Miserable Christmas

Let's just put it this way, there would be less stress and a more joyful Christmas if it wasn't for frigging Good Ole Boy Southerners who close in and protect rank. I'm not past the bitterness yet. Fricking 2 weeks before Christmas, a week before Stinky's birthday. May they all rot in hell, and everything bad happen to them. I understand protecting your skin, it's human nature, but again did you have to do it just before Christmas? Did the Silverback have the guts to show up? No he had to stay at home and not chance running across Goof. Do you feel good about yourself? Does it make you feel better as you make the office a pigstyle, so that the admin staff, and housekeeping complain that they don't like you because you have no manners and spit in trash cans and cups in front of everyone? How the hell are you going to do the job better when you failed the last time, and you have no decent business manners? The business manners don't mean anything because these are Good Ole Southern Boys? So the Boss Hoggs understand your need to chew tobacco and spit every 5 min during a meeting? My God no wonder this state is so rinky dinky screwed up.

A profound statement

Barack Obama doesn't need any lectures from John McCain, who has consistently misunderstood American national security and the history of the Middle East in arguing for an invasion and 100-year occupation of a country that had nothing to do with 9/11.

Instead of spending trillions of dollars on permanent bases that the Iraqis don't want and that won't keep the American people safe, Barack Obama will end the war in Iraq and finally press Iraq's leaders to take responsibility for their future.

Bill Burton, Barack Obama's spokesman.

GA Senate bill 458

There is a senate bill that is causing a storm in my county. GA Senate Bill 458. It's a bill that probably would have made little noise for my county if it wasn't for the Clayton county debacle. The county is about to lose it's accreditation. This bill is a big deal because it states the students have a choice of a scholarship to a private school, or entrance into another school that meets or exceeds standards. So what happens if the whole county loses accreditation? 50,000 students go searching for new schools. Many of those students will try to enter Fayette schools. Now, I feel sorry for those students, it's really the fault of the county residents for voting in the school board. But we as involved parents have seen what goes on in schools. There are the privileged children with their money and drug use, the gangsters, and the ill prepared, and ignored children. What type of students will be coming into the schools? There is no choice if you live in district, you just take them in. But these children are not in district they are coming in because there is space, and they need to go to school per truancy laws. Where does the money come from to pay for their education? Half of the cost per child is from the state, the rest from local taxes. My taxes will be stretched thin to cover my child and Clayton county children. Where are their taxes going? Will it go to my schools, pay for my infrastructure? The roads will need more maintenance from the influx of Clayton drivers dropping off their children in the schools. More police will be needed to cover traffic. The teachers will need more resources, and who will pay for that? Where will the teachers from Clayton county go? Sit around in empty classrooms collecting a pay check? Or will they have to apply to Fayette schools? The reason why the schools are losing accreditation is because of mis rule from the board, and abuses from the school administration. I have written to state legislators and called the governor's office too. I really hope this bill does not pass. It's not going to be pretty in the next few months. Clayton board has until September 1st to make changes, then they lose their accreditation, which means right now, Clayton parents are trying to get their kids transferred before school starts in August.

Something to think about pt5

Wowie, I must be right on the race. Last night I saw on the CNN site, that over 11,000 papers were released of Hillary's time as First Lady. Now I admit I'm not politically savvy or smart enough to understand why Obama pushed for the release of those documents. What was he thinking would come about from those documents? Bill and Hillary admitted way back when they would be a co-presidency. Sure enough the documents support Hillary 3 days after the inauguration starting up on healthcare reform. She tried and it got muddled and drowned in the Senate all those years. Is it to scare the unhappy Republicans not to vote for Hillary? You will get Bill for another term as co president? Honestly that doesn't scare me. I am confused as what my political affiliation is. I find the older I get the more conservative I am. Which makes sense as I'm not as idealist as I once was. But I admit I am prejudice against the conservative Republicans. Mainly because they bring their twisted views of God into it. I find myself straddling the fine line between liberal Republican or conservative Democrat. And since I am thinking about labels, in regard to political parties. I like being labeled a conservative Democrat better.

I know there is a lot of information I am missing or chose not to understand when it comes to the pros and cons of either Bush as president. I'm not going to bash you over the head with mis information over the wonders of Shrub like Droopy has tried with me. Or sell the beauty of the Clinton administration. Or even derisively put you down as a Dumbass for not understanding the intricacies of the democratic ideas like Egg would do. I am just trying to make sense of the candidates for myself. Yes, I will be voting Dem, and will always vote Dem, it's just choosing which conservative Democrat fits my ideals. And yes, there are conservative Democrats, more so than liberal Republicans that's for certain.

Something to think about pt4

I read Obama's speech last night. Wishful thinking on his part. I don't believe people can put aside racial issues. While I understand what he explained about the older black generation, their mistrust of white people holding them back in large and small ways intentional or not, and the decline of the black family through welfare systems. It is still not an easily overcome situation. There is guilt, and poor actions on all sides. Is it really the fault of the grandmother to feel nervous walking near a black man? Could it also be the fault of that black man, frightening the grandmother, by his posed thug/prison swagger, and oversized clothing as he walks by? Or the language he uses as he speaks on his cell phone or to his companions? I'm not saying it's all the black culture's fault, but honestly, Obama is trying to change our societal expectations, while the ghetto/thug/rapper image is flourishing. He has mentioned that he's a man standing on two lands. The white and black lands. His mother is white, and he was raised by his maternal grandparents. I'm sure if we were to go down the list of all the things he's experienced there would be marks against each side. I think the worst is the labeling. 'He's too white', 'Not white enough', 'Too black', 'Not black enough'. The guy is trying to run for president because he has dreams for this country to change it for better, and I'm sure ego too. It's going to be a hard fight for the presidency, the nation is really divided. The republicans, have the old white guy, they even put out a tiny little virility statement that he had an affair with a 40 year old lobbyist. Well he is 72. McCain is a favorite just for the fact that he is an old rich white guy. The Democrats have the exciting battle. A woman many people can't stand because she's outspoken. A black man who has just two years less senatorial experience than the white woman. Hillary says she has experience. Well unless they admit that Hillary was in all those meetings with Bill and involved with all the presidential decisions, she doesn't have that much experience. We all live through those times, she just got to harass Bill for all the details when he came to bed. For that matter, Laura Bush could get into politics and claim she's had more experience than Hillary, since she has lived in the White House for 8 years and her father in law was in office for a term, and she would visit often. It's a popularity contest through and through. Who can win the most votes for prettiest, or most popular.

Something to think about pt3

I'm still watching the news pundits talking about Obama's pastor. What is a person supposed to believe? Obama did not have any formative ideas from this guy? He's what Obama considers 'Your crazy uncle' Obama has spun himself well, but a lot of people are trying to dig up dirt right now, and race issues seems to be the biggest tag. Geraldine Ferrero says Obama is where he is because he's black. Maybe, maybe not.

I'm also watching the pundits talk about infidelity and prostitution. It's gonna be a fun summer with the candidates. Who is moral, and those who fall.

Something to chew on pt2

I heard something on the radio this morning. I admit I've never listened to Wanda Sykes' stand up before. My only knowledge of her was in Chris Rock's remake of Heaven Can Wait. Ms Syke's comment was made on Leno a while back, obviously I don't watch late night tv so here it is now. "If Obama wins, then black people are going to need a new excuse! It's hard to blame The Man for holding you down when you Are The Man!" What say you?

Something to chew on

Last week there were two murders. Well there are always murders in Atlanta. A lot of black on black crimes, and what not. The big deal about these two murders were they were out of state, the residents from GA. The first occurred at Auburn University. A freshman girl was killed and her car was found nearby torched. She was from Cobb County a top student from Walton HS. Walton is a public school, but it's ranked pretty high, like Piedmont HS in Piedmont. Money, and drive to the succeed are the norm from this area. This was a pretty little white girl. The cream of the crop so to speak of that graduating class, her who life ahead of her. Then the next day another murder was reported. This happened at UNC, in Chapel Hill NC. This again a young pretty white girl. This one was not a freshman, but a 3rd year student. Honors up the wazoo from HS and college, prestigious scholarships were given to her. She was a double major biology and political science. A pre-med student who was president of the student body and on the student board of trustees. A lovely young woman from Athens, about an or so away from Atlanta. So what about these women, that has caused me to write about them? They were killed by 20 something black men. One has been arrested already, the other is still on the loose, but they have pictures of him everywhere. They don't know who he is yet, but they have footage of him using the girl's atm card, in a convenience store, where the only other person in the store was the clerk.

Goof mentioned this last night as we were watching the news. "I wonder if this will kill Obama's chance at president?" I asked him why that should make a difference, and he responded, "Cream of the crop young pretty white girls- young black men, robbing, attempted rape and killing of these girls. A lot of people will be scared off because of this" I think it's all bunk, but he does have a point. There is a lot of dirty advertising going on between the candidates, and if these deaths had happened during the GA primaries would it have changed the outcome? Would the Democrats who voted for Obama, be racially motivated to vote for Clinton instead, because she's a white woman instead of the inherent fear of the black male? I can't honestly say what my opinion would be. I like Hillary for what she has to offer over what Obama's platform is. Do I fear him? Well no, but I am not stupid. I fear many people, as a smaller framed woman, I have good reason to. I don't have a gun on my person, and the way the MTV culture dresses, males may have varied looks, but the gangster look is frightening. Bagging pants, hoodies, and t-shirts. The gangster dressed maybe very nice people, but the image they throw off is nothing less than scary for me.