September 2009 Archives

This is what now passes for a topic worthy of serious discussion on Fox News. Judge Andrew Napolitano and his guest Lew Rockwell on a program called, of all things, Freedom Watch, talking about secession and nullification. Watch:<br />What Judge Napolitano and Mr. Rockwell are talking about used to be called treason, and was punishable by execution. Now it's called "Fair and Balanced."Sad but true. ...

Unless you've been living under a rock, you know about the shocking death of Todd Henry a couple of days ago. Then again, those of us in the classroom are not as shocked as people in the general population. Sometimes though, salient questions come from those that have no business raising them. In this case, it was brought by the defense attorney for the 16 year old who stabbed Henry.He said his client is mentally...

I know I said no politics today, but forgive me, this is too good to pass up.Last night Sean Hannity and his two guests were discussing the video that has Fox News, talk radio, and the right-wing blogosphere about to soil themselves-the one of the elementary school children in New Jersey singing about President Obama. They start off with the usual "programming the youth" nonsense, then Hannity says this:"I have no patience for indoctrinating or...

Need a break from politics once in a while? Yeah, me too. How about for today we take a little advice from Mr. Seger and Turn The Page. There, I feel better. Happy Friday, everyone. ...

Given the uncertainty surrounding the direction of the human space exploration program these days, a group of young professionals here at JSC assembled with the guidance and support of the Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership and local aerospace executives to begin an advocacy campaign and get the word out on why we think human spaceflight is important. The Young Professionals branch of the Citizens for Space Exploration now has a website that I must highly...

<br />From Huffington Post. ...

  During the mark-up session today of the health care reform bill before the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) proposed an amendment which would delay a vote for 72 hours. Undoubtedly just another Republican stall tactic, but done under the guise of allowing time for the contents of the bill to be posted on the Finance Committee's website. The amendment was defeated, but before the vote Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) had a...

The neo-conservative, interventionist wing of the Republican Party, who never saw a war they didn't like and couldn't wait to escalate, are all up in arms (so to speak) over this:"President Obama is exploring alternatives to a major troop increase in Afghanistan, including a plan advocated by Vice President Joe Biden to scale back American forces and focus more on rooting out Al Qaeda there and in Pakistan, officials said Tuesday.The options under review are...

The best laid plans of mice and Republicans oft go awry. "The congressional legislation intended to defund ACORN, passed with broad bipartisan support, is written so broadly that it applies to "any organization" that has been charged with breaking federal or state election laws, lobbying disclosure laws, campaign finance laws or filing fraudulent paperwork with any federal or state agency. It also applies to any of the employees, contractors or other folks affiliated with a...

Those who went to school back in the good ol' days may not have any idea about the debate over the minimum grade. As a former teacher and current counselor I can attest to how the debate is viewed within the classroom and at the district level. Most of you went to school before the days of the minimum grade. If you earned a 3 then you got a 3 on the report card. There was...