actually smoke marijuana legally. The guidelines will also stop the arrests of suppliers to medical marijuana clubs.
Feds to issue new medical marijuana policyBy DEVLIN BARRETT (AP) – 7 hours ago
WASHINGTON — Federal drug agents won’t pursue pot-smoking patients or their sanctioned suppliers in states that allow medical marijuana, under new legal guidelines to be issued Monday by the Obama administration.
Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, saying prosecutors will be told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state law.
The guidelines to be issued by the department do, however, make it clear that agents will go after people whose marijuana distribution goes beyond what is permitted under state law or use medical marijuana as a cover for other crimes, the officials said.
The new policy is a significant departure from the Bush administration, which insisted it would continue to enforce federal anti-pot laws regardless of state codes.
Fourteen states allow some use of marijuana for medical purposes: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington.
California is unique among those for the widespread presence of dispensaries — businesses that sell marijuana and even advertise their services. Colorado also has several dispensaries, and Rhode Island and New Mexico are in the process of licensing providers, according to the Marijuana Policy Project, a group that promotes the decriminalization of marijuana use.
This is great news for people who want to provide relief for others. Think of the possibilities. Now opening up a club doesn’t seem so far fetched.
Drive thru ordering would be nice....
Attorney General Eric Holder said in March that he wanted federal law enforcement officials to pursue those who violate both federal and state law, but it has not been clear how that goal would be put into practice.
A three-page memo spelling out the policy is expected to be sent Monday to federal prosecutors in the 14 states, and also to top officials at the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration.
The memo, the officials said, emphasizes that prosecutors have wide discretion in choosing which cases to pursue, and says it is not a good use of federal manpower to prosecute those who are without a doubt in compliance with state law.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the legal guidance before it is issued.
“This is a major step forward,” said Bruce Mirken, communications director for the Marijuana Policy Project. “This change in policy moves the federal government dramatically toward respecting scientific and practical reality.”
At the same time, the officials said, the government will still prosecute those who use medical marijuana as a cover for other illegal activity. The memo particularly warns that some suspects may hide old-fashioned drug dealing or other crimes behind a medical marijuana business.
In particular, the memo urges prosecutors to pursue marijuana cases which involve violence, the illegal use of firearms, selling pot to minors, money laundering or involvement in other crimes.
And while the policy memo describes a change in priorities away from prosecuting medical marijuana cases, it does not rule out the possibility that the federal government could still prosecute someone whose activities are allowed under state law.
The memo, officials said, is designed to give a sense of prosecutorial priorities to U.S. attorneys in the states that allow medical marijuana. It notes that pot sales in the United States are the largest source of money for violent Mexican drug cartels, but adds that federal law enforcement agencies have limited resources.
Medical marijuana advocates have been anxious to see exactly how the administration would implement candidate Barack Obama’s repeated promises to change the policy in situations in which state laws allow the use of medical marijuana.
Soon after Obama took office, DEA agents raided four dispensaries in Los Angeles, prompting confusion about the government’s plans.
On the Net:
- Drug Enforcement Administration: http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/
- Marijuana Policy Project: http://www.mpp.org/
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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Some things don't forget.....
and he has the ability to couch “Because I’ve been ballin on these bitches and they can’t stand the rain…” to sound polite and kind as well….
While much of America had its eyes skyward, tracking what was thought to be a boy in a run-away balloon, President Obama was dealing with another boy very much on the ground.
“Why do people hate you?” asked 4th-grader Terence Scott, posing the final question at the president’s Town Hall Meeting this afternoon at the University of New Orleans.
The youngster seemed earnest and genuinely distressed about harsh words he’s heard people direct at the 44th President.
“They supposed to love you,” said the youngster, “and God is love.”
Son, the reason people hate President Obama is that their candidate didnt win, or that they just hate black people. The guy has been in office less than nine months, but everyone thinks that they can do his job better than he can. It’s like backseat driving. Everyone wants to tell someone else how to do their jobs. Just because you work at Burger King and you have to make it my way, doesn’t mean that you can come to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. and tell me how to do my job. You make the burgers, and I will make the policies. See, that is what he wanted to say, but he kept it politically safe, which was the right, and smart thing to do.
“That’s what I’m talking about,” said the president, grateful for words of kindness and support. He was on a trip to explain why it took him nine months to make his first visit as president to a city still struggling to recover from Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Mr. Obama tried to reassure the kid that it’s not as bad as he thinks.
“First of all, I did get elected president, so not everybody hates me now,” he told the 4th grader. But he conceded that “if you’re watching TV lately, it seems like everybody’s just getting mad all the time.”
“You’ve got to take it with a grain of salt,” the president explained. “Some of it is just what’s called politics.”
(CBS)How do you explain hardball politics to a 4th grader?
“Once one party wins,” said the president, struggling to find the right words, “then the other party kind of gets – feels like it needs to poke you a little bit to keep you on your toes.”
Poke you a little bit? Is that what his political critics and opponents are doing?
“You shouldn’t take it too seriously,” was Mr. Obama’s bottom line advice to the youngster.
Haters hate kid. It’s a fact of life. Here is how the hated on me during the election.
What bitches!??!?!?!? Bow down to the Great Allah Barack Hussein Obama!
But that couldn’t stop me, they have done far worse. Remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.? This is what he and others had to go through.
and the end result was still a minor victory for blacks in the south.
He said a lot of people are losing their jobs or health care or homes to foreclosure. “They’re feeling frustrated,” he said, sounding as though he could forgive them for their bitter words and criticism.
They can’t get over the fact that the oppression is eroding and the control that was once tight as a noose has been gradually reduced. I just rose above the haters.
HAHAHA Pumas! This is you right here....How did that whole campaign thing work out for you?
And as president, he conceded he gets some credit when things go well and some of the blame when they don’t. “That part of the job,” he explained.
“So you’ve just got to keep on going even when folks are criticizing you,” he said.
And after all, said the president, “I’m a pretty tough guy.”
“Are you a tough guy?” he asked his 4th grade questioner. The kid seemed to accept the explanation as he got another hug from the president.
If nothing else, the youngster got a great story to write about in his next composition.
And bloggers have something else to write about too…
Take a drink haters, Obama is here to stay
This is another reason why you should hate Twitter. People say s*&t that you really can’t come back from. Then, they feel the need to send out more tweets to clarify what they said in the first 140 words.
If they hate on Al Gore and his warning about global warming, then you know that they are going to hate on Obama
Why does everyone feel as though their job is to kritik the winners of the Nobel Peace prize? Who ever wins it, just congratulate and move on. you don’t see people politicking for the award, the people in Norway come to a conclusion and then they announce it. But, everyone is a critic. At least some people take the time to do their homework. Crooked I of the rap collection Slaughterhouse voices one reason to award it to Obama.
way to big up the president....
Some in the hip-hop industry agree with the choice, including Slaughterhouse’s Crooked I. Once he heard the news, he sent a big shoutout to Obama for the honor, via his Twitter profile (@TheRealCrookedI).
Then, followed up, asking people to do some research before judging our current president.
“Why are people h8′n on my guy for this prize?” Crooked I asked. “Obama travels around THE ENTIRE WORLD PROMOTING PEACE.. Do sum research before u judge his worthiness.”
Agreed and agreed. Being the President of the U.S. comes with some perks. People are looking up to the new leader, especially compared to the last guy.
Asher, how do you make a hit record? "I dunno...sound like Eminem?"
Asher Roth voices dissent to the awarding the prize to President Obama.
Others, though, don’t agree with it at all. Rapper Asher Roth — known mostly for his hit single “I Love College” — wasn’t feeling the decision, asking how could a man win “the peace prize by just talking sh**.”
Now, Asher, while you love college, maybe you should have gone to class and studied a little bit harder. Once people got onto your haterade, you sent out another one, to try and protect your limited fan base. Spend more time making your point, then you wouldn’t need to make further clarifications.
He followed up with a tweet (@AsherRoth) clarifying his statements, explaining that the disagreement is about the actual prize more than Obama being chosen for it.
“Has nothing to do with ‘Obama’ and everything to do with the ‘Peace Prize’ — change starts with us, the people — who’s gon wake up first?” Asher said. “Seek truth.”
Asher also added: “I’m all for ‘hope’ and ‘progress,’ but people have been dedicating their lives for peace — actions speak louder than words — my opinion only.”
According to the rapper, change doesn’t come from the upper levels of the hierarchy, but from the people.
“I think change starts at the basement level — change starts with us, the people — we’re being manipulated,” Asher said in response to one follower.
Why didn’t you start with the comment, this is not about Obama? Because IT was about Obama and you don’t have the stones to back up your comment. When people put your feet to the fire, you backed off. You can’t take back what you tweeted, since the internet saves everything….focus less on trying to make a statement and more time on your music….
But it doesn’t stop with rappers….athletes have to get in on the foolishness.
Rashad McCants: Im next to win the nobel peace prize!! Twitter.com
Why don’t you be next to become an all star? or have a job? or how about keeping your girl?
keep the picture, since Lamar is beating up the box now, doing what you could not do... Nice Kobe face with the chin and all...
You currently suck at basketball, and your girl is with Lamar now, having married him after seeing what you are working with. You are not going to win a damn thing, now get a job and get back into the NBA and leave Twitter alone, unless you are tweeting about getting a job and not being broke.
When keeping it real goes wrong and Girls Gone Wild: Racist Black lady gets served on a SF Muni bus….
October 9, 2009
Racism is racism…. bottom line. We here call it like we see it.
The fight happened over the number of seats someone was taking. It’s one reason why public transportation really will never work out. There is always someone taking something that doesn’t belong to them.
Rule # 1 Has to be don’t make threats that you can’t keep. That black woman got beat down. The older Chinese woman was using all methods to dispense the beatdown, which I can appreciate.
Brenda never learned….hopefully the woman in the video will…
She unleashed some Calgon on that chick…
Quit being so selective and I am sure you will find someone who will help butter your biscuits....Maybe it's the sour look on your face that prevents someone coming up to you and wanting to make out with you....
Really? They have to make a rule about it? What if I am just going to hit it softly and not bother anyone?
This reminds me of a local rap group that helped Tupac get some shine early in his career, Digital Underground and their song, “Freaks of the Industry”
The main part of the song that reminds me of college is this one. It is also the reason that I never lived in the dorms. Ever. Period. Gotta become my own man.
Say you’re G’in’ [G'in'?]
Nobody else is seein’
And the freak that you’re wit’ is in front of you,
Bendin’ over naked, and she’s leanin’ on the dresser [Ooh yeah]
You’re lookin’ at her from the rear [Yeah]
She looks just like Vanessa [The right stuff]Wow, and she really got better with age if that is possible.
Uh uh, not Vanessa with the singer career, Read the rest of this entry »
Rockies pull sleight of hand to beat Cardinals
September 30, 2009
the definition of a motley crue
This was first said by the famous French poet Baudelaire in an unusual short story about meeting the Devil and having a grand old time.
Elle ne se plaignit en aucune façon de la mauvaise réputation dont elle jouit dans toutes les parties du monde, m’assura qu’elle était, elle-même, la personne la plus intéressée à la destruction de la superstition, et m’avoua qu’elle n’avait eu peur, relativement à son propre pouvoir, qu’une seule fois, c’était le jour où elle avait entendu un prédicateur, plus subtil que ses confrères, s’écrier en chaire:
«Mes chers frères, n’oubliez jamais, quand vous entendrez vanter le progrès des lumières, que la plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu’il n’existe pas!»
He did not complain in any way about the bad reputation he enjoyed all over the world, assured me that he himself was the person the most interested in the destruction of superstition, and admitted to me that he had only been afraid for his own power one time, and that was the day when he had heard a preacher, more subtle than his colleagues, shout out from the pulpit:“My dear brothers, never forget, when you hear the progress of enlightenment vaunted, that the devil’s best trick is to persuade you that he doesn’t exist!“
“Le Joueur généreux,” pub. February 7, 1864; translation by Cat Nilan, 1999¹ (emphasis mine)
Still, we shouldn't use instant replay
http://rockiesphotos.blogspot.com/2009/09/amazing-catch.html
Is the blog of a pretty hard core Rockies fan. They have pictures shot of the game detailing the “catch” made by Clint Barmes to end the game.
DENVER — The Catch might not have been a catch after all.
Clint Barmes returned from a day off in the mountains with his family Tuesday to learn that doubt had been cast upon his sensational game-ending grab that cinched the Colorado Rockies‘ victory over the St. Louis Cardinals 48 hours earlier.
Barmes
The second baseman’s tumbling catch of Ryan Ludwick’s one-out flare to shallow right field, followed by his strike to first base to double up Albert Pujols and seal the NL wild-card leading Rockies’ 4-3 win was immediately termed “the defensive play of the year” by manager Jim Tracy.
However, a fan, Craig Welling, posted images on his photo blog from his vantage point in right field, and one of the shots clearly showed the ball on the grass for a split second as Barmes rolled over.
Craig, some people are questioning whether you are a Rockies fan, but if they actually look at your blog, there is no question to where your loyalties are placed. I bet that you just uploaded your pictures with no further thought on what you saw.
Barmes’ body blocked television angles as well as those of professional photographers.
So, did he make the catch or not?
“When I popped to my feet, the ball was in my hand,” Barmes said. “I never said I caught it clean.”
After the game, Barmes said he thought he made the catch but that it happened so fast, he wasn’t sure.
Barmes said Tuesday that all he knows for sure is that the ball bobbled around his body as he tumbled.
“Once I was heading down, the ball bounced off my glove,” he said. “I felt it hit my chest. I’m reaching for it, trying to battle to catch it before it hits the ground. At that point, it happened so fast, my knee hit [the ground], I flipped, I knocked my hat and my glasses off, scratched my forehead. I come up and the ball’s in my hand.”
Now Barmes knows he didn’t make the catch. After the game, when faced with evidence, just man up and point out the obvious that you didn’t make the catch, but put forth full effort to make it happen.
Right fielder Ryan Spilborghs immediately hollered at him to throw to first base to double up Pujols, who, like Julio Lugo at third base, had run on contact.
First-base umpire Sam Holbrook ruled it a catch, and the throw to first ended the game.
“It’s not like I’m sitting here trying to play it off and try to cheat them out of an out or whatever,” Barmes said. “I honestly thought that I caught the ball at the time. … I wish I could say I’m good enough, my hand-eye coordination is good enough, as I’m rolling that fast and I’m in full-speed and I hit the ground rolling that I can react and try to pick a ball up on the ground.”
Spilborghs, who had the best view of the play, was coy when asked Tuesday whether the Rockies got away with one.
“It was a good play, that’s all it was,” he said. “It doesn’t really matter because the play’s over.”
But did he see the ball hit the ground?
“It’s more fun not to say whether I did or I didn’t,” Spilborghs retorted.
Bullshit. I call bullshit on you Ryan. IF you saw he made the catch, then come out and verify it and don’t leave him hanging. But, if you know he didn’t make the catch, there is no reason to carry on with the facade of the catch.
Barmes even held a news conference Tuesday before the Rockies faced the Milwaukee Brewers so that he didn’t have to talk about the play over and over with individual reporters.
“You look at my quotes on Sunday, I never once said I for sure caught the ball. I said, ‘All I know is whenever I hit, I rolled, the ball was not in my glove, it somehow was in my throwing hand when I came up and I finished the play out of reaction,’” Barmes said. “I went and looked at the replays and I saw two, slowing it down frame by frame and I couldn’t tell. And so, I just assumed it worked out great — the ball, I caught it clean.
“And obviously today showing up, the picture showed that I didn’t.”
Even if baseball had instant replay for these types of situations, the call wouldn’t have been reversed because there was no video angle that conclusively showed the ball had hit the grass.
“The bottom line, like a lot of the guys in [the clubhouse] said, we got the win and that’s all that matters,” Barmes said.
Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press
I guess this is like the old racing adage, if you aren’t rubbin, it aint racin…
Where is that damn AFLAC duck when I need it?
T.O., Rodney Harrison and trash talking…. T.O. delivers a 1st round KO
September 28, 2009
unlike Jeff Garcia, I like the box....notice where my eyes are...
Now, here at Too Old, don’t want to knock anyone and their hustle. it’s all about getting paid.
But, when you run your mouth, you can expect some people are not going to stand quiet and let you dog them out.
While I can’t stand the medium, the message is right on point. ESPN.com documents the brief battle.
T.O. fires back at Harrison via Twitter
Monday, September 28, 2009 | Print Entry
Rodney Harrison called Terrell Owens a “clown” on NBC. And T.O. wrote this on Twitter on Sunday night, in a series of Tweets:
too bad there is nothing left in the tank
I could less about Rodney Harrison! Anybody tht using steroids, yes STEROIDS rodney, is a cheater & cheated the game!
this is all natural...just hard work, and good living....and science
Is tht Y u used steroids b/c u were worried about ur stats or ws it b/c u were losing it? Lol! U’re a loser & a cheater? Got any steroid …
Hey rodney! Send me sum steroids 2 the Bills facility next week!
not only is it dumb, but it's gay too....and not in the happy way. (Gay in the sense that if you like women now, you are going to grow boobs....and start to feel "urges" towards men. If you are a woman, you are going to grow a mustache and kicks to groin will become an effective weapon against you...
Harrison was suspended in 2007 for violating the league’s substance-abuse policy but maintains he never took steroids.
I will get on that right away!
The first thing that I want to point out is how Twitter and other social networking sites are turning us into a nation of illiterate fools. Learn to spell or have some spellchecker function. I know that you are only granted less than 200 words to make your point, but child please. (Thanks Ochocinco)
Even with that timeout for a public service announcement, you have to be able to see that T.O. crushed Harrison out.
Second, watch what you say. There is no reason for Harrison to talk reckless. It seems like a ploy to increase ratings and that actually might work for NBC.
Third, T.O is well versed in calling people out. Just think back to Jeff Garcia.
In an interview with Playboy magazine that hits newsstands Friday, Owens was asked if he thinks Garcia is gay. Owens responded: “Like my boy tells me: ‘If it looks like a rat and smells like a rat, by golly, it is a rat.’ “
Garcia, who had a contentious relationship with the wide receiver in San Francisco, responded to Owens’ comment after practice Wednesday without mentioning the wide receiver by name.
“It is really a waste of my time to sit here and to have to answer to such ridiculous, untrue comments that are made out there in the world today,” Garcia said.
He noted that it has been reported that he has a girlfriend and has had girlfriends in the past.
“So many people know my situation here. It has never been a secret,” Garcia said.
That is a guy who protested waaayyy ttttooooo much. All you had to say is “T.O. is crazy.” There. It’s over. But, you had to bring up the fact that you have and had in the past, girlfriends. Now, that makes people think you are just living a secret life. Your voice and appearance in a metrosexual society can blend in, but you fight it too hard. If it’s not you, keep it movin…It’s very similar to line by the rapper Drake
Look I stands out… so don’t think this ain’t some shit that I done planned out
And life is beautiful as ever when it pans out
And girls are beautiful until they want a hand out
But, ask apple how I get it tho
I’ll be on the phone with a bitch that you will never know
So you can son me never… I don’t get bitter… I just get better
And a verse is just a verse for me
I keep it generic and these niggas take it personally
If I was in a room and someone yelled… hey bitches
I would never turn around… cause I just don’t fit the description
But that’s just me though…
If that is the case, and you don’t fit the description, then don’t bother responding to such foolish statements.
Research shows that spanking your children will LOWER their IQ!
September 25, 2009
This will hurt me more than it will hurt you....no, I am just lying...it's going to hurt you more...a lot more.
Then Ronin and I should be challenging Stephen Hawking or Nobel winners, because we used to get the holy hell beat outta us. Now, most of the time, we had to do something really horrible to deserve more than the usual grounding or sensory deprivation (taking TV, phone, sports away) but that didn’t take the pain out of the beatdown on the backside. Normally, this would be the part that I would rail about kids today being soft and parents not taking control. The studies would say otherwise. MSNBC.com provides the evidence to the claim
Children who are spanked have lower IQs
Physical punishment slows kids’ intellectual growth, researcher says
By Jeanna BrynerSenior writer
updated 1 hour, 31 minutes ago// <
but you would call the police on me for this too, right? I can't win...
The problem with this is CAN….not will. The methodology of any study like this I always call into question because the methods that they are talking about to quell dissent don’t work in the hood. Timeout is not really going to control some unruly kids. (Just watch the first 1.40 or so to get the point)
One might ask, however, whether children who are spanked tend to come from backgrounds in which education opportunities are less or inherited intelligence lower.
But while the results only show an association between spanking and intelligence, Straus says his methodology and the fact that he took into account other factors that could be at play (such as parents’ socioeconomic status) make a good case for a causal link.
“You can’t say it proves it, but I think it rules out so many other alternatives; I am convinced that spanking does cause a slowdown in a child’s development of mental abilities,” Straus told LiveScience.
You have been a VERY bad girl...
EXACTLY! I don’t care if you are convinced, I care about what you can prove. So, this proves nothing to me. Spanking your kid MIGHT BE NECESSARY, and I can’t prove it, but I an convinced that spanking controls your child and gives them muscle memory to remember NOT to do the behavior that got them the beatdown in the first place. Spanking shouldn’t be the first thing that you default to, nor the only thing….but it needs to be in your toolbelt of solutions… Read the rest of this entry »
Walkouts and Protests happening at UC Berkeley over budget cuts….Those who fail to learn history…
September 24, 2009
At least they are not here to stop Memorial Stadium from getting a facelift
Budget cuts in CA are no joke right now. Friends that I have that are working at public institutions have mandatory time off right now. People are being forced to work four day workweeks, in order to make the budget balance.
I thought that education was the key to a good life, but if you are a student and you can get the classes that you need to graduate, it become a catch-22. The classes that are the prereqs for other classes are filled and the ones that you need are not available because you don’t have the first one in the sequence.
(09-24) 15:47 PDT BERKELEY — Thousands of UC students marched through downtown Berkeley and the area around campus this afternoon, staging a sit-down protest and blocking traffic as part of a demonstration against cuts to the university budget and proposed fee increases.
The unscheduled march started at the end of a two-hour rally on Read the rest of this entry »
